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A one-season TV series of 20+ half-hour episodes. In the year 2525, robots have taken over the surface of the earth, forcing humans underground. Two women warriors (Hel, played by Gina Torres, and Sarge) stumble upon Cleopatra, a woman who had been frozen cryogenically since 2001, and only recently revived. Celopatra had been a stripper who went in for a boob job. 
[[Image:Cleopatra2525.jpg|right]]


The three women struggle against the evil robots (baileys) and their human-disguised cyborgs, as well as bad humans and mutants. They take orders from a disembodied voice ("Voice"), the equivalent of a female Charlie (the voice from Charlie's Angels).  They have a faithful servant, Mauser, who is a sexless robot.
A one-season TV series of 28 or so half-hour episodes (2000-2001). In the year 2525, robots have taken over the surface of the earth, forcing humans underground. Two women warriors (Hel, played by Gina Torres, and Sarge) stumble upon Cleopatra, a woman who had been frozen cryogenically since 2001, and only recently revived. [[Cleopatra (Cleopatra 2525)|Cleopatra]] had been a stripper who went in for a boob job.


[[Category:Works]]
The three women struggle against the evil robots ("baileys") and their human-disguised cyborgs, as well as bad humans and mutants. They take orders from a disembodied voice ("Voice"), the equivalent of a female Charlie (the voice from Charlie's Angels).  They have a faithful servant, Mauser, who is a sexless robot.
 
==gender issues==
* female action heroes including [[Hel (Cleopatra 2525)|Hel]] the leader of the team
* the Voice is female
* sisterhood & female relationships are a theme
* characters placed in sexualized outfits & situations
* villain is powerful woman telepath, Raina, in 1x04
 
==Intro Sequence==
: Five hundred years into the future
: she will enter a world where machines rule the Earth.
: Mankind has been driven underground.
: And Cleopatra is about to discover
: there's no place like home.
 
Song:
: In the year 2525
: There are women with a will to survive
: Fighting for a brand new day
: Nothing is gonna get in their way
: And in the year 2525
: Three women keep hope alive
: Joining forces to reclaim the Earth
: Looking ahead to humankind's rebirth
 
==External Links==
* [http://www.darkamber.net/cleo2525/index2.htm DarkAmber Fan Site]
* [http://www.whoosh.org/epguide/cleo/cleo.html Episode Guide at Whoosh]
 
 
[[Category:TV series]]
[[category:Series first published in 2000]]

Latest revision as of 07:38, 29 October 2011

A one-season TV series of 28 or so half-hour episodes (2000-2001). In the year 2525, robots have taken over the surface of the earth, forcing humans underground. Two women warriors (Hel, played by Gina Torres, and Sarge) stumble upon Cleopatra, a woman who had been frozen cryogenically since 2001, and only recently revived. Cleopatra had been a stripper who went in for a boob job.

The three women struggle against the evil robots ("baileys") and their human-disguised cyborgs, as well as bad humans and mutants. They take orders from a disembodied voice ("Voice"), the equivalent of a female Charlie (the voice from Charlie's Angels). They have a faithful servant, Mauser, who is a sexless robot.

gender issues

  • female action heroes including Hel the leader of the team
  • the Voice is female
  • sisterhood & female relationships are a theme
  • characters placed in sexualized outfits & situations
  • villain is powerful woman telepath, Raina, in 1x04

Intro Sequence

Five hundred years into the future
she will enter a world where machines rule the Earth.
Mankind has been driven underground.
And Cleopatra is about to discover
there's no place like home.

Song:

In the year 2525
There are women with a will to survive
Fighting for a brand new day
Nothing is gonna get in their way
And in the year 2525
Three women keep hope alive
Joining forces to reclaim the Earth
Looking ahead to humankind's rebirth

External Links