Elektra

i saw the trailer for it, doesnt look bad, but it has too many random split-second clips so i couldnt see much

Poll being held at SuperHeroHype http://www.superherohype.com/index.php

Do you think "Elektra" will be better or worse than "Daredevil"?

It will be much worse 22.0%

It will be about the same 22.0%

It will be way better 20.8%

It will be a little worse 18.3%

It will be a little better 17.0%

Total votes: 13046

why the hell do u think elektra should be asian she is greek remember jennifer garner is doing a great job with the part, i ve been looking forward to the movie forver and ye its gonna be amazing😄 but i hope Evanescence is on the soundtrack

My friend works up at the movie theatre near me, and they have this big cardboard poster thing, you know the big cardboard promo's they put out for movies, theyve got the big Elektra one there, and guess whose getting it once theyre told to throw it out...
Me!
Muahahah.

jennifer garner plays an okay elektra, i really think they could've chosen someone better, imo she's a pretty crappy actor and horrible in wires and fight scenes, but who knows she could change all that in this movie, i was hoping for a grittier director to take the helm, approach it like a hardcore movie and almost no wire-work with great fight scenes, that would've definitely been something crazy, either way i'll probably check this movie out once its released

I think Jenn is amazing as Elektra and think this movie is getting a bad rep becaused of DD and Catwoman.

IMO i think elektra is getting a bad rap because of jens performance in dd. i'm as much a fan of comic elektra as anyone and i think jenn was passable but nothing special. i dont believe she's capable of being dark enough. ive watched most of alias and thats just what i think.

i know you guys won't agree with me, but thats what i think 😄

I think there are literally dozens of actresses who would be more suitable for the role.

Well I saw a preview of alias tonight and she is dark it shows her kicking someones butt in the vicious way and I think she is going to do a good job in the film hey don't know until you've seen the film then decide weather she is good for the role or not.

after so many seasons of alias i dont think so. and if shes a little dark, still not dark enough...

Originally posted by darktim1
hey don't know until you've seen the film then decide weather she is good for the role or not.

I have seen enough to know there are MANY more women suitable for the role than her.

Whats is she supposed to look like?

imo she's a bad actress, she didnt do so bad in alias, but as elektra in daredevil i think she sucked

Originally posted by MoviesFan
Whats is she supposed to look like?

like a greek woman?

It's become almost bad taste in recent decades to show any sort of pride in heritage or "race". "Greek looking?" It's like a sacrilegious comment, Greeks are "white", cast anyone you want! There used to be festivals and parties for pride of one's heritage. I've listened to my elders talk of the parties in Baltimore, one week it's the Italians, then the Greeks, Poles, Irish etc. who celebrate and re invoke that old fashioned flava. Now the American Melting Pot has just blended everyone into passe mush. Somehow society has made people feel bad for simply being what they are, when Saint Patty's day rolls around, I can't be a happy American-Mick without feelings some nonsensical pang of guilt. However, it seems to be mostly facets of "white culture" let the african-americans, latino's and indians celebrate all they want because they have it due them, and the color of one's skin is all that matters, not individual family history. It's quite sad.

So, I think that's why Garner was cast. I have no problems with her as an actress, but as mentioned, she's not exactly "greek looking", but they can't cast an appropriately "greek looking" woman without having it be some sort of effrontery towards our neat little oversensitized (yet at teh same time, paradoxically desensitized) racial boarders.

I've always believed when a movie character is played, and that role has a precedent (a book, a comic) is not a matter of race when is not casted properly (Kingpin, Catwoman, etc) is a matter of staying true to the original.

And Jennifer Garner might not be the Elektra we see in comics, but I liked her in DD.

i dont question if she's greek looking or not, i mean the only difference would be black hair, she looks like she could play the character well in her own movie, i just didnt like her acting (fight scenes, wire-effects) in DD, i was just hoping for a grittier look at her, kind of like what chris nolan is doing with batman or what alot of comic books did overtime

anyway, ill probably watch this movie once it hits, is there a game follow-up?

i was just hoping for a grittier look at her, kind of like what chris nolan is doing with batman or what alot of comic books did overtime

me too

is there a game follow-up?

if the movie does well i'd expect it. there was meant to be a dd game but it was shelved when the movie didn't do as well as they expected.

good thing. i bet the game was horrible.

it was actually looking ok, but when the movie bombed they just forgot about it...

an elektra one, if made, should be alright if done properly. haven't heard of one yet though...