Quick followup to the power rangers casting for people not in the podcast thread
It has been confirmed that it IS a reboot
Meaning characters are changing races
Which... Y'know what? Cool.
My current only concern is Trini. Please do not cast a Hispanic woman as Asian. Give another reason for the name or dont address it. The asian/hispanic thing in Hollywood is the worst.
What are the names? I googled but all I could find was a Collider article from two days ago that lists the pink ranger as having an Indian name (which seems okay - Naomi Scott's mother is Indian). If anything the Collider article has the opposite problem, Ludi Lin's black ranger with a hispanic name.
A tweet from the official account. They are the original team.
Quick followup to the power rangers casting for people not in the podcast thread
It has been confirmed that it IS a reboot
Meaning characters are changing races
Which... Y'know what? Cool.
My current only concern is Trini. Please do not cast a Hispanic woman as Asian. Give another reason for the name or dont address it. The asian/hispanic thing in Hollywood is the worst.
Cool. When did they confirm that?
Edit: Oh okay, a tweet. I'm also reading that this thing only has a $35 million budget? That seems super low.
Keep in mind the actors are all completely unknown.
Gamora is deadly because she's a ruthless assassin
she's not actually that powerful (although she is really skilled) and she was never really a powerhouse of the team like Drax, Phylla or Adam Warlock were
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Gamora also proved that she wasn't about to actually be shanked by kicking the asses of the guys in the shower before letting them off the hook.
Gamora was trying hard to prove she wasn't the weapon that Thanos had made her to be.
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
Gamora is deadly because she's a ruthless assassin
she's not actually that powerful (although she is really skilled) and she was never really a powerhouse of the team like Drax, Phylla or Adam Warlock were
Gamora has super strength and regenerative capabilities on par with Wolverine
That's pretty powerful
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One of the big issues with Gamora, I will admit, is that the movie did basically nothing to establish the boundaries of her powers.
When Nova and Gamora fought I had no idea who was stronger, who had what abilities, etc. etc.
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
Gamora is deadly because she's a ruthless assassin
she's not actually that powerful (although she is really skilled) and she was never really a powerhouse of the team like Drax, Phylla or Adam Warlock were
Gamora has super strength and regenerative capabilities on par with Wolverine
That's pretty powerful
Is it? Not in the grand scheme of things, really.
She has "enhanced biology" which has always been depicted as like Cap or someone around that area, super strong but not chucking cars around super strong. With her healing factor and weaponry she's basically Wolverine! And Wolverine is pretty deadly for sure... but not in the same way that Colossus or Storm are.
Like, she's an incredibly skilled assassin and martial artist, who wields a variety of exotic weaponry. And that's fine! But I don't recall her ever being portrayed as being, like, the powerhouse of the team in the way that other Guardians were.
I'm cool with calling anyone who can grapple a Badoon Cyborg Monstrosity into a volcano and then emerge burnt but largely unscathed a powerhouse
Yeah not really
not compared to, like, Adam Warlock who can explode an asteroid by casting an obliteration charm, or Phylla Vell with the Quantum Bands who can shield the entire team from a star's corona etc etc etc.
I mean she is deadly and shit, sure, but she's not really powerful in the grand scheme of superhero power levels. She has a notably potent healing factor and is otherwise essentially like Cap or some other peak human/low level enhanced guy.
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so she'd fit in well enough on The Avengers, but not on The Annihilators?
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she's be a perfectly fine Avenger, but she'd never be on the Annihilators or the Extinction team, groups whose existence is predicated on being made up solely of powerhouses. Like, if you put her next to Gladiator, Quasar, Nova, Silver Surfer, Beta Ray Bill, even Ronan the Accuser (the weakest of the lot, even with his Universal Weapon) then she's not really coming close to any of them. Adam Warlock would, Phylla Vell Quasar would, Drax probably wouldn't tbh but is a lot closer.
Also really the Avengers whole deal is that essentially anyone can be on the Avengers because they all fulfill a tactical role, from the ultimate powerhouse (Thor, Hyperion, Starbrand etc) down to your skilled but entirely human fighter (Hawkeye, Mockingbird etc). Because their superhero team style is essentially a sports team, and like a sports team, there are lots of different roles to be filled.
Like pre his whole depowering with the knives and tattoos sure
But everything after his Riddick makeover made him seem pretty comparable to Gamora in terms of strength and regenerative capabilities and whatnot with the added strength of being specifically designed to kill Thanos
Like when he killed Thanos, both times, it was via surprise attack not an actual power vs. power brawl
Like, he was able to snap the bones of proper, full on, super strong aliens. He was able to put his fist through Thanos. Even as as surprise attack and being basically made to hunt the guy down, Thanos is legit super tough, that's quite a feat of strength. And Drax is really tough himself, he's always getting nailed with energy blasts and punched by super strong guys and just being knocked about a bit.
