[Editorial] Jessica Jones & Supergirl: Apples & Oranges (Major Spoilers)
Supergirl is popularly referred to as “Girl Flash”, which is definitely true. The Kreisberg/Berlanti machine makes television shows under a certain formula that fans across their serieses can pick out – it’s not that subtly done. The problem with that qualifier is that nobody is looking to Legends of Tomorrow and calling that “Time Traveling Supergirl”. Why does WB’s female show require qualification through comparison to one of its MANY male led counterparts?
I took these promotional images from the Major Spoilers site. There's nothing that's actually wrong with the editorial in question; I just think Marvel Studios gets a lot of artificial heat from people looking for an issue. |
I dropped the following comment on the site. It maybe makes me a sexist pig, but it was intended to point out the length of time needed to raise and allocate $100 million:
Avi Arad was king in 2006. |
Against that backdrop, there was NO CHANCE that they were going to start making experimental movies about extremely untested female superheroes. In fact, it's pretty surprising that they went with Iron Man first; at the time, nearly everyone thought that Captain America was the only character that Marvel still owned that was worth ANYTHING.
Marvel did a round of male superhero movies because they basically HAD to, and then they made the Avengers and did a round of sequels because that's how you make money. That said, we are only just now entering the period in which the studio can pretty much do what it wants creatively, and look where we are. You have the perhaps the best female-led action/PI show in history, Agents of SHIELD with so many female leads that there's effectively no male lead in many episodes, Agent Carter (with no male lead at all), and plans for Captain Marvel on the drawing board.
Truth is, Marvel's not getting enough credit because people are impatient and ignorant about finance. Making these movies is a long game with very high stakes, and Marvel Studios has only had true Freedom of Maneuver for the past couple of years.
No comments:
Post a Comment