#vernita green

[triedkiss]

deadly vipers

[fizziedoodle]

Kill Bill 🇯🇵

directed by Quentin Tarantino

starring Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica Fox, Julie Dreyfus, & David Carradine

[demiurgic-aesthetic]

Kill Bill: Volume 1 // aesthetic

[crappyheadcanons]

These are so blurry and I'm sorry. I tried to enhance them and it wasn't coming out right ):

Anyway, I really wanted to share my Kill Bill interpretations (:

Bisexual Beatrix Kiddo

Trans het Bill

Lesbian O-ren Ishii

Aromantic heterosexual Vernita Green

Butch lesbian Budd

Bisexual trans woman Elle Driver

[refrigerator-art]

TW Blood TW Corpse :D Had this idea back in 2017-2018ish. I was going to do a whole comic about Nikki getting her revenge, but I kind of lost interest at some point. I had a few pages thumbnailed and sketched, so I picked these four to ink and color just for fun! Hope yall enjoy! (PS I have no intentions of continuing this lol) ______________ INSTAGRAM PATREON KO-FI

[schiavonaspada]

yall is there a kill bill fandom or some shit does anyone want me to make a fucking discord

i keep annoying my 2 irl friends by publically horning over elle driver 😭

[tani-b-art]

Vivica A. Fox as Vernita Green aka Copperhead | Kill Bill: Volume 1

[catnamedog]

Black Mamba? Tuh. -_- I should’ve been mf Black Mamba

[anticanonhearts]

Kill Bill Playlist!

The Whole Bloody Affair

[yourcalamity]

went through my future collage scraps and found this pic from our local lgbt magazine of this guy and his pet scorpion. every other picture was cats and dogs

[maripolifan]

ATLA × Kill Bill

Chapter 2: Massacre in Hira'a

Ursa was celebrating her wedding in Hira'a, when an assassination squad - the Deadly Viper-Bats - disrupts the ceremony, massacring everyone in attendance. The Deadly Viper-Bats gaze upon the severely wounded bride, just before Ozai himself approaches.

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Starring (left to right):

June as Elle Driver

Kya as Vernita Green

Zhao as Budd

Michi as O-Ren Ishii

[Previous]

I had the reference image from the movie in my folder for over two years, I only drew it now though, since at that time my obsession with BNHA took hold

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...I bet y'all thought I wouldn't continue this AU after over two years. Well... neither did I 💀

I originally didn't know who to put as the role of Ozai's new lover, but I ultimately deemed June as more fitting than any of the other (named) women in the series in Ozai's age group

I was actually tempted to put Zhao in the role of Elle, but since Bill's brother in the movies was already considered "the only man [Bill] has ever loved", I couldn't resist. Yes, Iroh also exists in this AU, and, no, Zhao isn't even Ozai's real brother. This is very intentional.

Drawing that perspective was so perilous, it nearly killed me

[slickbackdani]

No doubt, most of you have heard the recent news of Quentin Tarantino deciding to shelve his planned-for-years movie, The Movie Critic, because he didn't think it was "worthy" of being his final film.

I can't say I was looking forward to it — absolutely nothing about the phrase "1970s period piece" is in any way appealing to me — but I find it to be just the latest example of something that's bugged me about QT for years: his tendency not to commit to ideas he has. I recall numerous occasions when Tarantino would bring up an ideas for movies he wants to make, and then never do anything with those ideas. Just a few examples of projects he's suggested but never followed through on:

A mob movie taking place in 1930s Australia

An "earth-bound" science fiction movie that "wouldn’t involve spaceships"

A biopic on abolitionist John Brown

A film adaptation of the novel Less Than Zero

A sequel to Kill Bill focusing on Elle Driver training Vernita Green's daughter to get revenge on The Bride

Before Casino Royale came out, he wanted to direct the next James Bond movie as a 1960s period piece but with Pierce Brosnan in the role one last time; no less a person than Sean Connery said it sounded like a cool idea

He also wanted to co-create a Star Trek movie with JJ Abrams

He also teased Killer Crow, a World War II-era Blaxploitation film about Black soldiers who make "a warpath to Switzerland" after being "fucked over by the American military

These all sound like amazing ideas for movies, and Tarantino is such a talented director that I have no doubt he could pull them off. Unfortunately, they'll never come to fruition because he's going to retire after his tenth movie to "preserve his artistic legacy" or whatever. I don't know why he feels like he has to do that; other directors like Spielberg and Scorsese are still cranking out hits well into their twilight years, so why does QT feel the need to limit himself?

And here's another question: if QT isn't going to direct those movies, can't he at least write the scripts and hand off directing duties to someone like Robert Rodriguez? From Dusk Till Dawn proved Rodriguez has what it takes to bring Tarantino's scripts to life; it could work with those other movies, too!

