[N_Fiddledog]

bootlegga bootlegga:

N_Fiddledog N_Fiddledog:

And there's that other one by the same guy where the young girl gets saved by the dumb hit man and she wants to be one. She's walking around with his plant at the end.

Screw you - The Professional is one of the best action movies of the '90s.

Hang on, didn't I say that one and La Femme Nikita were among my favorite cult classics? If I didn't I am now. I love that movie.

I think I wasn't clear that I see a difference between that kind of female hit-girl (more wannabe in the case of The Professional) movie and what's her name the black, dykey looking woman turning up as the title character in the bleeding eye at the beginning of the credits sequence in a bond film. It would be a lengthy explanation why. Do you want it?

[N_Fiddledog]

Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:

Here's the latest on the James Bond movie and apparently it isn't even a done deal but, this woman definitely isn't the "Next James Bond". She may not even take over the designation of 007 and will be a separate character who is another MI6 agent with a license to kill.

So if Ms. Broccoli(daughter of original Bond producer Albert R. Broccoli) is to be believed this arguing about the character being James Bond or even 007 or not is nothing more than a tempest in a teapot because James Bond is male and will remain male.

Yeah, after a little thought I suspected it was going to turn out to be more like that.

In fact I came back to this thread to say so.

If they do decide to make her the title character of the franchise though I don't mind going on record as being of the opinion the idea is dumb.

[bootlegga]

N_Fiddledog N_Fiddledog:

bootlegga bootlegga:

N_Fiddledog N_Fiddledog:

And there's that other one by the same guy where the young girl gets saved by the dumb hit man and she wants to be one. She's walking around with his plant at the end.

Screw you - The Professional is one of the best action movies of the '90s.

Hang on, didn't I say that one and La Femme Nikita were among my favorite cult classics? If I didn't I am now. I love that movie.

I think I wasn't clear that I see a difference between that kind of female hit-girl (more wannabe in the case of The Professional) movie and what's her name the black, dykey looking woman turning up as the title character in the bleeding eye at the beginning of the credits sequence in a bond film. It would be a lengthy explanation why. Do you want it?

I missed that, my mistake.

From your tone it sounded like you were dissing The Professional. Both that and Le Femme Nikita were pretty awesome (even the remake was good).

[Freakinoldguy]

N_Fiddledog N_Fiddledog:

Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:

Here's the latest on the James Bond movie and apparently it isn't even a done deal but, this woman definitely isn't the "Next James Bond". She may not even take over the designation of 007 and will be a separate character who is another MI6 agent with a license to kill.

So if Ms. Broccoli(daughter of original Bond producer Albert R. Broccoli) is to be believed this arguing about the character being James Bond or even 007 or not is nothing more than a tempest in a teapot because James Bond is male and will remain male.

Yeah, after a little thought I suspected it was going to turn out to be more like that.

In fact I came back to this thread to say so.

If they do decide to make her the title character of the franchise though I don't mind going on record as being of the opinion the idea is dumb.

She'll likely become the face of the franchise for the foreseeable future or until they want to amp up the ratings like Marvel does by trotting out James Bond. But, if they've given away his 00 designator they'll have a problem because she'll likely have to be killed off so he can become 007 again, which won't sit well with some fans and wouldn't be fair to her character.

[BartSimpson]

Regarding The Professional I'd love to see Natalie Portman (Natalie Herschlag in the original credits) reprise her role as Matilda and show us the 38 year old assassin she became.

[bootlegga]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

Regarding The Professional I'd love to see Natalie Portman (Natalie Herschlag in the original credits) reprise her role as Matilda and show us the 38 year old assassin she became.

That would probably be way better than the constant reboots and remakes we keep seeing.

[BRAH]

Women can do action movies just as good as men in some cases even better. Like every movie it comes down the script and director which didn't work out for previous woke reboots.

[N_Fiddledog]

Well yeah...Ripley, T 2 Sarah Connor, Wonder Woman, The Bride (Kill Bill), Buffy the Vampire Slayer and on and on.

But did you ever see that 90s western, The Quick and the Dead, with Sharon Stone? I've never been able to force myself to watch more than 5 minutes of it. It isn't because women can't be quick draw artists too. I've seen girls on Youtube win quick draw competitions. I've heard of Annie Oakley.

