re: Natalie Portman to play the first female “Thor”

quote:

---

Peggy Carter had a short running TV show. It was kind of good at first.

---

It was actually a great show that introduced a pretty decent villain (Madame Masque) and had a lot of potential going forward with Leviathan (Soviet version of Hydra) as an adversary.

Possibly, or Jane Foster getting something to actually do was appealing to her.

Gonna really piss her off if we're heading to Secret Empire and she causes HydraCap to get the hammer.

quote:

---

Does it?

It’s his name.

Someone else can wield the hammer sure

But idk about being Thor.

---

"Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor."

Not "power of this hammer", but "power of Thor".

It's a bit of a holdover.

Back before Blake and Thor were the same person the cane made em switch places basically.

Then it became Blake/Thor were always the same.

Beta Ray Bill cements the idea of the power of Thor being a mantle. But it doesn't stop Thor from existing and it doesn't weaken Thor.

So nowadays Mjolnir is more a gatekeeper testing a hero's heart and a able to bestow a blessing of power upon those so worthy.

Her phoning in her performance in nearly every blockbuster she's been in doesn't leave me with a lot of confidence. She clearly prefers more artistic films and less special effect centric movies.

No issue with other people wielding the hammer and having powers of Thor

I think it just doesn’t make sense for them to be like “oh Thor is Thor anymore. This new Thor is”

quote:

---

Where does it say that comic books have to equally represent genders/races/sexualities?

---

"It" doesn't. That is a very spoiled child question to ask. I legitimately hope that you are no older than 15.

Comics are not read by one demographic, but for many years, they were written by one. Outside of a few outliers, minority heroes were little more than tokens and female heroes were there for skimpy outfits. Asking for representation isn't asking for equality. It's asking to widen the demographic of writers to hopefully widen the appeal of all the characters in the comics.

This issue exists in the publishing world. Why do female authors use pen names of initials? Because publishers tell them people won't buy non-romance novels written by women. This is stupid, and the industry is correcting itself. Women aren't recently winning Hugo awards because of an SJW agenda; they are succeeding because publishers are finally putting out their works, and other women are emboldened to write.

There is no quota, and there is no attack on you. Your life is full of women and minorities. Art doesn't have to mirror the real world, but it's nice when it is populated like it. Enjoy your junior year of high school. Try talking to a woman this school year.

quote:

---

You are pathetic.

---

I'm not the one complaining about a "new" female comic book character who has existed for years.

quote:

---

Women represent roughly half of the US population (and world).

A few more titles going to women character or writers isn’t going to push out the majority of male characters and writers.

---

I don't care about male characters. I'm asking why comic book gender/racial distribution should be perfectly aligned to world gender/racial distribution.

Most of the world isnt white, so are you saying its bad most marvel characters are white?

In 50 years when the US is majority Hispanic is marvel comics supposed have majority Hispanic characters by then?

Why arent the majority of characters Chinese/Indian right now?

Is the process of comic creation initiated by choosing the race/gender first and then constructing a story? Would that yield good storytelling? Better yet, has Hollywood produced anything good by focusing primarily on race/gender?

What other forms of media or business should also be mandated to align their business with worldly gender/race population distribution?