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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
A man who dresses in the American flag and calls himself Captain America is acting as representative of the United States of America. Especially if this man got his powers from a United States military project, received the title Captain America as part of a propaganda campaign to raise support for the United States military during war-time, and then went on to serve as an active-duty soldier for the United States.
The United States government has a legit claim to go, "Yeah, the concept of Captain America actually belongs to the United States, not to Steve Rogers. We own this mantle. Legally, it's our position to fill." It'd be, if nothing else, an interesting court case.
And I don't think, "He might be Captain of CENTRAL America, DID YOU EVER THINK OF THAT?" is going to win over any jurors. Like I said, we all know which America is being referenced by the name, and it would take some pretty tortured logic to try and claim that it's some nebulous generalized America unassociated with any existing Americas.
Edited by TobiasDrake on Jan 22nd 2020 at 7:12:27 AM
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Besides, the government doesn't own the "concept of America." It also doesn't own the image of the American flag. Anyone can use the flag for any reason they want (and yes, that includes burning or desecrating it — still legal). Anyone can use the name "America" for anything they want. (Just look at AOL.) Having the word "America" in it and draping it in a flag doesn't automatically mean that the government owns it.
And Steve Rogers was only acting as a "representative of the United States" before he went into the ice. Afterwards, he was a representative of SHIELD (an international organization) and the Avengers, but never the USA.
Edited by alliterator on Jan 22nd 2020 at 8:15:11 AM
Actually, you know who I would love if they got to direct Captain Marvel 2? Greta Gerwig.
This argument's completely meaningless, because it's obvious Liberia is going to sue the US government for putting their flag on Cap's shield.
Wandavision writer to work on Captain Marvel Sequel.
Out of curiosity, why is it so important to have a female writer and director specifically for the Captain Marvel film, as opposed to, say, a female writer/director for any other frigging movie with a male lead? Are female directors supposed to be restricted to films with a female lead, and are male directors considered unable to properly handle such a film?
Whatever your favourite work is, there is a Vocal Minority that considers it the Worst. Whatever. Ever!.To the first question, no. I would support women writing and directing for movies with male leads. But the reason why so much vocal praise is given for women writing and directing movies with female leads is because the opportunities for women creatives in blockbuster film are so rare that a woman-led film getting them is regarded as a gift even though it should be the minimum expectation.
To the second question, yes, most of the time. There are so many documented cases of male creatives having no idea what to do with female characters or shoving them into tired stereotypes, including within the MCU, that going with women in lead creative roles is a safer bet in these cases. The outcome of men creatives writing women character is hard to predict; sometimes you get a great job like Black Panther, other times you get an Age of Ultron.
Edited by Tuckerscreator on Jan 22nd 2020 at 11:53:51 AM
It's also that female directors can direct female actors better when it comes to making scenes dealing with sexism feel authentic, and that was a big part of the first Captain Marvel. Most male directors haven't experienced institutionalized misogyny like female directors have, so when they try to direct scenes involving female actors encountering that sort of thing, it can come across as awkward and inauthentic.
Edited by PushoverMediaCritic on Jan 22nd 2020 at 12:52:25 PM
If it's set in modern day, the Supreme Intelligence has already been defeated, the Kree have a different leader.
Personally, I like the idea I've heard of the villains of Captain Marvel 2 being Mystique as The Chessmaster Big Bad and Rogue as The Dragon who fights Carol on her level by stealing her powers. The movie would end with Rogue being redeemed and Mystique swearing vengence.
I strongly dislike identitarianism, so I dislike the notion that female-led films cannot be directed/written by men or male-led films cannot be directed/written by women. They just have to, you know, be intelligent, rational, and enlightened individuals rather than the troglodytic hacks who make up about 90% of most creative industries and don't know how to write the opposite sex.
That being said, if the specific work in question is heavily-steeped in a particular social issue, it makes sense that someone with relevant life experience in the subject is more likely to be qualified to write/direct it than otherwise. By the same principle I wouldn't expect somebody who has never listened to the Rolling Stones to film a documentary on the Rolling Stones.
I'm not sure if Captain Marvel really qualifies as "heavily-steeped", given it's a pretty boilerplate Marvel action film with a thin paint of "male characters act rude to our female protagonist" on its surface, but it's not as if it hurts the film to hire a female director for its sequel, especially if it intends to dig deeper into the subject than its predecessor did.
You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!That's one of the main points that I think a lot of people missed. I've seen complaints about how Yon-Rogg and the Supreme Intelligence tell Carol that she "struggles with her emotions" and to "control your emotions," but Brie Larson plays her as slyly smug a lot of the time, rather than "emotional out of control," but, well, that's the point. Carol doesn't struggle with her emotions, they just want to tamp down on her ambitions and gaslight her until she believes everything they tell her.

Huh, so we're not getting a sequel set in the '90s or during the post-Snap era.
It makes sense to move the series along instead of jumping around the timeline too much.
Edited by chasemaddigan on Jan 22nd 2020 at 9:10:42 AM