Comment on Actors that have been the least believable scientist castings, I’ll start.

tetris11@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• TachyonTele@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Alba was fantastic in Sin City

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• Slovene@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  You keep ScarJo’s name outta your fucking mouth!

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• hitmyspot@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Independence day was great when it was released. Men in black, too.

  Lucy was interesting. Ghost in the machine wasnt as good as the (amazing) original, but was still good.

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  • WR5@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Do you mean ghost in the shell for Scarlett Johansson?

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    • hitmyspot@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Haha, yes I did. It got criticism for whitewashing. That’s not on Herz that’s in the producers. She did as fine a job as of expect anyone to do, but it’s a pretty robotic role.

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      • DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        As a fan of the 1995 Ghost in the Shell I didn’t like my first viewing of this remake but have since realised it was because of my own expectations. Now I watch it as a different film and enjoy it a lot more.

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  • A7thStone@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Ghost in the Shell was horrible. She played the Major as a completely different character than the original. Scarlett Johansen plays a really good seductive spy, but that’s all she plays. Major Kusanagi was ace.

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    • hitmyspot@aussie.zone ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      For me, I found the bits that were most a copy of the anime to be most disconcerting and disappointing. What they did differently was more interesting.

      I did like Major, I didn’t like Dr ouelet but I like Juliette binoche. It was a bit stilted. Michael Pitt was a bit one note and underwhelming but it might also be the concept has dated since the original.

      The actor for Major is currently in foundation, of that’s your jam.

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      • A7thStone@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I love Foundation. It’s one of the few times I’ve seen something that they’ve diverged so much from the source material yet made an enjoyable story that is still recognizable.

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• rainwall@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Jessica Alba went on to make a few hundred millions selling soap, so shes got that goin for her.

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  • Slovene@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Which is nice.

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• Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I maintain that Men in Black (the first one) is a masterpiece. Otherwise… yeah.

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• AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  What?! I, Robot was great!

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  • RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Honestly, I think iRobot understood the source material better than Foundation.

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  • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    There were good parts in that movie, but Will Smith wasn’t one of them.

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    • stephen01king@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      You’re discrediting the great chemistry between Will Smith’s character and Sonny, which means you’re missing out on a good chunk of the movie experience.

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      • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Oh, that chemistry is great, but I don’t think he plays the investigator part well, especially when trying to follow the clues left by Dr Lanning. Will Smith’s style is very off the cuff and anti-authority, and while that works in MIB where there’s the very strict Agent K to play off of, I don’t think he works as the sole driver of a light mystery. Sonny and Spooner’s interactions are fantastic, but they’re usually driven by Sonny giving exposition. Spooner is usually just running from things as they unfold.

        All in all, not a bad performance (there were plenty of objectively worse ones), but I don’t think it does the movie any favours. There are plenty of great things about i, Robot, but Will Smith is not one of them in my opinion.

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    • AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Look I don’t particularly like him as a person but it’s hardly a controversial opinion to say he’s a good actor. That was one of his better roles imo.

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      • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I don’t particularly like his acting style, completely outside anything he does as a person. iRobot and Men In Black are some of his better roles, but like Jeff Goldblum or Eddy Murphy, he can only play himself. I don’t think it works in iRobot that well though, but that’s more of a casting choice than bad acting.

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  • tetris11@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I need you to get on the nearest bus and not ask where the destination is

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    • AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Only if it’s taking me to a 24 hour show of I, ROBOT BITCH! Sorry that was aggressive.

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• Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  i recently saw post about alan tudyk indicating he was cast aside because will smith had to be lead of irobot, and they saw ALan was the better actor for that movie, he seems kind of pissed about it(this came out at the same time that resident alien was cancelled)

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  • tetris11@lemmy.ml ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Oh I liked Jensen Acjles in Dark Angel, he brought charm and comedic wit to it. Yeah apparently there was some tension but nothing major, just usual work stress

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    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      according to jensen, she was going through a breakup or relationship problems, and was coming on to HIM, im guessing it was sexual tension.

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• Flyberius@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Under The Skin was a great sci-fi film with Scarlett Johansson leading

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