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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
The Russos posted a snippet
of Civil War on their Facebook. Can't make out what Ross is really saying though.
- STARK: Well, if you want to get technical, we're talking about the Battle for New York, the Washington D.C. incident, and Sokovia. Only one person in this room was actually present for all of those.
- ROGERS: Yeah, but it's my movie, so I'd be careful about throwing blame around if I were you.
From that diversity article
: She says she's surprised that more isn't made out of the fact that she's the only modern female Asian-American superhero in TV or movies.
I get the sentiment, but damn, that comes across as super bitchy. I'm pretty sure the writer of the article is more to blame than Bennet, though. Still... it's not true. I mean, we've got Psylocke and Jubilee in the upcoming X-Men movie, Melinda May in the same damn show (or does she not count because she doesn't have powers?), Katana from both Arrow and Suicide Squad, Yukio from The Wolverine.
Not saying Asians aren't horribly underrepresented, but I just don't appreciate the hyperbole used.
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Visit my Tumblr! I may say things. The Bureau Projectedited 16th Mar '16 8:13:03 AM by alliterator
Superspy, probably. It sounds better.
And, yeah, I was wondering about what makes someone a superhero in the MCU. So I guess, if you have superpowers (via serum or supersuit or alien ancestry) and use them for good, you're a superhero, but if you're a Badass Normal, you're a superhero if you're on a superhero team. Is that right?
When we're done, there won't be anything left.You are also a superhero if you:
a) fight crime
b) fight supervillains (as a living, not just during secret spy missions)
c) call yourself by a cool codename
Melinda May does none of those, except for a little bit of fighting supervillains when they are in her way during a spy mission. (Okay, she has a cool codename, but she hates it and never wants anyone who call her it.)
So until Ultron, Rhodey and Falcon were not superheroes?
And aren't Skye and Melinda both technically SHIELD agents? Seems weird one would be a superhero and the other wouldn't.
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may fight crimen, specially in the first sea son
She face Hydra...you know the same guys in cap movies, and now there is hive, who is a supervillian
And...so? Natasha didnt get a said in codename right? Is not like she said "im going to be Black widow, fuck you, you cant stop me"
edited 16th Mar '16 9:02:22 AM by unknowing
"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"That same criteria discounts Skye herself. It discounts a lot of superheroines from the comics as well.
Also, there's no way Katana isn't a superhero in Arrow. Making it a criteria of doing it enough times, in very specific ways, and so on feels like Moving the Goalposts.
edited 16th Mar '16 9:07:44 AM by KnownUnknown

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