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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
I really like Cap's WW 2 costume. It's my absolute favorite out of all of his costumes.
When we're done, there won't be anything left.I had no problem with Cap's Avengers outfit.
There hasn't been an MCU outfit I've really disliked so far.
Wait. Wait. I take that back.
I loath the Wasp outfit we see in the Ant-Man stinger.
Looooooooooooooooooooooooath.
Forever liveblogging the AvengersPresumably if she had to do any serious solid snaking, she'd... turn off the lines or something.
Since they're power conduits. Or whatever.
I mean, her hair stands out more than the lines do but thats what hats are for.
Forever liveblogging the AvengersHer worst hair was Iron Man 2 and best hair was Winter Soldier, according to me.
Forever liveblogging the AvengersNot to mention that weird moment in IM 2 where she gets changed into her spy suit, but then takes her hair out of the practical updo it was in for the scene before.
Her IM 2 look was the weakest overall imo. Her hair and her costume-design made her look, well younger (and yes I know that Scarlett is younger, but the other films do a decent job of giving her that "experience hardened" vibe regardless." Whereas when we get to Avengers, I immediately went "ok now this is a much better look for her."
I prefer the shorter hair myself, but her TWS and CW hairstyles weren't bad (although I prefer the latter of the two myself).
Although it's possible her outfit is bullet-proof via some sort of kevlar leather. We are talking about a comic book-ish world, and there's a precedent for it with Black Panther's costume.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."Point is there is no evidence that Widow's suit isn't made of a material with similar properties. The "precedent" here is "we've seen previous leather-like materials block bullets".
"All you Fascists bound to lose."
Coming from the country with bulletproof metal is one of Black Panther's main superpowers.
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Working with SHIELD and Stark as Widow does, having some kind of fairly thin pseudo-kevlar lining in her suit isn't completely out of the question. Although it's never come up before and she's generally fairly careful about not being shot.
edited 13th Aug '16 10:23:50 AM by Unsung
Has anyone else gotten the impression that Black Widow is way older than her actress? Like, when I heard people complaining about how Bruce and Natasha is weird because of the age difference, I thought it was because Scarlet Johansson's character is much older than Mark Ruffalo's character, and definitely not the other way around.
There isn't anything to contradict what @Gaon is saying either because the only time that she was significantly injured by bullets is in Winter Soldier when she was shot in her disguised civilian clothes, which I think is likely because she is on the run and was off-mission just a few moments ago.
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That romance doesn't work for many reason. It's probably the power dynamic that bothers people, not really the age. Not to mention the Ship Sinking of the extremely popular Widow / Hawkeye that was even reinforced by the actress.
edited 13th Aug '16 10:24:47 AM by shatterstar
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Black Widows birthdate is mentioned by Zola in The winter Soldier (biologically she is roughly the same age as Steve), Bruce Birthdate is in all the snippets at the beginning of The Incredible Hulk - after Thor, he is actually the oldest of the Avengers, older than even Tony is. I did the math once...I would have to look up the exact numbers, but they are 15 to 20 years apart.
Nope, I am more bothered by the idea that Natasha really wants to enter a relationship with a guy who can't even have sex! So, they can't have a physical relationship, they can't really settle down together, and if Bruce looses control under the wrong circumstances, he might accidentally kill her. That is wrong on so many levels in itself. (The Romance is also written like it belongs into a genre show for Young adults).
edited 13th Aug '16 10:31:52 AM by Swanpride
Well to be honest with you, I actually didn't mind the Banner/Natasha thing myself. I thought that it worked fine in-context and I'm not getting the hate for it myself.
No saying that people are WRONG for not liking it mind you, difference of opinion and all that, I just personally look at some people lamented how awful it was and thing to myself "I really don't see it."
edited 13th Aug '16 10:33:55 AM by Punisher286
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I suspect most off the time they want her to just dodge bullets and use the environment to her advantage, in keeping with her Badass Normal status. She might have some sort of protection in that catsuit, but emphasizing that too much would step on Black Panther's toes.
x5 It seems like she's officially the same age as Scarlett Johansson right now, which doesn't make much sense given she would have been a fetus at the beginning of the end of the Soviet Empire.
...I mean, I guess Russia was still active in espionage even as the Bloc was crumbling and the Iron Curtain fell. It just makes her path from Russian superspy to defector(?) working for SHIELD a lot murkier.
edited 13th Aug '16 10:37:26 AM by Unsung
In TWS Zola gives Natasha birthdate as 1984, which is also Scarlett's year of birth as well BTW. Now it's possible that that information is false, given who we're talking about here, but it's probably more likely that she's been doing this job for so long (she mentions that she started as a child in Avengers) that she's hardened/matured beyond her years.
The biggest inconsistency is her mentioning having worked for the KGB, which dissolved in 1991. So she would have been like seven at the time (if her stated age is correct).
edited 13th Aug '16 10:35:50 AM by Punisher286

Natasha's first instinct is nevertheless to blend in, and The Winter Soldier showed that she is able to evade even people who know her personally if she wants too. The giant blue stripes are a big giveaway, especially while sneaking around in the dark.
The wedges, yeah, I was aware of them, but the movies do their best to hide them and they seem mostly have the function to ensure that she is a little bit taller and able to strut in a certain way (there is this hip swing which is practically impossible to do on flat shoes). And the wedges are still better than actual high heels, because they are much more stable to walk on (yes, I am a big fan of wedges, though I am "flat unless I want to go dancing" girl overall).
edited 13th Aug '16 5:12:29 AM by Swanpride