Elyvern wrote...
I must really be the odd one out....
I just don't see the resemblance between Miranda & Strahovski. It's only particular moments with dynamic lighting that the similarities jump out, but those moments are very rare. In fact, when I first saw MIri, I thought she looked like Denise Richards, whom I absolutely can't stand. 
Their voices...I think Bioware also tweaked the recordings, cos Miranda's voice sounds slightly deeper, more into the alto range.
I think Miranda obviously resembles Yvonne but like you, the similarities aren't always that obvious to me. Switching her from blonde to brunnette made a huge difference IMO. Bioware did a lot more than just recolour her hair brown I think. Miranda's fairer skin tone also provides a great contrast because Yvonne has that nice California tan going.
On a somewhat related note, I wish Bioware had also used Yvonne Strahovski's body as a model for Miranda. Yvonne has that lean, athletic body I would expect from a secret agent whereas Miranda is a bit too curvy.
@fongiel - Cerberus & TIM keeps things interesting. As an audience to the universe, I don't hate either persay, although their consistent failures makes it very exasperating and hard to see them as proper antagonists. The world order will definitely be shaken up at the end of ME3, and things are likely going to change drastically.
I do honestly think the Alliance needs a black ops & intelligence division again (which was the role Cerberus fulfilled before it went rogue) for narrative possibilities in the future of the ME universe if nothing else. And I think Miri would be the perfect person for the head of an organisation like that.
I agree with all of this. TIM and Cerberus don't make great primary antagonists because they're far too nuanced. They're sinister but calling them evil is a bit of a stretch.
I'm reminded of when Miranda compares Cerberus to STG and the asari commandos. Shepard raises a really good point when he points out that STG and the commandos are accountable to a government. Cerberus and the Alliance both really need each other. I suspect if Cerberus had to answer to someone the number of regular f-ups that seem to happen with alarming regularity in their operations would decrease dramatically.
The Alliance seems to lack any kind of an equivalent to real world organizations like the CIA or SIS. When the sh*t hit the fan in Revelation (the first novel), the Alliance sent in a regular naval officer to check it out. That just doesn't cut it. If humanity wants to be one of the big boys, it's going to need its own group of troubleshooters and fixers.
The one thing that might hold Miranda back is her old Cerberus connections. She'd likely be politically unacceptable to head any Alliance intelligence agency that has any chance of seeing the light of day. A black ops unit that can be hidden from the media and humanity's allies maybe. I think it would be ideal if Miranda ran the day-to-day behind the scenes and let someone else be the public face that handles the media and the politicians.
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