The Random Thread of Random Randomness

Solid points most of the way through but Wonder Woman was always intended to be a feminist icon. Granted it was 1930s feminism not 2010s feminism so it seems very tame today. At the time, it was pretty extreme.

Also the creator of Wonder Woman was a weird creepy dude, but that's neither here nor there.



I think 90% of the problems with Captain Marvel revolve around the fact that Brie Larson is really really bad at public relations.

I never watched Dr. Strange, so I don't know what his arc had.

Hulk kind of got swept under the rug. But Ironman had to learn humility. Then he had to learn to open up. Then Ironman 3, was pretty lousy in my opinion. Thor had to learn humility and compassion. Thor 2 kind of sucked. Thor 3 had Thor learn to be more flexible and to ask more questions of tradition. Captain America never had a humility problem. His arc over the movies was transitioning from a support person to being a true leader. Antman had a past as an ex-con to get past. He had a immaturity problem to overcome.

Captain Marvel was protrayed as having no character flaws. Her obstacle was that other people, ie evil men, were holding her back with a control chip.

She was raised by aliens. They could have had hilarious fish out of water storytelling as she adapted to Earth culture in a clumsy fashion. Like when Thor smashed a coffee cup and asked for another. She didn't have any problems meshing with mainstream Earth, Shield, and two different alien species. Wherever she was, she seemed to fit in.

She spent a large portion of her life unknowingly fighting as an agent of evil powers. She never really demonstrated remorse for her past actions. She never really seemed to demonstrate righteous anger for the people who tricked her. She never showed any hesitation after she switched sides and started blowing them up. Much like Po who left the stormtroopers in Disney Wars Episode 7, she began murdering her former friends with no hesitation.

These were very simple ways to give Carol Danvers internal conflict but the writers didn't want to.

The movie isn't terrible. There are some good jokes, good action, good special effects. Those who like the movie generally say the supporting cast was more interesting than Carol Danvers. Captain Marvel seems to sit in the middle of the MCU pack which is not a bad place to be.


I'm thinking of a discussion I had with my dad many years. My dad worked for a fairly large public university. We discussed two high profile coaches in nearby school. One of the coaches was all folksy and smile while the other was kind of cold and acerbic. The jerk coach had a strong winning record. My dad explained to me that they tolerate that because he wins. Universities like folksy "aw shucks" coaches but they will put up with a jerk if the jerk wins games. If the jerk coach starts losing, they'll dump him. If a nice guy coach has a losing, they might dump him.

I guess same principle. Brie Larson did not seem grateful to be part of the MCU. She even posted pictures on social media where she was basically celebrating Stan Lee's death. That's not classy. Stan Lee wasn't perfect, but it's a tradition that unless a dead person is Hitler-esque, you don't speak ill of the dead, especially recently.

Anyway, thanks for keeping things civil. It's good that we can discuss different opinions in pop culture without getting hostile.

 

Oops. I guess that demonstrates how little I care about the Mouse Star Wars movies these days.


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Sadly my RPG is on slow mode due to having trouble regularly meeting but it hasn't stopped me from watching world building videos on D&D monsters. I cannot like this video enough.

 

That is a disturbingly sexy fungus.

 

Trust the fungus!