Don’t get me wrong, the movie isn’t bad, but especially for the ones who love to see masked women….it was a wasted opportunity. 🙁
For obvious reasons I re-watched a lot of the Sean Connery movies in the last weeks, and this was one of them.
The starting position is really promising:
You have grandmaster Sean Connery and you have the stunning Catherine Zeta-Jones as a master thief!
What you could do with such ingredients….
But let’s start at the beginning of the movie [SPOILERS ahead]:
A thief climbs down a skyscraper and breaks into it, robs a painting, wearing a some odd full face helmet with a display in it.
Only later we get to know this was actually the master thief that is played by Catherine Zeta-Jones. Quite a surprise!
A guess that the whole part was played by a stuntman as you can’t see for sure at any time of which gender the thief is.
But at least the thief was masked during the heist….more on that later.
Time for a video!
In this scene Catherine practises her movements while avoiding the “security measures”.
Ok, the isn’t really masked, but she is wearing a blindfold…which is practically an advanced eye mask.
And good old Sean Connery certainly seems to enjoy what he is seeing…. 😉
Video:
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I wanted to show more from the movie, but a longer video got blocked right away.
So, I decided to show more interesting scenes from this movie just on pictures.
This scene is quite sexy as Catherine moves carefully through the openings between the fake lasern beams. I totally understand why Sean reacts like that.
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Some pictures from other scenes:
Early in the movie….
….on another heist
Endurance training…
…in a wetsuit
For some seconds Catherine does wear a mask
Most likely a stuntdiver posing
…as Catherine
Time for the real heist!
In a ….sort of….ski suit???
Without mask????
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[…more SPOILERS ahead]
These pictures show some of the wasted potential of this movie (especially for those who love masked women).
On the first heist you don’t know that it is Catherine, you can’t even see that it is a woman.
On both later heists she doesn’t wear a mask! Completely idiotic…. I am sure the producers said: “We have Catherine Zeta-Jones in our movie! We can’t disguise her pretty face….”.
A really bad decision! Anytime a guard could walk in, she could be filmed the whole time. Only really dumb thieves would break into some place without a mask when there is only a slightest chance for beeing seen/recorded.
She does wear a wetsuit in one scene, but that is only seen from these binocular shots as she quickly puts on a bathrobe.
The scuba scene is rather uninteresting as it is very short and dark. And I am sure that none of the two actors actually dove at all in that scene.
As they get into the room with the golden mask she is wearing that weird suit you see on the pictures above.
What is that? A ski suit? A 70’s b-movie space suit? It doesn’t look good and it isn’t skin tight like it should be.
I mean she is moving through invisible laser beams that would trigger the alarm. Her clothing should be REALLY tight to improve her chances.
There is also a third, final heist…but she doesn’t wear a catsuit or a mask then either. 🙁
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Yeah, it is a solid movie…but damn…. still I get a little mad everytime I think what COULD have been….
Imagine Catherine in a real catsuit, with a real mask (cowl).
A guard discovers her, they fight. A second guard arrives.
They try to unmask her. She can barely avoid it, but her mask gets ripped/damaged.
She must flee quickly. Guards chasing her….
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Here is the movie title for those who don’t know it:
I know this movie since it was in the theaters but forgot about this scene afterwards.
So, it’s time that it is posted here on the blog!
We have two masked agents and a bunch of soldiers….sounds weird? Well, yes!
Preview:
The masked agents
Who is hiding under this….
….mask?
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And here is the video:
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Well, I don’t have a clue why they wore those masks in the first place when the immediately unmask in front of all those soliders…..BUT….it was really nice to see Jessica Alba unmasking herself!
I cut the scene rather short to avoid problems with youtube, but every second they wear those masks in the movie… is in the clip.
So, after I posed scenes 1 and 2 from this episode last week….it’s now time for the other two episodes I mentioned!
Before you watch the next video:
They SWAT folks actually figured out who the 4 women are under these masks after they have killed and unmasked the first one (scene 2).
They find out where woman number 2 is hiding and try to arrest her…
Preview, Scene 3:
She won’t give up easily as well!
Can they capture her alive?
