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#Sam Wilson is so sexy when he takes informed decisions
spectreofawoman · 3 years
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I love how they handled Isaiah and Sam in this episode and how they let us sit with the knowledge of what happened to him
So often in all movies we learn a piece of information and our protagonists IMMEDIATELY respond (usually badly tbh) and its the consequences of those actions which they spend the rest of the movie solving
For example we have age of Ultron where Tony immediately builds this weapon, they then have to face the consequences.
Even within the show we have Walker leaving his best friends corpse in favour of revenge - the show is clearly criticising the flippant attitude which he has to serious issues
Because they make that point, Sam takes time to reflect on what Isaiah tells him the TV format allows him to do that. We see him decide for himself what the shield and the mantle of cpatian America means to him
It would have been so incredibly easy for marvel to have made tfatws into a cute buddycop series with little to no actual social statements
But they didn't, and I love that when we get to see Sam finally take that shield it's not because Bucky guilted him into it, or in honour of steve or even avoiding it on the advice of Isaiah
This series shows us who Sam Wilson is as a person and what he stands for, and we have finally been given time to see it
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holylulusworld · 4 years
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The life I chose
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Request: Would you please write for Bucky & reader, wherein he's in love with Natasha but is forced to marry reader, he's never home ignores her even when she tries hard. She even must work as a waitress for money, one-night Brock tries to rape her, Steve arrives just in time and saves her. They become good friends. It's on you if you want her to stay with Bucky or get married to Steve. It could be an au where they are not Avengers.
Pairing: Mobster!Bucky x Mobster!Reader, Mobster!Steve x Mobster!Reader, Mobster!Tony, Gamora, Nick Fury, Sam Wilson, Thor Odinson
Warnings: angst, feisty reader, language, smut, unprotected sex, threesome, voyeurism, polyamory, blood, injuries, violence, comforting
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Now…
Blood is dripping down your forehead. You can feel bruises all over your arms and legs but still, you remain silent. While Gamora tries to play the good cop, Fury is slamming his fists onto the table, trying to intimidate you.
All you give him is a cold smirk and a shrug when he threatens to let you ‘disappear’ once again. Fury wants answers, dreams of bringing Bucky Barnes and Steve Rogers down but he knows he needs you. 
You are the key to break your husband and lover. You are the one able to make them give up.
“I am asking you one last time.” Slamming his hands onto the table Fury glares at you. “Where are your lovers?”
Faking confusion you look up at the angry man in front of you. “If I recall right I told you I will not talk to you without a lawyer. If you would excuse me now, I’m busy to bleed and wait for said lawyer.”
“Sir, she’s right. I know you want to bring Rogers and Barnes down, but we lost contact with our agents hours ago. Stark is gone with the wind and their houses were empty too.” Glancing at you, pity in her eyes Gamora sighs. “I guess they ran and left her behind. Why should she be here, and not with her husband.”
“You think Barnes left her behind to save his sorry ass? I don’t believe that for a second…” Fury’s eyes meet yours and he can see the uncertainty in your y/e/c eyes. “Not that confident any longer…huh? How about a deal?”
“Deal, Y/N. You can leave this building as a free woman if you give us anything. Just think about things Bucky and Steve said. A little detail. A name or a bank account can help. Deliver us Bucky and you can be finally free.” Gamora is a smooth talker, you give her that, but your face remains stoic.
“It’s James to you or Mr. Barnes. Bucky is for his friends or for me to call him so. That’s all you will get. Now…LAWYER!” You announce the last word, not budging as Fury tosses a file onto the table.
“Maybe this will make you talk…” Placing a picture of Bucky and Natasha in front of you he can see a hint of hurting flash up. “He had a nice affair while being married to you, Y/N. Do you believe he ever loved you?”
“Doesn’t matter to you, right? Whatever you want, you will press it out of me using force. What makes you believe you are that much better than any mobster out there?” Glancing up at Fury you purse your lips.
“I’m bleeding for hours. I asked for a lawyer more than once and you refuse to get one, just like you didn’t offer first aid.”
“Sir…she’s not wrong.” Gamora’s eyes meet her boss’s and she falls silent.
