If you think about the Original Star Trek series, Into the Darkness really adds a lot of confident and strong females. Yes none of them pilot a starship and the men are still in all the leadership positions, but this is the early days of Starfleet. The movie updates the sexual politics of the sixties to match today's world, but some say it's not enough. Well, everyone wants to be Kirk, even the women, because he's in a position of power. Fine, be that way. But being in a position of power isn't everything. I would be very disappointed to see women start playing the roles of men and acting in exactly the same way in media. I hope women bring something new, some unique perspective like what they tried with Voyager before 6 of 9 brought it right back to eye candy for males. I'm tired of brotastic, power trip heroes full of braggadacio. I say, flush 'em down the toilet no matter who plays them.
I think Ripley from Alien/Aliens is still one of the best female leads. She's strong but still a woman unlike Vasquez who's clearly just trying to have the biggest balls.