But I see Sharon Stone in her duster and cowboy hat with her laconic 'I'm a rough, tough, shoot em up cowboy too' look on her face rolling into town looking for a bar fight or something and I just go 'Yeah, right' and change the channel.

Women can do things men can do but they aren't men. Tell me they are and all you're going to get is a 'Yeah, right...'

Sure 007 can be female but James Bond is a guy. Go ahead, tell me he isn't. Tell me I have to continue to pay to watch the franchise with a girl in the lead. 'Yeah, right,' is what I'll say.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

Regarding The Professional I'd love to see Natalie Portman (Natalie Herschlag in the original credits) reprise her role as Matilda and show us the 38 year old assassin she became.

Well, apparently she's going to be the next Thor.

[N_Fiddledog]

PublicAnimalNo9 PublicAnimalNo9:

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

Regarding The Professional I'd love to see Natalie Portman (Natalie Herschlag in the original credits) reprise her role as Matilda and show us the 38 year old assassin she became.

Well, apparently she's going to be the next Thor.

Yeah and Captain America is going to be black. And there is no more Odin. It's a black lesbian running the land of the viking gods now.

Remember when the Skrulls were bad guys? Now they're victim refugees cause 'Orange Man bad.'

Wasn't that Winston Smith's job in 1984 at the Ministry of truth? To come in every day and alter old historical documents into something matching the current party line.

A whole bunch of Winston Smith types at Disney working overtime on Marvel's Phase 4, I think.

[Tricks]

PublicAnimalNo9 PublicAnimalNo9:

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

Regarding The Professional I'd love to see Natalie Portman (Natalie Herschlag in the original credits) reprise her role as Matilda and show us the 38 year old assassin she became.

Well, apparently she's going to be the next Thor.

Jane foster became Thor in the comics for a brief period 5 years ago, after exploring the concept in 1978. https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/What_If%3F_Vol_1_10

She then became Valkyrie after Brunnhilde was killed.

[N_Fiddledog]

I like the idea of Disney buying up all the franchises from Star Wars to Marvel and finding excuses to make them woke.

Disney can't go broke fast enough as far as I'm concerned. Go Disney. Become the new 'Ministry of Truth.'

Then when Disney's gone some new creative minds will turn up with fresh, new ideas. I have faith in Generation Z.

[xerxes]

Seeing as Avengers: End Game just beat Avatar for the record of all time box office gross, I wouldn't hold your breath.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

Tricks Tricks:

PublicAnimalNo9 PublicAnimalNo9:

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

Regarding The Professional I'd love to see Natalie Portman (Natalie Herschlag in the original credits) reprise her role as Matilda and show us the 38 year old assassin she became.

Well, apparently she's going to be the next Thor.

Jane foster became Thor in the comics for a brief period 5 years ago, after exploring the concept in 1978. https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/What_If%3F_Vol_1_10

She then became Valkyrie after Brunnhilde was killed.

C'mon dude. Natalie Portman? I'm not saying a woman should never play Thor but seriously, Natalie Portman? Christ, at least bring in a woman who looks Nordic and is kind'a stacked (no, not THAT way).

Mind you, they kind'a lost me when they portrayed a Black guy as a part of Viking mythology.

[N_Fiddledog]

xerxes xerxes:

Seeing as Avengers: End Game just beat Avatar for the record of all time box office gross, I wouldn't hold your breath.

And it's telling that they called it End Game. Because, I suspect that was the end of the magic that was Marvel.

Have you heard about Phase 4. Does it seriously fill you with hope for more mega blockbusters. The big name draws are gone. What's replacing them? Girl Thor? Black Cap? Rowdy in the Iron Man suit? Where's Hulk now? Anybody know?

Remember how Game of Thrones fell apart after they lost the books for guideposts. Get ready for more of that is my guess. In the comics good Marvel died about a decade ago.

This new marvelverse might be like Captain Marvel. OK but just OK. But to hold the verse up out of the red they have to be better than OK.

I have hopes for some of what's coming though. I can be wrong, I guess, but in the long run I see the marvelverse petering out from here.