Eat nuts, kick butts: Marvel's Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
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well I was about to say that was bad news, but the article says basically that the series is so good that Disney executives noticed it.
With regards to the previous discussion on the look of Squirrel Girl, there is a fine line between making her average/normal/relatable as a contrast to the Supermodel type and making her deliberately unattractive, which is a line I think the recent comics have been perilously close to being on the wrong side of.
With regards to the previous discussion on the look of Squirrel Girl, there is a fine line between making her average/normal/relatable as a contrast to the Supermodel type and making her deliberately unattractive, which is a line I think the recent comics have been perilously close to being on the wrong side of.
They've been trying to make Squirrel girl look "unattractive?" She always struck me as someone who isn't a "supermodel type" but more a "girl next door type."
Right. More like Tilly than Jadzia.
I agree completely. I just think the current comics haven't gotten that look quite right. Like I said, they haven't crossed my imaginary line yet, but It think they are leaning in a direction I don't think is a good idea.
I suspect it's a bit of spin. Freeform didn't turn it down because they didn't like it, but because they're full on original programing. Marvel is saying they like what they have so they're not abandoning it but shopping it elsewhere, but I don't think it's accurate to say they loved it so much that they're shopping it to some place better and I'm a bit skeptical that the "we love it so much" part is more than PR.
Fabian Nicieza, who created the comic version of the New Warriors, had this to say.
Uuuhm...
OK.
"Pretending to be superheroes?"
Uuuhm...
OK.
"Pretending to be superheroes?"
When we were last talking about this was November 2017. The cast was announced in July. It is now late March 2018. We have yet to see a single image from the pilot. And now Nicieza's words on the format. And not a single bit of buzz anywhere else.
Folks, I'm starting to get a Justice League '97 TV pilot (aka 'Friends with superpowers,' aka '80 minutes of my life I'll never get back') impression from this. It's sounding more and more like a misfire.
Folks, I'm starting to get a Justice League '97 TV pilot (aka 'Friends with superpowers,' aka '80 minutes of my life I'll never get back') impression from this. It's sounding more and more like a misfire.
You can't read too much into a single vague, throwaway line from someone who isn't even on the show's staff. "Pretending to be superheroes" could be taken in a number of ways. Maybe it means they are superpowered but their superhero status is more aspirational than actually achieved as of yet.
That's my interpretation. This is basically a combination New Warriors and GLA after all.
As for lack of news, Freeform didn't want to pick up the show at that time because they are good on original programing and I'm guessing no other network wanted it either. That means it's either going to have to wait for a network to change its mind, renegotiate if there's some issue (i.e., related to cost, content, etc.), wait for the Disney streaming service, or it's DOA.
As for lack of news, Freeform didn't want to pick up the show at that time because they are good on original programing and I'm guessing no other network wanted it either. That means it's either going to have to wait for a network to change its mind, renegotiate if there's some issue (i.e., related to cost, content, etc.), wait for the Disney streaming service, or it's DOA.
The word "docudrama" makes me think something along the lines of Reno 911 or Modern Family meets superheroes.