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.
You know, it's funny. We went to war never looking to come back, but it's the real world I couldn't survive.
Tracy ,'The Message'
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Amy - Jul 15, 2012 5:30:11 am PDT #21615 of 30000
Because books.
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.
Amy - Jul 15, 2012 8:10:30 am PDT #21621 of 30000
Because books.
I was so disappointed in Hot Fuzz, because I loved Shaun of the Dead so much.
I don't even know who Ant Man is. Ant Man, really? It sounds like it's supposed to be a joke.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 15, 2012 8:10:47 am PDT #21622 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
Shaun of the Dead was brilliant, but Pegg was by far the worst of a number of things I found objectionable in the Star Trek reboot, and I think he'll strike a similarly discordant note with the tone of the Marvel movies.
le nubian - Jul 15, 2012 8:16:50 am PDT #21623 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
See, I like Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz equally.
§ ita § - Jul 15, 2012 8:31:08 am PDT #21624 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yeah, I love Hot Fuzz too. Simon Pegg tends to make things I don't like a bit more bearable by just being there. Like Paul, for instance--I didn't really enjoy that--I wouldn't watch it again, but he was certainly good in it. He's a general net plus for me.
But...I enjoyed the Star Trek reboot...easily as much as any of the Trek movies since the second one, so I can see how we're not using the same criteria here.