#andy rants

after reading woman of tomorrow, which the supergirl movie was "based on" im convinced this entire thing is a humiliation ritual to downplay supergirl as a whole within the future of the DCU. I could genuinely write an essay on how the lack of marketing, stiff writing, taking the film out of theaters so soon, and inability to NOT compare the film to the masterpiece of the comic was all in an attempt to try to make audiences think that female superheros aren't worthwhile and thats why we "should" focus on the male superheros like superman. they did a complete disservice to supergirl and milly alcock with the film, and thats coming from someone who didnt think it was half bad as something on its own, not compared to any comics, let alone the one it was supposedly inspired by, if you can even say that.

a true adaptation would have been mind blowingly gorgeous and meaningful. instead the script writing duties was given to someone who didnt understand the story she was supposed to be adapting and a MALE director. im so scared for the alleged upcoming wonder woman project if its being written by the same person bc its so obvious that DC would rather give audiences surface level stories rather than deep introspective pieces. People are defending supergirl and saying it didnt have to redefine the genre, but it COULD have. a story that would have done so was dropped into their laps and they cast it aside to give us the same superficial storytelling that's plagued female characters forever. if they wanted another run of the mill superhero story (which theres nothing wrong with tbh), they wouldnt have even mentioned woman of tomorrow aside from borrowing the character of ruthye.

i walked out of the theater trying to convince myself that it was okay that supergirl wasn't ground breaking and to be glad that she got her own film, but after looking into her character more, its clear to see that she DIDNT get her own film. she was given a film as a vehicle to promote other characters and the future of the male centered DCU. Im not surprised bc why would I be. but im so so devastated about what we could have had and what we were given. kara deservd better. milly deserved better. women. both fictional and non fictional, deserve better. and yea, it is that serious.

im not gonna overly praise something because beggars can't be choosers. that's not fair. the movie was pretty decent (on its own, not bad by any means, and ive said that before in my review) and I think people should watch it, but I also think people should speak out when theyre cheated. its truly just not fair. again, coming from someone who LIKED the movie on its own.

go read woman of tomorrow but pirate it bc tom king sucks as a person and we need to keep him away from wonder woman too