[nadinfinitum]

*     ◟    :    〔   gabrielle union  ,      figuring it out    +   she&&they    〕      NADIA GRAY ,      some say you’re a  FORTY TWO  year old lost soul among the neon lights.      known for being both  DECISIVE  and  DECEPTIVE ,  one can’t help but think of  I DON'T FEEL LIKE DANCIN'  by   the scissor sisters  when you walk by.    are you still a    the crow   /  CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER  at    the neon pariahs   /  ANUNNAKI PHARMACEUTICALS ,     even with your reputation as the SELLOUT?     i think we’ll be seeing more of you and    CLACKING HEELS ON GRANITE TILES ; IMMACULATE HOME - NO DECOR ; SIGNING ON THE DOTTED LINE ,    although we can’t help but think of VERNITA GREEN (kill bill) ; AMANDA WALLER (dc) ; ALLISON HARGREEVES (umbrella academy)    whenever we see you down these rainy streets.      (      mal  ,      23  ,      any  ,     not unless someone wants it to be?   ,   gmt  , @lawlessfm .     )

*  EURYDICE WAS A HUNGRY YOUNG GIRL . . .

name // NADIA GRAY age // 42 pronouns // SHE&&THEY gender && orientations // FIGURING IT OUT affiliation // the neon pariahs [formerly] civilian occupation // CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER @ anunnaki pharmaceuticals cw // classist line of thinking

background //

if you were to ask director gray how she got to where she is now , she would say a chip on her shoulder and a lot of hard fucking work . she would not be entirely incorrect . who else but the crow could go from picking at dust-covered scraps of scraps to soaring across the skyline , the elite of the elite . who , other than she , would leave the only family they'd ever known , twice ? once , nadia gray was the crow . fixer , planner , soldier , spy . relentless collector of shiny and forgotten objects discarded through the desolate wastes . she wasn't always so cold && distant ; she was always cautious - always perched above - you can't assess an enemy when you're facing them head on , you know ? perception does not mean clear-vision . while her plans were clever , nadia could be rash and impulsive - brilliant , but incomplete . still , her fervour and devotion to the cause was one of the few things nobody doubted . it was after she came of age , pushing for one of her plans , someone gave in . a crow-riginal plan straight from the box , unaltered . she was old enough , she came up with all the initial plans anyway , why not ??? it was seven years before she was seen again . by a pariah , at least . nadia ████ - so different and strangely , the exact same . gaunt cheeks grown rosy && full . her love of philosophy replaced with an intense fascination with rules && regulation , a reckless glint grown focused and dangerous . and most of all , the girl . she stuck around three months before the raid . days later , she was on the news as one of the lead solicitors in the anunnaki in-house legal department . years after that ? CLO , baby ! no success without sacrifice . legally , anunnaki has never been more compliant . a few spills here in there - nothing a 2k fine won't fix . all companies have those . underground , whispers persisted of companies , clients , people disappearing when their cases against anunnaki were too strong . nadia gray , anunnaki pharmaceutical's personal attack dog .

wc //

familial [0/1] the daughter — you are the light of nadia's life , the apple of her eye , her raison d'etre — you believe that , right ? you may be a little closer to your dad , or maybe you just think it's a little weird that your mom has never mentioned her family to you . either way , a mother's love is unconditional , right ? [0/1] the ex — leaving this mostly empty so we could plot it out . probably the daughter's parent but a misunderstanding from any perspective there could be fun . it's complicated [0/1] the locket — you know something the pariah's don't . maybe you are the only person nadia trusts , in the world — she confided this to you with the genuine believe you'd protect this secret with your life . maybe you dug it up as blackmail , you little weasel . either way , you've got dirt , and she will do anything to keep it hidden . [established muns only please :)] [0/3] the advocates — it's your fault . or at least that's what you tell yourself , and maybe each other ? you wen't along with her stupid fucking plan , and worse ? you got the others to go along with it too . is nadia dead , diseased , or was she always just a sick fuck . [neon pariahs only!! i said 3 bc i have too many /1s but no presh to fill] other i literally want any dynamic u could bring me her jester puppet vendor and i'd be down pleaseeeee plot w me

. . . SEE , SHE WENT BEHIND THOSE DOORS AND SIGNED HER LIFE AWAY *

[angelgrovehighschool]

So I posted this on my IG story earlier and bitch I swear to god I look this up once a year and I’m always stunned but like I don’t think I’ve ever realized HOW many iconic bad bitches who literaly have stanned my whole life all share a sun and moon sign with me .. Cordelia and Miho and Vernita Green and Wonder Woman and Nippy?? It’s just so strange like this isn’t just a random group of slay women it’s literally all people who I’ve stanned and worshipped

[stitched-mouth-vs-the-world]

Kill Bill Masterlist

Notes: Anyone you see missing here are characters I don’t write for.

