Captain Marvel

I can claim to be something of a comics expert, and there's no doubt that Captain Marvel is one of the most important Avengers in the comics in recent years - one example is that she was the main protagonist of the 'Civil War II' storyline alongside Iron Man.

Weird that her movie is coming out very close to the Shazam movie, who as a pp said, also used to be Captain Marvel.

Spoiler alert a woman invented science fiction! Which comic books stories mostly are...

I am excited for this and so is my 13yo comic fan daughter. I love all the superhero films ATM.

I really enjoyed ghost busters but I'm a touch too young to be loyal and I have a girl crush on Kate McKinnon and a major crush on Chris Hensworth

I didn't pay any attention to the online chatter about Ghostbusters, but I will admit I am entirely biased against any remake that doesnt heavily feature my one true love, Sigourney Weaver. Hamstrung from the start, I'm afraid.

I think it depends on which continuity one follows. She did get her arse handed to her by Rouge and ended up on a coma.

Had to stop watching dr who because of Bradley Walsh. It broke the 4th wall too much and couldn’t take a time travelling alien tv show for kids seriously anymore!

I didn’t watch the female ghostbusters for ages because I believed the huge amount of online chatter that it was a pile of shite. I now realise that ‘fans’ are full of shit and share more with flat earthers than people who just want to enjoy some high budget, low brow entertainment with relatively rounded female characters in it.

I'm buzzing about this film, genuinely excited. And yes, some of the male led Marvel films have been stinkers that I've only sat through to complete the big picture story arcs. Still better than owt DC put out though.

The new Ghostbusters was painful shite, but it wasn't because it was a female cast.

Mind you, I agree with the pp about any flaws bring lazily put down to the female lead. I feel the same about Doctor Who, tbh. I think it's by far as crap as it's been for decades, but I think that's down to inconsistent, incompetent and uneven writing and production, not whether Whitaker is a man or a woman.

I really liked the all female ghostbusters! It was fun. As was the original. Full marks from me.

I know very little about comics also, but seeing this soon with my very excited geek-DH.

DD also read the comics this week and is keen to see it.

There is so much misogyny in geek culture. Its really shit and depressing. I agree there is a lot of incel and gatekeeping about certain parts of it.

(Also just wanted to pop back in and say I also loved the all-female Ghostbusters. Masterpiece of cinema? Maybe not. Hell of a lot of fun and an all-round entertaining film? Absolutely.)

comic books she is a bit minor and weak

If they think that^ then they haven’t read the comics much, she’s super fucking important and not weak, wtf those people on? They literally must not have read the comics

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46539473

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/film/2018/dec/12/women-outperform-men-at-the-box-office-study

I just came to post this brilliant picture from the London premiere...

Isn’t there hard data that female-led films make more money?

Hmmm. If people will sit through Iron Man 2 and 3 and Thor 2 but won’t entertain Captain Marvel it’s nowt to do with the quality of the storyline or the acting! Some men can’t hack it when women aren’t the side kicks. Any flaws in the film will be put down to fans not wanting a female lead rather than it simply being a flawed piece of work as they all are.

I can’t be arsed with whiny arse American men whinging about comic books and films from their childhood. I liked the Last Jedi and thought female Ghostbusters was great. I’m looking forward to Captain Marvel and hope that we see lots more main female characters in giant space opera blockbusters.

Thankfully all the guys are know are just as excited about Captain Marvel as I am, but I run in fairly liberal circles and I am aware that the comic book fan community has a huge problem with gatekeeping. This means that because a lot of women weren't raised reading comics, it can be incredibly hard to break through the barrier of people shouting about how you can only really claim to like comics if you've read and retain in-depth knowledge of the entire history of Marvel and DC.

I think this is a significant part of why you see a lot more male backlash online than you do praise for things like Captain Marvel; the misogyny is expressed through being hyper-critical of every divergence from the original canon. I don't recall half as many people complaining about changes they've made to other characters throughout the cinematic universe, and in fact the revamping of characters such as Loki has really changed his dynamic in recent comics and made his series a far more compelling read. I hope to see the same amount of praise post-release as there was for Wonder Woman, a film I really enjoyed despite an ambivalence towards the rest of the DC films.

Could be for both? the green suit she wears on set has only been seen in CM so far, she is wearing red in AEG image leaks.

White, male Marvel geek aka my husband is really pleased with the concept and excited to see it next week. And he refused to see one of the Spiderman movies on principle so he would Dec call veto if it was a ridiculous stretch.
I'm thrilled DS will grow up with strong female role models

Most MCU fans don't care, there is very little buzz about the film considering the costs of promotion and Disney are trying to create a narrative about trolls ruining the film to blame. The only slight criticism i have seen is that the film is presented as feminist but brie larson uses a bottom double.

Apparently Avengers End Game has two versions and the one used will depend on how CM does. Resolving a decade long story arc with a deus ex machina is pretty lazy though.

Marvel Universe mad in this house. Tremendously excited about this. But yeah, some comic fans are pretty much in the same demographic as certain gamers - I hesitate to say incel, but, yeah, fuck it, they're incels.

Assassinated beauty as far as i know its been in the pipeline for years they are slowly trying to bring in the next stage of films as the original avengers contracts end ,in the next year or so they are also making a black widow film .