Imagination Connoisseur, Kitty Adams, posted this open letter to MCU fans complaining about the She-Hulk trailer that recently dropped promoting the series (currently planned for an August 2022 debut).
Move over boys …
“Ugh, everything is so woke now. Ugh, female lead. Ugh, just a girl version of Hulk. Ugh.”
Guess what? She-Hulk has been a well-established character in Marvel since 1980. So no, not “new” and not a “woke knockoff.”
And yeah, I see from the trailer that this show appears to have “female Millennial Marvel fans” as a target audience. Frankly, as the target demographic, I’m pumped.
But if your complaints about a lot of the new shows and movies are that female characters have been given a more central role, and you’re put out because after Loki, Falcon & Solider, Hawkeye, Moon Knight, Spiderman, and Dr. Strange, that we’re getting a FEMALE centric story … what’s your goal here?
Do you really think that Marvel should just be for men, about men, and the rest of us be excluded? What kind of grade school girls-have-cooties bullshit is that?
Women have been fans of Marvel even when we DIDN’T have much room at the table, and She-Hulk was one of the characters that elbowed our way in. We deserve a story about dealing with being a woman in her thirties being a reluctant superhero while trying to get shit done just like the male versions, which account for literally 91% of the Marvel titles.
If this isn’t your cup of tea, fine. Don’t drink. But if your knee-jerk reaction is initially the fact that it’s a female Hulk lawyer and that seems pointless to you, just go watch “BroMan: Badass Again with More Special effects.” You know, like most of the movies and shows that cater to you.
Don’t worry, pretty sure you’ll have another 10 lead male characters to imagine yourself as before we get another one.
– Kitty Adams (via Facebook)
Does “stunt casting” work?
Imagination Connoisseur, ROBB, shares his thoughts on how Star Trek: Discovery handled its casting of Democratic politician, Stacey Abrams, as the president of a united Earth in the show’s finale. Personal politics aside, ROBB seems to feel Star Trek’s producers missed an opportunity to send a message about unity at a time when we could all use it.
Will Superman be returning in 4K someday?
Long-time PGS Member, Kenny Kraly Jr., writes in to the LET’S GET PHYSICAL MEDIA show to ask for their predictions on the possibility of getting more Superman movies out on 4k Blu-Ray.
On the topic of “Gatekeeping” …
Imagination Connoisseur, Jason Miller, writes a letter of support for ROBSERVATIONS host, Robert Meyer Burnett, who has recently proclaimed himself the Gatekeeper of Geekdom. Jason shares his experience defending RMB’s joke (made on Twitter) and arrives at an inescapable conclusion that everyone should probably take to heart.
Attention Star Command, there seems to be a problem with Buzz Lightyear
ROADTRIPPIN’ co-hosts Robert Meyer Burnett and Mike Bawden respond to letters from listeners proposing a variety of reasons as to why Pixar’s latest animated feature, LIGHTYEAR, didn’t meet expectations during its opening weekend. Was it a result of bad casting, a strained relationship between studios, convoluted marketing or stronger-than-expected competition? No one is sure – but it’s possible the problem runs much deeper than an origin story for an action figure might let on.
How to accept Star Trek now so you don’t go insane!
Imagination Connoisseur, Adam Talley, writes in to explain how he now views the Star Trek franchise – a way that acknowledges the “good old days” so many OG fans pine for and the new innovations we’re seeing in stores, online, and in theaters.
Why is Obi-Wan the most boring thing about the Obi-Wan Kenobi streaming series on Disney+?
ROADTRIPPIN’ co-hosts Robert Meyer Burnett and Mike Bawden discuss the broader implications of a question posed by an Imagination Connoisseur who asks why Obi-Wan Kenobi is such a boring character in his own series. In fact, one could ask why so many Star Wars series seem to be “running in place” and not really going anywhere with characters who don’t seem to be doing all that much. Is there a larger force at work here that no one seems to acknowledge? And where have we heard THAT before?
Does it make sense to remake good movies?
ROADTRIPPIN’ co-hosts Robert Meyer Burnett and Mike Bawden respond to a letter from an Imagination Connoisseur who asks why Hollywood seems content remaking and re-booting successful movies rather than making movies with “great potential” that might have not met expectations when they were first released to the public. As Rob and Mike point out, there’s a lot more involved in a successful remake than one might imagine.
Rob comes out and admits he’s THE Gatekeeper of Fandom
Co-hosts Robert Meyer Burnett and Mike Bawden discuss Rob’s recent revelation that he is, in fact, THE GATEKEEPER OF ALL FANDOM and what Imagination Connoisseurs can now expect of him serving as the judge, jury and adjudicator of all things geeky. Plus interesting letters from fans.
Lots of Star Trek-y goodness on the Interwebs lately
In less time than it takes for a tribble to become a grandparent, here’s a list of the eight most interesting, Trek-related things we’ve found worth sharing with our fellow Imagination Connoisseurs …
Making a case for LIFE after ALIEN
Imagination Connoisseur, S’wak Props, thinks Ridley Scott could have done much better when it came to making a sequel to his 1979 sci-fi/horror classic, ALIEN. Instead of Scott’s ALIEN COVENANT, S’wak recommends you check out Daniel Espinosa’s LIFE which includes Jake Gyllenhaal and Ryan Reynolds among others in the cast.
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