I feel the need to preface this posting by saying that I am a 38-year old gay guy. I’m not sure if that makes this even stranger or maybe it transcends sexual orientation altogether???
I find it VERY SEXY when female TV characters get into physical fight scenes and kick some major ass!
For some reason Buffy didn’t do it for me, but her temporary-replacement Faith (Eliza Dushku) is a whole ‘nother story! Watching her take on four and five super-strong vampires at the same time and punch, kick, flip and stab until she’s the only one left standing- it’s HOT! I also loved that she used the military phrase “Five by Five” which translates into OK!
Even on Charmed some of the fight scenes were awesome. But the hottest thing on that show was Piper’s ability to blow shit up, and she had a hair-trigger temper that could turn her into a lethal incinerating machine in the blink of an eye! =)
I also have thing for chick with GUNS! I love some of the scenes on CSI:Miami where Calleigh would be faced with one or more men trying to kill her, but she always got the jump on them and wouldn’t hesitate to empty a clip in one of them, not for a second!
On the Season 7 finale of Criminal Minds last year, J.J. (AJ Cook) got into her first hardcore hand-to-hand combat scene with an Unsub who was in her home and had JJ’s little boy, Henry, and most likely would have done something awful to him. Mama Bear comes out in full force, amped-up BIG TIME, and the scene almost looks choreographed and like it’s moving in slow motion (which is is in slo-mo a few times). But JJ takes the bitch down!
I didn’t even like Desperate Housewives very much, but I do love Felicity Huffman. When she kicked Nora’s front door wide open and almost off the hinges, then looks at her and says “DING DONG!” before trying to jump her. Then she was interrupted by Rosemary’s Baby (Nora & Tom’s brat daughter) and she can’t beat the shit out of her in front of the kid. So she says she just wants to give her a little hug before she leaves, then she (Lynette) whispers into Nora’s ear, “If you ever see my husband or come near my family ever again, I will do to your SPINE what I just did to your front door!”
Lynette (Huffman) also attached another woman, played by Carole O’Grady, in the restroom at a PTA meeting because the older woman has been sleeping with Lynette’s teenage son. She slams her into the wall and almost thru it…
Then there are women like Ziva David on NCIS, Olivia Benson on SVU, and even Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson on ‘The Closer’. And who could ever overlook Fiona on Burn Notice…a girl who always has C4 plastic explosive handy and LOVES to blow shit up, hell yeah!
I think I just love to see Chicks Who Kick Ass , male, female, demon, vampire…bring it! I also think one of the most exciting aspects of sense like these are they show that Women can be strong and stand up for themselves and their families…to the point of physical violence if necessary or desired!