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From: Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org>
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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-12-27 (Friday)
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2024 12:32:05 -0800
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On 12/28/2024 11:43 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>> On 12/28/2024 6:25 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
>>> Warning: I am unlikely to be able to start WDYW? threads for the next
>>> several days, so someone else will likely need to start them.
>>>
>>>
>>> What did you watch?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> I watched:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Léon: The Professional (4K disc) 1994 action movie written and directed
>> by Luc Besson.  Jean Reno stars as Léon a "cleaner" or um, hitman.  A
>> young Natalie Portman also stars
> 
> Not looking to pick a fight, this is a serious question. Was she any good
> as a child actress? I’ve only seen her as an adult and stuff like the
> marvel movies and I think she’s one of the worst actresses I’ve ever seen.
> 
> 
She would have been about 12 years old when she filmed the movie.  It 
was her film debut. Overall, I think she was great in the role.  Her 
character witnesses her entire family murdered.  She then shacks up with 
a much older man, who she continuously tries to seduce, although he 
won't have anything to do with her in that way.  And she trains to be an 
assassin.  She also has to share screen time with seasoned professional 
actors like Gary Oldman and Danny Aiello and holds her own very well for 
a 12 year old.


This is a good scene of her being emotional:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFE-npqQctE

Here are some samples of her goofing around in character:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtYcHICsLKg

And here she is with Oldman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6GhwdVzlhE

If you've never watched "Léon: The Professional," I highly recommend it. 
  It is a very solid mid 90s action flick with Gary Oldman chewing the 
scenery as the villain.


>> What If...? (Disney+) - "What If... the Emergence Destroyed the Earth?"
>> They are dropping a new one every day.  I watched this one the other
>> day.  It wasn't bad, but how exactly was there still an Earth seeing as
>> how the emergence destroyed it?  I guess we're not supposed to ask
>> obvious questions like that.
> 
> Thanks for the reminder. I’ll take a look at these now that I’ll be able to
> hear them!
> 
>>
>> "What If... 1872?" - So they do a Shang-Chi episode set in the 1800s and
>> don't let him use the rings?!?  Then what was the point?
>>
> 
> Back in my comic book days, the rings were found in a crashed dragon
> spaceship (Fin FangFoom) by theMandarin. Were they even around or in play
> in the 1800s?
> 
> 
> 

Within the continuity of the movie, yes.  The ten rings crashed on Earth 
1000 years ago, so they were definitely around in the 1800s.  There was 
also a dragon in the movie, but I don't want to spoil anything in case 
you haven't watched it yet.