Codes

🦋 = Headcannons

💄 = Fem Reader

☘️ = GN Reader

🌷 = Fic

🖤 = Angst

🏳️‍🌈 = Gay

✨= Fluff

🌚 = NSFW

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Beatrix Kiddo / The Bride / Black Mamba

To Be Continued…

Bill / The Snake Charmer

To Be Continued…

O-Ren Ishii / Cottonmouth

To Be Continued…

Gogo Yubari

To Be Continued…

Vernita Greene / Jeannie Bell / Copperhead

To Be Continued..

[kevinsreviewcatalogue]

Review Double Feature: Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) and Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)

 Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) and Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)

Rated R for strong bloody violence, language and some sexual content (Volume 1)

Rated R for violence, language and brief drug use (Volume 2)

<Originally posted at https://kevinsreviewcatalogue.blogspot.com/2023/06/review-double-feature-kill-bill-volume.html>

Score: 5 out of 5

There's really no way to talk about Kill Bill as two separate movies. The two volumes are two halves of one story, that story was originally planned and filmed as one movie before it was split in two (which meant that no scenes had to be cut), Quentin Tarantino has screened the original, four-hour cut as one movie titled Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, and a few weeks ago, Popcorn Frights screened the two volumes back-to-back, treating them as a single movie for all intents and purposes with the time between the two volumes used as an intermission. If you're gonna talk about 'em, you may as well talk about 'em as one big movie, arguably Tarantino's magnum opus in terms of just going wild with every cool idea he's had in his career and making what would be, to a '90s film geek raised on '70s kung fu flicks, grindhouse sleaze, and the aisles of the video store he once worked at, the ultimate action movie: an explosion of gorgeous women in leather outfits, razor-sharp samurai swords, East Asian martial arts, neo-Western atmosphere, cameos from '70s legends, an out-there crime thriller plot and universe that feels like John Wick more than a decade before John Wick, and a flurry of sweet, sweet bloody action sequences.

(And feet, because Tarantino.)

It's a big, sprawling epic rooted less in the gritty realism of "serious" crime movies than in the gonzo, go-for-broke mayhem of Hong Kong action cinema, only here with a much bigger budget than any Shaw Brothers flick ever had. It's obvious just from the runtime why they split this movie in half for its theatrical release, but watching the two halves together, it still felt perfectly paced, with an immediately iconic heroine, a slew of creative scumbags for her to cut through, and a second half whose slower pace felt like exactly the downshift the film needed as I got back in my seat to start my third hour in the theater. The locations, spanning the world from Texas to California to Japan to China to Mexico, felt exotic without feeling exoticized, the action scenes were outstanding, Tarantino's dark humor did a lot to get me in the mood for more, and while the story wasn't particularly deep, it was still a very well-told to some of Tarantino's favorite movies. The John Wick comparisons may be unavoidable watching it today, but if I had to decide between them, I'd say that, while those films have the better action scenes, this one offers the superior story and the better all-around package. The fact that I hesitate to call it Tarantino's best comes down less to any faults it might have and more to Tarantino's high standard of quality throughout his career, as this is still a classic.

The plot is surprisingly simple for a movie that takes two movies to tell it. Four years ago, Beatrix Kiddo was a highly skilled member of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad, a team of assassins feared throughout the criminal underworld... until, upon finding she was pregnant, she decided to retire and settle down with her fiancé. Bill, the leader of the DVAS, responds by showing up at her wedding with her former co-workers -- the Japanese yakuza boss O-Ren Ishii, the murderous housewife Vernita Green, Bill's brother Budd, and the one-eyed Elle Driver -- in tow to make it clear to her that there's only one way out of this business, and that's the grave. Everybody at the wedding is killed with the exception of the Bride herself, who survived her injuries but spent four years in a coma, during which time she lost her baby. When she wakes up, she gets right back to work, this time aiming at taking out the rest of the DVAS who destroyed her one chance at a normal life, concluding with Bill himself.

Standing proudly at the center of this movie is Uma Thurman as Beatrix. Thurman is playing a simple character motivated by revenge and loss, but she makes her immediately compelling, a crafty, snarky, and creative badass who manages to feel intimidating even when she's laying in a pool of her own blood looking up at the man who's about to finish her off with a headshot, or trying to get her legs working again after four years in a hospital bed. She doesn't just look the part of a hot babe with a sword, she put in the work to convince me that she really could use that sword to slice my head in two. This is a role that, had it not been for an injury she suffered on set thanks to Tarantino's carelessness, likely would've given Thurman the career second wind as an action hero that Charlize Theron has enjoyed more recently. It's not all action, though, and while Thurman is tough as hell, she also does great work showing how Beatrix mined that toughness out of her losses and vulnerability. I bought how pissed she was at losing her daughter, and her determination to go through her training in a flashback at the hands of a strict martial arts master (played by Gordon Liu) who routinely dismissed and insulted her for her race and gender. She may have been a professional killer, but in various moments, she's not completely comfortable with doing it, between her decision to retire in the first place when she got pregnant and the fact that she knows her revenge mission means killing several people she once considered close friends. She often puts on the image of an airheaded blonde ditz for people who don't realize why she's actually there. Between Tarantino's writing and Thurman's performance, Beatrix sprung to life as one of the most awesome action heroes I've ever seen on film, somebody who did not feel invincible (especially whenever guns came into play) but otherwise felt not only tough as nails but also deep, fleshed-out, and fully understandable in her motives, with a lot of layers beneath a simple exterior.

