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re: San Diego Comic-Con Mega-Thread: Updates and Discussion
Posted on 7/28/14 at 9:12 am to Baloo
Posted on 7/28/14 at 9:12 am to Baloo
They cater to their audience.
Like I said, they have been trying to reach out. Look at the new Miss Marvel. She is a Muslim high school student. No sexual undertones at all. That would be weird. The comic is actually really good as well.
The new Black Widow run is also great and devoid of any sexualization.
I expect the new Thor to have the same impact. It'll be talked about by feminists and then things will return to the way they've always been.
This post was edited on 7/28/14 at 9:14 am
Posted on 7/28/14 at 9:28 am to Scruffy
I do agree they are making progress. But we are talking about an industry whose target market is teenage boys, which leads to a lot of stupid over-sexualization of characters (Psylocke is actually one of the more egregious historical examples - she went from a conservative and modest British lady to a sleek Asian-ish killer who wear next to nothing.). We're into the gimmick casting era, which comes before actually making powerful female characters whose first attribute isn't "I'm a girl". It's progress, but the list of legitimately interesting, well-rounded female characters in the superhero universe is still rather small.
And it was funny that Comic Con made a bunch of Marvel fanboys sit through the lecture. Probably the people who most needed to hear it, and were least likely to listen.
And it was funny that Comic Con made a bunch of Marvel fanboys sit through the lecture. Probably the people who most needed to hear it, and were least likely to listen.
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