Captain Marvel (2019)

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TBT-TheBigToe

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No one cares if a Super Hero is female or not, just make the shit cool and entertaining.

Really want to make a fucking statement Marvel, kill Frank Castle and replace him his just as psychotic daughter that he didn't know was still alive or some other contrived nonsense. Don't change anything else about the character, just the gender and origin, and have her kill fuck loads of murderers, rapists, and shop lifters.

People will watch it.
 
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that means you've never read the greatest beta ray bill story written huh?
Beta Ray Bill: Godhunter Paperback – October 21, 2009
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Nah, I've read that one. I've read a few others, like the first 100'ish issues of Invincible, Y the Last Man, a few others. But other than those few exceptions, I've basically been away for a couple decades.
 
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Lanx

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Nah, I've read that one. I've read a few others, like the first 100'ish issues of Invincible, Y the Last Man, a few others. But other than those few exceptions, I've basically been away for a couple decades.
is this white ppl math?
 
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is this white ppl math?
Oh wow, you got me! I'm so embarrassed! Ok, let me spell it out for you then.

In my teens and twenties, I collected and read comics on a consistent basis. Had a "saver" at a comic book store, speculated on issues, all that shit. Since that was the 80s and 90s, the comic book industry eventually took a massive shit and everything I bought wasn't even worth the paper it was printed on, with a few minor exceptions. So I quit collecting and reading. Still have them all in boxes for some stupid reason too.

I've always read the comic book thread here, and occasionally something would look interesting, like those I listed. So I downloaded torrents of a few and read them. I did not resume my collecting of comics, nor did I feel the need to keep tabs on many of the characters that I used to enjoy reading, except for whatever people posted in that thread. I didn't resume reading or collecting X-Men or Thor or any of the dozens of titles I used to. Other than those two series I mentioned, I have probably not read more than 20 other comic book issues since the 90s. BUT DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT, I'M PROBABLY LYING AGAIN!

So if you want to be autistic about it, TECHNICALLY I've read comics more recently than I initially stated, and I greatly apologize for my mistake. My apologies Tanoomba, I'll try not to let it happen again. Jesus.
 
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Compare to say.. John Wick 2 where Keanu probably shoots, stabs, or flat out kills more people in the trailer than words he speaks. Everyone else has way more lines and that's the whole point because action characters aren't meant to be monologuing like a villain.

Ruby Rose was so hot in that movie.
 
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Here's the first Cap Trailer: It's literally Tommy Lee Jones narrating it the entire time.


That's like their origin trailer formula. Show hero, have some big name talk big fancy words, show hero kicking ass at end.

Also LOL @ Chuk literally telling Brie Larson to "smile more". Ohhhh Chuk.
 
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No one cares if a Super Hero is female or not, just make the shit cool and entertaining.

Really want to make a fucking statement Marvel, kill Frank Castle and replace him his just as psychotic daughter that he didn't know was still alive or some other contrived nonsense. Don't change anything else about the character, just the gender and origin, and have her kill fuck loads of murderers, rapists, and shop lifters.

People will watch it.

no, they wouldn't. people would immediately be furious that they killed off the punisher only to replace him with a female. EVEN IF the script was great, and it all made sense, it would garner so much negative attention right now. maybe if you did that 10 years ago it'd be fine, but in a world with female ghost busters and female oceans 11, female punisher would just piss people off. you'd immediately polarize your audience.
 
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DickTrickle

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Yeah, you can't replace the character without people losing their shit. You could make a woman character like Castle but it couldn't be the Punisher.

Maybe if it was extremely good you could get some appreciation over time but you'd have to deal with a bunch of outrage for a while.
 
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Conefed

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Yeah, you can't replace the character without people losing their shit. You could make a woman character like Castle but it couldn't be the Punisher.

Maybe if it was extremely good you could get some appreciation over time but you'd have to deal with a bunch of outrage for a while.
If anybody could be replaced with a woman, it would be the Punisher - fits right in with the "guns are the ultimate equilizer" motif
 
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No one cares if a Super Hero is female or not, just make the shit cool and entertaining.

Really want to make a fucking statement Marvel, kill Frank Castle and replace him his just as psychotic daughter that he didn't know was still alive or some other contrived nonsense. Don't change anything else about the character, just the gender and origin, and have her kill fuck loads of murderers, rapists, and shop lifters.

People will watch it.

There's already a female version of Frank Castle. Rachel Cole-Alves - Wikipedia

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Seananigans

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...I honestly don't care if they are male or female, or part horse for that matter (Beta Ray Bill, my boy!). Like I said, I get why the naysayers are naysaying, and you might end up being right. But I hope not....

I had a joke for this, but I don't want to be a neighsayer.
 
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Sanrith Descartes

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Just make good movies. Period. John Wick I was great. Atomic Blonde was good. It wasn't less good than JW because it had a female lead. It was less good because it was just not as good (writing mostly) of a movie. Edge of Tomorrow isn't less good because of Emily Blunt. If anything her character elavates the movie.
 
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Brad2770

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Just make good movies. Period. John Wick I was great. Atomic Blonde was good. It wasn't less good than JW because it had a female lead. It was less good because it was just not as good (writing mostly) of a movie. Edge of Tomorrow isn't less good because of Emily Blunt. If anything her character elavates the movie.

Emily Blunt elevates something else too.
 
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Chukzombi

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Here's the first Cap Trailer: It's literally Tommy Lee Jones narrating it the entire time.


That's like their origin trailer formula. Show hero, have some big name talk big fancy words, show hero kicking ass at end.

Also LOL @ Chuk literally telling Brie Larson to "smile more". Ohhhh Chuk.
What did I literally say?