“You believe you are the good guy in this story?” Huffing you point at the bruises on your face and your upper arms. “Hiding behind the law you believe you can do anything you want and still be the nice guy. You are dead wrong, Fury…”
“I will get what I want…” Fury wants to place another picture onto the table when gunfire echoes through the building. “Gamora, stay with her. I’ll check what’s wrong out there…”
Smirking you lean back, propping your feet onto the table. “I guess your time is up, guys. I told you two hours ago to let me go…”
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Fifteen hours and twenty minutes ago…
“What did…god…Tony say?” Moaning you grip Bucky’s ass, pressing him deeper into you. “I need to know if Gamora will get suspicious tonight…”
“Fuck…doll. Can you stop talking about business while I am inside of you?” Bucky groans, slamming harder into you.
Flesh hand in your hair, metal hand gripping the headboard he smirks as you start to tighten around him. “Let me make you cum first…”
“Bring it, punk!” Cursing you slap his ass and your husband loses all control. You will be sore after this ‘ride’ but you don’t care as your lovers will make sure you feel them for days.
“Buck’ make her come!” Steve’s eyes never leave your blissed-out face. While you try to concentrate on the way Bucky uncontrollably drives into you, your eyes drift toward Steve’s cock. “I want my turn before we discuss business and everything else.
“Will I like the plan?” Your nails bite into Bucky’s ass and he laughs as you tilt your head to bite his neck. “Tell me, Barnes…”
“You will love what we prepared, doll. Now…shit…” Milking Bucky dry you slap his ass again, making sure you will leave bruises too. “I promise…”
“You promise a lot, Barnes. I hope you will be able to live up my expectations…” Chuckling Bucky rolls off you, smirking as you flip onto your stomach. “Steve…I think I am ready for another round with my sexy lover…”
“Damn, she calls you her lover, Stevie?” Blinking Bucky meets your eyes when Steve covers your body with his tall frame. Lips travel along your neck and you move your hand behind your head to fist Steve’s hair.
“Yeah…I am her lover, Buck…” Curses leave your lips feeling Steve slide into you. “I’ll go easy on you. We don’t want you to get sore…”
Laughing you grip the sheets as Steve starts to pump into you. “How do you call me?”
“Fuck…give me…” Biting your lower lip hard enough to hurt you push back onto Steve’s dick, making him bites your shoulder hard enough to leave another mark. “Just like that Steve…”
Falling hard once again you cry out, fisting the sheets as Steve fills you up. When you are too tired to move you rest your head onto Bucky’s chest while Steve tries to clean you up.
“We will get out of this, okay. All I can tell is they have more against us than we thought, Y/N. They have a video of the attack on you.” Bucky can see the fear as you look up at him. 
“What else do they know?” Fear makes your hand shake and for the first time, you believe you will end up in jail. “Bucky?”
“I am afraid they found out about Brock and Natasha. Both disappeared almost on the same day. They are not as dumb as I want to believe, doll. Someone used a large shovel to dig out all the dirt we tried to hide so badly.”
Steve’s words let a shiver run down your spine and you abruptly sit up, panting heavily.
“We will all go to jail, Bucky…I mean…” Looking at your husband you sniffle.
“How shall we get out of this? What can we do?” Smirking Bucky opens his nightstand to show you what Steve, Tony and he prepared over the last weeks.
“You think this will work out? We can’t just…” Trailing off you think of all people depending on you and your lovers. “What about Thor, Sam, and the others?”
“Thor and Sam are all in. They prepared everything along with Tony. He will be the most important part. That’s the reason Tony can’t be found any longer.” Steve explains, pointing toward the documents in your hands.
“What will happen to them?” Worried about your friends you open another file with shaking hands. 
“All will do their job, and if we do it right, no one will get hurt, Baby Girl. Trust me for once in your life. Go and meet up with Gamora, Y/N. Pretend she’s your friend and not a fucking fed bitch.” Bucky pecks your shoulders as Steve squeezes your thigh.
“We’ve got this. Make a list and we make sure everything is prepared…”
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Ten hours and five minutes ago…
“Great you have a day off from business and your men.” Laughing Gamora offers you a beer. While you need all your strength to not choke on your fake smile she seems to have the time of her life. “How do you manage to be with two guys?”