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And here is the video:
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Watch the video before you continue…
Yeah, I know there isn’t actually a masked woman in this one, but I wanted to show what happens to all 4 of the burglars.
There are not many shootouts with a woman armed with a submachinegun.
Even it’s not really a shootout as they try to capture her alive after they had to kill one of the burglars. They could have easily finished her off if they wanted to.
And yeah, there is another video….so, you may guess it by now… it’s an ALL-FEMALE burglar team!!! A VERY RARE thing!
And certainly the most “armed to their teeth womens team” that I know of.
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Preview, Scene 4:
They want more diamonds!
Burglars VS
SWAT! What will happen?
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And here is the video:
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Watch the video before you continue…
[su_spoiler]Forced to unmask by noise…..[/su_spoiler]
…. well, that’s a new variation for me. 🙂
The last two were determined not to give up, so it was a good weapon to overpower them and capture them alive. So 3 of the 4 women survived the episode.
And I really like the background that all served in the Israeli military as it’s mandatory for men AND women there to serve.
They had a good reason to steal from that criminal murderer and I was kind of disappointed that their plan didn’t suceed as they planned.
But at least it got the dirtbag arrested in the end.
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That’s the episode and TV show in which you can find these scenes:
Interesting pictures that shorten the waiting time before season 2 starts on January 17th 🙂
Will be interesting to see what kind of weapons and gadgets the Batmobile has! A car has certainly more space for them as Kate’s Batcycle had in season 1.
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Also, here are a couple of short videos that Javicia posteded the last days (turn on the audio!):
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Thanks again to the friendly blog visitor who recommended me this gem!
This TV episode offers actually 4(!) interesting scenes and I wanna present the first two today.
We have 4 heavily armored, masked burglars who love shiny diamonds!
Can they be stopped? Who is under these masks?
Preview, scene 1:
Shiny diamonds!
They won’t give up easily….
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And here is the video:
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I did cut a short scene out of it where the police car starts chasing them to make the video shorter and thereby making it more likelier to not be blocked on Youtube.
My opinion on this first scene can be found below…
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Preview, scene 2:
S.w.a.t.
VS burglars!
Not a regular burglar!
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And here is the video:
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Scene 1 (watch the video first!):
Yeah, these burglars mean buisiness! Fully masked, heavily armored and with a lot of firepower!
The exact opposite of the sneaky cat-burglar 😉
I like how they blackmail the safe guy, but letting him live as he is no threat to them.
The car chase is pretty cool. They escaped without killing anyone (except the folks who foolishly shot at them).
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Scene 2 (watch the video first!):
Ok, I don’t know if that would actually work to rebound a bullet like that. Also I don’t think it was 100% necessary to kill the burglar.
For examples the feet and hands weren’t protected with bulletproof material and the distance was pretty close. They should have been able to hit the burglar.
I’m not sure if she sacrificed herself to cover the retreat of the others or if they let her or they left her behind on purpose.
But it was a nice reveal and highly unusual to find a woman under that mask! 🙂
With such a disguise there is no chance at all someone would know who is behind these masks.
Off course without a masked woman in the team I wouldn’t post these scenes here….
And the fact that I wanna post 2 more scenes from this episode….. may “hint” that this wasn’t the only woman under these masks 😉
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Until the other two scenes are posted…I won’t reveal the title of the show and episode number.
Today the CW released the starting date for season 2!
That’s 80 days to go!
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And it’s actually the first Arrowverse/CWverse show that’s coming back!
Black Lightning will return on February 8.
The Flash will return on February 23.
Superman & Lois will premier on February 23 right after the Flash.
*EDIT*
Here a newly released graphic with all the start dates:
(the Batwoman picture is NEW!)
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Glad that Batwoman is the first show (of the Arrowverse/CWverse) that will be shown next year! I do like Black Lightning and the Flash as well, but I can definately wait some weeks longer for them.
Don’t know what to think about the Superman & Lois show yet. I will give it a try, but so far I’m not thrilled to see it.
