I had the same gut reaction, chris.
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tiggy - Jun 06, 2012 12:33:03 pm PDT #21000 of 30000
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§ ita § - Jun 06, 2012 12:33:47 pm PDT #21001 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You're talking about the Natasha in the pushup bra with the zipper partway down? And her butt pushed out in a very non-gun-stance way? Because you got a different Natasha from the one in my copy.
chrismg - Jun 06, 2012 1:20:23 pm PDT #21002 of 30000
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
I'm talking about the Natasha who was portrayed as a competent and essential team member. If you saw her presented only as an attractive shape in space, you definitely saw a different movie than I did.
It may not be fair to compare a single picture to a complete movie, but the image on the shirt doesn't exist in a vacuum.
§ ita § - Jun 06, 2012 1:43:12 pm PDT #21003 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
She was definitely more sexualised than the men, though. That zipper was there *all* the time.
If that had been Maria, my reaction would have been totally "WTF even???" But it wasn't. It was the same piece of cheesecake Joss decided to have and eat too.
Aside from all the joke angle. I just think if it had been any of the guys it would have been ten times as funny, and if it had been the woman who had never been sexualised in the movie it would have been ten times as flat.
Connie Neil - Jun 06, 2012 1:44:13 pm PDT #21004 of 30000
brillig
Nick Fury clinging to his leg would be funny.
Consuela - Jun 06, 2012 1:54:28 pm PDT #21005 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
You're talking about the Natasha in the pushup bra with the zipper partway down?
I gotta say, that was the one thing about Natasha in the movie that really cheesed me off. She's got Kevlar body-armor in that jumpsuit (I assume), and shrapnel flying everywhere, and she can't be bothered to pull up her zipper? Bah, I say.
Jesse - Jun 06, 2012 2:12:24 pm PDT #21006 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
And it would have felt so right to me if she had just pulled it up for battle, and back down for comfort after, you know?
Consuela - Jun 06, 2012 2:28:40 pm PDT #21007 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
if she had just pulled it up for battle, and back down for comfort after, you know?
Totally.
§ ita § - Jun 06, 2012 2:30:28 pm PDT #21008 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
She is the same Black Widow whose hair fell into her face any time it seemed like they might want to sub in a stunt double, so it's clearly not all about practicality.
(I saw some footage of ScarJo working out, and I'm wondering why even make it look like there's doubling, then? They don't have to!)
smonster - Jun 06, 2012 3:17:21 pm PDT #21009 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
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