And, in the context of the show, the only superhero right now is Superman, in Metropolis. They make it clear that he is literally Metropolis' superhero. This line didn't strike me as terribly disingenuous as much as a wink and a nod to the audience, which frankly, this show does a lot of. Like, every possibility, really.DementedSheep said:
Considering Supergirl pretty much fights for the same morals and values as Superman and are equally capable of inspiring people, literally saying Supergirl is more of a role model than him just because she's a woman rubs me the wrong way.DementedSheep said:
For inspiring girls in that it proves girls can be like that too. It's not somehow saying she is a better role model across the board.Aerosteam said:
It really just depends on what mindset you have. For me, I don't need "proof" to show that men and women are equally good sources for inspiration. The show is going "look, girls can do these things as well!" and I'll say "yeah, I already knew that".DementedSheep said:
In order to do it like the comics they'd have to add more than one dimensions to the character and they have too much of a low opinion of their target audience to do that. There's a lot of superficial superhero crap nowadays but this show takes the cake.kitsunefather said:
I'm not the type that gets offended easily but comparing this trash with Daredevil is sacrilege. How dare you!Hoplon said:
Well good for you, not everyone has that although I would assume you are an adult anway. That cliché scene you sometimes see of boys telling a girl she has to sit in corner and play the pathetic victim because girls can't be heroes was the sort of shit I had in my actual childhood so having female role models as a kid, even fictional ones is actually helpful and someone being happy about there being a female one isn't an attack on the male ones.Aerosteam said:
Oh believe me, if the woman instead said:MarsAtlas said:
TERF = Trans-exclusionary-radical-feminsits??KyuubiNoKitsune-Hime said:
Sure, I'm not claiming the show is good. Its looks like a show that has no sense of subtlety and comes across as peachy but the sentiment behind that is fine.MarsAtlas said:
The writer didn't describe them like that, you did. You can easily describe the new Tomb Raider without mentioning gender. Making up your own simplified description of a character then slapping gender at the front and claiming this is why they suck is ludicrous.inu-kun said:
I'm going to hold out for Krypto, the superdog at this point. Hard to make a dog hero an unlikable, bad character.MarsAtlas said:
Well...it doesn't exactly help when every male you meet ends up dead because cutscene Lara's a scared little girl and won't go and do what needs to be done without someone else going and sacrificing themselves to get her to do anything...I mean, there's like only one guy you run into that doesn't end up dead by the end in the entire story. And I'm pretty sure he was just forgotten about by the writing staff considering the amount of screentime he gets, I thinkthe only noteworthy thing he does at all is hand you a new bow.DementedSheep said:
Except all those shows did episodes based around Girl Power....and they're largely considered the worst parts of them. At least in PPG's case they also had Femme Fatale screaming about feminism justifying her actions and twisting it to suit her needs to balance it out.MarsAtlas said:
