Chris Hicks: Comic book superheroines are out of luck

And my personal fave, Michelle Yeoh, who shakes off bad guys like flies in almost every film she's ever done. (Best "Bond girl" ever.)

These examples are not characters with unique powers exactly. Most of them don't fly or shoot spider webs from their wrists or rely on a belt full of super gadgets. But their characters are pretty super duper considering the stunts they (and their doubles) pull off. (Only Yeoh does all of her own.)

And these actresses, among others, could certainly handle any super heroine role that came from the printed page.

Let's face it, the only reason "Catwoman," "Elektra" and the other pictures failed is because they were lousy.

Note to Hollywood: Build a better movie and the audience will come.

And with superheroines, maybe teenage girls will fill the theater seats as much as teenage boys.

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