The sexiest fat girls in science fiction

The Fat Woman has been one of cinema’s most compelling archetypes since the medium’s earliest days. Sensual, self-confident and quite often murderous, she seduces and destroys with her outcast. Her behavior is heightened to the point that a real-life woman will never be able to get away with it, and she always knows how to use her powers.

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While fat women might not be the first thing that comes to mind when it comes to science fiction, the genre (often considered the domain of nerdy men) allows her to be should be stronger. In science fiction, the fat woman can be in the form of an alien or a robot or some other kind of fantasy creature. Fatal and otherworldly femininity enhance each other, increasing her evil abilities far beyond what they would in film noir or erotic thrillers. Sure, Barbara Stanwyck in Double compensation and Glenn Close in Deadly charm (to name just two iconic examples) are fat women, but can they transform and redirect supernaturally? Not necessarily.

We’ve rounded up some of our favorite sci-fi heroines — all mythical creatures that get away with bad behavior and look cool doing it.

Pris (Daryl Hannah), Blade Runner

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By design, it’s hard to say for sure who’s the good guy and who’s the bad guy in Ridley Scott’s stylish dark classic, but with his ass kicking and unforgettable character design, Pris created should be a dynamic woman (and robot) fatale. A rebellious “basic pleasure model” recreator, Pris is a punk girl in black mesh outfits and dramatic makeup (including a murderous black streak over her eyes) who has stamina. and amazing physicality and defies all expectations for a sex robot by refusing to come down without a struggle.

Ava (Alicia Vikander), Ex Machina

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Designed by an extremely wealthy and reclusive tech brother, Ava is a cyborg with a sleek, silver body and human face. Ava can use the illusion of female passivity to subvert expectations and sidestep the two men she is dating. In the end, Ava proves to be more knowledgeable than her creator and eventually kills him, escaping her reclusive world, her fatal abilities finally freeing her.

Sogo’s Black Queen (Anita Pallenberg), Barbarella

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As if the affair with Keith Richards wasn’t compelling enough, Anita Pallenberg cemented her ’60s iconic status as the evil queen in the cult classic. crowbar. Dressed in an S&M-chic, blindfolded, and ruled over a ludicrous empire, the Black Queen is both authoritarian and seductive, a raven-haired gothic shield for Jane Fonda’s bubbly and bubbly blonde.

Laura (Scarlett Johansson), Under the Skin

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subcutaneous possesses a particularly unsettling atmosphere, reinforced by Scarlett Johansson’s enigmatic and compelling performance as a woman who commits truly heinous acts without a shred of emotion. An alien taking the form of an unknown woman, pouting with cold eyes and wearing a fur coat, Johansson roams the streets of Scotland, driven by nightmarish logic and barely speaking. a word as she seduces random men and leads them to their deaths in a haunting black abyss.

Sil (Natasha Henstridge), Species

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A classic of the flashy, over-the-top filmmaking era of the mid-’90s (with the implication of gratuitous nudity), Species involves Sil, an anthropomorphic alien that seduces and kills people. Sil’s supernatural abilities confused the group of scientists who watched her, and they feared her ability to mate and give birth could signal the demise of humanity. Of course, Sil is only interested in murder, and her striking looks have helped her get away with murder time and time again. On top of that, her alien form was designed by H.R. Giger, creator of one of the most dangerous characters of all, the creature from the horror/sci-fi classic. alien.

Space Girl (Mathilda May), Lifeforce

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What’s scarier than aliens? How about a vampire alien actually draining the human victim’s life? Tobe Hooper’s film runs on flashy, sweet energy and an unknown space girl, played by French actress Mathilda May, which is nearly always nude and attracts male attention in a way easy. The deadly combination of nudity, vampireism, and alien morphing inevitably leads to a brutal trail of destruction.

Lori (Sharon Stone), Total recovery

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When you think of Sharon Stone as a fat woman, Basic instincts might be the first movie she thought of, but her previous role for director Paul Verhoeven, in Total recoveryalso an excellent introduction to her ability to play evil but beautiful characters. Total recovery takes place in a paranoid world of implanted memories and shady organizations, and sees Stone posing as Arnold Schwarzenegger’s wife to spy on him, while wearing an early decade gym suit 90 is really excellent.

Consuella (Charlotte Rampling), Zardoz

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Charlotte Rampling’s flair makes her ideal for female leads, and in ’70s hit classics. Zardoz, she played an immortal “Eternal” who imprisoned Sean Connery and initially hoped to destroy him. The series is known for its weird storylines and whimsical costumes (really, it’s impossible not to see Connery’s slouchy pants/hat/thigh boots), and regimented rule Rampling’s matriarchy, cool crop tops, and overbearing attitude add appeal to this weirdest sci-fi movie. fis.

Woman in Red (Fiona Johnson), The Matrix

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As a simulated character in Matrixagent training program, The Woman in the Red Dress may not be real, but she is definitely fatal. Her red dress was deliberately designed to make her stand out in a sea of ​​gray-clad people, and she distracts Neo with her beauty only to then transform into agent Smith holding evil gun. The specter of the fat woman here is a dangerous distraction, and serves as one of many moments in the film that make us question reality.