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What's the big deal about this? It's a woman.


There have been plenty of women superheroes before: Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Hit-Girl.

You'd think this was the first time it has happened with Marvel, for god's sake! :D

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im more pissed they are making another dumb superhero movie then the fact she is a women. i could careless what gender the new superheros are i dont like em. so many dumb superhero fans buying this shit up...

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I wonder if Captain Marvel and Doctor Who both popped into the same clinic to have their sex change operations ? Personally I've cut off contact with both of them as I prefer to remember them the way they were

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Maybe, it's not misogyny and people just dislike racism. Gasp! Women don't get a free pass just because they have boobs and are pretty. .

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There haven't been plenty of super-heroine films, though. And sad to say, many people want it to stay this way.

The only reason some people like Wonder Woman, for example, is because a. Gal Gadot is conventionally attractive and b. WW does what a lot of feminist work feels it must to be included - and that's pander to male audiences.
Supergirl the film was a flop. Hit-Girl could easily be a male character.

Also, isn't this the first time in recent years Marvel has featured a female protagonist as its singular lead? I mean, Elektra doesn't count, does it? I can't say Black Widow really counts, either, as she's only ever been part of an ensemble, same as the women in X-Men.

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