I'm back from a fantasy draft with my boys!
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The reply was likely delayed due to you quoting my post, which contains the naughty word 'pet..ition'. So do not quote this post because it will get the same treatment by the site's language filter.
It is a leftover from the old "We Can Rid of Jerry Jones With a Petition!!!" nonsense from years ago. Folks were on personal crusades here on the site using the word obsessively instead of using that energy in the real world trying to accomplished something useful. Later, it was used for other insane proposals not having to do with the team. So the word was shelved.@DallasEast , I wouldn't have thought that to be such a troublesome word.
See Emilia Clarke As Amber Heard’s Aquaman Replacement After She’s Chosen By Fans
By James Brizuela | Giant Freakin Robot
September 3, 2022
Fans have long been clamoring for Amber Heard to be replaced in Aquaman 2. Even back before the conclusion of her trial against ex-husband Johnny Depp, Heard was part of a campaign that saw millions of signatures as part of a petition to have her removed from the film. Coincidentally, the film has been delayed yet again to December, leaving many to wonder if a new actress has been brought in as Mera. Fans have already chosen a replacement, as Emilia Clarke was placed in the costume via some fan art, and she looks quite good in it. You can see the image below:
Emilia Clarke rose to superstardom when she portrayed Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones. Her character was beloved by all, right up until the last season of the hit TV series. That led to her being indoctrinated into many of the best franchises. Clarke appeared in Star Wars, as she was cast in Solo. She is also set to make her MCU debut, as she is going to be in Secret Invasion, though her role is still unknown at this time. If Clarke were to jump into a DC role, she would accomplish something that no other actress has. From the above picture, she has our vote.
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom was meant to release in March of 2023 but has since been pushed back to Christmas 2023. That is a huge jump, which has led many to believe that we could be seeing a new Mera cast. Amber Heard could be replaced by Emilia Clarke or some other actress between that time. Having more than a year for reshoots certainly is enough time to bring in someone new. Though none of those rumors have been substantiated yet, we would not be shocked if Heard was completely cut out of the film. DC has been having plenty of issues lately, especially because of the Warner Bros. Discovery merger, and recasting Mera would certainly go over well with fans.
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I don't see a problem with her acting either. I thought she showed exactly the personality I'd expect from someone like Captain Marvel.Of course it's gonna be a to each his own ..opinion and view but ..
Brie Larsons' Capt Marvel role was quite the opposite to me ...i found her quite dull, stiff and uninspiring
It's not enuff for an actress to be just ' attractive "... it's always easier to find just a pretty face, ..
But place a gorgeous actress that has captivating acting skills to their respective character roles ..especially major superhero roles
and you have the top elements and ingredients that make that character role stand out even more so.
it becomes stamped , and not someone that has to be sugar coated to try to force them on viewers 'as is" .. just because she's a pretty face.
I've seen the works of other female superhero roles that stand out as both very pretty faces, but yet possessing acting skills to
make their super female roles appealing and compelling .. especially if director does not brutalize the film and roles so much that
its' just too difficult to overcome acting and pretty faces ( see Hall Berry's Catwoman)
BRIE LARSON as Capt. Marvel
GAL GADOT ( Woof ..Woof !!
HALLE BERRY as Storm
Scarlet Johansson as Black Widow
Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda/Scarlett Witch
Evangeline Lilly as Wasp
Famke Janssen as Jean Grey
Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones
I have read enough individual audience reviews to know your opinion of Brie Larson's portrayal is shared by a significant number of moviegoers. Personally, I saw her version of Carol Danvers in her movie like this:Of course it's gonna be a to each his own ..opinion and view but ..
Brie Larsons' Capt Marvel role was quite the opposite to me ...i found her quite dull, stiff and uninspiring
It's not enuff for an actress to be just ' attractive "... it's always easier to find just a pretty face, ..
But place a gorgeous actress that has captivating acting skills to their respective character roles ..especially major superhero roles
and you have the top elements and ingredients that make that character role stand out even more so.
it becomes stamped , and not someone that has to be sugar coated to try to force them on viewers 'as is" .. just because she's a pretty face.
I've seen the works of other female superhero roles that stand out as both very pretty faces, but yet possessing acting skills to
make their super female roles appealing and compelling .. especially if director does not brutalize the film and roles so much that
its' just too difficult to overcome acting and pretty faces ( see Hall Berry's Catwoman)
BRIE LARSON as Capt. Marvel
GAL GADOT ( Woof ..Woof !!
HALLE BERRY as Storm
Scarlet Johansson as Black Widow
Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda/Scarlett Witch
Evangeline Lilly as Wasp
Famke Janssen as Jean Grey
Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones
I have read enough individual audience reviews to know your opinion of Brie Larson's portrayal is shared by a significant number of moviegoers. Personally, I saw her version of Carol Danvers in her movie like this:
- The person she once was much more personable and outgoing. This aspect of her life was presented during memory flashes when she and NIck Fury first met in the roadside diner.
