[sinclairfan]

Pro's
1. The woman instigating the conflict is usually 'all-in':  she's been planning her adultery/theft/revenge for years, and is going for broke.

2.  The 'good girl' might be slow on the uptake that she has a target on her back.  But once she 'wakes up', she takes the gloves off.

3.  The women know that nice hair, nice make-up, and 'smart but sensible' clothes are all important.  They're out to win--and to look good doing it.

4.  Cops' cluelessness forces the good girl to take matters into her own hands.

Con's
5.  Way, way, way too much use of foreign objects in the climactic showdowns.

6.  Cameras obscure the action as much as they reveal it.

7.  Final misdirection as to 'who dun it'.

[Kiva]

Pro's
1. The woman instigating the conflict is usually 'all-in':  she's been planning her adultery/theft/revenge for years, and is going for broke.

2.  The 'good girl' might be slow on the uptake that she has a target on her back.  But once she 'wakes up', she takes the gloves off.

3.  The women know that nice hair, nice make-up, and 'smart but sensible' clothes are all important.  They're out to win--and to look good doing it.

4.  Cops' cluelessness forces the good girl to take matters into her own hands.

Con's
5.  Way, way, way too much use of foreign objects in the climactic showdowns.

6.  Cameras obscure the action as much as they reveal it.

7.  Final misdirection as to 'who dun it'.

Yep. That sums up every Lifetime Movie Network movie ever made. There’s also:

The False Ending - bad girl is unconscious but is faking it or revives before good girl escapes/calls for help and the action resumes.

Good girl’s husband arrives, gets shot or knocked out by foreign object by bad girl, but survives.

Incompetent cops show up in end to arrest bad girl after good girl did all the work for them.

My dream is to be the head writer for LMN 

[sinclairfan]

Not bad.

For my tastes:  the 4-way catfight is a little much (who wins in a 4-way catfight, anyways?  first woman submitted--or last woman standing?).

But.....

Good call on the exclusive college angle:  forget that in my original list.

[Kiva]

Good one, P.D. You definitely get the spirit of LMN. And yes, Tiny Dancer, no LMN movie seems complete without Eric Roberts and a cast of B actors, young starlets, and has-beens. A recent one starring  Heather Locklear was billed as her “comeback.”

Does anybody find it curious that LMN is marketed as being “for women”, yet often features FvsF physical fights as it’s movie climax?

[sinclairfan]

Good one, P.D. You definitely get the spirit of LMN. And yes, Tiny Dancer, no LMN movie seems complete without Eric Roberts and a cast of B actors, young starlets, and has-beens. A recent one starring  Heather Locklear was billed as her “comeback.”

Does anybody find it curious that LMN is marketed as being “for women”, yet often features FvsF physical fights as it’s movie climax?

Why the climactic catfights on LMN are feminine/woman-centered, not masculine/male-centered:

1.  Although the good girl fights tooth-and-nail in the climax, it's only after 60-90 minutes of being provoked/badgered/called out by the bad girl.

2.  The good girl tries to resolve the battle with due process through the cops, but their cluelessness frustrates her preference.

3.  The good girl tries to have her man/love interest "take down" the bad girl--but he's indisposed from a candlestick to the head (in classic 'Clue' fashion).

4.  The good especially, but sometimes the bad girl too, never lose their clothes (even jewelry!) or makeup during the final fight.

5.  The movie leaves 3-4 minutes between the final fight and the ending for the good girl to "cool down" and regain her June Cleaver dignity/gravitas.

6.  The good girl wins the fight.  (If LVM was directed at men, the bad girl would win.)

7.  Too many foreign objects in the fight.

8.  The women never call each other 'bitch', 'slut', or 'whore'; pre-, intra-, or post-fight.

[luvacatfight]

Pro's
1. The woman instigating the conflict is usually 'all-in':  she's been planning her adultery/theft/revenge for years, and is going for broke.

2.  The 'good girl' might be slow on the uptake that she has a target on her back.  But once she 'wakes up', she takes the gloves off.

3.  The women know that nice hair, nice make-up, and 'smart but sensible' clothes are all important.  They're out to win--and to look good doing it.

4.  Cops' cluelessness forces the good girl to take matters into her own hands.

Con's
5.  Way, way, way too much use of foreign objects in the climactic showdowns.

6.  Cameras obscure the action as much as they reveal it.

7.  Final misdirection as to 'who dun it'.


Perennial LMC "has beens" (though still sexy) Morgan Fairchild and Barbara Niven:

A diabolical Lifetime Movie Producer suggests to Morgan and Barbara a limited rules catfight in "little black dresses". The winner to star in his next production: "The Evil Ex-Wife."

The ladies say: "No problem!! You wouldn't BELIEVE what Harvey Weinstein wanted."