Like, I wouldn't say he's like those other guys, but he's closer than Gamora is. And on the team, he fulfills the role of a powerhouse once Adam is dead and Phylla loses the bands, because they are a pretty low powered team at that point.
I would be very happy if they let Abnett have some input in the script. He did a lot more and a lot better with Gamora in the movie tie-in than Gunn did.
This is even over my objections to anyone letting Abnett near a movie script again.
And now I'm worried about Preacher. Well, more than I was before. If that shot of
Jesse falling into water/out of a plane has been filmed already, haven't they pretty much filmed 3/4 of the story or the entire thing? Assuming it isn't Gotham levels of awful, I was kind of looking forward to AMC taking its time and moving through the volumes at a reasonable rate. Although I'd put money on the first season ending with the showdown at Grandma's house.
And now I'm worried about Preacher. Well, more than I was before. If that shot of
Jesse falling into water/out of a plane has been filmed already, haven't they pretty much filmed 3/4 of the story or the entire thing? Assuming it isn't Gotham levels of awful, I was kind of looking forward to AMC taking its time and moving through the volumes at a reasonable rate. Although I'd put money on the first season ending with the showdown at Grandma's house.
Maybe they're going to do an opening for the show where it's Jesse doing some kind of voice-over introduction like he's telling the story of everything that's happened, and it just has some quick flashes of shit that occurs throughout?
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I like Mantis, and would look forward to her being in GotG2, if it weren't for the fact that Gamora ended up being the Team Mom in the first one. Because Mantis, at least in the era Gunn is pulling from, sort of already had that role.
I mean, that's an oversimplification, since the team dynamic in the comics was different, but Mantis in the comics was a Spock-ish kind of character, all logical and focused, often using her mental powers to keep the team on task. If the movie version bears any similarity to that it means we'll have a team where all the males are rambunctious children who have to be corralled by two non-nonsense stick-in-the-mud female characters.
It would be compounding an existing issue.
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The middle school I work at had a costume day, so 6th & 7th graders were all dressed up.
Gamora's power isn't in brute strength, but skill, as you said, but she's still extremly damn powerful physically. She literally survived the brunt of a star and the only negative side effect was that she had to regrow her skin. Additionally, don't knock the skill; she has shown to be able to stand against Thanos in 1on1 combat and was holding her own against Ronan in the Annihilation war until Ronan underestimated her weapon and accidently made it explode, ending the fight for both of them.
Absolutely she's not going to out-punch or out-blast these other guys in a fight to death. The thing is, she doesn't have to. She's going to out-maneuver them and get in a fatal blow with finesse. Like, Gamora just isn't an assassin, she was literally remade by a dude who worships Death to be his personal assassin and then given a weapon made even Thanos uneasy. If she still had the Godslayer, she'd definitely be Annihilator level.
Also, modern Drax isn't THAT powerful; even when he ripped out Thanos' heart, Thanos was directing his energies and concentration into preventing Annihilus from killing the universe. Thanos' durability is more than his physicality; it's also his ability to harness cosmic and magical energy. Like Thanos literally could not defend himself there.
The middle school I work at had a costume day, so 6th & 7th graders were all dressed up.
And I saw only one child dressed as a superhero.
The Punisher.
And I thought of you all and your anger.
Let your rage flow, I can feel it....
Well, the Punisher's probably easy to do costume-wise. Black shirt with a skull, black pants and a toy gun. Boom, done. Just like any crook that crosses the Punisher's path.
The middle school I work at had a costume day, so 6th & 7th graders were all dressed up.
And I saw only one child dressed as a superhero.
The Punisher.
And I thought of you all and your anger.
Let your rage flow, I can feel it....
Well, the Punisher's probably easy to do costume-wise. Black shirt with a skull, black pants and a toy gun. Boom, done. Just like any crook that crosses the Punisher's path.
Nah, this was a legit Punisher costume.
It had padding to simulate muscles and the ammo holds positioned under the skull.
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and it's an Amazon exclusive apparently. I hope it doesn't get super limited and hard to find and that I can just buy it at some point after the holidays because man that looks good. I can't tell you how psyched I am that they kept up with the minimalist art deco sleeves because those were already the best.
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A tweet from the official account. They are the original team.
Keep in mind the actors are all completely unknown.
she's not actually that powerful (although she is really skilled) and she was never really a powerhouse of the team like Drax, Phylla or Adam Warlock were
Gamora was trying hard to prove she wasn't the weapon that Thanos had made her to be.
That's pretty powerful
When Nova and Gamora fought I had no idea who was stronger, who had what abilities, etc. etc.
Is it? Not in the grand scheme of things, really.
She has "enhanced biology" which has always been depicted as like Cap or someone around that area, super strong but not chucking cars around super strong. With her healing factor and weaponry she's basically Wolverine! And Wolverine is pretty deadly for sure... but not in the same way that Colossus or Storm are.
