Comments on: Joss Whedon Says The Comic Book Movie Industry Has “Intractable Sexism” & Fox Has The Best Female Marvel Characters

By: Emperor Zerg Rush

Emperor Zerg Rush — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:20:50 +0000

I took his comment to strongly imply that there are more established/well known/easily recognizable characters in the Fox film camp than anything else. And he\’s 100% correct. Outside of supergeeks, I\’m guessing throngs of people had to be told who that "mysterious woman blowing the toys to bits at the end of Cap 2 was" and even then I imagine they still don\’t have an inkling of who exactly the character is.

By: THEDUDE

THEDUDE — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:20:50 +0000

Putting a woman in the lead role isn\’t enough. Try de-sexualizing the costumes that all heroes, but especially women, wear. Yeah, like that will ever happen. And definitely do not define them in terms of their relationships to the other male superheroes. You need to teach girls how to be strong — but you can\’t simultaneously express that they need to be both strong and the epitome of the current standard of beauty to be a hero. And teach boys the same thing, and that it\’s ok to be attracted to a female superhero who isn\’t also a supermodel.

By: Shaun

Shaun — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:20:50 +0000

First, please learn how to use "there is" and "there are." That small grammatical issue aside, I agree with you: any character can be made "good" – it all depends on how she is written/played. I really think that Captain Marvel is a character who has a lot of potential and who was presented by Kevin Feige as, possibly, the most powerful hero of them all. I think that is great and in the comics there has been an effort to present Cap as a truly formidable powerhouse – even if Jonathan Hickman apparently did not get the memo. There is certainly more to a good character than power, of course, but I also think that female characters have to break through the sexism barrier by being able to compete with the boys on their own turf. A female character, like WW or Capt Marvel, who can pick up ships, knock down skyscrapers and (in the case of Cap) fire energy blasts are comparable to their male counterparts and that is essential to have them viewed as equals.

By: immature

immature — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:20:50 +0000

He\’s absolutely right.