“Sometimes you have to make a decision to…dunno…” Lying straight to her face you fake a few tears. “Stay alive. If you need protection, you’d do anything, you should know that feeling.”
Gamora smiles, fakes compassion but you can see the wheels in her head spinning. Close to letting her cover blow to get you on her side, she nods silently.
“You know, Y/N. There are people out helping women like you and me. I bet they would help you too if you would give them something in return.” Now you feel your stomach churn, but you fake to be interested.
“People helping me…huh?” Blinking a few times, you reluctantly nod. “I got nothing to offer, Gam. What shall I give someone for protection and to be free again? There’s nothing…” Your voice sounds broken and Gamora sees her time coming.
“I can help you if you give me anything to take Rogers and Barnes down, maybe even Stark. Is there something you remember? A date, business partner or people they pay to keep their mouths shut`” Gamora is full agent now and you want to laugh out loud, but you sniffle instead.
“I don’t know, Gam. Most of the time they only use me you know, for pleasure. When they are done I have to sign stuff as they want to keep my father's business running.” Your ‘friend’ nods, offering a warm embrace and you take a deep breath to let her hug you.
“Do you remember anything of those papers you signed?”
“I know there will be a delivery in a few hours, at the docks, but I don’t know what they ordered. All I know is that Bucky and Steve said they won’t come back tonight. That’s all…” Gamora smirks while she holds you tightly.
“Anything else? The specific dock…”
Blinking you look at her, pressing more fake tears out. “Dock 4, I think. Steve said it’s his lucky number. So, it must be 4. They will meet with Tony and another guy I do not know…”
“Did you hear his name?” Gamora is close to her goal so she tries to press more information out of you. “Y/N, think…”
“I think his name was…” Rubbing your forehead you close your eyes. “It was an odd name, pretty short. Shit…it was…oh…” Opening your eyes you smile. “Loki, that’s the name. I don’t know the surname, tho…”
“Loki…? Are you sure about that, Y/N? Can you confirm Loki Laufeyson will be at dock 4 tonight? Y/N, did you hear me?”
The thought of not just arresting Tony, Bucky, and Steve but also the most wanted and notorious mobster boss Loki Laufeyson let Gamora’s heart beat faster.
“I don’t know if his name is Laufeyson, but Steve said Loki will meet them. Is this name common, as I never heard it before? Maybe something Irish or so…” Shrugging you try to change the subject but Gamora keeps on asking questions.
“I will help you, Y/N. After tonight you will be free, promised…”
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Now…
“That much to me being free after tonight…hug?” Laughing you shake your head as Gamora’s eyes dart the door and the blood dripping down your face. “I knew a fed would sell me to make it, Gam. No one ever did anything selfless to help me…”
“Y/N, I tried…okay. Fury said you are as guilty as your husband and Steve. I couldn’t do anything to make him see you are a victim too.” Gamora sounds honest but you can’t risk falling for a trap.
While you hear someone yell orders you try to distract Gamora. “I guess we both got used to making sure the men ruling our lives get what they want. What a pity, Gam. We could’ve left town hours ago…”
“You would’ve taken me with you…?”
“Could use a good friend but…” Shrugging you glance at the door. “I guess you never were my friend.” When the door bursts open and armed men storm into the room you can see the fear all over Gamora’s face.
“Y/N…it’s not too late…” She whispers as she looks in the barrel of a gun.
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Four hours ago, …
“Did she buy it?” Smirking Bucky pecks your lips, slipping his tongue in to taste you. “I bet you played your role well…”
“I can fake an orgasm without sweating so…” Giggling you slap Bucky’s chest as he starts growling low in his throat. “When and with whom?”
“I was making a joke, Buck. Now back to business. Is everything prepared? Everyone ready, Baby?” Sliding your fingers through Bucky’s short hair you smile as he softly presses his lips to yours. 
“All done. I want you to go with Sam, he’s waiting outside. Let’s do this and after tonight, we are free…” While Bucky nods at Steve you feel the knot in your stomach tighten.
