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Dunst Demands Asset Reduction For Spider-Man 2 Videogame

Posted by simoniker on from the too-much-is-too-much dept.

Thanks to IOL.ie for its article discussing actress Kirsten Dunst's issues in approving her videogame likeness for Activision's Spider-Man 2 game. According to the lengthy news story, "The actress was asked to give her approval for the sequel's new merchandise and had to chastise the game's saucy creators." Although the Treyarch-developed Xbox/PS2/GameCube game has been well-received, certain dimensional inaccuracies were less appreciated by Ms.Dunst, as she explains, regarding her character Mary Jane Watson: "I got to approve the video game, the way she looks. They made her boobs gigantic. I was like, 'Tone down the boobs, please!' It was a little ridiculous."

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  1. The excuse by tomee · · Score: 4, Funny

    "It's a bug in the program. A buffer overflow."

    1. Re:The excuse by Quobobo · · Score: 1

      Her buffer runneth over?

    2. Re:The excuse by buffer-overflowed · · Score: 1

      You called?

      Three doses of me daily really will make your boobs bigger.

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  2. Could be Worse by Detritus · · Score: 4, Interesting

    One of the recent episodes of the TV show x-play showed some ridiculous examples of physical modeling and costuming in video games. Many characters had huge breasts that must have contained helium bladders to keep them upright, plus a titanium support structure built into their costume. They reminded me of Frank Frazetta's cover illustrations for Conan the Barbarian.

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    1. Re:Could be Worse by DavidBrown · · Score: 1

      One of the recent episodes of the TV show x-play showed some ridiculous examples of physical modeling and costuming in video games.

      Please insert obligatory Morgan Webb joke here.

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  3. okay ... by mausmalone · · Score: 4, Funny

    If I were the developer, I would have made them bigger and bigger and bigger until she paid a visit to our offices. :P

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  4. And this is supposed to be a bad thing? by mosel-saar-ruwer · · Score: 1

    Many characters had huge breasts that must have contained helium bladders to keep them upright, plus a titanium support structure built into their costume. They reminded me of Frank Frazetta's cover illustrations for Conan the Barbarian.

    Uhh, remind me again why this is supposed to be A Bad Thing(TM)?

    1. Re:And this is supposed to be a bad thing? by Rethcir · · Score: 4, Funny

      I think it's gotten a little out of hand personally. Funny thing is I have heard at least two other actresses (I'm pretty sure the female lead in the recent bond game was one) make the same complaint as dunst. Speaking as a male, i'd prefer to see something a little more, er, realistic. Game modelers are a little eccentric though.

    2. Re:And this is supposed to be a bad thing? by AllUsernamesAreGone · · Score: 1

      It's keeping them locke dup in the office all the time slaving away over 3D modelling packages. Bound to send them a bit odd after a while.

      Free the Modellers!!

    3. Re:And this is supposed to be a bad thing? by Frizzle+Fry · · Score: 1
      Speaking as a male, i'd prefer to see something a little more, er, realistic.

      For example, a game about a guy who has gotten bitten by a radioactive spider and thus gained superpowers.
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    4. Re:And this is supposed to be a bad thing? by MilenCent · · Score: 1

      For example, a game about a guy who has gotten bitten by a radioactive spider and thus gained superpowers.

      Um, so the idea is, Mary Jane was bitten by a radioactive moo-cow?

    5. Re:And this is supposed to be a bad thing? by drinkypoo · · Score: 1

      Who wants their in-game model to make them look like they have small tits? That's like being a male porn star whose likeness is used in a sex game and have your virtual action figure end up with a dong 50% larger than yours. It's just going to make you look played out...

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    6. Re:And this is supposed to be a bad thing? by whorfin · · Score: 1

      Just 50% larger?

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    7. Re:And this is supposed to be a bad thing? by Cpt_Kirks · · Score: 1

      Maybe it was a radioactive Horta?

  5. obvious penny arcade by karmafeed · · Score: 2, Funny

    The penny-arcade was ragging on her late last week also. funny comic.

    1. Re:obvious penny arcade by Mr+Syd · · Score: 1

      And this is funny, why?

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    2. Re:obvious penny arcade by Cecil · · Score: 2, Insightful

      This really shouldn't have to be said, but:

      COMICS are not SERIOUS.

