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Pretty sure Jessica Biel is still red hot, despite the fact that in that picture she's wearing a wig and glasses and a frumpy shirt. And that it isn't the 90's any more. Alas. As for Charlize Theron, my opinion is that short hair on women looks either sexy and pixielike, and more than a little promi...

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Will they try to get the JLU band back together, and hire Timm and Dini to work on live action? That would sure raise my expectations.

The first Wonder Woman movie was written by Allan Heinberg, another JLU alumnus. He's currently the show runner for Netflix's Sandman.

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I felt that the first Avatar was worth seeing, on sheer spectacle and technical artistry alone. And I do mean alone, because the story was 100% recycled material. I think the second movie will be the same. I plan to see it at some point, when it is convenient and inexpensive to do so. I'm keeping my...

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DC also does well with its animated offerings. Not sure what the money is but they do better story wise than the movies or shows. Ironically, that may be because the powers that be don't care that much about them. Though, IMHO, the quality of DC's animated offerings has declined steeply in the last...

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1 year ago
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Cameos of Cavill and Gadot cut from the Flash movie. If they continue on the DCEU it looks like it will be in different roles.

Their cameos are the only thing I would have wanted to see the Flash movie for.

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And now Henry Cavill has announced that he won't be coming back to play Superman after all. His thank-you and good wishes to everyone at DC is a model of rare grace. https://www.instagram.com/p/CmK7eLWJ0as/ No word yet if Gal Gadot is coming back as WW. There is a rumor that DC wants to clean house ...

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They could take a break for a decade or two then come back on a lower deck where they don't feel like EVERY superhero move has to be about cities collapsing and earth about to explode... in fairness... I'm not sure the western example is a parallel... People these days have grown up with and remain...

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I certainly hope they can keep Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot on board.

Gal is probably contractually bound to do the movie, but if bridges get burned with Patty Jenkins she'd be a lot less happy about it.

Too bad Allan Heinberg is busy doing Sandman for Netflix.

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Here is the Hollywood Reporter article that broke the story. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/wonder-woman-3-not-moving-forward-dc-movies-1235276804/ What appears to be going on is that James Gunn and Peter Safran have put together an outline for their "Phase 2" of t...

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Conroy's voice implies a stoic, imposing figure. In real life Conroy is a super thin unimposing man. Batman is a huge dude in the comics. Powerhouse, body builder, Chris Hemsworth or Henry Cavil body type. I'm of the mind people are not interchangeable. Pee Wee Herman can't be Batman for example. T...

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Conroy's voice implies a stoic, imposing figure. In real life Conroy is a super thin unimposing man. Batman is a huge dude in the comics. Powerhouse, body builder, Chris Hemsworth or Henry Cavil body type. I'm of the mind people are not interchangeable. Pee Wee Herman can't be Batman for example. T...

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I was genuinely surprised by how good Creature from the Black Lagoon actually is. They did a really great job of creating a threat with the Gill Man without showing too much of it too soon. Plus, the costume worked surprisingly well underwater, with a champion swimmer in it. And double plus, Julie A...

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1 year ago
Taskmaster from the comics wasn't exactly a team player. He would usually be the bad guy.

Maybe. This will be the female version of Taskmaster that was in the Black Widow movie.

Ghost was the baddie in Ant-Man 2, though she was kind of a sympathetic villain. She's probably a hero in this.

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My take: If we get the same awesome version of Yelena Belova that stole the show in Hawkeye , just take my money. On the other hand, if we get the relatively bland version of the character that was in the Black Widow movie, not so much. Apart from that, it's a solid cast, no idea who the villain(s) ...

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Marvel has announced that they will release a Thunderbolts movie on July 26, 2024. https://www.marvel.com/movies/thunderbolts I'm not sure if they are basing this on any version of the team in the comics. I'm only familiar with the original version of the Thunderbolts from the 1990s. The original co...

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I think he's referring to the SuperiorGirl Doomsday trilogy with Cassidy playing SuperiorGirl.

They're well made movies, but I don't think they changed the landscape.

They're most notable now for being PG/PG-13 rated.

Rye appears to have moved to do more exploitation type films.

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Word of mouth on this one is not good. Apparently it's kind of a big mess.

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To be honest, I'm not crazy about this. I like the parts before the plot kicks in. I'm not sold on the new Cassie, though I like her getting her own suit and superhero identity. It seems wrong to have Kang the Conqueror appear before Doctor Doom. Mainly, I just want a fun romp, and instead it looks ...

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I was expecting this to come out after GOTG3. Sweet!

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Lynda Carter Season 2 is my ideal, but in general, I want someone who comes across as tall, with a fit look. Think 70's runner, or 80's aerobics. Note that you can get the "tall" look by hiring an actress of average height with the right build, and casting shorter villains and henchmen. Th...

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Forget Wolverine, I want to know if Colossus is in it.

What made the first Deadpool for me was the X-Men getting to be badasses, rather than victims overshadowed by the bad guys.

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Nice!

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I liked and indeed own the first Captain Marvel, I would be fine with another one of equal or better quality. That said, nothing announced about the "Marvels" team-up movie gives me much confidence. I'd rather see another solo Captain Marvel movie. Particularly if her costume doesn't look ...

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My latest find has been "city walking" videos, which are typically a first person view of someone walking around a city, often at night in the rain or snow. They are relaxing, and somewhat exotic. Here is a nice one walking around Japan in the rain: https://youtu.be/NNhzYkXE1i4 And this on...

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I rather like this picture of the queen that has been making the rounds: QEII.jpg She had the "Aardman Animation" smile. But seriously, I think the secret to her success was that nobody respected her role more seriously than she did. And honestly, I wonder if we'll ever see her like again....

