"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you're a fool than open it and remove all doubt." - Mark Twain.

Random fun Jennifer Lawrence facts: • she wrote and did the chorus for Rockwell’s “Somebody’s Watching Me” • she discovered both AC and DC methods of delivering electricity • invented the theory of relativity • stormed the beaches of Normandy pre D Day to scout for the allies • built the pyramids of Giza single handed (with just one hand and her slaves) • wrote all the books in the Library of Alexandria • hung all the flora in the Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Lets thank Jennifer Lawrence for bringing us Ellen Ripley, Sarah Connor, Commander Shepard, Queen Cersei Lannister, Leeloo, Valeria, and of course her greatest role ever as the Bride.

When I saw Carrie Fisher, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hamilton, and a lot more of these actresses in those action movies, I saw a super badass character that I love to this day! Not a "strong and independent woman", but badass characters that were feminine, yet they took down the badest of the villains! My God, I love and miss those characters.

The Wizard of Oz was released in 1939. While technically not an action movie in the modern sense, it had a strong female lead, a strong female antagonist, special effects, action sequences, and is still popular to this day as an all time classic.

I think playing Mystique has her believing she literally played everyone…

Without Jennifer Laurence we would not have the amazing WD-40 we use to lubricate so many things in our lives. Her invention, done against all odds, despite her oppression... has changed the world. Stunning and brave.

I read the first Hunger Games book and it's surprisingly good, though the Katniss in that book has more depth than the version played by Jennifer. I'll never forget how she refused to lose weight for the role because of ''sexist expectations'' or whatever, but the thing is, book Katniss STARVES. She hunts for a living. The partial premise of the Hunger Games is that most people in the US starve after it became a dystopia and whoever wins the competition gets to live in comfort. Jennifer refusing to appear skinny completely ruins the adaptation.

This reminds me of when Elizabeth Banks said “Spielberg has never directed a female led film” and someone literally shouted out “The Colour Purple.”

I’ve already forgotten about Jennifer Lawrence’s performance of Katniss, but I’ll never forget Angelina Jolie’s Lara Croft or Milla Jovovich’s Leeloo.

Geena Davis in The Long Kiss Goodnight was the most badass female lead. Still one of my favorite movies ever. Samuel L. Jackson has also said this was his favorite movie. Thanks for acknowledging that movie

Kill Bill Vol I and II are legit two of my favorite movies, and Uma Thurman is unquestionably the female lead of a purely action vehicle. No idea what JenJen is going on about.

I'm so glad that Jennifer Lawrence is finally giving Jennifer Lawrence the credit she so richly deserves.

"But boys cannot identify with a female lead" I'm a grown ass man and still to this day, love Princess Leia and have much respect for her character.

It is a little known fact that Jennifer Lawrence's first acting role was in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire where she was seen as Emma Watson's wizard's sleeve.

I wrote a paper in my freshman English class, in 1984. It was about my favorite hero; and I wrote about Sigourney Weaver (my teacher had no idea who she was or how to pronounce her name for that matter). This was 1984...before Aliens. I said she was a hero because not only survived against all odds, but she was the slayer of the 'alien', she was a dragon slayer. She was ahead of her time before she was ahead of her time. Everybody remember her from Aliens, but she was a hero before she was locked and loaded with firepower. The take-away is that the fact that Jennifer L. and others these days claim to be at the vanguard of heroic women. Heroic woman have been around since I was a kid...and I'm closer to being a corpse than a kid.

Kate Beckinsale is a personal favorite among female action-talent. One reason she stands out to me is that she's got a dramatic acting background, hence her characters tend to carry themselves with more substance and grace than most actresses doing action films nowadays.

The character of Katniss never seemed to be a self-important, narcissistic idiot. I applaud Jennifer for being able to pull off such a performance!

The nerve she displays is truly amazing.

i am thankful that Jenn finally opened up the path for female action led flicks. Now we will get to enjoy Lynda Carter's Wonder Woman series and i've heard we will also get Lindsay Wagner's The Bionic Woman in the future. Looking forward to seeing those. They might actually turn to be good.

"Tell everyone you're ignorant without telling everyone you're ignorant."

Amazed it took people this long to realize she's full of hot air. She's been told every little thing she does is amazing since she was a teenager. I'm not surprised she's got a warped view of the world.

Nobody had ever been named Jennifer before this… wow. Truly an actress of our time.

Mary Fuller was the VERY first female action lead in the 1910s silent film era. She did REAL action in serial movies where she was the title and lead character.

Nobody ever gives Pam Grier enough credit for anything. She really was the first female action star, fifty years ago. And we're coming up on the twenty-fifth anniversary of Pam Grier playing one of the strongest female character leads ever, as a middle-aged woman of color, in Jackie Brown. But I guess that never really happened!