Like, she's an incredibly skilled assassin and martial artist, who wields a variety of exotic weaponry. And that's fine! But I don't recall her ever being portrayed as being, like, the powerhouse of the team in the way that other Guardians were.
I'm cool with calling anyone who can grapple a Badoon Cyborg Monstrosity into a volcano and then emerge burnt but largely unscathed a powerhouse
Yeah not really
not compared to, like, Adam Warlock who can explode an asteroid by casting an obliteration charm, or Phylla Vell with the Quantum Bands who can shield the entire team from a star's corona etc etc etc.
I mean she is deadly and shit, sure, but she's not really powerful in the grand scheme of superhero power levels. She has a notably potent healing factor and is otherwise essentially like Cap or some other peak human/low level enhanced guy.
Sara Lance in 2008, everybody.
she's be a perfectly fine Avenger, but she'd never be on the Annihilators or the Extinction team, groups whose existence is predicated on being made up solely of powerhouses. Like, if you put her next to Gladiator, Quasar, Nova, Silver Surfer, Beta Ray Bill, even Ronan the Accuser (the weakest of the lot, even with his Universal Weapon) then she's not really coming close to any of them. Adam Warlock would, Phylla Vell Quasar would, Drax probably wouldn't tbh but is a lot closer.
Like pre his whole depowering with the knives and tattoos sure
But everything after his Riddick makeover made him seem pretty comparable to Gamora in terms of strength and regenerative capabilities and whatnot with the added strength of being specifically designed to kill Thanos
Like when he killed Thanos, both times, it was via surprise attack not an actual power vs. power brawl
She is pretty durable!
Like, he was able to snap the bones of proper, full on, super strong aliens. He was able to put his fist through Thanos. Even as as surprise attack and being basically made to hunt the guy down, Thanos is legit super tough, that's quite a feat of strength. And Drax is really tough himself, he's always getting nailed with energy blasts and punched by super strong guys and just being knocked about a bit.
Like, I wouldn't say he's like those other guys, but he's closer than Gamora is. And on the team, he fulfills the role of a powerhouse once Adam is dead and Phylla loses the bands, because they are a pretty low powered team at that point.
This is even over my objections to anyone letting Abnett near a movie script again.
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I mean, that's an oversimplification, since the team dynamic in the comics was different, but Mantis in the comics was a Spock-ish kind of character, all logical and focused, often using her mental powers to keep the team on task. If the movie version bears any similarity to that it means we'll have a team where all the males are rambunctious children who have to be corralled by two non-nonsense stick-in-the-mud female characters.
It would be compounding an existing issue.
And I saw only one child dressed as a superhero.
The Punisher.
And I thought of you all and your anger.
Let your rage flow, I can feel it....
Absolutely she's not going to out-punch or out-blast these other guys in a fight to death. The thing is, she doesn't have to. She's going to out-maneuver them and get in a fatal blow with finesse. Like, Gamora just isn't an assassin, she was literally remade by a dude who worships Death to be his personal assassin and then given a weapon made even Thanos uneasy. If she still had the Godslayer, she'd definitely be Annihilator level.
Also, modern Drax isn't THAT powerful; even when he ripped out Thanos' heart, Thanos was directing his energies and concentration into preventing Annihilus from killing the universe. Thanos' durability is more than his physicality; it's also his ability to harness cosmic and magical energy. Like Thanos literally could not defend himself there.
Well, the Punisher's probably easy to do costume-wise. Black shirt with a skull, black pants and a toy gun. Boom, done. Just like any crook that crosses the Punisher's path.
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what was the biggest costume?
Wait, really?
Has anyone told Steve Dillon this?
i appreciate that this rule is perhaps more honoured in the breach than the observance
More importantly what were the weird obtuse generational costumes that anyone over 20 would be baffled by!
( Oh god I'm so old even the examples I want to make are dated! abort abort)
No one is safe!
Nah, this was a legit Punisher costume.
It had padding to simulate muscles and the ammo holds positioned under the skull.
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also I love that Machine Man
http://marvel.com/news/comics/25383/marvel_press_unleashes_new_novels_set_for_2016
While on the other hand, Gamera is made of turtle meat.
they finally opened up on the phase 2 box set!
http://www.slashfilm.com/marvel-cinematic-universe-phase-two-collection/
and it's an Amazon exclusive apparently. I hope it doesn't get super limited and hard to find and that I can just buy it at some point after the holidays because man that looks good. I can't tell you how psyched I am that they kept up with the minimalist art deco sleeves because those were already the best.
(it's coming out December 8th)
There were Marvel novels back in the late 90s, seems about time for them to try it again.
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Yeah, every time a Gamora conversation happens I gotta read real carefully.