“Steve, make sure he doesn’t do anything stupid. You know my husband, he’s a red-blooded guy…” Steve pecks your lips, nodding against you. “I promise, I’ll have an eye on Buck’, now go with Sam. Thor will wait at the hideout…”
Twenty minutes later you walk toward the car to leave your house…forever…
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Three hours and twenty minutes ago, …
“Get her! She lied and we ended up in a war with Laufeyson and at least twenty men! No sight of Barnes and Rogers. She lied!” Fury yells as the driver pushes the car to its limit to ram your car.
Before you know what’s happening the car is upside down and you call for Sam. 
“Sam, god…can you hear me? Please don’t be dead…” The door gets ripped open and two strong hands drag you out of the car. Using way too much force the agents makes you wince in pain.
“You are arrested for…” Fury tries but you scream for Sam, pointing toward the car.
“Shut up and help Sam! Aren’t you the good guys? Don’t you know how to do first aid? Let me do it if you are too stupid to do so…” One of the agents slaps your face, and you can feel a bruise form.
Fear makes your chest tighten, still, you spit the blood dripping from your lip into his face. “What a great man you are, hitting an injured woman as she begs you to save a friend. Move your lazy ass and help Sam!”
“Sir?” 
“Get him out and check on him. She will come with me and Gamora.” Before he turns to walk toward his car Fury fists the man’s jacket, glaring at him. “If you ever hit a perpetrator again you lose your job. I will report you. Now let my agent bring her to my car…”
“Yes, Sir. Director…” The agent hitting you stammers as you only have eyes for Sam. You can see he’s breathing, and moments later he yells at the agents. 
“Let the paramedics check on Wilson and bring him too. I want to interrogate him later…”
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Now…
Gamora’s eyes meet Bucky’s angry blue ones as he glares at the agent. His gun aimed to her head he doesn’t flinch as more gunshots echo through the building.
“Steve, keep her under control, I’ll take care of my wife.” While Steve handcuffs Gamora to the table Bucky checks on your bleeding forehead and lip.
“Who did this to you, Baby Girl?” Pressing his scarf to your wound he gently cups your face. “Who?”
“My forehead, it was the accident. They rammed us in their car, and I got hurt. My lip, there was an agent, he hit me. I asked them, or rather yelled at them to help Sam.” Bucky is clenching his jaw but there is no time to punish the man hurting you.
“We should go, Buck. Time is running out on us. Storming into the building with guns took us too much time.” While Bucky takes your hand to lead you out of the building Gamora calls your name.
“Y/N, this is your last chance to be free…to live the life you want to.” She tries but you smile weakly.
“You fine agents hit me, refused to get a lawyer here and even let me bleed for hours. I’ll pass, Gam. This is what I want, this is the life I chose…”
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Epilogue…
“Another one, doll?” Smirking Bucky watches you tan your skin while you sip at another cocktail. “Or do you want a better…cock…tail…”
Huffing Steve falls into the sand, lazily stretching his body. “She had me not half an hour ago in the warm water…”
“Punk, I told you to not draw any attention…” Laughing you turn around to toss your bikini top at your husband.
“We bought half the island, Buck. I think we can do dirty things in the water…” Getting up your straddle Bucky’s lap and he wraps his arms around you. “In the sand…everywhere…”
“I am for permanent vacations, guys. I don’t know about you, but I like the sun, the cocktails and all…” Steve exclaims as his eyes drift toward your ass.
Tony smirks as he walks toward you and your men, not missing to get a glimpse of your chest before Bucky presses you closer to his body.
“Stark, what are you doing on our side of the island?” Laughing Tony sits in the sand, groaning as he slowly gets cabin fever.
“I miss my empire…” Tony glances at Sam walking toward Steve to hand him a satellite phone.
“Boss, it’s Loki. He wants to know how long you will be on vacation. The feds are a bit crazy over there right now…”
“Well, my brother can handle this for sure,” Thor smirks as Jane drags him toward the water. “Tell me if we are going back anytime soon…”
“Guys?” Blinking you look at Bucky and Steve before all three of you shake your head.
“Sorry, Tony but we are out of business…well kinda. Loki is taking care of business and we are on permanent vacation, Stark.”
