so today I want to have a positive discussion about the Captain Marvel
movie because while the superhero herself might not be looking so good
right now her alter-ego Carol Danvers is looking
freaking fantastic lace brie Larson does from pictures that were released earlier
this week of her visiting an Air Force Base to do research for the role and I
was actually planning to do a video about how excited I am for those
pictures before the photos from the set leaked showing once again that hideous
super suit but you know what we covered that and I want to circle back and still
have this discussion about Carol Danvers because I think it's not only very
promising but very important not just the movie but to the way women are
depicted on screen and female heroes etc etc it's actually really exciting but at
first I wanted to have a little bit of a rebuttal to the supersuit discussion
from yesterday because some hardcore Marvel Marvel defenders and that's cool
came up kind of like a you know a strong line of defense for the suit right I saw
it across the internet right and the the defense was that's not our final suit
right and that it's a Kree suit right and I think a lot of hardcore
Marvel fans thought that would end the discussion not so because I think both
your points are incorrect so I wanted to point that out so the first thing I want
to talk about is the fact that saying it's a Kree suit and I would like to
remind you that in my video I said that I did expect those to be the Kree colors
and that's why she was wearing them but you can make a crease suit that looks
good that doesn't look like a cheap Avengers suit right I mean you've seen
it in the enemy and some animation etc and it can look good
otherworldly exciting there are lots of things that can be instead of what we've
got here also I'd like to point out that if it's someone else's suit it wouldn't
fit her as well as it does I don't actually think it fits her that well but
I mean there's tailoring versus of whether or not it actually fits and well
I think it's poorly tailored it's definitely her suit so it's not like she
some some people said oh she's borrowing Jude Law's I don't think that's the case
at all in fact I would have preferred that if it didn't
right I think I think I would be interesting if she escaped and this was
the only thing that she could find to wear and that would be cool but that's
not what we're looking at that asked for this isn't her final suit you know what
it is I think the colors will change but that's her final suit now a number of
you have pointed to the concept art and said see this is what its gonna look
like but I'd like to just point out how this suit that we're looking at now
actually has so many of the elements in the concept art that clearly they just
poorly executed the concept art it's got the exact same shape of the shoulder
pads it's got the Hollis star it's got the belt in the right place and has the
hip squares it has the exact design of the boots in terms of where the lines go
I mean that's the suit she's just I guess eventually gonna decide why am I
wearing Cree colors I'm back on earth I'm gonna wear these instead so that's
what it looks like some of you said maybe it's a stunt suit she's not a
stunt person we've seen many Avengers filming and they do not dawn very
different suits for stunt work and it just you know this is the suit and you
should just accept it and then you know if you want to defend as is fine but
don't go around claiming that this isn't the suit because it clearly is
alright so also another couple other interesting points that were brought up
I said I didn't think it was good that it was loose-fitting and I think that
it's a misguided attempt to be more feminist right like oh she should wear a
super-tight suit you're like yeah I think she should but not for reasons of
having sex appeal but it's actually a female viewer pointed out she has to be
aerodynamic to be able to fly this suit looks like it would have a lot of drag
so it doesn't make any sense unless she's not gonna fly and then how many
female superheroes that fly in the comics are we gonna have that don't fly
on screen it's getting ridiculous but as for the hair and this was another point
that I saw a number of people make which I agree not only does not look good but
show me show us a woman who in real life does physical activity without pulling
her hair back right and even our most our favorite silver screen heroines are
guilty of not doing this with the exception of Sarah Connor and Larry
Croft god bless both of them they look and they look fabulous still and I have
to say when I saw brie Larson and these photos at the Air Force Base sporting a
hairstyle worn by so many women in the military
I got so excited for Captain Marvel because I thought that was the look she
would Don and maybe she will still on her Carol Danvers persona but I don't
see why it would translate to Captain Marvel as well I mean it looks it's
realistic and it also still looks fabulous
so I just kind of imagined that that's what we were seeing with her on the Air
Force Base would be what we saw with just for wearing the super suit so
imagine my surprise when that's not the case whatsoever and I would also like to
say that you can have a crappy suit but still have not only a great movie
perhaps even more importantly a great character and that's again what I want
to discuss so brie Larson oscar-winning actress that she is decided to do her
research she's done it before reading the comic and rocking the look adorable
that photo that she tweeted out a while ago went a long way to making me get
excited about her in the role I appreciated that dedication and then
here most recently she's gone to an Air Force Base to learn what it's like to be
in an Air Force fighter pilot but not just the flying part I was impressed it
seemed that she was learning but the camaraderie as well because get this
Tony Stark is an inventor and industrial Titan Bruce Banner is a tortured
scientist natasha romanoff is a former Russian spy and killer Scott Lang a
former thief the list goes on and on and as you might now just be noticing it's
all a bunch of loners no wonder civil war was unavoidable even Nick Fury and
Maria Hillier Lauder's as part of a clandestine unit and now they're
unemployed and Steve Rogers he has the mindset of an outsider
you know first from his pre Super Soldier Serum days you know he hates
bullies right because he's you know even though he's now kind of looks like he
would be the bully heir he still has that history of you know of being
bullied it's like it's that saying that whatever you're like during your
formative years that's the persona you carry for the rest of your life no