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January 17….you can’t come soon enough! 😉
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*EDIT2*
A short but great video from set shows Javicia in the new costume:
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Some screenshots from the video:
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Wow, a really good, pure view on the costume! Even the cowl is missing…
The CW released these two promo pictures of Javicia Leslie in her NEW Batwoman costume(will debut in episode 3 of season 2):
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DAMN!
I am (positively) surprised!
Love these new shiny, smooth panels on her costume! Very sexy
Also the red gauntlets are awesome. Thanks god the cowl didn’t get smaller/less concealing like I feared.
The cowl has a chin strap again!
This really fuels my anticipation for season 2 after we got practically nothing in regards of promo pictures and no teaser or trailers so far!
The movie is one crazy mess, but this scene has certainly something 🙂
Preview:
Villainess VS
Heroine!
Who will win?
And who is behind these masks?
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And here is the video:
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Watch the video before you continue reading!
Well, a shame that the villainess wasn’t unmasked, even she is only wearing a one dollar Halloween mask. But it did hide just enough to make me curious.
The unmasking of the heroine is solid. Good to see a villain(ess) who cares enough to unmask the hero(ine).
And the smoking hot Carmen Electra does look better without that weird metal thingy.
The stunt/fight coordinator is sadly on the same level as the person who designed the mask….
However it is a very rare sight to see two masked women fighting each other….+ one of them is Carmen Electra….. 🙂
Yeah, it’s just a first glimpse on the costume as it was shot at night from a distance.
But you can see that Javicia doesn’t use the red wig from season 1 anymore. As they mentioned it already in the past months….her natural, curly hair is (still) visibile when she is in costume.
Besides that it is hard to say what was changed on the costume as well. Was the cowl changed as well? What about the suit?
Well, I hope that we will get some official promo shots of her in the new costume very soon.
Maybe this leaked material will speed up the process like in the past as all the set pictures surfaced.
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What do you think of these pictures and the video?
A new, interesting video from Bluestone is now available to buy!
This one would actually fit to both of my blogs 🙂
Official description:
Natasha returns as Dark Bat! She has finished the night’s patrol, removes her mask, and relaxes at home. Too late, she smells the gas! She rises to shut it off, but it has already taken its toll and she weakens and passes out.
A Gatekeeper carries her into the bedroom and tosses her on the bed. Then, he takes instructions to gas her to death. In the meantime though, she has recovered consciousness. Dark Bat takes the fight to him, knocking him about and dominating the fight, but eventually he gets in a few good shots and manages to turn on the gas again and don his gas mask. Dark Bat knocks the gas mask free, and both struggle to reach it before the other one.
In the Peril version, [su_spoiler]she dons the mask and defeats and kills the Gatekeeper![/su_spoiler]
In the Extreme version, [su_spoiler]the Gatekeeper pulls Dark Bat away from the gas mask and eventually dons it himself, and strangles Dark Bat to death as the gas steadily weakens her![/su_spoiler]
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Check out the preview images for starters:
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And here is the trailer:
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As you can already see on the pictures the heroine isn’t masked for long.
This video is (for me) all about a sexy heroine fighting over one gas mask with a villain to stay alive. And I love that! That struggle about being able to breath air instead of gas.
Even it isn’t actually shown on the pictures above….you can get a glimpse on that in the trailer:
(Screenhots from the trailer – click to enlarge)
Natasha looks great in her costume and that stunning pantyhose!
Seeing her fighting against the bad guy is really something. 🙂
As always the fight scenes in Bluestone videos are done really well for such a genre video.
The same can be said about the acting. There are not many dialog lines, but Natasha does a good job as she has to play the struggling heroine, which isn’t easy to perform convincingly.
Regarding the different outcomes of the video: Personally I prefer the “peril version” (see description above) 😉
I would love to see one of the Bluestone heroines in the Batgirl cowl fighting with such a gas mask. The villain would try to gas her to knock her unconcious. She is prepared and puts on such a gas mask over her mouth and nose. His goal would be to unmask her and tape that on phone. That way the heroine would fight for her cowl AND her gas mask to keep her secret identity. 😉
They would struggle a long time while they are getting the upper hand on the other one for several times.
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Here are the links to get one (or both) of the 2 versions of this new episode of Dark Bat:
