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The books:

• Author's Saving Throw: Attempted and utterly failed by Roy Thomas, who claims in an introduction in the first novel that Sonja's vow to only make love to a man who could defeat her but otherwise be chaste is a "conscious, willed thing. It is Sonja who sets the standard, and who will mate with the man who can best her with sword or axe. No rape here, just a set of standards strange to our modern eyes." However, on page 73 of the same novel, we're quite graphically shown that this is not the case: Sonja didn't decide upon this vow, it was offered to her by a god as a way for her to pay it back for blessing her with supernatural skills in wielding weapons. And her only options were to either accept the god's terms, or to continue being raped and possibly wind up killed afterwards.
• Strangled by the Red String: In Star of Doom, Sonja is in love with a fellow mercenary, Daron (though it takes her a little while to admit it). Note, that's in love; we don't see them fall in love, which presumably happened during the month or so they knew each other before the book opens. Because of that, and because what we see of Daron makes it seem like he's not really Sonja's type, the romance doesn't feel earned.

The film:

• Big Lipped Alligator Moment: The random dancing topless girl in Gedren's scrying pool.
• Distaff Counterpart: to A Nightmare On Elm Street 2 Freddys Revenge. Makes sense if you've read up on it.
• Love It or Hate It: There are two schools of thought about the film, some love it and consider it a Cult Classic. Others... not so much.
• Narm: Nielsen's dubious acting skills provide many unintentionally hilarious moments.
  WHERE ARE YOU!?!?!?!
• So Bad, It's Good