Now I'm starting to feel bitter that we're getting an Ant-Man movie instead of a Black Widow one.
You're wrong about River. River's not on the ship. They didn't want her here, but she couldn't make herself leave. So she melted... Melted away. They didn't know she could do that, but she did.
River ,'Objects In Space'
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Anne W. - Jul 15, 2012 3:30:00 am PDT #21611 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
SailAweigh - Jul 15, 2012 3:55:21 am PDT #21612 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Ant-man? Sounds like something they need Jeff Goldblum for the role. Ugh. Definitely not enthused.
And I have to agree, I'd much rather have a Black Widow movie. Sigh, Hollywood, whyfor you have to be run by butts?
At least we may get some of her in the CA:WS movie? She did have an affair with the Winter Soldier. I dislike having to say "better than nothing", but damnit, Natasha deserves her own movie!
Amy - Jul 15, 2012 4:33:11 am PDT #21613 of 30000
Because books.
For the comic-impaired, do you mean Black Widow was also in the 40s at some point, or in Winter Soldier after Bucky comes to the present?
§ ita § - Jul 15, 2012 5:22:47 am PDT #21614 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Unsurprisingly, I'm not sad about no Black Widow movie. I don't think the studio is taking her seriously enough to push her to the front of the line, and it remains to be seen if Scarlett can up her action game sufficiently.
Jessica Biel is no master thespian, but I wouldn't be second guessing her chop socky..
Amy - Jul 15, 2012 5:30:11 am PDT #21615 of 30000
Because books.
For those of us who don't know better, though, I thought she looked great in her scenes. Especially the one where she's tied up and Coulson calls her (which I adore). But I wouldn't know a decent shot if it was hitting me in the face.
Steph L. - Jul 15, 2012 6:18:13 am PDT #21616 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
For the comic-impaired, do you mean Black Widow was also in the 40s at some point, or in Winter Soldier after Bucky comes to the present?
In the comics, it was in the 60s or 70s. But that won't be too hard to shuffle around for the movie to get the characters' ages right.
(Poor comics, always having to re-shuffle characters' backstories so that they can remain in their 20s and 30s in the present day. Batman should be in his late 80s/early 90s by now.)
le nubian - Jul 15, 2012 6:25:13 am PDT #21617 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Batman...is a vampire. That is really why he is the dark knight.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 15, 2012 6:59:26 am PDT #21618 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
You should read the Confessor arc of Astro City.
Someone somewhere has filmed that, naked.
If the someone is Chris Evans, I'm in.
Am I the only one NOT enthused about Ant-Man? I think the concept is ridiculous, and Hank Pym is an ass.
I was enthused until I read that Simon Pegg is making it. My expectations are now rapudly burrowing toward the earth's core.
§ ita § - Jul 15, 2012 7:53:15 am PDT #21619 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Scarlett is...very pretty to people who think she's pretty (I'm not one of them, but that's not an issue I have with the portrayal of the character--I don't think Ruffalo is handsome either, and his Banner and mocapped Hulk were great, nothing more I could have asked of them), but I don't find her remotely badassed. I watch her training behind the scenes footage, and it leaves me lukewarm, instead of trembly excited like Jennifer Lawrence's did. And she doesn't seem to have done half that onscreen anyway, so...I'm left cold, instead of having chills.
I mean, I don't think she even stands there in a confrontation like she's going to win. Gina Torres--she can stand there like you're going to go down. At that point it doesn't even matter if it's a stunt double that takes you out. She's already failed me.
As for Ant Man, not initially interested, but Simon Pegg's involvement definitely gets my attention. I mean, this is Shaun of the Dead writer here. Fucking awesome, man.
Zenkitty - Jul 15, 2012 8:08:05 am PDT #21620 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
As for Ant Man, not initially interested, but Simon Pegg's involvement definitely gets my attention. I mean, this is Shaun of the Dead writer here. Fucking awesome, man.
If he does it like he did Shaun of the Dead, I'm interested. If he does it like Hot Fuzz, I'll be very reluctant to see it, even if people tell me it's good.
Hot Fuzz is funny, to me, the way ScarJo is pretty, to ita !. I can see how others find it so, but it does nothing for me.