Yeah, there's a lot of stuff with writers feeling that they have to artificially inject some kind of masculinity into female characters, rather than allowing their natural strengths to shine through.
On another note, sorry you've been out of sorts lately. Life chucks all kinds of curved balls at us. When one hits it can be a bummer. Long as we duck most of them. Keep on keeping on :)
It would make more sense if it subverted the toxic male trope.
Show the guy getting genuinely upset. The tough-guy attitude melts away as he bursts into tears. His friends saying "oh it's okay, come here, give us a hug." and then the guy coming out all argumentative: "I hope you're proud of yourself! He's got a medical condition." And then take the scene from there!
The “Toxic Male” trope is played out. We get it, men are terrible people. That bar scene made my eyes roll.
And why does Hollywood portray strong women as women that act like strong men (well at least when it comes to physical capabilities, men have other good qualities that have nothing to do with strength)?
It is really sad how entertaiment has turned out, i was having a great time watching this episode until that scene, there are more subtle woke itens throughout the episode, but it was "ok", but this scene just draged me out of the imersion. I imediately realized how i watched Reacher, and there was not a single moment that i felt that way, you can see some small woke there too, but nearly imperceptible. I do believe it's the studio hand other than James Gunn's in this specific scene.
As for Gunn vs the studio, I'm leaning toward Gunn tbh. He has some "woke redemption" points to earn back after all. And the actress is his fiancé so I'm guessing he wanted to give her a "badass" scene, and what better way than to fight off all the other potential suitors.
Yeah, there's a lot of stuff with writers feeling that they have to artificially inject some kind of masculinity into female characters, rather than allowing their natural strengths to shine through.
On another note, sorry you've been out of sorts lately. Life chucks all kinds of curved balls at us. When one hits it can be a bummer. Long as we duck most of them. Keep on keeping on :)
Sorry I missed this comment back when you posted it. Thank you!
It would make more sense if it subverted the toxic male trope.
Show the guy getting genuinely upset. The tough-guy attitude melts away as he bursts into tears. His friends saying "oh it's okay, come here, give us a hug." and then the guy coming out all argumentative: "I hope you're proud of yourself! He's got a medical condition." And then take the scene from there!
Yes! See, this would be funny. The one good scene in Aquaman kind of did this.
Now that actually made me laugh. Haha.
The “Toxic Male” trope is played out. We get it, men are terrible people. That bar scene made my eyes roll.
And why does Hollywood portray strong women as women that act like strong men (well at least when it comes to physical capabilities, men have other good qualities that have nothing to do with strength)?
I agree, but to me, the worst part was she sayimg 'i just want to have a beer but i can't, why? because i wear makeup?"
So you go to a BAR at night, you are a pretty woman, and you don't want a man to aproach you...
Why don't you go buy a beer at a store and drink home alone...
This is a good point. She's also sitting at the bar rather than at a table. Not exactly sending out the "leave me alone" vibe.
It is really sad how entertaiment has turned out, i was having a great time watching this episode until that scene, there are more subtle woke itens throughout the episode, but it was "ok", but this scene just draged me out of the imersion. I imediately realized how i watched Reacher, and there was not a single moment that i felt that way, you can see some small woke there too, but nearly imperceptible. I do believe it's the studio hand other than James Gunn's in this specific scene.
Yeah Reacher is great. I need to finish that.
As for Gunn vs the studio, I'm leaning toward Gunn tbh. He has some "woke redemption" points to earn back after all. And the actress is his fiancé so I'm guessing he wanted to give her a "badass" scene, and what better way than to fight off all the other potential suitors.
Yeah, i didn't know about him and she... you might be right.