Babylon 5

If you haven't seen Babylon 5, you should--especially if you're a fan of science fiction. It's a very well-done and gripping SF series that manages to be epic, despite its low budget. And it also has some scenes of interest for us. In the first season episode Soul Hunter, Delenn is captured by an alien who literally wants to suck out her soul.

It turns out Delenn was barefoot when she was abducted (she was taken while relaxing in her quarters), as we see in a brief shot of her bound foot.

In Born To The Purple (also first season) Commander Sinclair and G'Kar find Londo in a strip club, where all the female performers dance BF.

Londo's girlfriend (Fabiana Udenio) also dances there, and she performs sans shoes as well.

In The Quality of Mercy (also season one) Londo takes the wide-eyed Lennier to a strip club (the same place as in Born To The Purple?), where the dancers also perform barefoot--as well as without much clothing.

There's a lot of BF scenes in Babylon 5--more so than on most other space-based SF series.

The Girl In The Spider's Web

The Girl In The Spider's Web was an attempt to make the character of Lisbeth--from The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo--into more of a mainstream-type of hero. It was based on a book that wasn't written by the late Stieg Larsson, creator of the character in the original Millennium book series. However, the original novel that The Girl In The Spider's Web is based on, written by David Lagercrantz, is superb (and is nothing like the movie, which makes changes in the book's storyline).

While I thought Claire Foy was very good as Lisbeth, she and the Spider Web film overall lacked the intensity of the earlier films, with the original Lisbeth actress Noomi Rapace giving a brilliant performance in the full Millennium cinematic trilogy.

And Rooney Mara was fantastic as Lisbeth in David Fincher's American remake of Dragon Tattoo.

But Spider's Web has a nice little surprise. When Lisbeth is captured in Spider's Web, she's put through some very special paces.

At first she's tied in the traditional bondage, with her hands bound behind her back. But then she's placed in a vacuum sack.

When all of the air has been sucked out, Lisbeth is unable to breathe--until her sister, the villain, cuts a breathing hole for her. Lisbeth's sister, Camilla, played by the wonderful Sylvia Hoeks (who was also excellent as Luv in Blade Runner 2049), can't help but gloat over Lisbeth one more time.

Camilla reseals the hole with wax, sealing Lisbeth to a slow death by asphyxiation. But Lisbeth still manages to make her escape. During her time in the vacuum bag, Lisbeth is barefoot and stripped down to her panties.

I still would have liked to have seen more adventures with Foy's Lisbeth, but sadly, Spider's Web was the only movie they did. Maybe the Lisbeth character can be rebooted once more in the future.

What Are You Doing?

Eliza, the heroine of my latest Poser picture, saw a chance to make her escape and she took it. But she should have been more aware of her surroundings. You can find out what went wrong right here.

Note: the picture I used here is from The Cat and the Canary.

Reasonable Doubt

This is from a series called Reasonable Doubt, the sixth episode of the first season.

Not only is it one of the best BF bondage scenes in recent memory, but it's also a great on-screen tying scene, as well.

The interesting thing about this scene is that the bondage moments are actually flashbacks.

The victim survived (woo-hoo!) and is giving her statement to the police, who are investigating her captivity.

The actress is Devi Julia Peletier, and you can see this right here.

Batman Karate Time

What happens when a ninja kidnaps a karate student? We find out in 'Day Of The Samurai,' a first season episode of Batman: The Animated Series.

A karate student (voiced by Julia Kato) is grabbed by a Ninja at her dojo. She is held hostage by said ninja.

The kidnapped student is still barefoot, and clad in just her karate outfit the entire time she's held hostage.

Later, when Batman confronts the ninja on a rooftop, the student stands with her hands tied together in front of her.

She's held at bay at first with a sword.

But she fights back, even with her hands tied.

When I first posted these pictures up on my old website, I did a little photo manipulation job on them. I gave her a gag in this shot.

And I "tied" her feet, here.

Supergirl the Series Pt2

In the pilot, the very first episode of the Supergirl series, Kara is trying on different outfits to wear as Supergirl, and comes out to show off this one, which wasn't chosen (damn it).

Maybe this would have been a better outfit for her to wear as AquaGirl, or something.

And, if you can indulge me one more shot from Supergirl: Calista Flockhart, in the same pilot, removes her shoes while sitting at her desk.

We don't see her feet in this shot (drat), but it's nice to know that Cat Grant works in her office sans shoes.

Supergirl the Series Pt1

The Supergirl TV series, starring Melissa Benoist, was a lot of fun. Granted, it had its problems--especially with storylines that got way too preachy--but I always enjoyed Benoist's performance. She was great as Supergirl, and she made the show enjoyabe for me.

I was re-watching the third season recently and caught this scene of Benoist looking for her shoes before going to work. It's from the opening moments of the episode Triggers.

It's a nice, if brief, barefoot scene with an actress and a character who didn't go BF all that much during the series' run.

Later in the season, in the episode The Faithful, actress Odette Annable removes her shoes during a casual get-together of the girls.