matter how you might change physically right I think that's fascinating and I
think it's very well depicted with Steve Rogers you know Chris Evans version of
him and then of course he spent a lot of time and ice and now he's a man out of
time so there's that element as well although
to be fair Carol Danvers well apparently have the same situation maybe cuz it's
not so much time has passed it's nice bad for her and what we'll see but
anyway just like she's in the comics it seems that Carol Danvers will continue
to be a well-adjusted noir people person oh that's amazing well
anybody be able to relate to that it just seemed crazy right but maybe she'll
be aspirational like the Avengers version of Pollyanna right let's play
the glad game everybody and well fighter pilots are known for being hotshots
still at the end of the day maverick and Iceman needed each other yes Top Gun
speaking of maverick and Iceman that is a fan favorite movie because of its
cheesy over-the-top depiction of hyper masculinity and it's fun and it's a
cinematic classic there's nothing wrong with Top Gun but one of the things that
it does is help cement the idea that fighter pilots are all dudes and for a
very long time that was the case in fact when Carol Danvers was first introduced
the 1960s she was the air force's security chief because women weren't
allowed to be combat pilots and it wasn't until 1993 that the u.s. allowed
women to become fighter pilots and today while their numbers are still few there
are female fighter pilots not just the United States but across the globe and
some of them even give their lives and it's more women join the military but
also police departments and fire departments I think it'll be
tremendously valuable to see a popular character like Carol Danvers in the MCU
which is crushing it right now right representing them on the silver screen
as a successful member of a team I think that's so important I mean along to up
for a long time the narrative of women in these groups is that they stand apart
they you know they come in and they show the boys how it's done
and they're always set apart is the one female member of the team I think it's
really important to show a woman who is simply a member of the team front and
then with Carol Danvers it'll be from the Air Force to eventually the Avengers
and so with these picks I didn't see brie Larson but I saw Carol Danvers and
I'm beginning to see what Kevin Feige must have seen although I still don't
know what he was thinking when he approved that suit right he had to
approve it and I don't know why he was like ah back to the drawing board
yes now also Larson is an activist and Carol Danvers has a history there as
well which might have also attracted brie Larson to the role for instance
back in the late 70s in the comic Danvers was actually requesting equal
pay at work in the comic book story that's amazing so I wouldn't be
surprised to see that element in the film just a little bit
like that she's a team player but to a point and that's an important
distinction that many women today are learning you know just today that it's
crucial for advancement in the workplace in society to understand that you know
women for a long time it felt oh when I go into the workplace I want to be seen
as a team player even you know I'm gonna try and give that image even though
perhaps and not perceived that way and maybe that sometimes that leads to
making decisions that women are comfortable with Scarlett Johansson
actually made a speech like that on the recent women's march day to that effect
and so it would be great to see that shown by a character and an important
part of that is once you make your point and you stand the line you hold the line
then you go back to being a good member of the team that's really important as
well and I think that we'll see that now speaking of the team lately in the
comics Carol Danvers has begun taking on leadership positions in the superhero
community The Avengers taking over Alpha Flight
etc probably because she has this movie coming up but still what's nice about it
is her writers and all these stories have used for leadership opportunities
to show how it's her history of being a member of the team and a people person
that makes her such an effective and popular leader and I would love to see
that explored as well so all again her superhero suit is very unfortunate and
likely the one that we're stuck with what you're looking at here with these
Air Force pictures is the real Carol Danvers and I hope that shines through
even with that ugly suit and if it's done well enough it will and it's the
reason she'll be so unique to this not just the MCU but the superhero genre if
the MCU gets her right but I think so far it looks at least like brie Larson
understands or is beginning to understand the character so I'm curious
what do you think of these pictures from the Air Force Base and what do you think
of how Carol Danvers will likely differ from the other loners that currently
populate the MCU and do you agree that her Air Force uniform is perhaps just as
important or more important than the Captain Marvel one also your thoughts on
the hair the look etc and I have to say Black Widow Wonder Woman and other
characters out there you need the Carol Danvers with her fighter pilot next door
appeal will be as popular as they are I hope so I really do I think it's it's a
very I think this is a potential to be a really interesting character and it's
also pretty cool to see her finally come into her own after decades of being
known simply as rogues power source right so I'm curious
to hear your thoughts down below again we're trying to keep this conversation
positive again she could be a great character who's stuck wearing an ugly
suit right and me oh mate you know weak they're such a big resounding a response
yesterday they're just starting to film the Captain Marvel movie maybe they hurt
us and they can fix it a little bit okay also some of you said that this might be
you might be replacing stuff with CGI there's no reference points on the
costume you know for the for the you know you can see that they have dots
usually like that and also it would just be prohibitively expensive for that to
be the case all the time unless you were to become binary but it's way too soon
for that so anyway write your thoughts down below I'm sure we'll hope we'll
have lots of discussions have done this Captain Marvel movie you know over the
course of its until it comes out and with her debuting in The Avengers film
and again I'm very hopeful even if not for the suit for the character alright
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