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QuietContraryMary · 04/03/2019 14:02

Has anyone heard about this?

Apparently there are some Comic Book Guys who are really upset that Captain Marvel/Carol Danvers (played by Brie Larson) has been made the most powerful superhero in the universe whereas in the comic books she is a bit minor and weak (I hadn't heard of her before).

Something like that anyway.

Brie is basically saying 'get over it, losers' www.theguardian.com/film/2019/feb/21/captain-marvel-why-sexist-attempts-at-sabotage-will-fail

Like the female Ghostbusters reboot it's being downvoted on movie sites by butthurt men

www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/rotten-tomatoes-captain-marvel-trolls.html/

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AssassinatedBeauty · 04/03/2019 15:07

I wonder if this was influenced by the success of the Wonder Woman film, or whether it was already in the pipeline?

EugeneWrayburn · 04/03/2019 14:25

My 11 yr old DD loves the Marvel films. Good strong female characters in them. She can’t wait to see this, nor can my 13yr old Marvel crazy DS. I think it’s great and wish Id had something similar growing up. Women in films back then were either love interest, comic effect, to supply tragedy (killed off early with the black guy, or dog) ,be saintly and sacrificial, or too sexy and therefore killed as they deserved.

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QuietContraryMary · 04/03/2019 14:21

I must apologise for lack of knowledge about comics so I may have got aspects of my OP wrong.

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CaptainKirksSpookyghost · 04/03/2019 14:17

I'm so confused becuase back in the day Captain Marvel was the Superhero currently being called shazam.....

MillytantForceit · 04/03/2019 14:14

Girlie Captain Marvel?

Able to make milky drinks out of hot water at will...

Doyoumind · 04/03/2019 14:13

She also said too many film critics were white males i.e. more diversity was needed, and then has been called racist and sexist by a certain type of man 🙄

yestheyhavethesamedad · 04/03/2019 14:13

To be fair i hadnt heard of her grew up loving hulk and thor ect but didnt know about her , which as a woman who loves marvel and dc ect is really sad .

yestheyhavethesamedad · 04/03/2019 14:10

Don't know what comic these people have been reading ,but the men i grew up with were thrilled she was getting a film , because in their words she was the ultimate avenger and basically a god compared to the others .