Mera and Wonder Woman have been fantastic characters and much better than any of the female characters Marvel has done so far. Perfectly cast, well written competent and strong women yet not falling into the stereotypical "strong independent woman needs now man". Really good work. Looking forward to what they continue to do with them. Marvel should take notes.
shareI agree but I think Marvel is taking notes and have been improving their female characters since Civil War. Still DC has the up hand in this but Marvel is doing better than when they started.
Actually their strength and advantage of it is what me so disappointed with birds of prey. I had faith in that movie despite the strange trailer and comments by Ewan Mcgregror being on being a feminist movie.
I really thought it was not gonna be another case of female ghostbusters, oceans 8 or Charlie’s Angels but sadly it was anyway apart from that Film DC has the advantage on their female characters however Marvel has that advantage with their male characters.
Honestly, they kind of do. WW, Mera, Harley Quinn, Amanda Waller, even side characters like Faora in Man of Steel outshine a lot of the MCU's female characters. They're not bad necessarily. I like BW, Gamora, Nebula, the Wasp, and even Carol Danvers fine. But it seems like the DCEU lets its female characters breathe.
shareNot really. Wonder Woman might have two solo movies, but the second one sucked, and while Gal Gadot might be adored, her acting is still bad. Birds of Prey was a terrible movie, Harley Quinn is annoying and I never found Margot Robbie that attractive, and Amanda Waller was a joke in both Suicide Squad movies despite being perfectly cast. Mera was alright, not bad but not great.
Black Widow was a cool character, but her movie sucked. Captain Marvel, don’t even get me started. WandaVision, however, was actually a good show, and Wanda herself is a good, despite the fake accent. Gamora was alright at first but she got cool as time went on, same with Nebula. Wasp was more likable in Ant Man 2. I even liked Kate Bishop more then I thought I would.
For the most part, Marvel has handled its female characters quite well (other than Captain Marvel), better than DC so far. DC might have more female-centric movies, but that doesn’t mean they’re treating their female characters better, especially since most of those movies sucked. If anyone should take notes, it’s DC.
With that said, the rise of the M-she-U and the D-she-EU has left me little hope that we’ll be seeing likable and well-written female characters (or male characters for that matter) from either company for the foreseeable future.