Spoilers Marvel Cinematic Universe spoiler-heavy speculation thread
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We know absolutely nothing about any of these shows other than casting or possible casting in some cases. I know you tend to judge things before seeing them, but how can you even make these judgments without any information whatsoever?
Heath Ledger proved to everyone that complaining about casting, however unconventional it may seem, is a fruitless endeavor. Most people, myself included, were very wrong about his casting. Anyone who throws out the whole production based on a single casting is just silly.
And to be 100% clear: Tatiana Maslany is not even unconventional casting for precisely the reasons Nerys Myk and Anwar already stated.
And to be 100% clear: Tatiana Maslany is not even unconventional casting for precisely the reasons Nerys Myk and Anwar already stated.
What always comes to my mind with this kind of thing, is a bit of a Nimoy interview where he talks about casting Lloyd as Kruge, with the other people in the room being all "but that guy only plays crazy people!" and Nimoy responding with something to the effect of "I'm not the one you want to talk to about typecasting someone...", and then cut to Lloyd diving into the role head first like he's doing Shakespeare, and out-Shatnering Shatner.
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And Michael Keaton before that. "Mr. Mom as Batman? It'll be worse that Adam West!"
Yes, exactly. Even aside from her versatility, she's a pretty good physical match for what Jennifer Walters looks like in her non-Hulked form. Having now read part of the Dan Slott run on the comic (as well as the Charles Soule run), I suspect they'll follow its lead, where she's under orders to do her job as Jennifer Walters and only Hulk out when needed, or when off the clock.
She's also a popular and in-demand lead actress these days, so there's nothing unconventional about that.
Don't forget, folks also thought that Chris Pratt couldn't be a Superhero lead, that Chris Evans would be a terrible Captain America, that RDJ was too washed up to play anyone major, etc.
Did people complain about Ledger? I don't remember that, on what basis?
Yes, they did, because it was a very different type of character than they'd seen him play in the past. Some people really don't seem to understand what "acting" means. I think there may also have been a homophobic component from some quarters because of his role in Brokeback Mountain.
I don't think it was Brokeback, I think it was 10 Things I Hate About You. He was a lead actor in a teen romantic comedy, fans of their "serious" comic book movies don't want anything like that near their franchises. Actors who portray comedic roles also get the same pushback (Keaton, Evans, etc). It's rare that people complain about an actor known primarily for drama I find.
I'm saying it was both. For some it was the romantic-comedy reputation, for others it was hostility because of Brokeback.
Oh! He's also upset that an Emmy award-winning writer for Rick and Morty is the showrunner, because apparently Rick and Morty is the worst animated show on the air right now.
I’ve heard good things about it, so with five’s non endorsement it must be great.
The one I remember people bringing up the most was 'A Knight's Tale'. No clue why, I never did watch it.
It's a silliness that is often embraced though.
Fun (Trek) fact, some of the art in it was done by Sean Tourangeau, the guy who won the Luna Class design contest for the Trek novels.
https://www.deviantart.com/stourangeau/art/war-machine-856149476
https://www.deviantart.com/stourangeau/art/The-Wakanda-Files-War-Machine-Preview-image-854914086
You say it won't bother you, but you keep making a huge deal out of it, and won't stop talking about it.
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That's what it was for me. I had only seen him in that film at that time. So I think it's definitely more along the lines of Keaton what experienced because of Mr. Mom(I honestly don't remember any pushback for Evans). Comedians in general tend get that kind of pushback when they go over to serious, dark dramas, but especially when it came to superhero films in the earlier days because of Adam West's Batman.
I think it was that, too, although I hadn't seen that one (still haven't).
True, but at this point, I just either ignore it or laugh at it.
There was definite pushback against Evans. Mainly because he was the Human Torch in the Fox FF movies. But it wasn't quite as widespread because folks also didn't think that Cap could be done well on screen at all either.
I guess that was the "worst episode" fives was referring to.