- That person was kidnapped and vigorously reconditioned mentally to act and think she was Kree--a rigid, demanding and repressive race whose only similarity to her mindset was military discipline.
- Her altered personality was not who she once was. Her former self was buried deep and kept conflicting with her Kree conditioning.
- Her inner battle was seen throughout the movie, as her previous self kept slowly chipping away at who the Supreme Intelligence made her into, little by little but never completely.
- Avengers: Endgame does not give her much screentime overall but there is a bit softer version of Carol seen at the beginning given the plot's circumstances. The ending sequence was all-out fighting so I do not think it would be right to judge her as 'Carol' at the point of the movie.
- Carol is much closer to her 'former self' in her Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings cameo.
- She is even more 'Earther like' as seen in her Ms. Marvel cameo.
In my opinion, Larson's acting shows a purposeful evolution in her character. I acknowledge why others say she has deadpanned it but I disagree. My anticipation is that she will add a few more layers to Carol in The Marvels next year as well.
Now, let's talk about that Elisabeth Olsen's photo. So, out of ALL the still shots you could choose from in WandaVision and Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, you chose that one. Is it fair to say you prefer the classic Scarlet Witch look over her MCU one?
You may not want to hold your breath waiting for that to happen. Johansson was a combination A-lister and enjoyed distinctive screentime from Iron Man 2 forward. Not sure Olsen could get that type of studio backing based on her career and her MCU work.yep.. that Scarlet Witch one is absolute classic, 'ole school Wanda -original Avengers, hot, red and very pizzazzy,-like .
i'll be willing to bet we''ll eventually find it again among the upcoming local Halloween parties ...
I had heard Disney-Marvel wanted to expand Wanda (Elisabeth Olsen) more to the front line since losing Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans and unfortunately Chad Boswick.
Her role and presence in Dr. Strange- Madness, was a brilliant work of art. Especially casted as a villain, than the usual feline hero .
In fact, I wouldn't put it out of the question that she could eventually end up with her own solo film in the near future,. .just as we saw with Scarlet Johannson's Black Widow, which
kudos to her, as usually solo female action leads don't hit big at the box office,
You may not want to hold your breath waiting for that to happen. Johansson was a combination A-lister and enjoyed distinctive screentime from Iron Man 2 forward. Not sure Olsen could get that type of studio backing based on her career and her MCU work.
Half the world's movie audience population is female.
Forget Avengers: Endgame buildup for a moment. Think Wonder Woman follow-up instead.
An actress in the title role and playing a major theatrical movie superhero? Such events are commonplace for an actor. For an actress? That is rare.
Moviegoers are people. And people want to see representations of themselves on the screen.
I think the fundamental reason and source behind Captain Marvel's exceptional box office is pretty simple. Heck. It would not surprise me Johannson would not have received the exact same treatment, using the exact same movie that was eventually released, IF Disney had made and released it years earlier. Black Widow had its question marks as well but its major box office hindrance was both the timing of and how it was released in my highest opinion.
I did a quick read and have a few responses that I am eager to type but it will have to wait a bit. Work first.- If it was based off female audience population, there would have already been a successful trend in female action films.
- My theory is the astounding boom effect of superhero comic movies of today (especially Marvel) which to this day are flat out conquering and dominating
the attention of general viewing audience and population, in both movie theaters and streaming action.
Much to the dismay and frustration of opposing, competiting studios, directors and even actors.
- Marvel has always had quite a very huge fan base, maybe the equal if not bigger than Star Wars, imo,..but now the massive boom effect of the Marvel superhero film era generation
has led to attracting and drawing even the non-Marvel comic followers, to the big screen and streaming trend.
- Wonder Woman, (especially a “ DC comics “ female superhero film) - who easily succeeded both Batman vs Superman and Justice League box office numbers
was already a legendary popular superhero figure,. Even the audience that wasn’t really big comic followers knew who WW was, and how popular she was.
- Then came the glowing movie critic reviews - and we know how hugely influential they can be on viewing audiences - to go along with WW directional debut per Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot’s
appearance-look and performance in her solo debut as WW.
- Black Widow solo film(and success) clearly fed off the smashing popular success of Avengers, Capt America and Iron Man, .. so the massive build up and her character likeability
that led to her eventual solo film was
Obvious. And I’ve already address what I thought led to the box office success of Capt. Marvel.
- Regardless of how I feel about Larson and the Capt. Marvel movie (yes, I’m still reeling, disgusted about origin of Nick Fury’s cat scratched eye (Aaargh !)
If it took the Avengers-Thanos saga to make a female superhero stand out among rare monster box office hits, ..( that could help lead to even more solo female hit movies)
* Then so be it ..!!
Let the flood gates burst wide open for even more solo female smash hits …Black Panther (shukira) _Wakanda forever ... She-Hulk series ?... She-Hulk series ?
upcoming " Iron Heart " series debut..... a possible Scarlett Witch solo movie ? .. … Storm movie or series ? …
.... Etc. Etc.
