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The Flash - Season 1

It's kind of creepy to see Wells supporting and comforting Cisco and talking about him as a surrogate son in the same room where he killed Cisco in the previous timeline (and probably at roughly the same moment). A bit of an anticlimax, perhaps, but it drives home how complex Wells is. He really does have affinities for his colleagues, but he'll do anything to achieve his long-term goals, no matter how bad he feels about it.

It'd be great if Barry ultimately manages to stop him, not through force, but by appealing to that compassionate side of him, getting him to realize his goal isn't worth the harm he has to do to the people he cares for. That seems in character for the Flash.

Wells appears to have a liomited amountd of sped force in him to use, so it's more likely he'll burn himself out or fall apart in some manner. But getting rid of Wells will be a real game changer for the series it's unlikely to happen anytime soon.
 
As long as it was explained to the actor that he will be demoted to a recurring villain in season 2 from series regular in season one, it's not a big deal.

Let go.

Evolve.

The Walking Dead method of TV Production.

The actors are the Walking Dead.
 
I want to see Tom Welling in the superman returns costume, I don't mind if he is 30 or a 40 year old superman.
Maybe it's good to see a older Superman for once.
 
Tom the actor turns 38 in one month.

He was always playing 10 years younger in show... Although there was a time travel dealio where he met his Grown up Clark Kent in Glasses self, who agreed with all of us that young Clark Kent is a bag of cocks.

Ooooo.

How about they go the other way?

Tom as 60 year old Kingdom Come Superman.

 
So, I'm looking at the movie poster to Big Eyes.

Amy did a biography of a real persons life, so of course she had to go blond and cut her hair into the fashion of the era the movie was set. It's called committing to the bit.

Cool?

Lois Lane is not a Ginger.

If Amy wasn't going to change her fricking hair, you should have made her play Lana Damn Lang.
 
So, I'm looking at the movie poster to Big Eyes.

Amy did a biography of a real persons life, so of course she had to go blond and cut her hair into the fashion of the era the movie was set. It's called committing to the bit.

Cool?

Lois Lane is not a Ginger.

If Amy wasn't going to change her fricking hair, you should have made her play Lana Damn Lang.

Kristen Kreuk didn't change her hair to play Lana on Smallville.
 
So, I'm looking at the movie poster to Big Eyes.

Amy did a biography of a real persons life, so of course she had to go blond and cut her hair into the fashion of the era the movie was set. It's called committing to the bit.

Cool?

Lois Lane is not a Ginger.

If Amy wasn't going to change her fricking hair, you should have made her play Lana Damn Lang.
She lacks the commitment of the real Lois Lane

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Lois Lane is not a Ginger.

I'll never understand why people insist on this. The first actress who ever played Lois Lane in live action, Noel Neill, was a redhead. Indeed, in the final season of The Adventures of Superman, she dyed her hair an even more vivid red than usual.

Objecting to a character having a different appearance from their comic book counterpart is ridiculous, whether the objection is over skin color, hair color, or eye color. Jimmy Olsen is a redhead in the comics (though he was originally blond on radio, where he was created) but has never been played by a redheaded actor in live action, except by Tommy Bond in the two black-and-white serials (the same ones where Neill first played Lois). Lana Lang is usually a redhead, but was played on Smallville by the raven-haired Kristin Kreuk (who's also half-Chinese, though her character evidently wasn't -- a missed opportunity, since Lang can be a Chinese surname). Superman has famously blue eyes, but he's been played by the brown-eyed Dean Cain and the green-eyed Tom Welling. Barry Allen is a blond in the comics, but both his live-action portrayers (John Wesley Shipp and Grant Gustin) have had wavy brown hair. Selina Kyle has usually been black-haired in the comics but was played as a blonde by Michelle Pfeiffer. Alfred Pennyworth is bald and black-haired in the comics but has usually been portrayed with a full head of hair onscreen, and often with gray or white hair. (In fact, he was originally a short, fat man who was changed to his thin, tall, bald appearance to match the first actor who played him onscreen.) And so on.
 