“Permanent…shit.” Falling into the sand Tony covers his eyes with his arm, groaning as he is bored to hell and back. “How about I’ll invent more stuff?”
“Go ahead, Ton’s we all need a better air conditioner. Invent one not striking in the middle of the night and you can come over to our side of the island any time…”
“Alright, young lady…”
“Now…let me enjoy another cocktail.”
“I must say, our new life ain’t that bad…” Bucky exclaims as his hands wander to your ass. 
“Not bad at all, Mr. Barnes. How about you and Mr. Rogers follow me inside?”
“We will follow you anywhere Y/N…”
The End...
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thechurchillreview · 6 years
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I saw Atomic Blonde (2017) via Redbox this morn with a roommate. Quick thoughts about it. SPOILERS obviously.
Charlize Theron trained exceptionally hard to be the titular Lorraine Broughton. This was in fact a passion project for her. Her performance is top-notch. The action sequences she's in are stunning. Brutal. Inventive. Sometimes oddly beautiful. Musician/composer Tyler Bates adds yet another impressive score to his resume! Wowzers. The songs for the soundtrack are fantastic. They accompany memorable action sequences and a couple of good quieter moments.
But...
Atomic Blonde stars Charlize Theron as a spy in 1989 from a 2012 graphic novel (The Coldest City) written by a man (Antony Johnson) with artwork by a man (Sam Hart) with a screenplay penned by a man (Kurt Johnstad) with a director that is a man (John Wick originally uncredited co-director David Leitch, Atomic Blonde is his solo directing debut, he is attached to 2018's Deadpool 2 as director). Which explains a lot. *Sighs*
Her first appearance is in a bathtub so we can observe her battered bruised body, yet it continues by having her still nude form get out to have a drink and light a cigarette while standing in front of a mirror. At first, it didn't feel salacious then towards the end of the scene it did. Later on, in the protagonist's second totally needed (coughs) ice bath, the camera perspective comes off as completely gratuitous. Her contact James Percival (James McAvoy) is shown in bed with two topless women as a blanket hides his own genitalia: it is implied that the night before is why he's running late.
And during Lorraine's mission, in a nod to my least favorite stuff from James Bond films, she has sex with a French woman named Delphine Lasalle (Sofia Boutella, Gazelle from 2014's Kingsmen: The Secret Service, Princess Ahmanet in 2017's The Mummy) to solely gain information from her. Initially, at least.
However, this part feels passionate. Real. Not a means to solely an end like Lorraine tells Delphine. That was my takeaway.
Earlier, the agent James Gascoigne that was killed appeared to have a physical relationship with Lorraine. Anyways, this indicates that Lorraine is likely bisexual! Which the movie doesn't make a big deal about and that is why it is noteworthy.  
Better than declarations from Deadpool's director Tim Miller and Ryan Reynolds that their lead is comic book accurate pansexual as his goal involves reconnecting romantically with Vanessa after securing the cure from Francis. The lyrics of his rap theme song Teamheadkick wrote heard in the flick reinforce his heterosexuality that promised to be more too. Yes, I remain livid about this. 
“Hey goons, thugs and bosses, Guess what, I brought Colossus! Times up, better count your losses, Kickin' that ass as my girlfriend watches. Run away, you know that I'll chase, Every bad guy, but 'em right in their place, Revenge, I'm gonna give you a taste, I'm sexy as hell, but I cover my face.
About to take you all to school, with guns and knives, Deadpool... Tellin' jokes and breaking the rules, I came for the tacos. Deadpool... Playin' with the ladies and the family jewels to bust a nut, Deadpool.... 'Bout to throw down with all these fools, So come an' get some. Regenerate, because it's cool, When I fall off a ledge, Deadpool... The crazy ass guards all lookin' to duel, So click, click, boom! Deadpool... I don't believe in the golden rule, I came to get laid. Deadpool... Note to the ladies, I'm not a tool, I'm a sexy motherfucker.”  2016's Deadpool was written and directed by heterosexual men. No one remotely close to the representation Wade Wilson was meant to embody was clearly involved in the movie's creation. Even though they claimed Wade Wilson would be done right this time around. 
Lorraine's spoken words of "You didn't have to kill her..." is a sentiment I too shared since, yep, Delphine, a LGBT woman of color and the only other prominent woman in the narrative, is of course killed. You took a positive and wrecked it y’all. Ugh! She manages to fight back then we’re forced to view her slowly being choked to death before Lorraine can arrive in time. It was heartrending to observe... 
Said decision is likely another James Bondian callback. How most of the women James uses tend to die. For instance, there’s the golden dead body of Pussy Galore that was on several damn movie posters for Goldfinger (1964), Sean Connery’s debut as James Bond. It is on the Wikipedia for the flipping motion picture! Contessa Teresa “Tracy” di Vicenzo (Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg), a woman Roger Moore’s 007 marries in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) is murdered in the closing moments by Blofield and Bunt. 2006′s Casino Royale starring Daniel Craig’s Bond does this infuriatingly twice: once with Solange Dimitrios (Caterina Murino) and again towards the conclusion with Vesper Lynd (Eva Green). Additionally, this specific choice to remove Delphine in Atomic Blonde through this method painfully and angrily occurs often with both women and LGBT characters in the majority of media already. 
Still, this echoes what actor Michelle Rodriguez said a few years ago about women in motion picture roles. I am paraphrasing what Michelle declared. Specifically how there needs to be more women in director and writing positions. How men emphasize making women sexy via outfits versus wearing practical clothing (Lorraine's heels, some of Lorraine's strange attire choices that wouldn’t work that well for fighting). There’s a line about what Lorraine should bloody wear to meet the Queen. As a juxtaposition, there’s a scene in the 1979 James Bond flick Moonraker in which he meets Her Majesty in the nude. *Rolls eyes* How the majority telling and orchestrating stories remain largely white men and they essentially write women as a love interest (or with someone) or they slay them during the story. There is a real imbalance in Hollywood regarding this. This has unfortunately infected Atomic Blonde.
Besides Lorraine and Delphine, there's the aforementioned topless nameless women and one other woman in the tale being told. The remainder are exclusively men. James even mocks women in one really aggravating scene that takes place! 
What makes everything worse is that we've had women in similar action film roles done more justice. Less sexualized. Glamourized. Such as Beatrix Kiddo. Katniss Everdeen from the Hunger Games series. Judge Cassandra Anderson from 2012's Dredd. Ellen Ripley from Alien and Aliens. Heck, even Charlize Theron's own Imperator Furiosa in 2015's Mad Max: Fury Road! To list a few examples. It is true that the films they were in had men write their characters. Although in the case of Beatrix Kiddo a.k.a The Bride, she was created by both Uma Thurman and Kill Bill Vols. 1 and 2 director/writer Quentin Tarantino.
On top of that Atomic Blonde’s pacing isn't great. I actually realized my eyes were getting heavy despite being wide awake at the start. The dialogue is functional or blase, at best (”You can’t un-fuck what’s been fucked”). Nada quote worthy. Boasts an uninteresting villain: I didn’t even include the character’s picture above because said individual is such a snore. The writing tries to be too clever at points and is ultimately confusing when all is said and done. My verdict is that Charlize Theron's transfixing acting and sterling action work alone cannot save Atomic Blonde. Neither can its presented aesthetic nor tone. 
Atomic Blonde, is worth a rental, basically. 
P.S. The soundtrack and score, as I typed earlier, are SUPERB. I don’t wish to spoil anything else about either. Give both a listen sometime. 
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getseriouser · 4 years
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20 THOUGHTS: Giants Pickett-apart
DID it easy. 
A Qualifying Final against the softest draw recipient in memory, into a Preliminary Final with a completely false minor premier, finishing with a Grand Final facing, well, you saw how competitive Saturday was.
All without Alex Rance, like it didn’t matter in the end.
Great side though, clearly the best team in this three-year period and two flags’ reward is nothing short of what they deserve.
So season 2019 done and dusted, Grand Final in the books, and now we trade.
