Why do you think that is?
Captain Marvel (2019)
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Why do you think that is?
Sexy, young woman who is a badass fighting but submissive in the bedroom? Just a guess--I don't even know what Alita is beyond the ads I've seen.
Like I said in another thread, it seems the main character is a good example of the problematic Born Sexy Yesterday trope.
“Born Sexy Yesterday” characters serve a rather nefarious purpose in sci-fi. They present an image of a woman who is physically mature and capable of contributing to the story in some way — usually they’re skilled in combat, or tech geniuses, or another hobby particularly attractive to a male audience — but who is so naïve, so unwise to the ways of the world that she needs a man to guide and take care of her. Leeloo could annihilate entire energy fields but she couldn’t dry herself off properly without Dallas (Willis) rubbing her down with a towel. Quorra holds the key to a new technological age, has studied under a creator of unparalleled genius, yet she looks at Tron: Legacy's protagonist Sam (Garrett Hedlund) with wide eyes.
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The trope is dangerous because it teaches women that to be valued you must be a dichotomy of a person — skilled in some way and yet completely useless in another. It places value on outward appearance and the lack of self-awareness. You must be beautiful but also adorably unaware of your beauty. In turn, it gifts incredibly ordinary, often unremarkable men a questionable kind of confidence. Willis’ taxi driver and Hedlund’s trust fund baby aren’t perfect by any means. In fact, they’re pretty average, even unattractive in certain lights, and yet because the aliens and algorithms they interact with have never encountered men before, they’re suddenly afforded a new status: hero, hunk, savior.
After comics Carol was mindwiped by Rogue, Chuck Xavier, built her a new an approximation of her old memories... Isn't it frank that Chuck is joining the MCU soon?
Although does new Carol want old Carol's memories if it means that her identity will be subsided and drowned.
Although does new Carol want old Carol's memories if it means that her identity will be subsided and drowned.
That's kinda creepy...And this is an animated gif from the movie... do you need anything else..?
I agree. Is that the character? Is this film meant to sexualize a little girl? WTF?
Well, put yourself in the shoes of some anti-feminist mra incel: who do you find more threatening to your frail masculinity: a being that is clearly not a real woman and at the some time it seems she needs the guidance of a Real Man™ to show her how the world works, or this one?
Disclaimer: I quite like Alita. It simply sicks me that some people are using that movie against Captain Marvel to make some kind of political statement.
Well, no. The movie tries to depicted her growth in a mature and independent person. Unfortunately some people are focusing on the first part of the movie, where she still needed the help of other people because she was so new to the ways of the world...
I really don't know what Alita is all about but that gif struck a wrong note with me just at a gut reaction level. Captain Marvel DOES look way better in comparison. She is adult, human and determinedWell, put yourself in the shoes of some anti-feminist mra incel: who do you find more threatening to your frail masculinity: a being that is clearly not a real woman and at the some time it seems she needs the guidance of a Real Man™ to show her how the world works, or this one?
Disclaimer: I quite like Alita. It simply sicks me that some people are using that movie against Captain Marvel to make some kind of political statement.
Yup
I guess that learning and growth period was the patriarchy holding her down or something though... sigh
Now I feel like I should defend Alita: it's a perfectly fine movie that can co-exist with Captain Marvel. It's just sick people out there that labelled it as some kind of Anti-SJW manifesto...I really don't know what Alita is all about but that gif struck a wrong note with me just at a gut reaction level. Captain Marvel DOES look way better in comparison. She is adult, human and determined
Did Astroboy ever get to adolescence?
Okay, I'm not trying to put down the movie at all--I am just reacting to the image and the GIF and what I've read in comparison to Captain Marvel. That said, it seems that the story is very similar to Leeloo's story. The Fifth Element was a great movie but I understand the current concerns of that movie as well.
I can see the parallelism between the two characters
Fortunately there isn't an equivalent to the Bruce Willis' character, who at the end of the movie made sex with someone who had the emotional maturity of a child and he was practically the only man she had known in her brief life...Did Astro the dog reach adolescence in the Jestsons??
Considering his intelligence, there was a serious risk of dogs rising up.
Either his capacities were stretched to make Astro a better pet, or they were constricted so that canine kind would tolerate being a pet (slave). Their numbers would have to be controlled too, if unfortunately beyond lab conditions Dogs were just getting smarter on their own, and resenting humanity in secrecy.
You funny man
When it comes to critters resenting humanity in secrecy then that is the domain of cat.
A cat hates no one in secret.
There's this assshole I live with who just hisses at me every morning on the way to the shower, which does nothing for my self esteem.
There's this assshole I live with who just hisses at me every morning on the way to the shower, which does nothing for my self esteem.
