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Thursday, January 03, 2008
Yes Hello! For some crazy reason I decided to blog again. I think because I had a hard time sleeping last night and thought my brain could use a purge. Looking back, I noticed my last post was from March. I thought, "Hey, that's not so bad...". But then I realized my entry before that was me congratulating myself on my 4 Year Anniversary. And now I've just had my 5th. So yeah, I kinda fell out of the blogging thing. Will it continue? Hard to say. I'm not going to delude myself into thinking I will, because I have a horrible track record when it comes to saying things like "Yup, things will be different now!" So, what possessed me to blog again? Spider-Man 3. I watched it again last night (thanks to my brother getting me the DVD for Christmas), the first time I had seen the movie since opening weekend back in May. And I have to say, I liked it a lot better upon the second viewing. Which is saying something, because I was really disappointed with the movie. I mean, sure, the movie has its problems, which I'm sure have been well documented. But for me personally, the movie couldn't live up to my expectations for it, especially considering it was featuring Venom as a villain. So I felt adding Sandman was just one villain too many. As it stands, there's too many villain character story arcs to resolve, so none of them got the treatment they really deserve. Well, okay, Harry's story finished up all right, and Sandman didn't have that much substance to him in the first place...so you can see my disappointment. Anyway, my point is, knowing the story now ahead of time, I could watch it and see the story hang together a little better instead of sitting there impatiently waiting for more symbiotic goodness. Another key thing I noticed while watching the movie: Gwen Stacy. Particularly the building-getting-smashed scene where she falls 30 stories. That's not to say I suddenly fell in love with Bryce Dallas Howard. I mean, sure, she looks great in this movie, but if I really developed that big a crush on her, it would've been when the movie came out, right? No, I fell in love with her outfit.  (image probably © Sony Pictures, or Columbia Pictures, or something.) Looks awfully familiar, doesn't it? Here's the best image I could find of a full body shot:  (again, image © Sony Pictures blah blah blah) As you can see, it's remarkably similar to Fuchsia's standard fare. As I see it, Gwen is probably 70% Fuchsia: Hair - obviously would need to be changed to a redhead. (Perhaps a bonus that, as far as I can tell, Howard is a natural red.) Shirt - lose the embroidery on the front, and I'd typically lengthen the sleeves. Still, it's flared, a good thing. Plus, it's low-cut, as it should be. Skirt - looks awfully brown here. Go for more gray or black. Plus raise the hemline to mid-thigh. I can understand why it may be long here from a movie production standpoint, since she's doing a lot of sliding and falling. Leggings - get rid of 'em. Natural skin, baby. Plus the boots might need to be lowered just a smidge, to mid-calf (they might already be, but it's hard to tell). For whatever reason, I'm drawn to see if there could be some kind of real-life equivalent to the Fuchsia outfit. Part of it might be because of the fantasy of the Alternate Delusions movie, part of it might be my fantasy of meeting Alternate Delusions cosplayers. Or it could just be that fascination with art imitating life, or life imitating art, or however it goes. It's just really neat that just an outfit would turn up in a major Hollywood production - one that also includes alien symbiotes, no less. :) Labels: Spider-Man 3 (0) comments |
