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[Sibersk Esto]

First Class and Days of Future Past had more varied costumes. If this was X2 or X3, then I wouldn't even be asking the question.

I...guess?

 

[Takuan]

Lotta hatred for this woman. Y'all must've never watched Ghost Boobs.

 

[A-V-B]

It's a superhero movie

It's that kind of thinking that got us Judge Dredd

 

[IdreamofHIME]

She was in Iron Man 2...

.....Xmen joining the MCU!!

 

[FlashbladeGAF]

Love that costume

but definitely think the other will work better in real life.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Yeah buncha people in here obviously haven't seen her in The a Newsroom. This sounds good to me.

 

[Kinyou]

What the hell? Why.... why would you do this?

 

[studyguy]

I...guess?

Man that Quicksilver costume is still so odd to me. I loved him in the film but shit man...

 

[CountAntonius]

Works for me. She's going to look great with purple hair/.

 

[EulaCapra]

Interesting... I thought they would go younger but I don't mind.

It's just fucking great to have Jean, Storm, Jubilee, and now Psylocke back again! Let's fucking hope Singer gives the latter three something to do this time around. For all the wonders the X-Women have done for female representation in comics, they've been horribly short-changed unless you're Jean or your name is Oscar Winner and box-office haven Jennifer Lawrence.

 

[sappyday]

Better actress than Jones

 

[BFIB]

Good for her. Don't get the hate, and like others have said, she'll get a few lines of dialogue and that's it.

 

[Fenderputty]

it's really understandable

she got ahead from G4, where a bunch of gamers tuned in to see her tits and lick shit and eat hot dogs or whatever

now she makes it big and that gamer crowd feels somehow betrayed as if she cheated her way in or something, and call out the fact that she's hot and can't act etc etc, whereas they usde to watch her because of those same reasons

it's awful, but not hard to understand

Our crowd is overreacting because we'll always look at her as the chick from G4.

She can look the part, and she was surprisingly fun in The Newsroom. She's not a bad actress -- not that a good one will be necessary for this role anyway. She'll be fine.

She was an attractive girl on a tech show. So that means she's a fake bitch.

Yeah I don't get it either

Because she did all of that dumb shit on G4(which I found out was written by her along with some of the other female co-hosts), a lot of those same nerds assume she isn't capable of acting or doing something serious.

Or that she's slept around that business.

People say this with a straight face and without a shred of evidence.

You would think she murdered a baby while it slept based on GAF threads. I mean who even gives a shit if she's s bad actress. She's playing a superhero, not a roll in a remake of pride and prejudice.

She's cute, into gaming and seems to be kinda normal by celebrity standards.

/shrug

 

[Parallax]

I...guess?

theyd be better off with the black and yellows that the random assortment of supposed tactical gear they have on

 

[Crud]

It's a superhero movie

For real! I'm down I like her she's cool.

 

[E the Shaggy]

Wut?

With the purple hair:

 

[- J - D -]

I...guess?

It's future-dystopia chic.

 

[Vyer]

Casting seems about right honestly.

 

[Volimar]

With the purple hair:

I honestly have no memory of her. I think I repressed most of that film.

 

[Wingfan19]

I honestly have no memory of her. I think I repressed most of that film.

Don't worry, it was a blink and you'd miss it kind of role. She had no dialog and was vaporized by Jean like 10 seconds after that still shot.

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

it's still weird that she "made it" after being on G4TV........

Yeah, I'm a little mad that her fake acting self made it, but the dude from Attack of the Show is nowhere to be seen. I think that white America having a thing for white and Asian women has something to do with that.

 

[Face it Tiger..]

If She is young British Psylocke,

then I don't care.

but if she is older asian Psylocke

I GIVE ALL THE FUCKS, and would be really angry,

seriously fuck that.

 

[BeEatNU]

Would prefer Morgan Webb.

:/

 

[Maximus.]

I...guess?

Most those costumes are from the bleak future, whereas in the 70's they had more variety (whether it was just 70's clothing or a costume). Can't find a solid picture to show the variety. Not saying she is going to have a super unique costume, just making conversation, other than hating on Olivia Munn.

 

[Kinyou]

Can she do a decent british accent?

 

[Paganmoon]

I'm mostly okay with it but I reserve judgment until I hear her English accent.

Can she do a decent british accent?

This is her British accent:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_2by8nonco

I'm ok with this (The casting that is)

 

[injurai]

Whether she's a boring character or not will come down to how she's written.

