I'm a bit curious who's left to care after both A] the prequels and B] this week's giant middle finger to anyone who bought into the IP over the last three decades and change.

Intellectual property, in this case referring primarily to the gamut of after-Endor novel series.

Do you like Philz? I'm having some Julie's Ultimate this morning.

Why Oh Why do we cry and moan?!

Let's leave the political correct BS, and false intolerance baiting cards out of the work of peoples intellectual property.

And on a side note.. I'm sure there will be more female characters than just one in the next series, as well as some of various alien species.

Problem is that nothing on that wiki is canon anymore. While you may indeed be right that Daisy Riddly will play Jaina, it's also possible that there is no Jaina.

In a sense complaining about a lack of female stars actually smacks of "we need moar eye-candy" and is a bit insulting.

I will only approve of this new Star Wars film if Seth MacFarlane agrees to parody it.

It would be great if we could let writers, producers and filmmakers create without wearing our feelings on our sleeve.

There is enough whining out there of groups who think they are somehow owed something. Poor pity me, Im so different, let me flaunt it for the world to see.

Bottom line; You are not owed spit. Work hard, earn your way.

Pfft, who needs women when we have a "girly flower stick" posing as Darth Vader and Jar Jar to cheer us up ?

Sydney Bristow was 13 years ago. Sure J.J. Abrams has created strong female characters in the past 10 years. Now who were they?

He is a cash machine for the industry, and can do no wrong.

I'm sure that they have binders of women.
In walks Lindsay Lohan.
In walks Miley Cyrus.
In walks Jennifer Love Hewitt.
In walks Britney Spears.
Welcome to yet another Disney movie!

Whenever people try and tell me that "people want this" about that kind of thing (typically while trying to say the Wonder Woman movie should ever see daylight), I point them at Catwoman.

I disagree. As bad as Terminator: Salvation was, amongst other films. No one has a right to a film makers script if you are not directly involved in the project. And last time I checked the production of a movie production studio is a private business, not a community organizer project.

I mean, honestly, the first and probably last female action hero to be well received was Ellen Ripley. And even then they sequel'ed it to death.

Anyway, I think probably 85% of people would be bothered by a cast being almost entirely male.

In the second movie? Sure, but the whole "seriously mentally ill" thing was a wrench.

In the first movie she spends the entire time running until the last 10 minutes when she finds her spine.

It's alright holding up SW as some sort of universal SF action movie for all ages and generations, but don't overlook the fact Leia spent a good portion of the final movie semi nude and Amidala was nothing but a womb in waiting (with nice outfits).

As for credible female protagonists. Has there been one since Fargo?

Is this really true? As far as I know from mumble I've been the only girl in fleets I've participated in, except for one. Or maybe EVE isn't representative of this statistic? (Or maybe I haven't been in enough fleets..)

. For example, Seven Samurai and Rashomon are two of my favorite films and neither have any women of significance. Neither would be made any better by trying to shoehorn a strong female lead/support in.

Always liked Gena Rowlands as Gloria Swenson in Gloria (1980). One hard ex-mistress of a mobster.

People say "girls this" and "girls that" in these discussions, but when talking about the males it's "men this" and "men that".
It's such an ingrained piece of sexism in our society that almost nobody ever notices until it's pointed out to them.

So when Lambert lunges at Ripley and screams "You b+¡tch!", that was improv?

It probably was, actually.

I find that many of the strong roles for women are found in movies based on real women and their trials, tribulations and successes.

The movie Songcatcher is a good example, but even then she is still painted as women that needs man's assistance in stereotypical situations. I know a little about the lady the movie is about and I am pretty sure she was not as soft as the movie made the character out to be. Do not get me wrong, she was no pushover in the movie.