Comments on: Gareth Edwards Addresses Minor Female Roles in ‘Godzilla’, Says Early Draft Featured Prominent Heroine

By: MrObvious

MrObvious — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:26:09 +0000

Stupidity.

By: Joe B

Joe B — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:26:09 +0000

Why are women in 2014 so insecure about how they're portrayed in movies and TV? Do we have to use a movie about a giant lizard who fights two giant insects as a litmus test for our culture's views on women?

By: Big Peach

Big Peach — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:26:09 +0000

A very minor nit to pick considering the larger narrative problems. Edwards shouldn't let criticism dictate his work. Hopefully a sequel will see more Godzilla, and less characters that exist as plot devices.

By: jawsnnn

jawsnnn — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:26:09 +0000

Honest question: Did anyone apart from Indiewire even think of gender representation in the movie about a goddamn lizard monster? Seriously, I want to unsubscribe from this feed, but I do like their articles not written by complete asshats posing as feminists.

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:26:09 +0000

Is this some sort of weird joke? Who was complaining about "minor female roles" in Godzilla?

By: Flash Gordon

Flash Gordon — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:26:09 +0000

Oh, hell no!

By: osgpms

osgpms — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:26:09 +0000

Maybe the sequel will reveal that a patriarchal worldview didn't allow people to discern godzilla's gender, and that "he" is in fact not a he, but a radical feminist female who will fight the dominant oppressor (Rodan or something), which the male characters want to have succeed because it will allow them to kill godzilla (feminism), but a lead female heroine will be behind the lines to pull the plug on these men making it impossible to be a woman in their world.

Just kidding. I know that being a woman and a feminist are two totally different things.

By: jean vigo

jean vigo — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:26:09 +0000

Best performers? Godzilla and the "MUTOs" – one was a female, too.

By: BEF

BEF — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:26:09 +0000

Godzilla 2, True Detective 2 … i.e. if something catches a cultural zeitgeist, we'll make a central character female the second go round … obviously it'd never been as popular if they were the first go 'round.