Exactly!
Jayne: Yeah, that was some pretty risky sittin' you did there. Wash: That's right, of course, 'cause they wouldn't arrest me if we got boarded, I'm just the pilot. I can always say I was flying the ship by accident.
'Serenity'
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P.M. Marc - Aug 07, 2014 8:32:45 am PDT #27592 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
§ ita § - Aug 07, 2014 8:41:35 am PDT #27593 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Eh, I'd rather have a Black Widow movie.
But Scarlett Johanssen sucks at the role, and the production seems to have no interest in making her better. If her lame physicality and sloppy stunting were to lead a movie...no, I think Marvel should start again with someone competent, and produce it like they're impressed with her the same way they're impressed with their male heroes.
Gamora and Amy Pond didn't suck, so it's possible. But Black Widow has been bad consistently, so I have little hope for more spotlight fixing that.
P.M. Marc - Aug 07, 2014 8:47:25 am PDT #27594 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I love her in the role, though.
I thought Gamora was underwritten but adequately played, though not ZS's strongest work. Thought Gillan was great as Nebula.
Consuela - Aug 07, 2014 8:53:12 am PDT #27595 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Huh, whereas I thought Gillan was miscast in the role, she really didn't work for me. Concur that both women's parts were under written, though.
Connie Neil - Aug 07, 2014 8:54:43 am PDT #27596 of 30000
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I would love to see a movie of Hawkeye and Black Widow meeting--or where it's a big part. It'd have to be a flashback, though, I don't think Marvel's going to do prequels.
Polter-Cow - Aug 07, 2014 9:10:36 am PDT #27597 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I thought Gamora was underwritten but adequately played, though not ZS's strongest work. Thought Gillan was great as Nebula.
I'm with you. Gillan didn't get much to work with, but she did well with what she had.
Gris - Aug 07, 2014 9:32:38 am PDT #27598 of 30000
Hey. New board.
I like Scar Jo as Black Widow an awful lot. I think Black Widow is my favorite character in the MC right now and plenty of that comes from her. Physicality notwithstanding. I don't really expect remotely accurate physicality from action/comic movies and though I think it is obvious they mostly cast her for the hotness originally, that has nothing to do with my enjoyment of her. Girl can rock an eye roll.
Steph L. - Aug 07, 2014 9:35:43 am PDT #27599 of 30000
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I wasn't crazy about her in IM2, but that might have been because I wasn't crazy about the movie overall. But I really liked her in Avengers and CA:WS.
Gris - Aug 07, 2014 9:42:15 am PDT #27600 of 30000
Hey. New board.
Oh, yeah, she was totally terrible in IM2. But I blame that on writing and the fact that her only even remotely important scene was entirely action-oriented and many of her non-important scenes were all "Hey, look, this girl is hawt!" Plus the fight choreography in that one action scene was extra-stupid, even in comic book movie terms.
Black Widow brings a lot of the Buffy fun for me. Fight, fight, quip! Punch, smack, eye roll! And it helps that she's been written as actually having the intelligence that her character requires.
Calli - Aug 07, 2014 10:29:55 am PDT #27601 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I like Scar Jo as the Black Widow. But I'd still like a Captain Marvel movie, because I love the Captain Marvel comics. They got me back into reading comics for the first time since 1992.