Remember when she complained about equal pay for female actors? But she didn’t say a word when she got paid *more* the Chris Pratt for Passengers, despite being in *less* of the film…standards so good, she doubled them!

There have been strong female characters in cinema, since the silent era. I think of people like Mary Pickford, who were not only stars in front of the camera, but helped shape Hollywood and commanded enormous wealth. Male heroes my have been more abundant, but we always had our female heroes too.

are people forgettin about Xena? Lucy Lawless was such a badass without losing her femininity, i loved that show.

She owes apologies to all of the female action leads that paved the way for her effortless slide into brief stardom.

Jennifer Lawrence is not a clown, she is the entire circus.

JLaw is a gift that keeps on giving. From Weinstein's golden goose to a #1 certified Hollywood heroine. Gotta love the audacity on this one.

Kate Beckinsale in Underworld. She was the most badass woman on screen for me growing up. Still is to be fair.

Jennifer Lawrence is the first woman ever! No one has had to suffer, or struggle as much as she has. How terribly lonely it must be for her.

I know it’s not a movie but Sarah Michelle gellar as Buffy the vampire slayer is still one of my all time favorites. I probably rewatch that show every few years.

Disparu's comments impress me more and more each time he appears in the chat. Balanced but incisive and doesn't let anyone get away with anything. Good on you, Disparu!

I know there are many before it but "Kill Bill" has always been one of my absolute favorite movies. It's subtle in surprising ways, violent to the extreme, and The Bride is an insanely good protagonist. Not only The Bride though, the best villians are the females too. How damn cool was Gogo?! And Vernita? Sweet homemaker who just happens to be a deadly weapon herself. Bill was the big bad guy, and the movie built that up, but the ladies made the film. It's NEVER been about gender, it's been about good writing vs crap writing. What about Judgement Day?? When I saw Sarah Connor in the asylum, it was badass. It was a huge moment and instantly made want to watch more. Like, how did this sweet little woman from the first film become this terrifying lunatic?? What about Ripley? They built her up without tearing down every man around her. Sure, some of the dudes were a bit goofy, or not as brave as she was, but it never felt like she was a Mary Sue, or like they were forcing it. Even though she was the last man standing, it never felt like it should have been any other way. Also. It was cheesy, and super campy, but I grew up watching Xena and I LOVED it. I liked it better than Hercules! Two shows, basically the same but Xena was the better of the two. Imagine if Xena had been made today... Yuck, they'd have wrecked it. Lawrence acting like these films don't exist is just insane and the pinnacle of hubris.

Nancy Allen from Robocop (1987) needs greater mentions for her role in that film. Her character helped Murphy rediscover who he was, and from there, his humanity. She was a very capable officer without being a Mary-sue. Her first scene was of her getting knocked aside before getting back up and regaining control over an offender. She worked with Murphy rather than against him by holding her experience over him on his first day. Nancy did a great job of consistently playing Anne Lewis again in Robocop 2, taking no shit and talking straight in every serious situation without acting unpleasant toward anyone

"A long kiss goodnight" is a great action movie...Gena Davis and Samuel L Jackson kill it...Hugely underrated

To be fair, if I owned a movie studio, I would definitely do everything I could to gatekeep, so I could keep people like her well away from anything I create.

It helps to remember that Jennifer Lawrence dropped out of Middle School, never even started high school! explains a lot.

Nobody ever seems to mention Dana Scully from X-Files as a great character. She ticks everybox I can think of

Jennifer was brilliant as Sigourney Weaver in Alien. Even more impressive is the fact she played the role decades before she was even born Amazing

Thank you Drinker for finally mentioning Red Sonja, among all the other incredible awesome female heroes, I really wished for some time that at least someone remembered her and she was my idol while I grew up (although I am not a red hair, but still it wasn't her looks that made me love her :D)

My favorite cartoons of all time was Kim Possible, Proud Family, and Powerpuff Girls. And yes these shows portrayed a lot of the men in that show as buffoons or over the top misogynist like Patrick Warburton's character, but I really like the themes that they tackled and it was funny and entertaining and I had a good time every time I watched each episode.

I'm just glad Sigourney Weaver,Linda Hamilton,Kate Beckinsale,Angelina Jolie,Charlize Theron,will finally,FINALLY,get to make those action films thanks to Jennifer Lawerence

I remember when everyone was gushing over how "down to earth" she is; well it turns out that she was the first one to discover a dinosaur fossil in the late 1800s

I hear, before Jennifer Lawrence, electricity was just a myth. No one thought lighting your home in the night was even possible. Thank you Jennifer Lawrence. Without you we wouldn't even have bread to eat. So stunning and brave...

