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eldaec
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I found him pretty annoying before titantic, after titantic, pretty much all the way up to The Departed. It was probably the jobs he took more than his ability as an actor.
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Cyrrex
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Yeah, I am not saying by any stretch that I love all of his movies. Not even close. But I do think he is easily one of the better actors in Hollywood.
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Rendakor
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I agree now. But until Gangs of New York and Catch Me If You Can, he was like Beiber: adored by teen girls and loathed by young males.
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Tannhauser
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I liked him in The Beach
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jgsugden
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ALthough I think he has been in some good films, I have never thought he was good in them. However, I have not seen Gangs of New York. Regardless, I don't think he'll be in Slaughterman vs Butfleck.
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Lakov_Sanite
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Turn your fanboy down a bit, it's waking up the baby.
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Khaldun
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Hopefully I will never lose my ability to be gently amused by nerds who argue that someone else being too much of a nerd.
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Lakov_Sanite
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I will zealously defend my right and obligation to call people out on their inane wordplay when it comes to things they dislike.
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jgsugden
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I will zealously defend my right and obligation to call people out on their inane wordplay when it comes to things they dislike.
When do we do that, Lake of Sanitation?
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Lakov_Sanite
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jgsugden
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jgsugden
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Lakov_Sanite
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I was assuming they'd go with someone more athletic and less 'model'-ish.
Your assumptions are based on no hollywood reality I know. Athletic to them is this, anything else just makes you some sort of monstrous bulldyke not fit for the silver screen.
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jgsugden
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There is a spectrum amongst young actresses. Some of the most popular are more athletically built than this girl. I was not expecting Lisa Lobo, but someone with a toned musculature and non fragile frame would be a better physical match.
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Trippy
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I'm assuming she'll do a lot of physical training for this role. While I doubt she'll end up looking like Linda Hamilton in T2 I would expect her to look less scrawny than she does right now by the time principal filming starts.
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sickrubik
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It's a Snyder movie. She'll look exactly like she does now if Sucker Punch is any indication.
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beer geek.
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Lakov_Sanite
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Exactly. "Girls kick ass!" (as long as they are only fit for modelling.)
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Khaldun
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Zach Synder is about a million miles down the list of people that I think could get Wonder Woman--or any female protagonist--right.
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jgsugden
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Zach Synder is about a million miles down the list of people that I think could get Wonder Woman--or any female protagonist--right.
Hey, I'd put him a step above Michael Bay.
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Cyrrex
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Speaking as Joe Q. Public (someone who was never into the comic book scene), the first thing you expect from Wonder Woman is that she is stupidly, ridiculously good looking. I cannot think of an incarnation of WW that I have ever seen - including very limited comic book exposure, the old TV show, the Saturday morning cartoons, and even as she appeared in the DC Universe trailers - where she wasn't just soul crushingly gorgeous. That she is also a bit voluptuous at the same time is also sort of expected, though that can be helped to a degree by the costume itself...but certainly not as rail thin as this chick appears to be. There is a very short list of current actresses or celebrities that currently fit or could be made to fit this ideal. Even if you beef up this Gal Gardot (or whatever her name is) up a bit, she isn't a match.
Short list of humans who, IMO, could be WW:
Scarlett Johansson - Obviously it can never happen, but she is probably the closest thing to a perfect match if you make her hair raven black. Megan Fox - I know she is annoying as all fucking hell, but I think we all remember a scene or two from the Transformers movies where we forgot to breath for a couple seconds. She would need more meat on her bones, and I imagine a bit of kung fu training. That slightly chubby girl that has a TV show currently - Can't remember her name at all. She would need to lose weight, but fuck me if she couldn't be cleaned up something nice. Wish I could recall her name. Somebody here knows who I am talking about. I think she was even mentioned before as a candidate. Katy Perry - don't laugh, think about it. She cleans up disturbingly well. She looks exactly like Wonder Woman, and it didn't occur to me until just right now.
And that's all I can think of.
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« Last Edit: December 05, 2013, 12:39:30 AM by Cyrrex »
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Sir T
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Katy Perry wouldn't do it. She would have to wear a totally different brand of makeup and look more like herself to do it, and her entire career is built on not looking like herself at all. I agree that she would be really good though.
WW always struck me as a Diana Rigg type, personally. Pity there are pretty much zero actresses out there with that kind of class and beauty these days.
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Ironwood
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Wanked Pic.
I do not agree that Wonder Woman has to be 'Drop Dead Gorgeous'. Indeed, I think that's a dangerous trap to fall into.
Take Megan Fox and Katy Perry to fuck.
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« Last Edit: December 05, 2013, 04:11:26 AM by Ironwood »
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Cyrrex
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What I mean by that is that's what I think the average schlub expects. There is a certain mold that has been created for her, like it or not, and people will be dis-inclined to find something outside of that mold as credible. Why not have a blond, slightly chubby Superman? Kinda the same thing. Supes has to have black hair, a muscular build, preferably blue eyes, a square jaw and absolutely must wear his underwear on the outside of his clothes. You have to be extremely careful about re-inventing these brands.
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Ironwood
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Aye, I had a pic there which caused argument about what's pretty enough or not for Wonder Woman amongst my retarded friends, but it got wanked.
Basically, I really, really want to get away from the Lynda Carter look because I'd really, really rather than Wonder Woman looked like someone who could beat the utter fuckery out of you without worrying about breaking a nail.
Don't get me wrong, Lynda Carter was, and is, awesome, but if we're reinventing, why not do it right ? Why not follow a Batman mould that WORKS ?
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Cyrrex
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I dunno. In my head, she isn't WW if she isn't also a stunner.
Angelina Jolie of 10 years ago might have also worked.
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Khaldun
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I would much rather a WW who looked like a warrior than a model. It's time for that, and there have been some feints and moves here and there in the comics in that direction.
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jgsugden
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Personally, I think they should have gone with someone Mediterranean looking rather than northern European. And as for the TV actress Cyrrex mentioned, I just do not see Melissa McCarthy as Wonder Woman. (Did you really mean Zoey Deschanel?)
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Lakov_Sanite
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Why on earth would you want wonder woman looking like some swarthy Mediterranean?
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Ironwood
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So sick of this Waif-Fu Bullshit.
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jgsugden
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2020 will be the year I gave up all hope.
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HaemishM
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So sick of this Waif-Fu Bullshit.
This. I don't know enough about this women to care much, but my first thought when I saw a picture of her was "DAMN SHE IS THIN. RAIL THIN. EAT A DAMN SAMMICH THIN." Not saying she couldn't pull it off, but not what I think of for Wonder Woman. Lucy Lawless at the height of Xena is pretty much my ideal actress to play Wonder Woman.
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Ironwood
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You know, I was going to say that, but I thought I'd be opening myself up to a pile on.
Pretty much. If your woman is meant to be a fucking Amazon and the pinnacle of warrior women everywhere, Xena would be somewhere to START.
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eldaec
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This is a film in which Ben Affleck plays Batman, eyes on the prize people, Wonder Woman being too skinny is not even in the top 3 things wrong with this film.
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sickrubik
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I have no problem with Affleck as Bats. I initially laughed because it was so left field, but he'll be fine. He won't be anywhere near the problem with this flick if it turns out to be shit.
I still like the old idea of Gina Torres as WW.
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Lakov_Sanite
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