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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
An article on how the MCU depicts male obesity.
Random thought: The time frame of the MCU, from Iron Man to Spider-Man: Far From Home, is around 15 years. That's technically longer than the time frame of the comic book Marvel Universe.
Ha! The MCU is better and lasted longer than the universe it's based on.
So yeah, I guess we're basically twiddling our thumbs until Marvel's big CCXP panel later today.
5 hours to go!
Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Dec 7th 2019 at 9:45:10 AM
...I really can't see this point of view.
Edited by Soble on Dec 7th 2019 at 7:43:46 AM
I'M MR. MEESEEKS, LOOK AT ME!I don't even see it as a fat joke — not like the fat jokes in Endgame, which were clearly jokes and clearly mocking — it was just a comment by another character. "You got fat." And she also clearly says it in a playful way, showing that she cares about him.
I do agree that female superheroes tend to have the same body shape, while male superheroes, uh, don't. That's been a problem in comic books for a long time, too, and I hope it's something they fix. The only comic (and adaptation soon, hopefully) that I've seen tackle this is Faith
, who is part of the Valiant Universe.
Reasonably speaking if you’re running around, chasing people, etc, etc, you’re going to lose weight. Not everyone has the Scarlett Johansson genetics so even fit people have some fat around the midsection, no shame in it, but being a crime fighter is physically taxing.
That’s kinda why the Red Guardian thing works. He’s been in semi retirement, so when he puts on the suit, it’s “Ok, I’m not at my peak, but I’m still ready to go kick the asses of some khuligan.
And what about Melina? In the trailer, it appears she's been retired for the same amount of time as the Red Guardian, but while he's played by David Harbour, she's played by Rachel Weisz. I understand that, again, this is Hollywood, but there is a double-standard when it comes to male vs. female body shapes. Having every single female character look thin and gorgeous is just perpetuating it.
Hopefully, having a character with a different body type like She-Hulk (if they go the body builder route) will help change that.
(Also, if you guys haven't seen it, there's a great comedy that came out this year that kind of tackled this called Brittany Runs a Marathon
with Jillian Bell. She's hilarious, so I hope she gets a role in the MCU.)
Edited by alliterator on Dec 7th 2019 at 10:28:48 AM
Depends on the hero. I know for The Flash TV show it’s a plot point the guy eats like a cow because he has to (and his metabolism means he Never Gets Drunk). Like I said, not everyone has the A list genetics, or in other cases, some people eat like they’re still working as hard as they did at 21, and it results in weight gain. But I would argue the other extreme doesn’t make sense.
If you check out the New Yorker cover at this link, I think it pretty well sums up the view of Marvel characters operating outside New York.
http://www.mappingthenation.com/blog/new-exhibit-of-pictorial-maps/
Edited by RavenWilder on Dec 7th 2019 at 11:14:41 AM

There's a Ultraman restaurant at CCXP
, therefore Ultraman will be part of the MCU!
Edit: damn this top posts.
Edited by Akirakan on Dec 6th 2019 at 7:15:09 AM