Maureen O'Hara was one of the leads in "Sons of the Musketeers" in which she played a daughter of one of the musketeers. She did all her own stunts, including all the sword fights. In 1952.

Gotta give her props for being a decent actor having never seen a movie before.

Michelle Yeoh has been doing it for many years. She's been keeping up with Jackie Chan and doing her own stunts.

Superb conversation, gentlemen. Superb.

Without Jennifer Lawrence we wouldn’t have language or thought. We really need to thank her for shaping the world as we know it

Great action lead female stars -Jane Russell " the outlaw " -Jane Fonda " barbarella " -Raquel Welch " 100 rifles " -Monica Vitti " modesty blaise " -Cornelia Sharp " S+H+E " -Barbara Bach " the spy who loved me " -Pam Grier " foxy brown etc " -Sandahl Bergman " conan the barbarian, she " -Grace Jones " a view to a kill " -S-Weaver " alien, aliens alien 4, mm " -Geena Davis " long kiss goodnight " -Cynthia rothrock " lady dragon, rage and honor -Michelle Yeoh - wing chung, tai chi master -Yukari oshima " Avenging Quartet " -Christina lindberg " thriller " -Tanya Roberts " sheena " -Brigitte Nielsen " red sonja " -Linda Hamilton " terminators " -Sharon stone " quick and the dead " etc

This is the same woman who went from thanking Harvey Wienstein for producing the movie that got her an Oscar, to saying suddenly that he was a pain in the ass who wouldn't go away.

You could probobly do a Mr . Blue Sky meme filled with female leads that where around before Katness, might even be able to use the whole song with every unique heroine

Drinker: Before we begin that, how about some light comedy gentleman? Me: This is gonna be goooood 😁

I legit forgot this woman existed

You could have swapped out JL for like 50 different actresses and got the same movies out of Hunger Games.

Thanks for the content. Please keep making more.

So nice to see Jennifer Lawrence invent the first woman, lovely work

Alien(s), Xena, Terminator movies, GI Jane, La Femme Nakita, Long Kiss Goodnight, Tomb Raider movies, Fifth Element, The Serenity movie, Underworld movies, Resident Evil movies. That’s just off the top of my head and barely scratches the surface.

I would even list Carrie Ann Moss from the Matrix. She was the first character we saw in the movie and she kicked ass. It is easy to forget, but Neo was just a load they carried around for most of the first movie and Trinity was the one who actually did stuff. It was only in the sequels that she got relegated to designated love interest, before straying too far into the other direction with the fourth movie.

I had a lot of respect and admiration for Jennifer Lawrence and she destroyed IT ALL with that interview. To a point where I absolutely LOATHE her now... great job ^^ But I love Sigourney Weavers reaction to that interview... awesome ^^

What makes it even funnier is that she’s saying that after being the 2nd Mystique… disregarding and disrespecting Rebecca Romijn

I remember when Jennifer Lawrence walked down the street in trousers, by herself, without a man...people were FREAKING OUT!!! She's so brave.

I watched “HANNAH” last night with Soairse Ronan(not sure about spelling)😂 But that was a very well done, action packed, well choreographed film with her as the absolute lead in the movie And it’s definitely pre hunger games. it’s a unique movie for sure, but if you haven’t seen it then I would recommend giving it a shot.

Even out of cinema (before cinema actually), there were always action heroines in comics/bandes dessinées. In the 1890s, L'Oiselle was a demoiselle from high society using her wealth and social skills to get a network by day and a badass fighter in a wasp costume using her combat skills and engineering to fight criminals in Paris by night.

She's done pretty well for herself, for a victim.

This does seems to be the trend, just like Jordan Peele stating that studios never handed out a big budget film to a lack director before him (including his own movies) or Sikh Liu claiming to break through ceilings as though Bruce Lee, Brandon Lee, Sonny Chiba or Jackie Chan didn’t exist. Also, I’ve been listening to this dialogue for a couple of days now and a movie that hasn’t mentioned is La Femme Nikita, it’s remake and spin off television show. One of my personal favorites

I'd really like to hear your oppinion on 'Atomic blonde'. Charlize Theron nailed it so good and the movie is just fun to watch. The fight scenes are amazing imo.

I remember jens leading role and legendary performance, in John carpenter’s the thing. As the thing, was a stunning and brave performance!

Milla Jovovich in fifth element was mind-blowing. One of my all time favourite performances.

I remember when I was watching Michelle Yeoh, and Zhang Ziyi in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon at the theatre and thought to myself "I can't wait until that 10 year old girl living in Kentucky right now makes a movie in 12 years, and makes this movie I am watching right now possible."

