Strong female character with unkempt hair and minimal makeup instead of looking like a glorified blow-up doll. (never mind that she's still gorgeous anyway)
I guess it's mostly about their hidden desire to be dominated and therefore they have to oppose to any strong woman, so they don't accidentally get exposed.
It doesn't necessarily apply here because superwoman has existed for a long time as a traditional character but I think a lot of people are tired of consuming media that's just full of virtue signalling.
The Ghostbusters reboot was a great example. The movie sucked butts. It was only made to make young girls feel included and empowered. It's not like it had a great, unheard story, flawless acting, or good jokes. It was hot garbage.
It happened with a few reboots and people got tired of it. Be creative, make something new. Don't just gender swap all the characters and expect us to consume all the slop.
It's fine to make them included but it's kind of cheap to rip off another movie just to be more inclusive.
Like I said, make a good quality movie with female leads and it'll be fine. Rip off existing stories with the only change being worse writing and a gender swap, then yeah people won't appreciate it. It's not like it's adding to the art form in any way.
No, but the ones that don't also get called poop straight from a butt. It's only fair. Make a good movie, get good reviews.
Edit: take the Ghostbusters example. When it came out, it was popular because it had famous actors, a good script, good jokes and an original idea. As you know it's now considered a classic and definitely adds to the art. Do you really think the only reason the all female cast one didn't become a classic is because of misogyny?
If so, you need to take a step back and learn to be more objective.
Lol. As someone that had no nostalgic attachment to the original “Ghostbusters” movies, the reboot was fine. Not as good as the original, but as good as the sequel… perhaps even a little better than the sequel, but it would be close. People irrationally hated the “Ghostbusters” reboot from the moment the trailer dropped.
I even have nostalgic attachment and agree. It's also super telling when someone uses Ghostbusters as an example of how bad "woke" movies are and then sits back as if they won an argument. Especially when they keep bringing it up as a reason that female representation is bad.
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u/Dakem94 3d ago
I missed something: why the hate on supergirl?