I love Hot Fuzz like burning, and have liked Simon Pegg in everything I've seen him in. Still doesn't make me all that interested in Ant-Man, but I'm willing to believe it could be OK. I'm much more excited about The World's End.
I'm a single undead gal trying to make it in the big city. I have to start somewhere and they're evil here. They don't judge. They've got necro-tempered glass. No burning up. A great medical plan, and who needs dental more than us?
Harmony ,'Conviction (1)'
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Kate P. - Jul 15, 2012 9:02:00 am PDT #21626 of 30000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
DavidS - Jul 15, 2012 9:05:11 am PDT #21627 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm much more excited about The World's End.
They must have had so much fun working up their list of Pub names.
Jessica - Jul 15, 2012 9:08:46 am PDT #21628 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I don't understand not loving Hot Fuzz - I love it THAT MUCH.
I am told there are purists out there who are cranky at Ant Man being left out of the first Avengers movie, but nobody has ever been able to tell me anything about Ant Man that makes me think I should agree with them.
Tom Scola - Jul 15, 2012 9:12:04 am PDT #21629 of 30000
hwæt
The best thing about Ant Man was when Belushi got to mock him in the SNL skit.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 15, 2012 10:14:25 am PDT #21630 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
Claudia Black is probably no more athletic than Johannsen, but at rest, I believed Aeryn Sun could kick your ass.
Except in "Back and Back and Back to the Future," in which it appeared that both Aeryn and her opponent could be bested by any of the Peanuts characters.
Consuela - Jul 15, 2012 11:14:08 am PDT #21631 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yes, but I did say at rest. Just standing about, Aeryn looked like she could kill you with her pinkie.
Jessica - Jul 15, 2012 11:20:10 am PDT #21632 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think there's an argument to be made that appearing soft and weak is part of this Black Widow's arsenal - people see her as a helpless female which lets her get close enough to kill them with a chair. If she looked like a potential threat, the act wouldn't work.
Where that argument falls down is that I've never seen anything from ScarJo that leads me to believe "soft and helpless looking" isn't kind of her default setting. So while I think it worked for the character, I don't think she was doing it on purpose.
Consuela - Jul 15, 2012 11:22:55 am PDT #21633 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
It's not even that she looks soft and helpless to me: she looks awkward. Maybe it's the costuming, I dunno, but she looks out of sync with her own body.
Kalshane - Jul 15, 2012 11:32:46 am PDT #21634 of 30000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I'm good with Ant-Man if the Wasp has a major part in it, because I love Jan on Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.
If it's just Hank Pym shrinking and talking to ants, I don't have much interest (and if it's based on Ultimate Hank, I will run screaming in the other direction.)
§ ita § - Jul 15, 2012 11:33:35 am PDT #21635 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It doesn't make sense for her to look that way so much of the time, until she engages in combat (at which point she's sometimes suddenly much more physically composed--it's really quite remarkable). Is it an act, or her life? Like, why act now? What the fuck is that stance about? God, that's irritating. A whole movie with her as the only or 1/2 the lead? I'll be staying home, thanks. Or they can pull a Hulk and toss almost anyone else in there instead.
