I loved watching her stalk down the hallway whipping out her ... whatever those weapons were. And kicking Hydra ass. In multiples.
No studying? Damn! Next thing they'll tell me is I'll have to eat jelly doughnuts or sleep with a supermodel to get things done around here. I ask you, how much can one man give?
Xander ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Jossverse 1: Emotional Resonance & Rocket Launchers
TV, movies, web media--this thread is the home for any Joss projects that don't already have their own threads, such as Dr. Horrible.
Toddson - Oct 22, 2014 8:20:13 am PDT #4523 of 5827
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Polter-Cow - Oct 22, 2014 8:45:07 am PDT #4524 of 5827
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Batons!
She's got swagger. And according to Wikipedia a PhD in biology.
Connie Neil - Oct 22, 2014 8:57:59 am PDT #4525 of 5827
brillig
Are those escrima sticks?
Toddson - Oct 22, 2014 9:01:02 am PDT #4526 of 5827
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
PC - the character? or the actress? whichever .. she's FIERCE (in a non-Tyra Banks kind of way).
sj - Oct 22, 2014 9:04:08 am PDT #4527 of 5827
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Having not watched any of the shows that Adrianne Palicki has been in, I had to take buffistas's word that she is awesome, but I'm a believer now. How does she not have her own show?
Polter-Cow - Oct 22, 2014 9:31:42 am PDT #4528 of 5827
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Toddson, the character.
Toddson - Oct 22, 2014 9:50:52 am PDT #4529 of 5827
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Wow ... that's a good person to have on your side ... and adding more brains (SPICY brains) to the FitzSimmons mix can't hurt. Plus - for her - extra aggravating her ex.
§ ita § - Oct 22, 2014 10:14:41 am PDT #4530 of 5827
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There's someone on IO9 that keeps calling me out, with an aura of dismissiveness and superiority, for wanting fight scenes to be convincing. He's not convinced acting aggressive is part of acting, it's just time killing in between the important storybuilding and communication--talkie talkie the wordie wordies.
He doesn't seem to appreciate that I think if you're acting like a world-ranked cellist, it's more than just talking. So is playing a surgeon.
Thing is, I'd think it's easier to tell when someone is intimidating and scary, and then there's another level of peeling off "actually, that strike doesn't work against someone that tall" that requires expertise I think I only gained by caring and paying attention and THEN by doing the martial arts.
Sensing threat isn't rocket science.
But the real ha ha point is that he thinks fighting is just reflexive and anyone can do it well enough. Then why the fuck would I be complaining? Also, does he think, say, Carano can't snap his neck on her way to the deli counter?
Anyway, long way short--Adrianne would have made a great TV Wonder Woman with a decent script (that leaked stuff doesn't fit tonally with any of the other DC properties, unless it was meant to be vapid enough to balance the grit of Gotham. Which isn't all that gritty.
To bring it on topic, I'm glad Marvel got her.
And JAR is totally one of ours, BTW.
chrismg - Oct 22, 2014 10:47:41 am PDT #4531 of 5827
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
he thinks fighting is just reflexive and anyone can do it well enough
Oh, lord. This sounds like that particular kind of pretentious where everything that isn't sufficiently intellecshul is low-class and inferior.
And JAR is totally one of ours, BTW
Totally!
Connie Neil - Oct 22, 2014 11:07:13 am PDT #4532 of 5827
brillig
So Skye's dad is a doctor to the underground. He can't slaughter all his patients, otherwise no one would go to him. Did he slaughter the ones he had because Raina upset him? I felt kind of sorry for him as he watched Coulson comfort Skye. Do people who are more familiar with the comics recognize who/what he is?