[AbyssPlanet]

I was actually very fond of Karime Adebibe, the last Lara Croft model. I've got the downloadable theme set of her as my Xbox360 dashboard theme.

This new model IS very attractive, don't get me wrong, but I prefer Karime Adebibe.
I'm a huge Tomb Raider fan, though, so I'll still be buying the new game on Xbox360 the day it comes out. 😀

http://www.tombraiderchronicles.com/lara/karimaadebibe/index.html

[cpbell0033944]

I was actually very fond of Karime Adebibe, the last Lara Croft model. I've got the downloadable theme set of her as my Xbox360 dashboard theme.

This new model IS very attractive, don't get me wrong, but I prefer Karime Adebibe.
I'm a huge Tomb Raider fan, though, so I'll still be buying the new game on Xbox360 the day it comes out. 😀

http://www.tombraiderchronicles.com/lara/karimaadebibe/index.html

I'm far from an expert on this, but I'll agree that she was hot in the beauty sense, but her physique was too stringy.

[AbyssPlanet]

For those who want to see more of the new Lara Croft model in action, here is an interview clip at GameTrailers.com where she does all sorts of actiony stuff, like gymnastic moves, scuba-diving and swimming, posing for the camera, jump-kicks, and other stuff:

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/38930.html

[Holiday]

Karime Adebibe looks hot, but she doesn't resemble the video game Lara Croft that much.

Nell McAndrew seems to have done fine after Croft. But I'm more impressed by the French model whose Croft pictures were never officially published. Vanessa Demouy looked more like that 3D chick. And years later she did a great performance in a French cop show "Central Nuit" (Night Squad). She played Anne, an officer whose collegues keep suspecting her of being an I.A. mole, just because she's sleeping with the I.A. chief.

[AlexG]

That's not Lara Croft . . . this IS Lara Croft!  8)

Case closed, accept no substitutes, and insist upon genuine Tetsuko as Lara Croft.  😉

“I like a good story well told. That is the reason I am sometimes forced to tell them myself.”
~ Mark Twain / Samuel Clemens (1907)

[Robert McNay]

That's not Lara Croft . . . this IS Lara Croft!  8)

Much as I love muscular women and DCM's Tetsuko reigns supreme in the superhero genre' (or is at least in the Top 5), some characters just need to be simply strong and athletic looking. Lara Croft is one of those. Large muscles just don't work on that character.

[cpbell0033944]

Much as I love muscular women and DCM's Tetsuko reigns supreme in the superhero genre' (or is at least in the Top 5), some characters just need to be simply strong and athletic looking. Lara Croft is one of those. Large muscles just don't work on that character.

I'm not wanting to pick an argument with you, CptMatt, but, for me, large muscles work on any character! 😉

[SheMuscleLover]

Much as I love muscular women and DCM's Tetsuko reigns supreme in the superhero genre' (or is at least in the Top 5), some characters just need to be simply strong and athletic looking. Lara Croft is one of those. Large muscles just don't work on that character.

Reluctant as I am to do so, I gotta agree with you there.  Some characters are walking bricks, and look good with bodies that could shrug off antitank fire, while others are more the lithe and agile gymnastic types, who look best with the tight, wiry physiques best suited for their acrobatic feats.

Lara clearly falls into the latter category.  While, as the Tetsuko cosplay pic showed, Lara's iconic image can be portrayed by someone with ample musculature… it loses something in the translation, looking less like Ms. Croft herself, and more like some remarkably-similar-looking female powerhouse has spent a happy day rooting through her closets all evening while she was out on her weekend holiday.

[Robert McNay]

I'm not wanting to pick an argument with you, CptMatt, but, for me, large muscles work on any character! 😉

No argument taken. To each his own in taste.  😀

Its just that I know that all that muscle is incredibly powerful (and sexy) but I also know that it limits flexibility. A truly huge bodybuilder wouldn't be able to do a lot of things that Lara does.

And yes, I know its all fantasy, but I like keeping at least one of those fantastical feet in at least a little reality.  ;D

Reluctant as I am to do so, I gotta agree with you there.  Some characters are walking bricks, and look good with bodies that could shrug off antitank fire, while others are more the lithe and agile gymnastic types, who look best with the tight, wiry physiques best suited for their acrobatic feats.

Lara clearly falls into the latter category.  While, as the Tetsuko cosplay pic showed, Lara's iconic image can be portrayed by someone with ample musculature… it loses something in the translation, looking less like Ms. Croft herself, and more like some remarkably-similar-looking female powerhouse has spent a happy day rooting through her closets all evening while she was out on her weekend holiday.

Another cartoon character that is in the same mold is Erin Esurance, from the Esurance ads. The way she's drawn, in that black catsuit, is just about perfect. Especially her legs.  😮

[Reason]

I hope they haven't ruled out her playing the role of Lara Croft, obviously not in another movie, but perhaps in a TV series or webisodes or something. I just love it when they cast someone that could be their character in real life in they wanted to.

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