While surfing the twitter sphere (when really I should be working on a project I have for school) I came across a couple people I respect (and being very mad about it) about David S. Goyer the guy who is going to write Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice ( I seem to be the only one actually liking this title as I kind of get what they are trying to say although I don't kind it very suitable for a movie title.) So I went on Google, typed up David Goyer and found this article:
http://www.themarysue.com/david-goyer-calls-she-hulk-sex-fantasy/
Basically during an interview/podcast he calls She Hulk a slut and Martian Manhunter a goofy... and the rage starts now. This has riled up a lot of people up not just Martian Manhunter and She-hulk fans or even just comic book fans but the main stream people who have internet access are freaking pissed off.
I myself was pissed off when I read this too and suddenly the horrible realization fell upon me of why in the world, a skinny underwear model instead of an actual actress was cast to play the most iconic super heroine of all time.
I like the believe the human race is making progress with human relations with stuff like gay-rights, women's rights, race rights etc. but it's stuff... no PEOPLE like this that brings me back to reality. For one thing it baffles me that for a man to sleep with a lot women it's considered cool but when a women sleeps with a lot of men it's considered slutty. For men to be considered manly women have to fail at completely... it's down right evil. While I am not the biggest she-hulk fan I still think she is a cool character who is both powerful and smart and loves who she is. As someone who grew up watching Martian Manhunter on the Justice league animated series it makes my blood boil to see him so berated and disrespected by the guy who might end up writing him in a movie while over at Marvel a gun wielding Raccoon and a tree who can only say three words are treated with the upmost respect.
I also come to realize the problems with DC movies might not quite just be the studio involved with it but the creative team behind it. With this article everything starts to become more clear and make much more sense- and it's scary. It's scary that sexist- misogynistic bastards get to make millions help make the things I love.
David Goyer while he did write both batman begins, the dark knight and the first two blade movies is not a good writer. He is going at story but not good at executing the actual script. He's the kind of writer that tends to rehash the same idea over and over again.
This has a lot of people demanding David Goyer be fired and I can't help but agree since these comments he's made give a LOT of insight into how he might be writing Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of justice. He should have never said those comments as not only is it just plain wrong but it makes the studio, the movie he is working on currently and Wonder Women look bad. I hope WB makes him issue an apology but considering certain stuff that is never going to happen.
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