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Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors is a sweet superhero tale where, yes, a group of younger heroes come together to battle an extremist group. But more importantly than that, it's a superhero tale with diversity oozing out of every animated frame.
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Ms. Marvel, who idolizes Captain Marvel and is inspired by her, instead leads the Secret Warriors movie, showcasing her origin tale, her relationship with her mother and her struggle for acceptance in a culture that is adverse to the creation of the Inhumans -- the latter being people who gain superpowers after getting into contact with a gas substance called Terrigen Mists.What Secret Warriors is doing particularly well is that it isn't shying away from its focus on diversity in any part of its plot. In particular, the storyline aims at a brewing conflict between humans and an extremist group of Inhumans, the latter believing that a war between the two groups is inevitable. Khan ends up stuck in the middle, as an Inhuman herself who doesn't believe the conflict is needed.
Another refreshing carryover from Marvel comics is America Chavez. Her origin story, which sees Chavez's two mothers sacrificing themselves to protect their daughter, remains completely intact and sympathetic. Chavez herself demonstrates herself as a formidable ally, having super strength and the ability to fly. It's a nice start for LGBT representation on the animated side of the Marvel universe for now.
Wasn't Captain Marvel a man?
(Score: 1) by Blymie on Tuesday October 02 2018, @11:40PM
People get upset about revisionist history. In this case, it may not be (I haven't looked into your historical statements), but the thought of such things, and the external appearance to the OP, apparently causes the same distress many feel -- when history is changed to help with the current political climate.
Do you know how many horror/drama tales are written around regime changes happening in countries, and after the "past" is changed because it is inconvenient for the current regime? History books changed, books burned, lies told about the past, the list goes on an on. So yes, when people change "what was", and pretend it was actually something different -- it can greatly annoy people. It can even scare people.
Because the most evil and totalitarian regimes in the history of this world, have changed history too. You never change history. You leave it as it was. You move forward.
I don't get why people can't simply invent new stories. What's the point of taking what someone fondly recalls as a child, and changing it entirely? One feels cheated! I'd feel the same way, if Wonder Woman became Wonder Man -- I have fond memories of those comics, and of that TV show from the 70s/80s. It was the same with the Ghostbusters... all I saw was people all excited it was an all-female cast?!
Make your own movie! Its own premise!