Love Mauler’s festive new avatar.

I love the fact that I'm not the only one to immediately think of "The Long Kiss Goodnight." What a fantastic movie.

She looks like a completely different person than she did in those movies. Time hasn't been kind to her. My favorite female action hero is Kate Beckinsale's character Selene in the Underworld movies. It's sad Hollywood can't make anything as good as those movies anymore.

Frankly... Thank you for bringing up "The Long Kiss Goodnight". Very underrated film that more people need to see! "Nobody had ever put a woman in the lead of an action movie before"... Hunger Games came out in 2012... the same year that the *fourth* Underworld movie and *fifth* Resident Evil movie came out. Y'know, beyond the obvious Sarah Connor and Ellen Ripley examples.

Everyone comes back to Sigourney weaver because she was such a badass. BADASS. Thats the difference

Apologies if someone has already commented but one that was not mentioned that to this day is still praised, admired and revered almost is Kill Bill 1 & 2. Strong lead women in both heroine and villain roles. It is never brought up in this types of discussions and is on par with those performances of Sigourney Weaver in Aliens and Carrie Fisher in Star Wars!

"I'm every woman" Jennifer Lawrence, probably.

Linda Carter was Wonder Woman in 1975. Lyndsey Wagner was The Bionic Woman in 1976. Those were primetime TV shows broadcast directly into homes.

Maureen O'Hara was Dartanion's daughter all the way back to 1954 and a pirate captain in Against All Flags, before Jennifer Lawrence's parents were born

Let's not forget about the late Fay Wray, the actress who played Ann Darrow in the original blockbuster king Kong. A 1933 film with a lead actress at a time when men completely dominated lead roles.

Uma Thurman is one of my favorites. I know it isn't realistic but it's still cool to watch.

Me looking at Jennifer Lawrence "The dumbness is strong with this one!"

Jennifer seems to be such an amazing comedian

I guess we all just imagined Kill Bill, Underworld, resident evil, Terminator, Alien series ...

The first woman I ever saw that I considered to be a strong action character was Katherine Hepburn in the African Queen, starring alongside Humphrey Bogart. This was a movie I had seen several times with my grandparents. It showed a strong, female character that would never back down, travelling down a dangerous river in Africa, trying to get out onto a lake so she could blow up a Nazi war ship. There a little steamboat that they were planning to use to ram into the war ship with a torpedo, mounted into it. It sank. They believed they had failed, and when the Nazis captured them, she admitted what it was she was trying to do and didn’t care if they shot her dead complete bad ass. Needless to say they did not fail. She was successful. In my opinion the first strong, female action character I’ve ever seen. In addition, she didn’t have to be 10 to be like a guy. She still held our femininity and was still a bad ass.

"Max, you can't kill the actors! Actors aren't animals." "No? Ever eat with one!?" -The Producers

I have to admit I have never seen the Hunger games, but that aside, I truly believe that Jennifer is a time traveller in the sense of Quantum leap. She WAS Ripley, Sarah Conor, etc.

I grew up in the 70 and 80 with Linda Carter (Wonder Woman),Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith, Kate Jackson, Cheryl Ladd (Charlie's Angels), Lindsay Wagner (The Bionic Woman), Carrie Fisher (Star Wars), Angie Dickinson (Police Woman) and of course Sigourney Weaver (Aliens), Linda Hamilton (Terminator)

Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It had a great female lead and a lot of well written male characters as well. Xander, Giles, Spike, Angel, etc. The show had its strange spots, but when it was good, it was good. One might even include all the well written female leads in video games, as well. FemShep had some of the best lines in the series, in my opinion and the fact Bioware made Femshep cannon alongside Maleshep goes to show how much the fans loved the female version of the character.

JLaw was a one hit wonder with Katniss and acts like she is somehow the greatest movie star ever and deserves more.

Kate Beckinsale's Selene is the main protagonist of Underworld.

I may be old, oldschool but Kate Hepburn was pretty adventurous in The African Queen. Sheesh Jenn.

It can be fairly argued that the first female action hero swung onto screens over a decade before the first movie with sound. Helen Holmes in The Hazards of Helen (1914), hit some of the classic action set pieces of today, including fights on top of trains. Helen Holmes even did most of, if not all of, her own stunts.

"I'm sorry - whaaaat!?" Priceless.

We need to make the 7th of DEC every year 'thank Jennifer day', out of respect for the trail she blazed for us all so that we may have a better life.

So about my favorite Jennifer Lawrence movie Underworld

I heard she was the first actor AND actress in all of history. Clearly a stunning and brave person.