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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Comic!Mantis looked like a green asian woman with head antennas which is most likely how she'll look in the movie. I know Bendis had her looking way more generic and caucasian in her brief cameo(which showed he knew nothing about the characters because she showed up in a dress from the 70's and did nothing) but we all know Gunn doesn't base the movies on Bendis' version of Got G.
edited 14th Jan '16 3:33:46 PM by LordofLore
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Well, even if the character becomes a CGI alien, you can still code her as Vietnamese in consideration of the legacy of the character. Casting a non Asian decent actress to play a character normally thought of as half Asian is white washing, regardless of if you see her face; for one you're refusing jobs to actresses of Asian decent that should logically go to them, and more over you're invalidating people who identity with the character because of the character's ethnicity.
We need diversity in voice acting as well as in live action acting.
edited 14th Jan '16 3:26:41 PM by Whowho
That's my point though. If she were just playing an alien, it wouldn't matter. It's not like she's a very notable character where people would cry foul over them not casting an Asian person to play a green alien.
She already had antennae before she got green anyway
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edited 14th Jan '16 3:37:28 PM by comicwriter
They made Drax more grayish green than green so we wouldn't have two green people. So maybe Mantis will be not green.
Forever liveblogging the AvengersI should do a post showing how the Dn A!Guardians looked for non-comic readers since we're talking about them:
- Star-Lord, Gamora, Warlock, Drax, Rocket and Phyla.
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- Mantis.
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- Mantis, Major Victory and Tiny!Groot.
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- Mantis taking down the Inhuman Karnak.
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- Phyla, Jack Flag, Star-Lord, Gamora and Bug.
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- Gamora in combat.
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- Bar brawl.
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- Phyla as the Avatar of Death.
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- Moondragon in Guardian uniform.
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- The Big Bad Adam Magus.
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edited 14th Jan '16 4:28:30 PM by LordofLore
"at least three characters in the MCU can talk to ants."
And their movie is so far one of the silliest and light looking of marvel, so meh
About Natasha: while is typical for SHIELD, its become pretty much her signature uniform, unless she get her own in her own movie(in the case it happen) it would put it as freelancer with her own code.
Also...what about a movie with Scarlet witch and Dr.strange? both a magic users and they can provide a more mystical outlook to them(maybe Scarlet witch could gain her codename from there) granted I still bitter that Wanda manage to get away with the crap she pull in Ao U but that is beside the point.
"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"...actually, if you think about it, since shrunk items keep their density, Hank Pym must be seriously fucking strong. Like, part Hulk, or something.
Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.Probably.
But, like, if shrunk things don't keep their density, most of the shit Scott does doesn't work.
The movie doesn't really give a shit about it's own rules. I have to admit, I admire that about it.
Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.It is rather silly, yeah. Hank must have Hulk-like strength to carry that tank around.
Inversely, the supersized Thomas the Tank Engine shouldn't have been able to smash through the house. In fact, at that low a density it might have floated away like a balloon, or even sorta phased through the house like a ghost.
And that poor supersized bullet ant is likely suffocating to death. There's a reason Scott and Cross need hermetically-sealed suits to shrink and grow, after all.
But hey, the movie is awesome anyway, so...
edited 14th Jan '16 7:23:21 PM by Anomalocaris20
You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!I postulate that Hank was lying about the science behind Pym particles because like hell is he going to try to come up with an accurate dumbed down description of decades of cutting edge physics for a layperson
Or that Pym particles break physics because they're too afraid to talk back to Hank.
Forever liveblogging the AvengersGhost Thomas would have been terrifying to the people outside
So yes
Forever liveblogging the Avengers

I'm not as sure of that because if they were gonna just make her a Rubber-Forehead Alien there'd be no reason to hire an Asian woman to play her in the first place. And we know they specified that they were specifically looking for Asian women for the part.
edited 14th Jan '16 3:08:04 PM by comicwriter