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I found her to be very...sufferable? I like the character more with each season.
I liked Lana becoming more of a villain while with Lex because she was actually doing something outside of being a damsel and it felt like they were finally building up her character.
But I hated Lex with her. Michael Rosenbaum acting with any other actor in the show gave brilliant performances, especially John Glover. I actually really love all his interactions with Allison Mack, too. But not as part of the Lexana couple. The story lines were weak and them working together brought out Michael's least good performances.
'If you ever listen to the DVD commentary, it just seemed as if Al & Miles were enamored with Kristen Kreuk's looks and felt there was this abundance of chemistry between her and Tom Welling. They've also stated that they built the story to the Lex/Clark/Lana triangle almost from the beginning but had to wait until Lana was "of age".'
Totally agree with this. To the point of absurdity, they loved the actress so much they refused to let her go or write her better story lines for her - even when all the fans had had enough, including Lana/Clana/Lexana fans. Boils my blood just thinking about it, tbh. But the show's survival without her, I feel, proves that she wasn't needed.
To me it's out of Lois or Chloe. Lana's character was annoying af. I don't care how pretty you are if you have nothing going for you other than that.
And being that it's out of Lois and Chloe, from there I can't even make a choice.
Dammit that's a good one. So many of the lines in the first film resonate with me. I'm tempted to say one of the funnier ones like Lucy Lawless's line about a man with extra fingers or hands, but it has so many deep moments. It's really built on those intimate, character building moments, which is why I love it still.
I think it has a lot to do with emotional connection as well. When she asked him if he thought she was pretty, I think it was a challenge more than a question. She was asking him to look deeper, to see if there was anything beyond looks that he was interested in, and he failed, before and after answering that question. Which is why she goes for Peter over Spiderman. Physical attraction is okay, but the movie actually tried to paint her as a whole person, not just a damsel.
I still love it and it's definitely one of my favourites.
Just rewatched the first Spider-Man (2002) and I have to agree - it really did deserve the hype.
For whatever reason the Amazing Spiderman was made - a.k.a money - it doesn't bother me because all movies are made for money. But I definitely don't think that TAS even remotely stands up to 2002's version, however dated it is as a film. It sure as heck doesn't stand up to Spiderman 2. Not even slightly.
I think Spiderman 3 is pretty flawed, but I still kinda liked it for its wackiness. I miss how movies these days aren't very experimental - they usually fail because they're too predictable, like all the Transformers films.
Just saw it tonight and it was still good. I have admitted to others that it's dated - but surprisingly, it isn't much. It's still pretty good and a little bit timeless.
Damn, I appreciated this response so much.
I think most general commonalities regarding high school are pretty falsely presented, generally lol. The same with kids. I think this list could def be longer as well.
I can't say I've ever really quit a show - not one that I've invested over a season of attention into. But there was a good while there were I realised Glee had become total shit and was never going backward, back to being at least half decent. I stopped watching for a while. I can't exactly remember which episode. I'll get back to you on that.
Same. Like all 3 episodes. I'm surprised by how little attention it's getting.
I'd say lesbian overtone lol. It was kinda shown that Antiope had a girlfriend - I don't think that was implied. And I do remember in the comics, a conversation between Diana and some women that weren't Amazons, where they asked her how women survived without men on her island, to which she replied "we don't call it paradise island for nothing" or something like that.
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Also vaguely remember that Themyscira had a marriage ceremony - and obviously, this included marriage between women. I can't find the link, but I do know it was a conversation Diana and Steve had. He was kinda shocked that marriage between women existed.
I like most of the characters, likeable or not. I enjoy most of them and am fine seeing them more.
That said, I can understand where you're coming from. This is how I feel about Marvel movies.
She is attractive and her feminism is inoffensive at worst. That aside, she isn't the strongest actress, and this movie does make her appear plain.
I've seen more blame on Caleb than anyone - and I think that's sexist, too. For me, I will always take issue with the fact Spencer started a relationship with a friend's ex, but that's just my personal bias. Bias aside, you can't blame one person for the decisions of three adults. Either they are all to blame for their individual mistakes, which contributed to this triangle, or they are not to blame because blame isn't necessary.
Personally, I feel like the aftermath of this relationship was the part that needs more attention. I was on board with Spaleb when Hanna okay-ed it. Then, when they tacked on the whole 'I never stopped loving you' story, I thought that this was something that was always going to be a problem for Spaleb because Hanna and Caleb have always been the most grounded couple, and their breaking up never made sense. Now that they're back together, I feel like their being around Spencer as a couple can't really work because...awkward much?
See, there's not blame to assign. It's just a weird position for all of them to be in, and one that doesn't really make sense. It was just a way to make Spencer a more sympathetic character while also throwing in an unnecessarily fraught love story between two characters whose love was always the most...idk normal? Un-fraught?
Mine is probably the part when Ms. Woman (aka Hippolyta, the Queen of the Amazons) is saying goodbye to Diana and she says something like, "you were my greatest joy. But today you are my greatest sorrow". Something along those lines.
Also, honorable mention to the scene where Etta Candy points out that glasses don't hide anyone's beauty.
I think you're confusing "damsel" with "human being fighting in a war". Steve Trevor was a kickass character, but he was also a human being in the company of a demi-god, so yeah he got rescued. Strangely enough, they both helped each other survive, so no one was the damsel - no one just stood there waiting to be rescued.