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demanding female superhero movies. what's next? - 9 views
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Lauren Portz on 14 Nov 14There has been a lot of talk about the inclusion of female roles in superhero movies. But instead of them being supporting roles, we are looking for them to star in their own films. We are looking for spin off movies for black widow, who played supporting roles in Iron Man and The Avengers. But they are also talking about bringing back Wonder Woman.
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haleygibbs05 on 01 Dec 14This article really shows how important the first female-led debute is right now and how if Marvel doesn't take advantage of it then someone else will. It's a big step but one that needs to be made and this article makes that clear. I really enjoyed reading it! -
jgrahek on 01 Dec 14I thought this article was very interesting. It touched base on how there is a demand for a female lead in a superhero movie instead of just a supporting role. One of the quotes mentioned in the article that I found interesting was that directors and producers were hesitant to make a female super hero movie because Catwoman and Elektra which starred female super heroes as the main character received poor consumer response in the box offices.
Why do good guy superheroes get a bad rep? - 8 views
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This article looks into how the society of today want a superhero that is not seen as boring but rather has a 'gritty' background. In order to modernize and feel relate-able the character must be darker and the story-line must fit into today's world, for example the dark knight fighting police corruption and urban terrorism.
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Agreed. People don't like a superhero as much if they obey all the rules all the time and are a law abiding citizen because it's boring. It's more appealing to people to watch them take the law into their own hands. Captain America is a perfect example and the opening line: "Captain America is only interesting if he's a prick." -
I definitely like the idea that superhero's are just as dark and as tortured as villains are. Everyone has a different background story, and they are not perfect, but it is what you do about your situation, and how you learn to grow from it. It makes it much more realistic for us to look at them and say "okay, they have their problems too"
Where did Storm go?: Representing Race and Gender in Superhero films - CURNBLOG - 8 views
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This article is about race and gender in superhero movies. I thought this quote from the article was really interesting "As somebody recently pointed out, there are currently more big budget superhero films headlined by blond men named Chris than by women and other ethnicities combined. Even when more diverse characters appear they do so in less prominent roles"
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I thought this was a great article for my research topic. A quote i enjoyed was when the author was talking about women in refrigerators and said, "female characters are killed off just to provide a motive for their male counterparts. In the films they seldom even garner this much attention". This is very true in many super hero movies.
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This was a good article for my topic. My paper deals with diversity in regards to both gender and race and supported some of the points in my research. I also liked the part about X-Men because that was the movie I coded and am using as examples for my paper.
List of all superheroes and villains | Superhero Database - 7 views
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This is a database with a good amount of superheroes and villains characters. It provides statistics relating to their intelligence, strength, endurance and so on. It can provide a specific schema for certain superheroes or villains.
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This is very helpful. This helps with statistical relations too intelligence, strength, and endurance. -
This is an awesome database, it is very helpful for my topic because I am looking at the underrepresentation of women as super heroes. I can easily go down this list and see that there are very few women.
Who Gets To Be A Superhero? Race And Identity In Comics : Code Switch : NPR - 4 views
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Also a new book covers this topic: "X-Men and the Mutant Metaphor." Interlibrary loan, anyone? And if you love social media, "Superhero Synergies" might interest you.
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"Personal prejudice: Hispanic and Latino women with blond hair look like hookers to me, no matter how clean or "cute" they are. Somehow those skin tones that look so good with dark, dark hair just don't work for me with lighter shades. Like I said - personal prejudice." This quote really stuck out to me. People like this are a major contributing factor in the lack of diversity not only in superhero films, but the film industry in general.
The Superhero Diversity Problem - 15 views
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This is an excellent article on diversity amongst superheroes. It is fairly detailed and scholarly, as well as credible. - ...4 more comments...
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But I think that that is the reason that we are drawn to these types of movies. If the superhero was not super attractive I don't think that we would enjoy the movies as much. That is really bad for me to say, because it plays along with stereotype and overall impressions of this genre. But anymore, I think that for every genre this is what is happening. You are always looking for the hot star at the time.
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Great article! it helped me a lot! Its interesting to see how many people have such strong feelings about the dominant white male character in super hero movies
The Superhero Movie Diversity Race Is Over - WB/DC Wins By a Mile - 3 views
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LOS ANGELES - A woman in tights, a "queer" Flash and a black lead - all in a single bound. While Marvel and Sony dither about the diversity of their superhero lineups, DC Comics and Warner Bros. (in conjunction with New Line) punctured every Spandex ceiling on Wednesday when they announced an unprecedentedly diverse lineup of superhero movies. This article, like many others, highlights the lack of diversity in comic-based superhero movies. One aspect of it's content that caught my attention, however, were the examples used to show success in cast diversity. Films like The Hunger Games and Lucy use strong female roles and have had amazing success-- another reason to wonder why Marvel and DC are moving so slowly to do the same.
