The following is all my opinion:
Guy superheros don’t run around blabbering about their maleness... Until writers get it that self introspection about what is between your legs is not part of the draw to watch a super hero show/movie... they will continue to fail to make a widely appealing female lead super hero show. From what I’ve seen from the previews, supergirl falls into the same old trap. Spends more time worrying about the fact she is female (one of billions) than about the fact that she is a Kryptonian (one of less than a dozen left?)
If they want to see a model of how to do a strong female character and do her right, look at Carol from the walking dead. She was the MVP in last nights walking dead episode, was believable (as far as that goes in a zombie apocalypse show) and showed up several men without making it a war of the sexes type encounter. I cracked up laughing when she walked by the prisoner two guys had spent time to carefully tie up and gave him a head shot without breaking stride. She was taking care of business, not waxing philosophical about the role of women/privilege/other special interest group.
Time spent making a social statement and parroting the SJW talking points is time not spent taking it to the bad guys... The greatest way to show you are equal is to be confident enough not to be insecure about it.
Well stated.
What you’re talking about is the difference between showing and telling. The zombie flick woman “showed” and that’s what captures viewers. But having somebody preach (telling) is pure propaganda. One of the reasons I gave up watching TV, back in the ‘90’s, was the liberal agenda came across loud and clear, usually in a narrative dump.
Actually there are a bunch of Kryptonians living in the bottle city of Kandor.
Preach it, mate! Repeatedly!
And as an abused woman turned into a strong survivor, and baby Judith’s savior, she is the ultimate feminist story.
But she doesn’t hate all men and still makes spring cleaning casseroles, so it is as if she doesn’t count - though she readily takes up arms to kill people who threaten her tribe, regardless of gender.
Female super heroes have largely gotten the short end of the stick, no pun intended. Lets face it, comic books are a genre written by guys for guys... I do agree that a female hero has to be a hero first, not a female.... when you focus on them being a female over them being a hero, you lose the argument.
My biggest issue with the current trend of superhero tv shows is just like all TV shows today, the gay propaganda permeates... they have to stick gay characters in, or turn characters gay for no reason just to have one... they add no plot line significance, but are there because its part of the normalization propaganda.
Russle T Davies started the trend when he Revived Dr. Who.... I keep telling my black friends, that if blacks were over represented on TV as badly as homosexuals are today, white actors wouldn’t be able to find work. 1% of the population, yet every show has to have a character in it somewhere that light in the loafers.. its nonsense and its clearly propaganda.