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On Fri, 12 May 2006 01:00:21 GMT, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg, Jim Vieira
wrote: 

><gray.wizard@moria.mines> wrote in message
>news:7ue662h8eh5m7kgsuim7fk448a5fslsocm@4ax.com...
>> It was also rather cool to see River turn out to be a Major
>> Bad-Ass(tm).
>
>Really? I thought that was rather simple and obvious.. I would rather
>have seen her end up being some kind of psychic warrior or something.
>That's the way the series seemed to be going and seemed far more interesting
>to me.  Psychic powers.. reading minds, telekenisis, etc.
>
>She's a frail little girl.  I don't care how many martial arts moves she
>knows, she's not going to be single handidly kicking ass on huge,
>brute men.  That's not to say that no woman can beat any man.. but
>it was said in the movie she's a 90 pound woman.  She simply is
>not going to have enough power to seriously hurt anyone big, strong
>and with stamina.
>
BINGO. It was ludicrous.

>I know women will get all in uproar over my above statement, but it's

Few sensible ones. Anyone with some basic physics knows that a 90 lb girl with
a dancer's build can't do a thing against a 300 lb gorrila without some kind of
surprise on her side.

>true. People don't just get knocked out from a single punch of kick.
>Watch some ultimate fighting for example, where guys are getting
>pummeled repeatedly and will not submit, let alone get knocked out
>cold.   Or boxing... People can take quite a bit of abuse before they
>go down.  Many punches (hard) to the head included.
>
>Her kicking everyones ass was completely laughable. Most especially
>on all the reavers. What a joke.
>
>But I know many will buy it and defend it because "fake" fighting has been
>the norm in the movie industry for decades.  Where people lay each other
>out with one solid punch and so forth.  That's not real at all.  Most people
>have alot more stamina and can take a serious beating before they give
>up.  Seriously, if anyone doubts this, you haven't seen enough REAL LIFE
>fights.  Like at hockey rinks where guys each have one hand holding the
>collar of the other guy, and are PUMMELING each other directly in the
>face and nose, like dozens of times, before one of them finally falls.
>
There is the "you say that again and I'll kill you" punch that sends your
opponent's nose bone into his brain, though. ;^)


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