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OTAKON ran last weekend in DC, and had 40,000 attendees, an all-time high. I think things are back, though there are certainly people who are still hesitant to go to public events.

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The lack of reality aside, Stefanie Powers did look great in those leotards, didn’t she? Damn skippy! She was 37 when the show started in 1979, but she also made the movie Escape from Athena the same year, where she does a non-nude striptease and spends the third reel running around in a wetsuit to...

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That always bothers me, gold is heavy as fuck. 2.5 times denser that steel and 70% denser than lead. If those barbells were made of gold, you would need a fork lift to move them. And who travels with dumbbells? Even back in the 80s, they would charge you for overweight luggage (I used to pay the sk...

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In the comics, the Thunderbolts were a new superhero group who stepped up to fill the void left by The Avengers, who were missing at the time following a Big Event. Not sure what big crossover event they have scheduled in the MCU for Thunderbolts to play off of. I dunno, these phases don't impress m...

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I preferred Robert Wagner in his older series, It Takes a Thief, where he was a thief forced to use his skills for a government agency. Guest appearances by Fred Astaire as his father. I've never seen It Takes a Thief but I've heard of it. Wagner himself would go on to make numerous guest appearanc...

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I recently bought the complete DVD boxed set from Amazon on a whim, having seen a few episodes on Amazon Prime when then show was on there briefly. https://www.amazon.com/Hart-Complete-Robert-Wagner/dp/B06VT2SQJW/ I mainly bought it as a fan of Stefanie Powers from back in her days as the Girl from ...

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I bought the peril version of the video, which I enjoyed. There's a nice bit of the baddies searching Catwoman after she's knocked out.

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A lot of the particular look a woman has comes from the type of exercise she is doing. Back in the day, Lynda Carter worked out more than an hour a day, doing a trampoline workout and swimming, and probably some dance and calisthenics for muscle tone. As a naturally voluptuous woman, she seems to ha...

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Mr. X wrote: ↑
1 year ago
I've read a lot of complaints she had no tush at all.

Tastes may vary, as the noble Sir Mix-A-Lot has testified.

Nonetheless, I maintain Ms Carter was particularly fine.

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TroyKimmel03 wrote: ↑
1 year ago
I don’t mean to take away from this thread, but Lynda Carter had a great and underrated ass.

That's America's ass!

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I haven't watched the show on Hulu, and probably won't. At this point, my streaming money is spoken for.

When they finally come out with the complete blu-ray boxed set of The Orville, though, I will definitely pick it up.

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Yes, Lynda Carter typically wore "sensible" heels of 2-3 inches when she was playing Wonder Woman. She had a pair of flat heeled boots for stunt work.

As Diana Prince, she also alternated between heels and flats.

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Is it it my imagination, or is she in blackface? I remember having straight black hair and a very pale complexion. They seem to have been going for a Jekyll and Hyde type transformation when she turned into Formicida, so she wears a curly wig, puts on a sexy leotard, and gets a heavy coat of spray ...

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For me the capture is 3/4 of the charm, especially for a superheroine. Seeing her powers subverted, or tricked - or just plain overpowered - is where the appeal is. I dunno, I tend to enjoy scenes where there is an aftermath, once the superheroine is captured. My favorite parts of Fausta, for insta...

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I think that superheroes as a genre are evergreen. However, particularly with Marvel, I think they've picked off most of the low-hanging fruit. There are still some properties they haven't touched yet, like Thunderbolts, and I'm looking forward to Ant-Man 3 and Guardians 3, but right now the biggest...

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I've not heard anything about mental health issues for Bruce Willis. What I have heard is that he is somewhat mercurial as an actor. If you can give him a good script, and get him engaged, he'll give you a great performance. But much of the time, he ends up taking on acting parts that frankly bore h...

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CBS WW had a number of missed opportunities. And those villains could have caused trouble elsewhere. For instance, the Pied Piper would have easily subdued any other Superheroine's mental defenses. I'm thinking Melissa Benoist's Supergirl for example... One of the bad parts of the time jump to the ...

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I watched the first episode, and that one was a total dud. The problem is that it's instantly obvious what's going on - to everyone but the protagonist. He's totally in denial. Stephen Grant is a mild-mannered, totally useless museum gift shop clerk who's been having blackouts and waking up in stran...

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If you go with the OTS carry, make sure they use good form. In a proper OTS, the pelvis is on top of the shoulder, so that the ass is sticking up in the air. Too often, the actor doing the carrying doesn't lift the subject of the carry high enough, so that the rib cage is on top of the shoulder, and...

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I bought the blu-ray sight unseen and experienced some buyer's regret. As a quirky Weird Science movie, it's OK. As a Ghostbusters Movie, it's not nearly funny enough. Ghostbusters 2 had more memorable lines. Also, it's not really an ensemble movie like the other Ghostbusters have been. Ellie is the...

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I thought the last episode was okay, it was the ending they spent almost the whole season setting up. Everybody got to show up and do their bit. It wasn't as good as the end of either season of Mando. The heroes spent too much time on the defensive, waiting for the bad guys to act AGAIN after the ba...

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Episodes 5 and 6 took things in a very different direction, and were pretty damn amazing. No spoilers, just watch them.

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That's pirated. There was a nice three-CD soundtrack set released a year or two ago.

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I'm partial to flying vehicles, they're just more super than regular cars. Wonder Woman's invisible jet is good, particularly in the comics where she's riding on the wing and doing all kinds of impossible stunts with it. I think they could do it justice with modern effects, but so far they haven't. ...

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