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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Exactly because the political climate Kamala is a good idea.
But one step after another. First Captain Marvel has to succeed. And then it can be used as a launching pad for all kind of characters.
Wouldn't hold my breath for Jessica Drew, though. While Marvel retains the rights, it might create bad blood between them and Sony if they introduce a character called "Spiderwoman" on the big screen.
They don’t have to call her Spider-Woman (in fact, they can’t: iirc, they have rights to the character but not the Spider-Woman name itself, which is delightfully ironic given the reason the character has the name in the first place).
But imo, if there was ever a character whose superhero name is superfluous to their superhero identity, it’d be Jessica Drew, also due to why she has the name at all.
Choo choo motherfuckers.
This.
PROTIP: If you want to change a culture, start with the stories we tell each other. Media has a profound influence over people's worldview.
A Kamala Khan movie is guaranteed to receive pushback from the Alt-Right, but that is exactly why it's worth doing: so that the next generation of children can grow up internalizing the idea that a Pak-American Muslim girl can be a superhero too.
Edited by TobiasDrake on Feb 14th 2019 at 2:47:50 AM
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Edited by alliterator on Feb 14th 2019 at 2:20:15 AM
Which, again, the only people who would object to that would be alt-right and Islamaphobes and alt-right Islamaphobes.
Edited by alliterator on Feb 14th 2019 at 2:37:04 AM
Honestly, the pushback can't be worse than the flak Captain Marvel is already getting just for having the bad taste of existing and having an outspoken star. And in a way, the constant whining is actually good press, because it keeps the conversation going. Nothing better than a controversy where the majority of the audience would say "what the hell is the problem of those idiots".
Frankly, we had sympathetic portrayals of Muslim characters for years. It's not like the US in the past 9/11 freedom fries mood.
No Such Thing as Bad Publicity is a trope for a reason, after all.
Disney is all about diversity these days, not just in casting, but in the types of movies they put out. In 2016, they put out The Queen of Katwe
and Dangal
, while in 2017 they put out Jagga Jasoos
and in 2019, they are releasing Aladdin
, which will have a cast of actors, most of whom come from Middle-Eastern or South Asian countries (the actor who plays Aladdin himself was born in Egypt).
Making a family film about a Pakistani-American Muslim girl who lives in New Jersey won't be a big deal for them.
Edited by alliterator on Feb 14th 2019 at 3:16:32 AM
I already posted about the live-action Aladdin — aside from Will Smith, it's incredibly diverse. Mena Massoud
(Aladdin) was born in Egypt, Naomi Scott
(Jasmine) is half Ugandin-Indian, and Marwan Kanzari
(Jafar) comes from a Tunisian family.
Edited by alliterator on Feb 14th 2019 at 3:40:34 AM
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Sorry, I should have been more clear. I was referring to the fact that Guy Ritchie, a white guy with zero experience at this sort of nuance, is directing, plus the decision to cast lighter/mixed face leads, plus the snafu with adding a white prince to the cast and having extras in brown face.
Edited by wisewillow on Feb 14th 2019 at 6:47:02 AM

I've been preaching for an Iron Heart movie for a while, now.
Preferably, as I've said before, with Pepper in a greater role as the mentor to Riri.
Edited by HailMuffins on Feb 14th 2019 at 5:03:31 PM