The number of superhero movies that ask a lot from an actor on a performance as opposed to physical training basis is kinda small. Worrying about Olivia Munn's ability to play Psylocke just seems weird to me. She'd have to be pretty fucking terrible at her job to not pull it off.

She's not a GREAT actor, but she's not terrible, either.

I'm not convinced her writing will save her. After DoFP I thought the only saving graces of that movie was the actors performances. I'm not counting her down and out, but I disagree with the rhetoric in here saying things will all turn out fine.

 

[Zombine]

She's not a very good actress though

She's going to have like 2 lines and bleed into the background like every other mutant that isn't Wolverine, Mystique, Magneto, or Charles.

I think she'll do fine.

 

[Unspeakable Evil]

If She is young British Psylocke,

then I don't care.

but if she is older asian Psylocke

I GIVE ALL THE FUCKS, and would be really angry,

seriously fuck that.

*Looks at pic of Olivia Munn*
You should probably get angry.

 

[Trojita]

They would have done better trying to get a foreign star. Blink was great in the last one and actually made the movie more popular in China. I wonder what Japanese star could fill this role though and speak native level English. They couldn't find a British Asian woman?

 

[Tragicomedy]

She's not a very good actress though

Psylocke is not a very good character, so it works.

 

[Pilgrimzero]

Would prefer Morgan Webb.

Jessica Chobot

 

[Nokagi]

Shitty movie series casts shitty actress. Well I am shocked.

 

[Snake]

I can already tell this is going to be another Heath Ledger/Evan Peters casting situation.

 

[DoktorEvil]

Works for me. She's going to look great with purple hair/.

I second. She's a celeb crush of me though.

 

[E the Shaggy]

I...guess?

Even if it doesn't work on screen, I just want Jackman to wear it once:

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Yeah, I'm a little mad that her fake acting self made it, but the dude from Attack of the Show is nowhere to be seen. I think that white America having a thing for white and Asian women has something to do with that.

It might also have something to do with the fact smarmy, smirking smartassed white dudes aren't exactly a rare flower in the entertainment world.

I'm not convinced her writing will save her. After DoFP I thought the only saving graces of that movie was the actors performances. I'm not counting her down and out, but I disagree with the rhetoric in here saying things will all turn out fine.

You're right, it's not a guarantee she's going to knock it out of the park. She could fuck it up, I guess. I just don't see it as being all that likely.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

I can already tell this is going to be another Heath Ledger/Evan Peters casting situation.

I think Halle Berry's Storm is more comparable

 

[Anton Sugar]

I mean who even gives a shit if she's s bad actress.

Are you serious?

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

It'll work in that shitty movie Universe.

I don't have a problem with her(the hate she gets on forums is kinda disturbing), she DEFINITLY looks the part no argument, but I don't imagine(or I'd be surprise) that its a big role.

And the fact that we are in a universe where Psylocke is not playing a significant role at this point, is pretty much confirmation on how terribly managed this foX-Universe have been.

 

[zychi]

Yeah, I'm a little mad that her fake acting self made it, but the dude from Attack of the Show is nowhere to be seen. I think that white America having a thing for white and Asian women has something to do with that.

Perreria is running a similar show to AOTS on twitch called the Attack. He's been trying to get funding to do it everyday from bigger companies.

e: he's not really playing that dickhead character he did on AOTS as much. his podcast is pretty decent too. he talks to a lotttt of pornstars and gaming industry people.

 

[keltickennedy]

Can she do a decent british accent?

Barry forgot her Jamaican accent. In the Singer-verse....it doesn't matter.


EDIT: Just looked it up, she is from Kenya? Man...Barry was WAY off.

 

[Fenderputty]

Are you serious?

In this instance, yes?

 

[Escape Goat]

January Jones looks as if she has synapses firing every other minute. Theres nothing behind those eyes. I'm hoping Munn does a better job.

 

[Abounder]

This is set in the 80's right? Time to go all-out on the big hair!

 

[- J - D -]

I haven't seen her in much outside of Magic Mike and Newsroom, and for what the roles asked of her, I thought she was pretty good!

 

[sleepykyo]

It isn't like Psylocke does much anyway.

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

This is cast is fine btw.

 

[maquiladora]

If you've seen The Newsroom then you know she certainly has the acting ability to pull off a fuckin comic book role. Some of the posts in this thread...smh

 

[Jhriad]

I don't think any scene is going to hinge on her delivering a respectable performance.

Thankfully.