Cleopatra 2525
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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