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Actual conversation in our house:
[The classical music station is on]
Me: Hey, I know this piece...it's what was playing in Avengers when Loki was at the opera!
Tim: Loki didn't go to the opera.
Me: Uh, when he was in Germany, at the opera house?
Tim: That was a fundraiser.
Me: Loki had a fundraiser?
Tim: No, he was there for an eyeball.
Me: Why would that need a fundraiser???
Tim: [disgusted silence]
New Pacific Rim trailer!!! Want nooooooow.
Some may remember me posting here last year about my local theater doing a silent film series with live Wulitzer music. Last year we saw The General, and we enjoyed it so much that this year we saw Wings. So much Hoyay! I had never seen a full film with Clara Bow in it before (although I did know who she was). I can see why she was the "It Girl". There was also a minute long appearance by a young Gary Cooper.
Unbelievably cool Iron Man 3 poster than none of us get: [link]
Iron Man butt!
Just like all the posters with women looking over their shoulders.
Except he's not twisted so you can see both pecs as well as his ass.
Though I'd rather be looking at RDJ's butt, as attractive as the armor is.
But you can see robo-pec of the suit in front of him. It's GENIUS. Diabolically genius.
But, yeah, maintaining structural integrity is an important distinction between so many defaults of women hero pictures--by putting an object of interest in front of him, there's a reason for him to be facing away from the audience, and it helps make the picture have a bit of a narrative--you can properly imagine he was interrupted during something perfectly sensible, as opposed to experimenting to see if his pelvic girdle could imitate the optical illusion of an owl swivelling his head (which, truth be told, would only not occur to Tony if he knew he'd designed it in already).
See, my reaction after having read a particular fic is: is the gold flap on his bum so he can go potty?