What's the objection?
He's too big. No, they've all got the gravitas, but they don't have the build and the gravitas.
Wesley was lacking in that dignified presence.
My love for me now / Ain't hard to explain / The Hero of Canton / The man they call...ME.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
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DavidS - Dec 02, 2010 2:45:06 pm PST #12330 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
§ ita § - Dec 02, 2010 2:49:17 pm PST #12331 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Too big for him?
I don't know which actors and which comic book character you're looking at. They're really close matches, considering.
DavidS - Dec 02, 2010 3:11:57 pm PST #12332 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I grew up on a 70s Black Panther, but I guess he might be a little bigger than I thought.
I think of him as a lithe, Daredevil type.
He doesn't look big when he's standing next to Thor, but then who does.
DavidS - Dec 02, 2010 3:15:45 pm PST #12333 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 02, 2010 4:26:57 pm PST #12334 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I think Chiwetel Ejiofor would be the best at portraying T'Challa's particular kind of dignity, but he's a bit too stocky to pull off the acrobatics believably.
Polter-Cow - Dec 02, 2010 5:23:39 pm PST #12335 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I think of him as a lithe, Daredevil type.
Appropriate, since he's the new Daredevil!
Laga - Dec 02, 2010 5:43:45 pm PST #12336 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Chewie's my favorite but I worship him so, I think he can do anything.
DavidS - Dec 03, 2010 10:51:29 am PST #12337 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Something for your bookmarks, TCM's Underground schedule.
They're showing Fulci's The Beyond tonight. A classic of Italian horror.
Stephanie - Dec 04, 2010 5:27:25 am PST #12338 of 30000
Trust my rage
I saw Love and Other Drugs last night and thoroughly enjoyed all but the end. I guess a movie has to have an end, but that one was lame. Still, the rest of the movie made me laugh and in good ways. A lot.
Steph L. - Dec 04, 2010 8:59:59 am PST #12339 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
You know how It's a Wonderful Life isn't really a Christmas movie, not in the way that, say Miracle on 34th Street is, in that IaWL spans a longer time than just the Christmas season? It's just that the big important self-revelatory part of the movie takes place at Christmas, and somehow it got classified as a Christmas movie.
So. I realized that I tend to think of Desk Set as a Christmas movie in the same vein as IaWL. It's got one of my favorite Christmas party scenes ever, particularly when the "Do Not Remove From Studio 11" piano comes rolling into the Research department, accompanied by all the people dancing their asses off. (Also, I'm charmed by the idea of a Christmas party AT WORK, during the day, since it's so removed from my own experience.)
Desk Set also has, hands down, the most romantic line I've ever heard, delivered by Spencer Tracy, after recounting his ex-girlfriend, the model, who wrote him long letters when he was in the war, full of details about hemlines and fashion. Then he says to Katharine Hepburn, "I'll bet you write wonderful letters."
I'm such a nerd. That's the best line EVER.