71.   Networks apparently believe the best strategy to attract them is to create young female characters who are appealingly adrift.

72.   Not that he has any to contend with in a film that turns all its female characters into two-dimensional, lacquered gargoyles.

73.   One byproduct of creating three-dimensional female characters has been the emergence of male characters who go beyond stereotypes.

74.   Plus it even gives the female characters something to do besides flash their hot bods.

75.   Plus, it even gives the female characters something to do besides flash their hot bods.

76.   Portman praises Lucas for creating strong female characters for his films.

77.   Quake II, the dean of shooting games, has a death-dealing female marine character.

78.   Same with the rare Pink Ranger, a female character.

79.   She laughs, then says she felt it had to do with duality, the way the two central female characters represent yin and yang, black and white.

80.   She sought female characters who are creative, capable, articulate and intelligent.