Comments on: Marvel’s Kevin Feige Hopes Female Superhero Movie Comes “Sooner Rather Than Later”

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:55:14 +0000

It is very interesting to see how Marvel views female characters vs. how DC is willing to portray them. I just saw GOTG and the image of Gamora – supposedly the deadliest woman in the galaxy – helpless before mere inmates ready to kill her – not to mention Drax choking her like she was nothing – speaks for itself. She was very much weaker than she is portrayed in the comics. And who can forget Black Widow running for her life from the Hulk – again needing a man – Thor – to rescue her?

Compare that to Man of Steel, where Faora is shown giving Superman all he can handle in battle. I am still waiting for the day Marvel puts any female character on the screen that could fight, say, Thor or Hulk one on one in an even battle. Spoiler alert – not going to happen. And DC is about to put a second one – Wonder Woman – onto the movie screens. What was the excuse a Marvel exec gave for why there could not be a Ms. Marvel movie – the CGI would be too expensive? In other words, Marvel is saying women are not worth spending money on?

And with the recent announcement that the Rock is probably playing Shazam – a character on par in powers with Superman – DC is also doing something else Marvel has never done – putting a character of color on the screen with as much or more power as the white ones. Marvel at least is making a Luke Cage series – for Netflix, not the big screen. Funny thing is, I am more of a Marvel fan, but I am miffed that DC is so much more progressive. Thing is, they do not seem to get enough credit for it.

By: Ted

Ted — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:55:14 +0000

Even if we set aside studios general hesitance on doing women-centered films we still have the main impediment to a female superhero movie being what female superhero has an established brand name besides Wonder Woman? Obviously you could make one without an established name, but it's much harder. Like most people, I don't read comic books, and I've never head of Black Widow or Scarlett Witch. But everyone has heard of Superman, Batman, Hulk, Thor, Iron Man, Green Lantern. The only woman superhero's I've heard of, and I suspect the majority of the population, is Wonder Woman and some of the women of X-Men (like Storm, Jean Grey / Phoenix etc), the latter group obviously being a package deal. Marvel does't own Wonder Woman, so it essentially has no properties that anyone outside comic book fans have ever heard of. This is obviously a major impediment to production and promotion.

By: Ugh

Ugh — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:55:14 +0000

I'm impressed how Kevin Feige is able to pull off this "well we can't have a black lead hero yet until the right timing" & "we have to wait for the right timing for a woman lead" spiel & then give us THOR 2 & 3.