      Do you really believe that George Carlin supports public castration for anyone who waits at an intersection and waves him through? It's comic hyperbole and it's supposed to be funny. Lighten up.

      If you don't enjoy it, fine. But that doesn't make the comics bad people.

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    3. Re:obvious penny arcade by Pluvius · · Score: 1

      Yeah, because it can't possibly be just not funny; anyone who doesn't think it's funny just doesn't understand.

      Rob (I thought it was funny personally, but still)

  6. I'm so conflicted.... by frinsore · · Score: 5, Funny

    I applaud dunst for standing up and requiring some normality in video games, especially with a character portraying herself.

    But on the other hand I'm a breast man.

    1. Re:I'm so conflicted.... by Dutchmaan · · Score: 2, Insightful

      "especially with a character portraying herself."

      Actually it's herself portraying a character.. The character shouldn't be a representation of her but rather she a representation of the character and hence have no say in how others portray the same character.

    2. Re:I'm so conflicted.... by gamgee5273 · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Ahhh... but isn't the video character portraying Dunst portraying Mary Jane? Therefore, in this case, the character would be portraying the actor, not vice-versa.

    3. Re:I'm so conflicted.... by be951 · · Score: 1

      It has nothing to do with the character. The issue is that her likeness is being used in the game. Given that the game is tied in with the movie, one might have trouble trying to separate the character from the actress playing her, at least as far as likeness rights go, but IANAL.

    4. Re:I'm so conflicted.... by Cpt_Kirks · · Score: 1

      Baby Got BACK!!!

  7. What article? by antime · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Article? Discussing? simoniker must have included the wrong link in the summary..

    Anyway, I do think it's a bit annoying that developers have to put huge tits on everything. I get a feeling they think that no matter what shit they release, put some big tits in the ads and on all the female characters and people will still buy it.

    1. Re:What article? by Haeleth · · Score: 1

      I get a feeling they think that no matter what shit they release, put some big tits in the ads and on all the female characters and people will still buy it.

      Yup, I think that's a fair assessment.

      Remember Battlecruiser 3kAD (or whatever it was called)? You know, the freeform "Elite meets Star Trek" thing that sank without trace after years of hype, when everyone involved suddenly realised that they were never going to get enough bugs out to make it playable.

      Remember the ad campaign, though? IIRC it featured a leggy blonde in skimpy leather, sitting down with her legs open wide, hugging a copy of the game box to her crotch.

      To this day I haven't heard a convincing explanation of what was going on in the mind of the guy who designed that ad. Er... I mean, okay, I can guess, but I don't know why he thought it was going to make up for the barrage of negative publicity.

    2. Re:What article? by MaverickUW · · Score: 1

      Um, Battlecruiser 3000AD was released dude. The first build had so many bugs it was unplayable. They patched it a few weeks later, then about a month after that they said fuck it and gave the game away for free.

  8. Let's just hope... by hal2814 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...they don't make a Fight Club video game. I don't think I could handle that one guy's breasts being any bigger.

    1. Re:Let's just hope... by ctaylor · · Score: 1

      One half of your worst fears have come true: http://www.vugames.com/product.do?gamePlatformId=7 87/

    2. Re:Let's just hope... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      His name is Robert Paulson. His name is Robert Paulson. His name is Robert Paulson.

    3. Re:Let's just hope... by Hassman · · Score: 1

      Ya. I played it there. It is pretty cool, though I think it was far from done. They only had two playable characters and the fighting was nothing to get over-excited about.

      The real cool thing was you could break limbs and then the other character couldn't use them anymore. Other than that, it was nothing special.

      The new Mortal Kombat game looked really cool though. Basically it is to include everything they wanted Deadly Alliance to have and then some.

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    4. Re:Let's just hope... by Starsmore · · Score: 1
      Ummm... what?

      I get a 'Game Not Found' thing from VU. What game are you talking about? Leisure Suit Larry? Starcraft Ghost? Umm... *tries to think what else VU had a E3 this year*

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    5. Re:Let's just hope... by proj_2501 · · Score: 1

      unscrewed link

  9. Seems a little silly by antin · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It seems a little silly for her to complain about computer games focusing on her breasts when her entire movie career has done the same... I'm sure everyone remembers that infamous Spiderman scene in the rain (to name just one).