 1.       Firstly, some self-appeasement. Before you promote others you must be able to promote yourself. It was the night of August 13th, and we quote “Nat Fyfe, if you can get anything over $3 for the Brownlow, just remortgage the house, don’t be subtle”. Not only have we seen many readers cash in, but all the home loan re-financing in doing so has re-stimulated the economy. Brilliant.
2.       174 votes from 173 games now, that’s just insane. Two medals, and then the one he lost to Matt Priddis by a vote even though he lost a week through suspension. In a market that asks “does he win another Brownlow?” I’d happily flutter on ‘Yes’.
3.       Anyway, back to the gratuitous love bites in the mirror section of the column, many said the Giants might make this close, some even picked them. Utter trash. Last week we led with the Tigers by 5 goals plus, and the only reason we didn’t go higher was just to be nice. So for anyone who turned Fyfe winnings into Tigers 39+, well done; this isn’t just a shit hot read each week but looks after your hip pocket as well.
4.       And lastly in this real look at me section of the column, Marlion Pickett. We declared right back the mid-season draft he was a gun, a steal of a selection and would be in the Tigers’ best 22 by year’s end. Nailed that call right out of the screws, that’s four all day, out through extra cover, don’t bother running.
5.       And what a game he played whilst we’re on him, looked assured, looked like he deserved to be out there on such a stage, in such a team. In fact I know the backstory might over-elevate how one could have seen his game, but in that second term I thought he was influential as any, especially getting the ball inside 50 (led all Richmond players on the day pretty sure). I know Martin has a sexy stat line, but for making a real difference, it was Pickett who could have snared the Norm Smith easily for mine.
6.       I get the Martin BOG pick, and what a resume that is now, but the influence Pickett had in getting the ball inside 50, plus Riewoldt who hit the scoreboard just as much as Dusty, I don’t think it was as clear cut. Houli too has now had two great Grand Finals and been pipped for the Norm twice. Shouldn’t go unheralded that.
7.       Mind you, what if Jason Castagna kicks straight, is it his Norm? Seriously influential in the second, very, very noticeable indeed.
8.       Tigers were 9th at the end of Round 14. Without Rance a show of coming back. That’s just a super effort.
9.       And then the Giants, are they the second best team of the year? Probably not. West Coast? Ended up fifth and barely made it out of the second week? Collingwood? On paper, probably, but you don’t feel great about it. Sure, might have been the best opposition for Richmond on the day but it was always going to be a Tigers flag this year post bye, no-one else was going to defeat them Saturday more to the point
10.   And also on GWS, even with all those really poo years when they came into the comp fronting up with teams fresh out of the creche, that was the Giant’s lowest ever score. Incredible.
11.   Justin Longmuir gets the Freo job, yeah mad. I got nothing on that. Scotty Burns looks favourite for the Crows too. Excellent. Top notch. I too have nothing on that.
12.   Bold 2020 prediction, one that doesn’t involve the Tigers coz that’s just too easy? Carlton Collingwood Grand Final. We’re seeing a pattern of teams launching from the bottom six of the table, Richmond, Collingwood, then Brisbane this year – a very talented Carlton with a good trade period could be that next iteration. And we also tend to see a revengeful prelim final loser make amends the year after, could that be the Pies next year, to then set up an almighty Grand Final for the ages? Get around it.
13.   Trades. Now stay woke. We now have beyond saturated press on this stuff now, and most of it will be as relevant as the nutritional information on a maccas cheeseburger.
Firstly. Herald Sun reported “Essendon says Joe Daniher will be a Bomber next year”. The only quote they used from Essendon was “the facts are he’s contracted for next year”. That headline and that quote are by no means joined at the hip. Not even close. And secondly, today, "The Swan to set to push Reid out of Pies", when Ben Reid has actually re-signed for 2020, and the ‘Swan’ in question is the untried Darcy Cameron, never played a game, not the reincarnation of Barry Round. So please, don’t say you haven’t been warned.
14.   That all said, lets see. Seems like Carlton ends up with Jack Martin, Eddie Betts, then one of Dan Butler or Tom Papley. I know it might not seem like much, but with a fit Sam Docherty returning, geez, bet against Carlton making the eight next year at your peril. I know, its Carlton, but you can’t say they’re not due.