The rogues' gallery of bad guys she slices through with her Hattori Hanzo katana were also creative and larger-than-life while still feeling grounded within this film's sense of logic. Lucy Liu's O-Ren could flip from congenial to terrifying, her sympathetic backstory paired with an absolute ruthlessness that lets you know right away how a woman of mixed Japanese-American and Chinese heritage managed to take control of a patriarchal, ethnically chauvinist criminal organization (as one poor fucker finds out the hard way). I could've easily seen her as the main character of her own movie with how much she figures into the film's first volume. Vivica A. Fox's Vernita gets the least screen time out of all of them and exists mostly to be the Bride's opening victim (second chronologically, but placed at the start of the first volume), but in her brief time on screen, she's a compelling presence as a soccer mom who wants to put her criminal past behind her -- and sets up a tantalizing idea for a sequel, if Tarantino ever makes one. Daryl Hannah's Elle is characterized as an evil version of Beatrix, albeit one who still has her own sense of honor, hence why she didn't finish Beatrix off when she was in her coma. Michael Madsen's Budd is the lone man among the DVAS barring Bill himself, framed as a redneck living in a trailer in the desert who, despite his slovenly appearance and lifestyle, shows Beatrix the hard way why he should never be underestimated. Finally, David Carradine's Bill, the Charlie to these fallen Angels, spends most of the film looming over it like an ominous presence, shown only in a few flashbacks until Beatrix finally arrives at his mansion, yet he earns his status as the film's big bad.

Between them, they gave the film a particular kind of retro '70s atmosphere where it was clear that it was shot in the early 2000s, but nevertheless felt like the kind of thing an exploitation filmmaker from back in the day might've made with access to $60 million and all the Hollywood production values that money could buy. The overwhelmingly female nature of the DVAS, their one male member being their boss' brother, felt evocative of old chicksploitation flicks and shows about beautiful young women kicking ass and taking names (you think my Charlie's Angels reference up there was just random?), like Tarantino finally got to make the film adaptation of Fox Force Five, the failed TV pilot that Thurman's character in Pulp Fiction starred in. Its portrayal of East Asia is a love letter to Japanese and Hong Kong action films of that period, from to the presence of Sonny Chiba and Gordon Liu as key players in Beatrix's journey to a flashback to her training that's shot like an old Shaw Brothers movie (complete with film grain). The famous "Kill Bill siren" (lifted from the theme to the '60s/'70s cop show Ironside) may have become an overused meme in the twenty years since this movie came out, but there's a reason why it's so iconic, and it's just one of many great musical cues on this film's soundtrack.

Splitting the movie in half also gave Tarantino room to spend each volume tackling a different genre, in a way that still felt cohesive. The first half is a more straightforwardly action-packed martial arts movie, its big action set piece in a Japanese nightclub where Beatrix singlehandedly takes on the Crazy 88, O-Ren's army of goons, not only standing as one of the best and most stylish action sequences of its kind but also firmly establishing precisely why you do not fuck with Beatrix. Make no mistake, for all that Tarantino is known for his dialogue, he's also a legitimately good action filmmaker on top of it. The second half, meanwhile, feels like a more contemplative neo-Western thriller as Beatrix slows down, takes stock of her remaining mission, and starts to encounter serious and tricky opposition that she can't just cut through so easily. It was a shift in tone that served the film well, whether you're watching it as two separate parts or watching it as one movie, as by the halfway mark you're probably in the same position that Beatrix is in, increasingly weathered after the big burst of energy in the first half. This movie is still committed to Beatrix's journey, as evidenced in her battles with Budd, Elle Driver, and finally Bill himself, but it's taking its time now to flesh out its world and give the viewer some room to breathe. I felt like I was with Beatrix every step of the way, all the way up to a satisfying finale.

The Bottom Line

In any other filmmaker's filmography, Kill Bill would be their pinnacle. It ain't a very deep movie, but it sets out on a mission to deliver four hours of throwback martial arts spectacle, and it succeeds with flying colors. Even people who aren't fans of Tarantino can probably enjoy this two-parter simply as one of the finest action spectacles of the 21st century.