    I can't help but feel she just wants some more attention. Same with her recent comments about killing spidey off...

    1. Re:Seems a little silly by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

      Her entire acting career?

      You're aware she was in a few movies before Spiderman, right?

      Like "Interview with the Vampire" when she was maybe nine, twelve years old. I can't be bothered to look up how old she was, but that movie certainly didn't focus on her breasts. I don't know her filmography, but you could look it up on IMDB if you're that interested.

      Anyway...the "infamous" scene from the first Spiderman movie doesn't really have anything that risque. She was in the rain...yup, wet t-shirt contest, but it's not that (bad/good). Watch it again, you'll see what I mean. It's really a very short sequence with her "bouncing" in the rain. Like two seconds. Very disappointing ;)

      Watch the credits on "The Man Show" to see something more interesting.

    2. Re:Seems a little silly by proj_2501 · · Score: 1

      two...
      tiny...
      scenes...
      in two of how many movies?

    3. Re:Seems a little silly by antin · · Score: 1

      One example from one movie. I had assumed that people could fill in the rest from their experience, rather than require me to provide a detailed list of every single movie and scene she may ever have been in.

      I have always been impressed with the ability of people (generally argumentative idiots) to focus very narrowly on one particular point or sentence and ignore everything else.

      Check IMDB for her recent movie history, or just think back on the movie trailers you have seen for her - she has done a lot of movies where I doubt she was cast for her acting abilities.

      Of course all those norminations for best actress must be just around the corner right?

    4. Re:Seems a little silly by proj_2501 · · Score: 1

      "I had assumed that people could fill in the rest from their experience, rather than require me to provide a detailed list of every single movie and scene she may ever have been in."

      That would make you creepy.

  10. MJ in the comic strip by Jad+LaFields · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Haven't looked at my old copies of The Amazing Spiderman in a long time, but didn't Mary Jane have huge boobs in the comic books? Maybe the developers were honoring the original, rather than the movies?

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  11. Dream on. by jotaeleemeese · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Game developpers are just the archetypical teenage closed in an adult body that refuse to grow up.

    Don't flame me, just look at the unccountable examples of female characters in games.

    No wonder women are turned off by gaming, given the sexist nautre of the people around it.

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    1. Re:Dream on. by DAldredge · · Score: 1

      Yes, because women HATE other women with large breasts. I mean, just look at the breast sizes in women's mags at the supermarket...

  12. Yeah by gasaraki · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I mean, it's not like they usually portray the typical male hero as a square-jawed muscle-god with abs to die for... right?

    1. Re:Yeah by Dachannien · · Score: 1

      You mean, like this?

    2. Re:Yeah by KDR_11k · · Score: 1

      Fertility? Unless you're not referring to breasts.

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  13. Internal Server 503... by b0r0din · · Score: 1

    Apparently while trying to access the article on Kirsten Dunst's boobies, I got this error, caused by a slashdot effect on slashdot...

    Please, no articles on Natalie Portman. I can't deal with the downtime.

    1. Re:Internal Server 503... by castlec · · Score: 1

      i was getting the same errors for the last four or so hours. when i got home from work i finally tried to use an anonymous web proxy. it did the trick. honestly, i find it to fix most we access problems for me. of course, i'm in eastern europe so god knows what kind of crap the normal connections go through. currently using guardster.com

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    2. Re:Internal Server 503... by Kedyn's+Crow · · Score: 1

      I was getting the same problem on and off here in Texas. I think the editors screwed something up when they did their "'Under the Hood' type fixes" earlier.

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  14. Why not cut to the chase? by teamhasnoi · · Score: 4, Funny
    How about a game where you *ARE* breasts? You could shoot breast milk at the bad guys (underwire bras perhaps?), get powerups to become huge and mesmerize the enemy, crush your opponents underneath with your 'bounce attack' and use your surroundings (the beach, strip bar, plastic surgeon's office) to camouflage yourself.

    Enemies could include a newborn (your life force is draining!), middle school boys (the devious purple nurple!), and Fundies (...harlot! Bind those objects of Satan!)

