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From: invalid@invalid.invalid
On Sat, 25 May 2013 08:53:51 -0400, Mason Barge
wrote:
>On Fri, 24 May 2013 18:49:14 -0700, BTR1701 wrote:
>
>>In article ,
>> "Jim G." wrote:
>>
>>> Ubiquitous sent the following on 5/23/2013 6:21 AM:
>>> > By John Horn
>>> >
>>> > Itıs one of the strangest scenes in ³Star Trek Into Darkness²: With no
>>> > explanation or motivation, USS Enterprise visitor Carol (Alice Eve)
>>> > strips down to her blue underwear, whereupon James T. Kirk (Chris Pine)
>>> > sneaks a peek.
>>> >
>>> > Now, Damon Lindelof, who co-wrote the filmıs screenplay, is apologizing
>>> > for the gratuitous sequence sort of.
>>> >
>>> > In an email interview with MTV, Lindelof was asked why the ³Men in Black
>>> > III² actress was obligated to show off her ripped body.
>>> >
>>> > ³Why is Alice Eve in her underwear, gratuitously and unnecessarily,
>>> > without any real effort made as to why in God's name she would undress in
>>> > that circumstance? Well, there's a very good answer for that. But I'm not
>>> > telling you what it is. Because... uh... MYSTERY?,² Lindelof wrote.
>>> >
>>> > He said there was a scene written for Khan (Benedict Cumberbatch) to
>>> > remove his shirt, but ³I donıt think it ever got shot. You know why?
>>> > Because getting actors to take their clothes off is DEMEANING AND
>>> > HORRIBLE AND...²
>>> >
>>> > Lindelof touted the MTV admission on Twitter, first saying, ³I copped to
>>> > the fact that we should have done a better job of not being gratuitous in
>>> > our representation of a barely clothed actress,² and then joking, ³We
>>> > also had Kirk shirtless in underpants in both movies. Do not want to make
>>> > light of something that some construe as mysogenistic.²
>>> >
>>> > He followed that post with an apology for misspelling misogynist and by
>>> > writing, ³What I'm saying is I hear you, I take responsibility and will
>>> > be more mindful in the future.²
>>>
>>> Damn, there's no shortage of oversensitive twits in the world, is there?
>>
>>And people who bend over backward to grovel before them and appease them.
>>
>>If it were me, I'd have just ignored the whiners, but if I responded at
>>all, I'd have been like, "Hey, she's a beautiful girl. Maybe we could
>>have done a little better working the scene into the story, but have you
>>*seen* her? No way that was ending up on the cutting room floor."
>
>Or, "why'd they leave her bra and panties on? That's not realistic".
Rilly. By then, there will be personal force fields that would negate
the need for bras...
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