The Portrayal of crime and justice in the comic book superhero mythos- JCJPC, Volume 10... - 0 views
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THE PORTRAYAL OF CRIME AND JUSTICE IN THE COMIC BOOK SUPERHERO MYTHOS* by Scott Vollum Cary D. Adkinson College of Criminal Justice Sam Houston State University ABSTRACT This article examines the representation of crime and justice in the worlds and lives of two of the most popular and pervasive comic book superheroes: Batman and Superman.
BETWEEN THE PANELS: SEXUALIZING SUPERHEROES - 19 views
It also highlights the idea that even though the female's are superheroes, they still need to be 'below' a male superhero... This is done through the sexualisation of the female characters to turn ...
Militarization of Superhero Movies - 2 views
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This article expands on military in superhero movies. It discusses the militarization of the heroes in these films and how the violence and weaponry have shifted from fantasy to hyper-realism. I think it raises some interesting points.
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It also shows the impact of society and recent events and their affect on how our own superheroes are then portrayed to its audience. Our superheroes have to be continually updated, and in this instance, in terms of weaponry to (in a sense) stay relevant to the audience.
Superheroes, Superpowers, and Sexuality - 4 views
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Inherent vs. Gifted Powers The way the superheroes' sexuality is promoted is evident even unto the powers that they wield, and how they gained said powers. The different kinds of powers and the way in which they are used are strictly divided between the male and female heroes.
Sexist superhero shirts appear in popular retail chains - Today's Parent - 5 views
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Interesting take on men only being able to be superheroes and how their merchandise feeds into the stereotype
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Good article for anyone focusing on gender, looks at how superheroes are stereotyped even in fashion and how boys are always the hero's and girls on "date" the heroes.
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Interesting article on superhero merchandise for females. Different approach and view on superheroes and the role they play with gender.
Kevin Feige: Marvel is Too Busy to Make a Female Superhero Movie - 7 views
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This article really tells us something about Marvel and their lack of interest in creating a superhero movie with a female lead. It seems that Feige is just beating around the bush and doesn't want to openly say that they just don't want to make that step towards female superhero movies. It would work very well for someone doing their paper about gender in superhero movies!
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In this article, Kevin Feige, who is the president of marvel studios, says that this is not a good time to try to make a superhero movie starring a female hero, but that this is something that he really wants to happen. He said that it would be hard for them to tell the right story, and that there are a ton of other genre's that are showing movies that have very strong, independent, female leads such as the Hunger Games and Divergent.
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This article discusses a recent interview with Kevin Feige, Marvel Studios President, regarding women as superheroes in movies. The article discuss how Feige sees potential to make more female superhero movies and how three female superhero movies are set to be released in 2017.
Boys and Masculinity--Are Superheroes A Good or Bad Influence? - The Achilles Effect - 6 views
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I really liked this article because this issue is a hot topic in the media today. Whether boys should play with dolls and girls be policemen-- I think this article says it perfectly when we assume boys should like superheroes and want to be masculine like they are. I also agree that parents should talk with their kids about the different stereotyping but allow them to make their own choice.
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This article is fitting with a key debate in today's society over the influences that children have within their lives. Boys should like blue, girls should like pink. It fit's into everyday life as women are portrayed through media as damsels in distress and that men are the knights in shining armour. Stereotyping is slowly becoming an issue that more and more parents are dealing with when bringing children up.
Superhero Origins And Their Mythic Meanings: Are They Veiled Secular Parables? - 0 views
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Ever since ancient times, humanity has sought to use stories to explain the world in which it lives. Just as ancient man used stories of gods and monsters to explain the world, modern man uses stories of godlike heroes and monstrous villains to do the same.
Superhero Movies- Bryan Hennessy - 9 views
I thought this article was very interesting. It raises question as to where the line should be drawn in regards to should characters be explicitly only created to be role models and paragons instea...
The Rise of Superhero Therapy: Comic Books as Psychological Treatment - 1 views
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A young boy sits in a psychologist's office, playing with action figures in a sand tray. There's an epic battle on the horizon, one that crosses traditional DC/Marvel lines. On one side there's Batman, Spider-Man, and Superman. On the other, there's an unpredictable fire-breathing dragon, with big eyes and sharp teeth. -
This article touches on the fact that the superhero characters are related to people within a child's life. Wonder Woman represents his mother, the fire-breathing dragon represents the troubles the child is facing, ect.
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This article is an example of Authority Theory. It is talking about how kids can use comic books and superhero movies as therapy. Since the article has a lot of quotes and examples from doctors about how it helps kids overcome their fear of monsters. They turned to superheroes to overcome those fears.
'Green Lantern' and 'Thor' physiques aren't realistic, but there's still reason to shap... - 3 views
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This is an example of social comparison. The article talks about how we see bodies of superheroes and want to be like them, but that is unrealistic. It examples what the stars of these movies go through to achieve their physiques and how that will never be a reality for normal people.
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I like this article because it speaks to the unrealistic expectation of being like a superhero. It talks about how normal people cannot achieve the physical physique of these actors because they just don't have the resources. This article helps prove that we associate superheroes with muscular physiques, but that it is not achievable for the average person.