    I think the solution to this 'breast obsession' is to make all game devs watch 'Showgirls' at least 20 times. I saw it once and was sick of tits for at least 2-3 hours.

    1. Re:Why not cut to the chase? by Red+Pointy+Tail · · Score: 1

      Frontal Assault comes close enough!

    2. Re:Why not cut to the chase? by spezz · · Score: 1
      I think the solution to this 'breast obsession'...

      Making them play all the way through Stretch Panic might do it too.

      It was all breasts, all the time.

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  15. And the face? by StocDred · · Score: 1

    Why didn't she demand a better face? Her in-game model is the usual lumpy, misshapen mess we get whenever a game has to present a real-life likeness. Aside: Tobey Maguire is a terrible voice over artist. Stop having him recreate his role in the games.

    1. Re:And the face? by proj_2501 · · Score: 1

      are you sure it was him?

      rogue leader didn't use mark hammill or billy dee williams or james earl jones for the voiceovers in that game, and it's not like they're dead or something.

    2. Re:And the face? by one4nine4two · · Score: 1

      Both Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst did their own voices for the game, and Tobey Maguire is just awful. No emotion whatsoever, just lame wooden jokes for your grandmother.

      The game also features the voice of Reno 911!'s Niecy Nash which is pretty neat for anyone who gives a crap.

    3. Re:And the face? by proj_2501 · · Score: 1

      you sure he's not in character? i mean he DID live with his elderly aunt for most of his life.

  16. Yeah right. by AzraelKans · · Score: 1

    Oh come on, I just finished spider man2 for xbox (which was no easy task mind you) and I saw the model of mj in discussion , I will be honest: I didnt noticed anything "gigantic" in her model probably only her jaw that appears to extent miles away from her neck but other than that the model looks average (all models were low poly to keep with the city frame rate) but not unproportionate.

    Is not a quake 3 paul steed model to put in few words.

    I think this could qualify a shameless plug by dunst to say "hey look Im there! and that my voice" curious thing is it doesnt sound like her her at all while peter parker/spiderman was played by an immitator that sounds EXACTLY like Tobey Mcguire. (?) It could also a publicity stunt on the videogame itself. (for some reason I believe me people would like to see the "busty" Kirsten Dunst model)

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    1. Re:Yeah right. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

      "...I saw the model of mj in discussion , I will be honest: I didnt noticed anything "gigantic" in her model ..."

      DUH, she had them tone it down. That's the whole point of this "news" post.

  17. Let me guess... by Hamster+Lover · · Score: 3, Funny

    Tobey Maguire was okay with the, ahem, large package they provided him with in the game.

    "Change? Yep, big change!", looking at his crotch.

  18. I'm suprised nobody caught by the_skywise · · Score: 1

    the infamous scene in Spiderman 2 where she's chained up...and wet...

    Personally I'm waiting for the IMAX version for that scene...

  19. Missed opportunity. by KDR_11k · · Score: 2, Funny

    The devs should have demanded "hands on experience" to get the proportions right.

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  20. Re:*Smack* by crashnbur · · Score: 1

    Other female comic book characters' breasts don't matter. Mary Jane Watson's breasts are what matter. And besides, if the character is made in her likeness and her contract gives her authority to "tone down the boobs", then I say let her have it.

    Note to all future makers of Spider-Man games: do whatever you have to do to make the character inappopriate enough to incite a visit from Kirsten. The only thing better than playing with her likeness is meeting the real thing!

  21. So... by xpccx · · Score: 1

    ...anyone have a screenshot so I can judge for myself?

  22. She needs to think about her royalties by Lord+Kano · · Score: 1

    The bigger the breasts of her character, the more money she will make on game sales.

    Do you think that any of the DOA games would have sold a fraction of the copies they have if all of the dimensions were accurate to real life women?

    LK

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  23. Breasts should be the least of her worries... by checkyoulater · · Score: 1

    She should have gone and asked them make her teeth look more normal in the movie, never mind the game.

    Have you seen those things? Little animal teeth.

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  24. Applauds normality at 20, but what about at 40 ... by AHumbleOpinion · · Score: 1

    I applaud dunst for standing up and requiring some normality in video games

    Normality is easy at her age, lets see if she has the same "honesty" at age 40. ;-)