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The creator literally called out specifically this kind of bright pink particle effect nonsense as being the kind of thing girls usually get a superpowers which she was trying to avoid.
But nah this is a nitpick.
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fuck that, kids should learn that gross powers are also good
I kind of hope (spoilers for previous Spider-Mans)
Most kids didn't wanna be Beak or even the ever-loving blue-eyed Thing. They wanna be Wolverine or Spider-Man.
Absolutely. I've only read the early run of Ms Marvel, but I like how they go out of the way to show her powers as being kind of gross, in contrast to the cooler powers of the people she idolises. People find her weird normally, and when she's got her powers it doesn't change that, if anything people are even more weirded out. But she just pushes through and keeps going.
It feels like its going for a somewhat cleaner tone while still keeping a similar style of humour and covering the same basic beats. I could be wrong, and it probably doesn't matter anyway since I'm not the target audience. Either way, I still think its kind of cool to see the character getting a big budget tv series.
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Considering how many scenes from the trailer involve a completely different power set I doubt it. I also feel like you're reacting weird to people having a negative reaction to this specific thing. It might still be good. Nobody is getting pitchforks out. We just commented on it not being our preferred choice.
As for whether it's degrading I don't really think as someone who presents as a cis man that I really have much room to talk here but I have heard women complain about this a lot. About the need to be pretty and everything you do even if the thing you're doing is writing a comic about a woman with superpowers.
Like it's another example look at wolverine and how when they made a female wolverine she still was required to be traditionally pretty in a very specific way. Even the feet blades correspond to how women are "supposed" to fight.
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too bad for them, eh
OTOH I really don't think you can make that shit look remotely good in live action basically ever. CG artists still have enough trouble just trying to make mouths and faces stretch properly without plunging into the uncanny valley when they're trying to be realistic. It would look terrible, unless she's constantly wearing like a rubber latex suit, in which case it'll just look like bad latex stretching instead. Also like, just plain nobody wants to watch that sorta body morphing, it looks simultaneously gross and dumb.
If done well I think you can still retain the thematic weight of the puberty/shapechanging/identity metaphors of her powers through good writing instead.
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Also I'm sure the internet's doing the internet thing elsewhere but people in here have been plenty reasonable and being lumped in with that is unnecessary.
Don't pretend as if the specific powers of a superhero character are an arbitrary, minor detail. They're a key part of the character's identity and appeal. And super don't say "You can't criticize this show or you are bullying a teenage actress." That's outrageously out of line.
It just wouldn't be a MCU property about a new female character with all the white male nerds quickly getting their hottest take together so they can nod solemnly in agreement, having satisfied one another with their commonality. Clearly the Muslim show runners are simply fools who cannot understand the experience of being a young Muslim girl in America.
I'm saying it's joining a chorus line of people poopooing a thing because it's different. The whole MCU is different than the comics and worked great, why are we throwing up our hands at this? I believe they can and will make it work
Because the character creator literally said she didn't want the kind of powers that the show gives her because its the generic teen girl power.
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I mean, I disagree?
Like, one of my partner's favorite X-Men is fucking Marrow, because that's the one that they felt was most similar to them when they encountered her as a teenager.
Marrow merch is just flying off the shelves these days
I mean she definitely isn't and that's not ideal. But no one's judging the show for that. People are judging that particular aspect. And for the record I'm voicing the complete specifically to amplify non-male voices who have been expressing this all over my Twitter. If it was just a bunch of white dudes getting angry at a thing you might have a point but right now you're kind of being weirdly defensive.
Here's Zoe talking about it since you guys already have some familiarity with her. It's a thread
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No, of course not
But that avenue ain't there, y'know?
Like, we're never gonna know if that merch would fly off the shelves because they're not making it because one of the few characters that they could make it for they changed the powers to be a magic piece of jewelry that does purple sparkles
Is that a typo?
I think there are ways to make stretching powers look good in love action.
Gonna have to ask for an example because I can only think of bad ones.
I don't think Official Disney properties are going to get into Love Action.
Now, when a man really likes a woman and wants to put a baby in her belly button
But only to BUY instead of rent.
Kind of feels like one last "fuck you".
Is that standard practice? That a new home-release is only for purchase and not for rent?
It's a little messy.
Simple version: in the comics, the character known as Captain Marvel was previously known as Ms Marvel. Later, a new Ms Marvel was introduced, which this show is about.
Depends, but it's not uncommon.
How fast it goes from purchase only to available for rent probably varies from region to region, but it might take close to a month. I know it's the 11th next month in some places.
I'm not a huge fan of the sparkles but live action stretchy people is probably nightmare fuel. So it is what it is.
I thought Elongated Man on Flash was okay, by Arrowverse standards.