15.   Tim Kelly, wants to go to West Coast, can they make it happen, probably not? Freo definitely can, so with the Cat this year actually out of contract, he might be destined for the draft if he doesn’t go Dockers. Could end up in purple after all.
16.   Sam Powell-Pepper and Orazio Fantasia, that ends up being some sort of swap deal for sure.
17.   After all that jazz, I reckon Joe Daniher stays. Story got ahead of everyone I reckon.
18.   Gold Coast, geez, how about that for a rescue package. And it is just that, a rescue. Top of the draft priority pick this year, middle first next year, end of first the year after. Plus they get Darwin as their zone and, when it comes to academy players, they can get them without clubs making bids for them. Massive package. Ludicrous. Here’s why, bear with, I’ll keep this as short as possible:
Last year, lost Tom Lynch, but got pick 3 for it in compo, got Izak Rankine, who I think is the most talented kid of last year’s lot. They also lost Steven May to Melbourne but got pack pick 6, Ben King. So yes, seeing their ex-skipper win a flag 12 months on stings but they’re not the first to see that happen, and they’ve already been really well compensated. We move on.
2017, lost Adam Saad for a second rounder, yeah sure, too lost Ablett back to Geelong after getting him for nothing in the first place, he did give that club a Brownlow. They also had pick 2 that year but spent it on getting Lachie Weller from Freo. Exactly! Their first pick was pick 19, Will Powell, yet Tim Kelly went five picks later.
Lastly, 2016, lost Dion Prestia but got pick 7 back, lost Jaeger O’Meara but got back 10. Went to the draft with 4, 7, 9 and 10, drafted Ainsworth, Scrimshaw (left last year for Hawthorn for squat all), Brodie and Bowes. Potatoes the lot of them. Meanwhile, Richmond got Shai Bolton at 29 and Jack Graham at 53.
Futhermore, in those same three trade periods, the Giants lost Jack Steele, Cam McCarthy, Paul Ahern, Will Hoskin-Elliott, Caleb Marchbank, Jarrod Pickett, Devon Smith, Nathan Wilson, Matthew Kennedy, Will Setterfield, Tom Scully, Dylon Shiel and Rory Lobb. The only player of note they’ve gotten back for losing so many has been Tim Taranto.
And just made a Grand Final.
So there’s three things here, one, its not a Suns issue, the Giants have lost heaps too and been just fine, sure, no-one of Tom Lynch’s quality, but it stacks up. Two, they don’t need more picks or access to picks, look at their track record, it hasn’t mattered any which way. And three, yes losing Lynch stings, but they’ve already been well compensated for that, its not as if they’re not getting back to the pointy end of the draft to restock.
Summing up, the Suns just need to stop making mistakes, or move. Whether they get picks, or go for Shaun Burgoyne, whether they get pick 1 or pick 50, whatever actions they take and decisions they make, they need to be good ones. Remember when retention wasn’t a Gold Coast issue but a Queensland footy issue, funny how that disappeared so quick it kinda makes you question how real a problem it was for Brisbane in the first place? Either Chris Fagan and Luke Hodge are in essence God and Jesus respectively, or it’s a non-issue. And then the Suns package today becomes a joke.
Either the Suns get out of this mess organically and its been a waste of time and way too much hot air, or guess what, they’re still desperately shit in three years post-package and Tassie is knocking on Gil’s door asking how much more than can do.
Anyway, where were we…
 19.   Footy Show Grand Final on Wednesday rated as well in Melbourne as the Front Bar did the following night. Interesting. Watch Nine commit to something for next year, not sure what, maybe it’s the Sunday Footy Show boys or something else, but a prime time offering from Nine next year got rubber stamped essentially off those numbers. Will it work? Let’s wait and see.
20.   And for anyone who thinks rules have ruined AFL, that score review or any adjustments to the laws have made it too hard to stick with after all these years – you’ve got nothing on the Rugby World Cup. The great game of Rugby, that’s always being very hard to referee anyway with all the tackles and rucks, has become impossible and any true-blue Aussie watching the Wales game Sunday, would make any nay-sayer AFL sceptic send Steve Hocking a Christmas Card. There’s always someone worse off, I assure you.
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