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)
Comment on Actors that have been the least believable scientist castings, I’ll start.
tetris11@lemmy.ml 23 hours ago
Will Smith in anything Sci-Fi 👎 Scarlett Johansson in anything Sci-Fi 👎
Jessica Alba was great in Dark Angel but nothing since then
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 hours ago
Slovene@feddit.nl 23 hours ago
You keep ScarJo’s name outta your fucking mouth!
hitmyspot@aussie.zone 22 hours 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.
A7thStone@lemmy.world 15 minutes 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.
WR5@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Do you mean ghost in the shell for Scarlett Johansson?
hitmyspot@aussie.zone 6 hours 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.
DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 2 hours 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.
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 hours ago
I maintain that Men in Black (the first one) is a masterpiece. Otherwise… yeah.
rainwall@piefed.social 19 hours ago
Jessica Alba went on to make a few hundred millions selling soap, so shes got that goin for her.
Slovene@feddit.nl 18 hours ago
Which is nice.
AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
What?! I, Robot was great!
Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 16 hours ago
There were good parts in that movie, but Will Smith wasn’t one of them.
stephen01king@lemmy.zip 7 hours 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.
Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 5 hours 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.
AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world 10 hours 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.
Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 8 hours 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.
tetris11@lemmy.ml 17 hours ago
I need you to get on the nearest bus and not ask where the destination is
AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Only if it’s taking me to a 24 hour show of I, ROBOT BITCH! Sorry that was aggressive.
Flyberius@hexbear.net 18 hours ago
Under The Skin was a great sci-fi film with Scarlett Johansson leading
TachyonTele@piefed.social 23 hours ago
Alba was fantastic in Sin City