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===Background to Series===
Director [[James Cameron]] had planned to make a film of the comic book character Spider-Man. Unable to do so, Cameron moved to television and created the story of [[Max Guevara]], a new superheroine. Dark Angel was influenced by cyberpunk, current superhero genres, and third-wave feminism.
With strong characters such as Sarah Connor and Ellen Ripley emerging in the eighties, the nineties weren't so kind to the superwoman format, with the exception of Xena: Warrior Princess, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Charmed. With the emergence of Charlie's Angels and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon James Cameron empowered female warriors back to television screens by mixing the sober feminism of his films' The Terminator and Aliens characters with sexed-up girl power. The result was Dark Angel..<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.darkangelfan.com/news/254.shtml |title=Angel Delight |date=2001-02-14 |publisher=Dark Angel Fan |accessdate=2008-07-14}}</ref>
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