re: Olivia Wilde Tapped To Direct Untitled Female-Centered Marvel Movie At Sony

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Spider-Woman.

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let me guess... zendaya?

Don Cheadle, Chris Hemsworth and Jeremy Renner clearly dislike her. Some of those interviews they did are very uncomfortable to watch. Cheadle can't hide his disdain for her and Hemsworth was a sarcastic a-hole to her the entire time.

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Capt Marvels backstory was stolen from A MAN, and given to Carol Danvers in the MCU. In her origin story, Carol Danvers superpowers dont happen without the male version of Capt Marvel already existing. The MCU simply ignores the original Capt Marvel, because he was a man.

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Not quite accurate. The movie gender swaps that character. Annette Benning's character was Wendy Lawson, a gender swapped version of Walter Lawson (Mar-Vell)

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Damn your life must be miserable

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this is you ahd TH03's go to comback when you have nothing to argue.

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Capt Marvels backstory was stolen from A MAN, and given to Carol Danvers in the MCU. In her origin story, Carol Danvers superpowers dont happen without the male version of Capt Marvel already existing. The MCU simply ignores the original Capt Marvel, because he was a man. You cant get any more woke than that. Thats on par with Harley Quinn acting like the Joker never existed. Because he was 'a man'

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imagine being an adult man who cares about the social politics of children's movies

where did it all go wrong

While Marvel certainly got lucky with Taika Waititi (a relatively unknown director who had not done anything really big budget prior to Thor: Ragnarok), his filmography was still a good bit larger than Olivia Wilde's before he did his first MCU movie. Wilde's list is insanely short.

Her director credits:

Don't Worry, Darling (pre-production)
Wake Up (Short)
Booksmart
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Dark Necessities (Video short)
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros: No Love Like Yours (Video short)
Free Hugs (Short)

Booksmart is her only full length movie (still an indie film), but got good reviews.

That said, I've liked Spider-Woman in the comics, depending on the version. Sadly the Skrulls were made into good guys in the MCU, because otherwise her introduction could have led to Secret Invasion down the line.

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None of this is true. But the biggest problem with it is that the original Captain Marvel died of cancer in 1982 and it is essentially Marvel law that he is to never be resurrected due to the nature of his death. Considering there hasn't been a male Captain Marvel for near 40 years, the MCU didn't adapt a character from the 70s, it instead adapted a newer, popular character whose original comics written by Kelly Sue DeConnick were best sellers (Captain Marvel hasn't sold as well since DeConnick left, primarily because they aren't as good of writers as DeConnick).

And the MCU backstory used was Carol's, not MAr-Vell's, who was never human and rarely hung on earth (Starlin's comic was largely set in outer space). Side note, his primary villain was Drax.

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Eh, sort of. There was a male Captain Marvel in the 90s.

The order of Captain Marvels is:
1. Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell), the original (Marvel Comics) Captain Marvel
2. Monica Rambeau, also known as Photon, Pulsar and Spectrum (Black female Captain Marvel, from the 80s, and was also a leader of the Avengers - IMHO, way cooler and more interesting than Carol Danvers)
3. Genis-Vell, also known as Legacy and Photon (debuted as Captain Marvel in 1995, male)
4. Phyla-Vell, also known as Quasar and Martyr (debuted in 2004, female)
5. Noh-Varr, also known as Marvel Boy and Protector (was the Captain Marvel of the Dark Avengers)
6. Carol Danvers, the current Captain Marvel, formerly known as Ms. Marvel

There have technically been 3 male and 3 female Captain Marvels (not including from other companies, like DC's Captain Marvel, etc).

80s Era Monica Rambeau:



Various costumes and looks over the years:

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Cheadle can't hide his disdain for her and Hemsworth was a sarcastic a-hole to her the entire time.

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I'd disagree that Hemsworth was "a sarcastic a-hole to her the entire time" - she clearly initiated the bad blood while he was doing his best to be diplomatic. Her antagonistic nature is in clear opposition to Chris' easy-going personality.

That's SUPER clear when he gives a shout out to his stunt double, and she immediately uses it as an in to attack Chris. (Which we learn later that she, in fact, has two stunt doubles - so she insulted Chris AND the two women who have helped make her action scenes possible).

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You definitely didn't see Ocean's 8 or Charlie's Angels. Calling those woke is idiotic. As has been said, having women in lead roles is not woke, it's having women in lead roles. And having women be vocal about some cause outside of a movie role doesn't make anything said woman touches woke.

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Oceans 8 didn't seem woke to me, personally.
The recent Charlie's Angels, OTOH, is most assuredly. Not a single man in that movie is good and competent. They're either evil or buffoons.
If the women were the same way, then sure - it works as a comedy. They're not.

Now, if you're thinking the one with Diaz, Liu, and Barrymore - then no, that one is most assuredly NOT woke.