@whereismywizardhat submitted:
Television show creators mocking shitty comic book costumes before fixing them gives me life
There is truly no better way to let people know you’re aware of the other costume designs – and why you’re not using them.
– wincenworks
Ironic thing is that the top costume looks rather modest and comfortable compared to what many superheroines (including DC-based ones) get to wear in the comics. Thankfully no-one could get away with that in a life-action show!
~Ozzie
Here’s Why Cortana Is Always Naked – IGN
Here’s Why Cortana Is Always Naked – IGN
“She’s not really nude … but that’s what it makes you think of,” says O’Connor. “So one of the reasons she [chooses to appear without clothes] is to attract and demand attention. And she does it to put people off so that they’re on their guard when talking to her and she has the upper hand in those conversations.”
“It’s kind of almost like the opposite of that nightmare you have where you go to school in the nude. You’re terrified and embarrassed and she’s kind of projecting that back out to her audience and winning intellectual points as a result.”
@nora-bright submitted:
Franchise Director Frank O’Connor just pulled a “it’s a distraction!” excuse as to why Halo’s Cortana doesn’t wear clothes. Could he have tried any less? “She’s not really naked, but that’s what it makes you think of?” Umm, ya that’s what it makes me think of, along with everyone else, because ya know, she is naked. With the amount of effort Kojima put into his excuses, he’s putting you to shame Frank.
Wow, what a “creative” explanation for a sexy nude lady AI: a bunch of stock excuses piled on top of each other!
“She’s not technically naked, because non-human. Also her nude (but again, not technically nude) appearance empowers her and distracts people around her! Obviously, it’s her choice to look like that!”
~Ozzie
I don’t want to tell Frank how to do his job – but I have an idea for a means that an AI hologram could demonstrate confidence and authority to individuals who had been trained as soldiers since age six (and were selected by their genetic pre-disposition).
An appropriate officer’s uniform.
But a real one though, no more of those J J Abrams’ Star Trek shenanigans. You guys have shown us are better than that.
– wincenworks
Here’s Why Cortana Is Always Naked – IGN
Here’s Why Cortana Is Always Naked – IGN
“She’s not really nude … but that’s what it makes you think of,” says O’Connor. “So one of the reasons she [chooses to appear without clothes] is to attract and demand attention. And she does it to put people off so that they’re on their guard when talking to her and she has the upper hand in those conversations.”
“It’s kind of almost like the opposite of that nightmare you have where you go to school in the nude. You’re terrified and embarrassed and she’s kind of projecting that back out to her audience and winning intellectual points as a result.”
@nora-bright submitted:
Franchise Director Frank O’Connor just pulled a “it’s a distraction!” excuse as to why Halo’s Cortana doesn’t wear clothes. Could he have tried any less? “She’s not really naked, but that’s what it makes you think of?” Umm, ya that’s what it makes me think of, along with everyone else, because ya know, she is naked. With the amount of effort Kojima put into his excuses, he’s putting you to shame Frank.
Wow, what a “creative” explanation for a sexy nude lady AI: a bunch of stock excuses piled on top of each other!
“She’s not technically naked, because non-human. Also her nude (but again, not technically nude) appearance empowers her and distracts people around her! Obviously, it’s her choice to look like that!”
~Ozzie
I don’t want to tell Frank how to do his job – but I have an idea for a means that an AI hologram could demonstrate confidence and authority to individuals who had been trained as soldiers since age six (and were selected by their genetic pre-disposition).
An appropriate officer’s uniform.
But a real one though, no more of those J J Abrams’ Star Trek shenanigans. You guys have shown us are better than that.
– wincenworks
@spiraldrawsstuff submitted:
I saw this on twitter and thought it relevant to your blog.
There’s so much in this casting call that we’ve talked about indirectly before:
- Casting so that women are, at most, as big as the smallest men
- The strange belief that fictional characters and actresses cast by executives get to decide the costuming (also here)
- The assumption that sexy men are in a movie means everything is automatically fine and equal (also here)
- The generic female character production line and how it carries on into merchandise and costumes.
And this was a movie where I was kind of kind of excited about because it had Gamora in it!
– wincenworks
It’s one of those cases that disappoints, but doesn’t surprise me. Especially since with the first movie, not unlike with Avengers, they reduced female team member count to one, despite there being more women in the comics.
For all the praise Marvel Cinematic Univese gets, it still has a really hard time letting go of tired tropes and conventions, like the Smurfette Principle and Men Are Strong, Women Are Pretty.
And we should be always pointing that out, for as long as it remains the status quo.
~Ozzie