Something else is outrageous

Black Nerd beat me to most of the problems with the Jem movie, but there is a lot more to the problem posed by such an example of missing the point.

While it's not just this movie (how much do we know about Black Widow as a character?  How many people has she saved or killed?), this movie is nothing but an example of what's wrong with media.

The movie being the director's rehash of his Pitch Perfect is hardly a flaw compared to the message of the movie.  Anyone who has seen the old cartoon (or the IDW comic, uses google, or used youtube), will see the same archaic attitude that has ruined other works: You don't deserve this because you are female.

Men get the superheroes with alternate identities.  You get another Hannah Montana.  You don't get someone who fights crime, you get someone covered in make up who fights someone who creates makeup.You don't get to solve mysteries with the help of sci-fi computers.  You don't get complicated plots, characters, redemption, encouragement to use your brain, told you can be independent, or deadly rivals. You get...well, that's about it: makeup, and underage girls trying to be popular.

The shows of yesteryear like Supergirl, Wonderwoman, and even Elektra that failed because of lack of trying and lack of exposure have been replaced with Catwoman, the failed Wonderwoman pilot, the firing and rehiring of Gail Simone, the abruptly ended Young Justice cartoon, and the facepalming Supergirl show. While greater in number, so is the misogyny that created and ended them--you are female and people SHOULD look down on you.  This is how women need to be treated, according to us, people who wish to shape the world of your sons, fathers, and lovers...because we've given up on your mothers, daughters, and don't believe in those other kinds of lovers.


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Thor Loser

Oh, Marvel. You were doing so well, even when not compared to DC. You gave us a Pakistani-American who was well-written, stood up for She-Hulk, and you let a black guy be Captain America for a while (we all know Steve is going to come back and take his title back).

What happened to you?

Now, I'm not complaining that Thor is female. Thor has been a woman before, it was just still, well, Thor with an X chromosome instead of a Y (or whatever the Norse gods have).

I'm complaining that some woman who is not Thor is now Thor. This confusion never happened when an alien named Beta Ray Bill could wield Mjolnir; his name was Beta Ray Bill. It never changed to Thor. A frog touched a piece of Mjolnir and became the Mighty Frog, not Thor. Thor as a woman was still Thor. So why is a woman who was never named Thor now called Thor?

Hut hey, why can't Marvel go back to its origins? Why not go back to the same way Donald Black used to become Thor?

...Because they didn't. The original Thor is still Thor, just no the wielder or the hammer, whose name is Thor when—I'm sorry, I've gone cross-eyed.

Marvel has given their readers some great females in he past. From She-Hulk who is happy with her large body, torn clothes, and is a professional lawyer; to Ms. Marvel who is an airplane captain and outranks Captain America in the military. But they've never needed to be special or different from the men to show that they could be their equals or even superiors. This female Thor should be no exception. When you make a woman a special snowflake like this, it demeans her and others; you're saying 'you're a woman, so we have to take special care of you'.

Screw that. She throws lightning. How delicate can she be?

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