Friday, March 10, 2017

Venting for the heck of it!


Thor is not a woman! Captain America’s best friend and long-time partner might change his costume to reflect his regard for Steve, but Sam is his own man (and would not cede his iconic identity over to do so)! Everyone in the Marvel Universe is NOT a member of the Avengers or the X-Men or the Fantastic Four (blending them all together only masks this conceit)! Captain Marvel died and Carol Danvers IS the new Captain Marvel (and although that was a long time in coming, Kelly Sue DeConnick did not create either version)! There are not a half dozen Spider-Men; or Women! Sidekicks and love interests aren’t potential replacements for their super-powered pals and lovers (doing this undermines the core concept and shows that the writer has run out of ideas of their own)! The Falcon, The Black Panther, Shang Chi, Blade, Storm, Bishop ( …… well seriously, the list of available non-caucasian heroes and characters goes on and on), so changing all of the blond & blue-eyed characters into an ethnic version seems pointless (unless you have a point on the top of your head)? Those massive cinematic versions rolling out successfully time and again based upon the recognized iconic versions scoff at the ridiculous print versions that try so hard to be something different? Hey editors and creators, hundreds of millions of movie ticket patrons might want to read the adventures of their heroes, maybe you should stop dicking around with your stupid bullshit and check your egos??



4 comments:

Darci said...

Hi Chuck,
You're going to have to explain this one for me: "Captain Marvel died and Carol Danvers IS the new Captain Marvel (and although that was a long time in coming, Kelly Sue DeConnick did not create either version)!"

Of course, we all know Marvel stole Captain Marvel's name out from under the nose of DC after they'd sued Fawcett's version into nonexistence. Then there are the four other people who used the name between Mar-Vell and Carol: Monica Rambeau, Genis-Vell, Phylla-Vell, and Noh-Varr. Are you saying you like Carol taking the name?
Thanks!

Mike said...

Oh man I just found this and could not have said it better. A voice of reason you are, my good man.
Mike in Oviedo FL

Darci said...

Amen, Chuck! Most egregious of all is turning Captain America into a HYDRA agent.

Kid said...

I'm with you on most of that. What were they thinking of with the last FF movie? They should give us the characters we grew up with, 'cos that's what we want.