Because a woman wouldn't possibly go into a challenging career unless she'd "lost" something that would keep her in lesser job that would let her be a mom.
Jayne: There's times I think you don't take me seriously. I think that ought to change. Mal: Do you think it's likely to?
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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Connie Neil - Mar 23, 2016 3:21:39 pm PDT #29880 of 30000
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Jesse - Mar 23, 2016 3:54:05 pm PDT #29881 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I felt like it could easily have been that she was a fucking awesome scientist who got an amazing opportunity (that goes horribly wrong) but because the character was a woman, and because the filmmakers forgot they had to have a plot in addition to cool effects, she HAD to be a Tragic Mom. VOMIT!
That's one of the great things about The Martian -- he's just an awesome scientist who got an amazing opportunity that goes horribly wrong.
Kate P. - Mar 23, 2016 4:20:29 pm PDT #29882 of 30000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I found the backstory in Gravity very affecting. I can see why it would bug, but it really didn't bother me. I thought the movie was more about her deciding that she still wants to live, despite having lost her child, than it was about the technical things she had to do to survive. It wouldn't have packed the same punch, for me, without that element.
This may also explain why I liked it more than The Martian. Which I thought was great! But it didn't grab me on an emotional level like Gravity did.
lisah - Mar 24, 2016 5:00:32 am PDT #29883 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
That's one of the great things about The Martian -- he's just an awesome scientist who got an amazing opportunity that goes horribly wrong.
Exactly!!!
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 26, 2016 12:32:33 pm PDT #29884 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
Well, there's something to be said for lowered expectations. I saw BvS this afternoon, and it wasn't the utter steaming pile that the bulk of the reviews led me to believe. It does look like it was edited by a toddler with ADHD, but the underlying story mostly holds together even if motivations are opaque for a couple of characters. And I thought all the performances made the best of the mediocre writing they had to work with, excepting Jesse Eisenberg's which was just as tic-filled and nonsensical as everyone's been saying. Of particular interest to me were the facts that Clark/Superman was not as relentlessly scowly and brooding as people said (although the movie never allowed him to speak in his own defense), and that Batman's paranoid hostility was clearly shown to be an overreaction born out of his own trauma and not the high moral ground.
Zenkitty - Mar 26, 2016 1:08:15 pm PDT #29885 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I have spoilery questions I'd like answered about BvS: Do B and S actually fight? Who wins? Is WW in the movie for more than 10 seconds? Does she beat the crap out of any fools? Thank you. That's all I really care about!
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 26, 2016 1:36:23 pm PDT #29886 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
Zen, they actually fight; Batman wins thanks to judicious use of Kryptonite; Wonder Woman is probably in the movie more than Lois or Alfred; and while I wouldn't say she beats the crap out of any fools, I think you will find what she does do satisfyingly awesome.
Zenkitty - Mar 26, 2016 2:19:40 pm PDT #29887 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Thanks, Matt! Good to know.
chrismg - Apr 01, 2016 1:28:52 pm PDT #29888 of 30000
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
From the Department of WOW-thats-amazing-typecasting:
Anya Taylor-Joy, the lead of The Witch, has just been cast in the New Mutants movie....
as Illyana Rasputin.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 01, 2016 3:34:48 pm PDT #29889 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
Guess she's not afraid of being typecast?