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Lois Lane is not a Ginger.

I'll never understand why people insist on this. The first actress who ever played Lois Lane in live action, Noel Neill, was a redhead. Indeed, in the final season of The Adventures of Superman, she dyed her hair an even more vivid red than usual.

Objecting to a character having a different appearance from their comic book counterpart is ridiculous, whether the objection is over skin color, hair color, or eye color. Jimmy Olsen is a redhead in the comics (though he was originally blond on radio, where he was created) but has never been played by a redheaded actor in live action, except in two black-and-white serials (the same ones where Neill first played Lois). Lana Lang is usually a redhead, but was played on Smallville by the raven-haired Kristin Kreuk (who's also half-Chinese, though her character evidently wasn't -- a missed opportunity, since Lang can be a Chinese surname). Superman has famously blue eyes, but he's been played by the brown-eyed Dean Cain and the green-eyed Tom Welling. Barry Allen is a blond in the comics, but both his live-action portrayers (John Wesley Shipp and Grant Gustin) have had wavy brown hair. Selina Kyle has usually been black-haired in the comics but was played as a blonde by Michelle Pfeiffer. Alfred Pennyworth is bald and black-haired in the comics but has usually been portrayed with a full head of hair onscreen, and often with gray or white hair. (In fact, he was originally a short, fat man who was changed to his thin, tall, bald appearance to match the first actor who played him onscreen.) And so on.

It really depends. Some looks are iconic to the point that changing certain baseline characteristics can feel...off. It really depends on what those characteristics are.

For instance, there's nothing in say Mary Jane Watson's character that says she *must* be a redhead (or even caucasian for that matter), but any depiction of her as say a blonde just wouldn't look right. It'd be like Superman swapping his red blue and yellow for green, orange and purple.

Of course if you're going for a drastic reinterpretation of the whole property then the whole rule book can be thrown out the window, but if you're trying to be faithful to the source material, then you need certain touchstones.
 
Amy is over 30 and pumped out several children.

I would kill to do her laundry.

My only real point was that she changed her entire superficial appearance for Big Eyes.

Emily Proctor's (Blond) Lana Lang was hen pecking hilarious on The Adventures of Lois and Clark.

I'm actually curious about the process, did they ask her to dye her hair and she refused, did they not ask her to dye her hair, did she audition as a Brunette than went back to red as shooting began, was the casting call asking for a brunette and like a baller said "This is me deal with it?" or did the casting call actually request for red heads before she showed up? It's also possible that there was no audition process and they just outright offered her the part, which means that Amy had all the power and the producers had none.

Sorry, I'm having trouble breathing because my mind can't stop fixating on Emily Proctor.

:)

I find the BTS story about how Richard Donnor tricked Gene Hackman into shaving off his moustache the day before filming began on Superman I to be hilarious and an enjoyable portion of Hollywood heritage.
 
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The Flash is a kids show, right?

Lots of non-threatening boys smiling at each other. Lots of meeting for a cappuccino to talk about feelings. Lots of baddies all with super powers but who inexplicably never do bad things at the same time (they respectfully take it in turns)

Is that about right? I'm struggling to get into it
 
You realize that the next line put that comment into context, or did you chose to ignore line 2?

Being beautiful when you're a dipshit 19 year old is easy.

Staying beautiful after life's gears have chewed you up is laudable and also almost impossible.

Sorry.

I forgot.

All women are beautiful.
 
The Flash is a kids show, right?

Lots of non-threatening boys smiling at each other. Lots of meeting for a cappuccino to talk about feelings. Lots of baddies all with super powers but who inexplicably never do bad things at the same time (they respectfully take it in turns)

Is that about right? I'm struggling to get into it
No, these days kids shows are pretty much just on networks like Nikelodeon and Disney Channel. It's just a CW show.
 
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