Sources: 2012, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021- If it was based off female audience population, there would have already been a successful trend in female action films.
- My theory is the astounding boom effect of superhero comic movies of today (especially Marvel) which to this day are flat out conquering and dominating
the attention of general viewing audience and population, in both movie theaters and streaming action.
Much to the dismay and frustration of opposing, competiting studios, directors and even actors.
- Marvel has always had quite a very huge fan base, maybe the equal if not bigger than Star Wars, imo,..but now the massive boom effect of the Marvel superhero film era generation
has led to attracting and drawing even the non-Marvel comic followers, to the big screen and streaming trend.
- Wonder Woman, (especially a “ DC comics “ female superhero film) - who easily succeeded both Batman vs Superman and Justice League box office numbers
was already a legendary popular superhero figure,. Even the audience that wasn’t really big comic followers knew who WW was, and how popular she was.
- Then came the glowing movie critic reviews - and we know how hugely influential they can be on viewing audiences - to go along with WW directional debut per Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot’s
appearance-look and performance in her solo debut as WW.
- Black Widow solo film(and success) clearly fed off the smashing popular success of Avengers, Capt America and Iron Man, .. so the massive build up and her character likeability
that led to her eventual solo film was
Obvious. And I’ve already address what I thought led to the box office success of Capt. Marvel.
- Regardless of how I feel about Larson and the Capt. Marvel movie (yes, I’m still reeling, disgusted about origin of Nick Fury’s cat scratched eye (Aaargh !)
If it took the Avengers-Thanos saga to make a female superhero stand out among rare monster box office hits, ..( that could help lead to even more solo female hit movies)
* Then so be it ..!!
Let the flood gates burst wide open for even more solo female smash hits …Black Panther (shukira) _Wakanda forever ... She-Hulk series ?... She-Hulk series ?
upcoming " Iron Heart " series debut..... a possible Scarlett Witch solo movie ? .. … Storm movie or series ? …
.... Etc. Etc.
I kinda feel the same way, found her kinda dull and uninspiring as Captain Marvel. I've seen her in a couple other things and liked her well enough, but her portrayal as Captain Marvel just feels kinda 'meh'Of course it's gonna be a to each his own ..opinion and view but ..
Brie Larsons' Capt Marvel role was quite the opposite to me ...i found her quite dull, stiff and uninspiring
It's not enuff for an actress to be just ' attractive "... it's always easier to find just a pretty face, ..
But place a gorgeous actress that has captivating acting skills to their respective character roles ..especially major superhero roles
and you have the top elements and ingredients that make that character role stand out even more so.
it becomes stamped , and not someone that has to be sugar coated to try to force them on viewers 'as is" .. just because she's a pretty face.
I've seen the works of other female superhero roles that stand out as both very pretty faces, but yet possessing acting skills to
make their super female roles appealing and compelling .. especially if director does not brutalize the film and roles so much that
its' just too difficult to overcome acting and pretty faces ( see Hall Berry's Catwoman)
BRIE LARSON as Capt. Marvel
GAL GADOT ( Woof ..Woof !!
HALLE BERRY as Storm
Scarlet Johansson as Black Widow
Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda/Scarlett Witch
Evangeline Lilly as Wasp
Famke Janssen as Jean Grey
Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones
They would probably have to go younger, just based on how long it will be before they actually get around to making an X-Men movie and then add a few more years by the time they make a sequel.Here’s 9 actresses who can play Storm in the MCU
By Demi Phillips | We Got This Covered
Septeber 5, 2022
Rumors of the X-Men making their way to the MCU have been circulating for a while now. The fans have expectedly begun to cast their favorite stars in the many roles that make up the famous mutant team. Specifically, there is growing anticipation as to who will don the white locs of the iconic mutant heroine, Storm.
While Halle Berry brought the role of the vibrant leader to life in previous X-Men live adaptations, it’s pretty certain that Marvel Studios will go a different route and cast someone else for the role of the thunderous superhero in any upcoming versions.
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China Anne McClain, 24
Keke Palmer, 29
Zoë Kravitz, 33
Anna Diop, 34
Janelle Monáe, 36
DeWanda Wise, 38
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, 41
Freema Agyeman 43
Naomie Harris, 46
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It is wrong of me to apply ageism but I would want the actress earning the role to keep it for awhile. My first two choices would have been Harris and Agyeman, in that order, if they were younger.
I would LOVE picking Keke Palmer. It is a bias of mine but I think her career has been as bright as it could have been. However, I cannot picture her as Ororo.
Not really familiar with McClain but the rest are good candidates in my book, including Diop. That said, I see Kravitz as a much better Catwoman than as Storm.
I have seen Monáe play both serene and fierce roles. Put me on the spot and I would pick her as Marvel's mutant weather goddess.
