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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: 2) by meustrus on Tuesday October 02 2018, @09:39PM (1 child)
The NFL is in a no win situation: yes.
They (the organization) could have avoided it: no.
Players are protesting something outside the NFL's control. The NFL itself doesn't care and can't really address police brutality. Meanwhile, comic book companies are trying to reach different demographics, a social issue that they are uniquely situated to address. The two may be related politically, but they are not comparable as business decisions. Especially because the players aren't making business decisions and aren't likely to face market consequences even if NFL viewership goes down.
Those that avoid the NFL because of Trump are doing it because of Trump. Not because of SJWs. Which I think is pretty indicative of the whole situation we're talking about: certain people want to stoke white rage in order to bolster their own goals, and without those people, we'd all be more likely to criticize things based on their own merits instead of the identities of the people involved.
As for The Last Jedi...from my perspective, that movie's biggest problem was pacing and that has nothing to do with social issues. The whole casino world subplot was pointlessly pointless, and I get the sense that it's only there to set up future movies. But what do you expect? They're just following the MCU forever-series formula, which until now at least has been pretty much entirely about white men in costumes.
If there isn't at least one reference or primary source, it's not +1 Informative. Maybe the underused +1 Interesting?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 02 2018, @10:09PM
To be fair, they've been doing this since the seventies but the difference was that those titled sold.
They are making business decisions, even if they don't know it. The NFL could have exercised "editorial" control over the narrative from the outset.
I agree with you but there were social issues on display, not least the Asian girl bringing The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in the pointless subplot you mentioned.
A movie that plays to universal human archetypes instead of deconstructionist dogma. A movie that honors the characters in the mythos. If the director wanted to "subvert expectations", he should have killed his protagonist. Obviously too much to expect, just as me bothering with any further Star Wars outings is too much for Disney to expect.