Brie Larson the frontrunner for Captain Marvel - Page 19

*ZariusTwo* · 03-02-2019, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by ProphetofGanja

Wow, a bunch of white guys decided that representation in media doesn’t matter
*eyes roll so hard they pop out of my f#cking head*

This place is a serious trip sometimes

Representation is a just a forum weapon and/or buzz word these days, it's lost all meaning.

~~Sumac~~ · 03-02-2019, 03:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Turo602

I know right? Wasn't it the feminists complaining about her armpits or some sh*t?

Pssst! Don't mention it - you're breaking "progressive narrative" that only white men can be picky retards!

*Prowler* · 03-02-2019, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Leo656

Some really good posts in here. What else needs to be said?

Representation is nice, but not every character that represents a minority group deserves a parade just for existing.

I'm old enough to remember Milestone Comics, aka "Super-heroes For Black People", as if black people couldn't be bothered to like Superman and Batman. They "needed" their own characters "just for them", I guess. They had a "black variant" of just about every super-hero archetype... And in the end, black people kept buying Superman and Batman anyways, and the line that was created BY a group of minorities, FOR a group of minorities, went under in about a year. Which tells me that "representation" doesn't matter as much as 1. Good characters, and 2. Good stories. Out of the entire Milestone line, only Static had any measure of success. They even tried to bring it back a few years ago as part of the DCU proper, and people STILL don't care about Milestone. That speaks volumes.

People shouldn't be trying to win Bonus Points for inclusion; just tell good stories and keep it real, so to speak, and the rest takes care of itself. People can often recognize when they're being pandered to, and they generally don't like it.

Indeed. It's just like when a guy shows way too much interest in a chick. She'll be turned off by it, because the guy will come across as desperate.

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Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

Getting to a point? More like reached it a few years back.

I had a feeling it did already, but I wasn't 100% sure since I'm rather out of touch

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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Representation is fine... it's this notion that representation in film > quality that is pretty problematic. If you have a vision and your vision is for four friends going on an adventure, you shouldn't be bullied into making one of them black, one of them Chinese, and one of them a trans man... or conversely, you shouldn't get "bonus points" for doing that on your own (unless their racial/identities somehow fuel the plot). It seems like right now a lot of bonus points are being awarded to run of the mill movies that wouldn't be given a second thought if they weren't built up as "important" movies. That's not right.

And I'm not white either.

Exactly! That's how I feel as well.

*neatoman* · 03-02-2019, 01:45 PM

Come to think of it, wouldn't arguing "childhood role model" work better for the other Captain Marvel? You know, since he's actually a child.

*Andrew NDB* · 03-02-2019, 02:50 PM

Here's Michelle Yeoh on diversity in movies:

https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/201...r-or-diversity

Good on her.

*Autbot_Benz* · 03-02-2019, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Here's Michelle Yeoh on diversity in movies:

https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/201...r-or-diversity

Good on her.

Finally someone who makes sense

*Papenbrook* · 03-02-2019, 06:32 PM

Yeah, for people with a disregard for gender/ racial representation, it makes sense.

**Jester** · 03-02-2019, 06:38 PM

You heard it here first folks, Michelle Yeoh, star of a movie with an all Asian cast, has a disregard for gender/racial representation.

*Turo602* · 03-02-2019, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Jester

You heard it here first folks, Michelle Yeoh, star of a movie with an all Asian cast, has a disregard for gender/racial representation.

*Autbot_Benz* · 03-02-2019, 07:55 PM

Brie wants to be a Jedi Now

https://comicbook.com/starwars/2019/...-con-revealed/

Star Wars
✔
@starwars

"I got to hold his [@SamuelLJackson's] lightsaber! He brought it to me on set on May the 4th, and I cried. It was so cool. I wanna be a Jedi.’-@brielarson via @EW’s #CaptainMarvel cover story.

The Force is definitely with you, Captain. 💪

~~Sumac~~ · 03-02-2019, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Papenbrook

Yeah, for people with a disregard for gender/ racial representation, it makes sense.

Yeah, because, everyone with different opinion are "disregarding" it.

How does it feel to live in the world where you are considering everyone to be an enemy? Must be pretty exhausting.

*Warhorse* · 03-03-2019, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Papenbrook

Yeah, for people with a disregard for gender/ racial representation, it makes sense.

Let me guess, you would be the kind of person signing a petition to turn one of the TMNT into a female just for representations sake?

*ZariusTwo* · 03-03-2019, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Autbot_Benz

Brie wants to be a Jedi Now

https://comicbook.com/starwars/2019/...-con-revealed/

Star Wars
✔
@starwars

"I got to hold his [@SamuelLJackson's] lightsaber! He brought it to me on set on May the 4th, and I cried. It was so cool. I wanna be a Jedi.’-@brielarson via @EW’s #CaptainMarvel cover story.

That's cool, could you care to convey any of this emotion in the movie?

*Autbot_Benz* · 03-03-2019, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

That's cool, could you care to convey any of this emotion in the movie?

you want Emotion from Brie Larson in a movie

the best you will get is this

*ZariusTwo* · 03-03-2019, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Autbot_Benz

you want Emotion from Brie Larson in a movie

the best you will get is this

https://i.imgur.com/JvHnwJ2.jpg

*Papenbrook* · 03-03-2019, 03:23 PM

... sexist and demeaning ...

... and on Women's History Month no less ...

*Autbot_Benz* · 03-03-2019, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Papenbrook

... sexist and demeaning ...

... and on Women's History Month no less ...

how is saying Brie having the emotional range of a plank of wood is sexist?

~~Sumac~~ · 03-03-2019, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

That's cool, could you care to convey any of this emotion in the movie?

Given emotional range of Rey, she can easily play her long lost sister or something like that.

*Papenbrook* · 03-03-2019, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Autbot_Benz

how is saying Brie having the emotional range of a plank of wood is sexist?

You're basically saying that she has to smile.

She can choose to show any emotion. You can't impose your standards on her character.

~~Sumac~~ · 03-03-2019, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Papenbrook

... sexist and demeaning ...

... and on Women's History Month no less ...

Yeah, because, when you are criticizing one woman, you are automatically criticizing all women in the world.
If I say something negative about acting range of the male actors, would it mean that I am criticizing all men in the world? Or you won't be triggered by it, miss Snowflake?

And why should I care what month is this?
If it was teadrinkers month, I wouldn't be able to criticize people who drink tea or something?

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Papenbrook I'm leaving. Goodbye. :) Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: No comment -_- ... Posts: 2,754	... sexist and demeaning ... ... and on *Women's History Month* no less ...