Yeah this sort of thing is just a bit annoying to me. Having thought about it more I think the real problem I have with it, is it’s always sold with the idea of showing that women can do anything men can do, but then the result is crap and the whole franchise dies so the actual message is the opposite. You had a franchise made popular by men, it’s handed over to a woman… aaand it’s dead. Which isn’t even a true picture because:
a) it’s usually a franchise that ran out of ideas anyway so casting a woman was just a desperate shark jumping moment that was the final nail in the coffin, and
b) the reason it was crap is usually not because a woman did it, but rather a female version of male character type show/movie is warmed up leftovers, not the sort of project that gets handled by the best creative talent.
I just wish there were more interesting and inspiring characters that were actually written for women in the first place, instead of trying to put women in the worn out shoes of men.
I agree stunt casting can be used to paper over a weak movie, I just don’t view ethnicity/race/gender/sex as critical to most huge franchise movies.
I agree that executed poorly it will be bad and unsatisfying. But if they’re out of ideas and shark jumping going with the same sex again won’t make the movie any better.
I truly think we’re in personal preference territory here
Yeah this sort of thing is just a bit annoying to me. Having thought about it more I think the real problem I have with it, is it’s always sold with the idea of showing that women can do anything men can do, but then the result is crap and the whole franchise dies so the actual message is the opposite. You had a franchise made popular by men, it’s handed over to a woman… aaand it’s dead. Which isn’t even a true picture because:
a) it’s usually a franchise that ran out of ideas anyway so casting a woman was just a desperate shark jumping moment that was the final nail in the coffin, and
b) the reason it was crap is usually not because a woman did it, but rather a female version of male character type show/movie is warmed up leftovers, not the sort of project that gets handled by the best creative talent.
I just wish there were more interesting and inspiring characters that were actually written for women in the first place, instead of trying to put women in the worn out shoes of men.
I agree stunt casting can be used to paper over a weak movie, I just don’t view ethnicity/race/gender/sex as critical to most huge franchise movies.
I agree that executed poorly it will be bad and unsatisfying. But if they’re out of ideas and shark jumping going with the same sex again won’t make the movie any better.
I truly think we’re in personal preference territory here