“Captain Marvel had established canon - a large body of work with the character as male.”
Which Captain Marvel do you mean? The original Fawcett character who would say SHAZAM? He was the alter ego of Billy Batson, a boy who, by speaking the magic word “SHAZAM” (acronym of six “immortal elders”: Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury), transformed himself into a costumed adult with the powers of superhuman strength, speed, flight and other abilities. He was the most popular superhero of the 40’s sand sold more comics than even Superman.
The original Captain Marvel went kaput in 1953 because Fawcett got sued by DC who claimed the the character was just a copy of Superman.
That character out of the picture allowed Marvel to take over the name and make its own version of a Captain Marvel of which there have been at least 3 Marvel iterations.
I can appreciate how anyone could be fund of the original character because he was a great superhero. He sold tons of comics. But I can’t fault Marvel for taking the opportunity to hijack the name. It made sense for a company named Marvel to do so.
My favorite Captain Marvel was the Kree, originally name Mar-Vell. The character was pretty lame until Jim Starlin took him over and gave him cosmic power. Great, great character who unfortunately died of cancer.
Still, Marvel owned the rights to the name and used it for a long time until they found a character who could be made successful. I think they found it with Carol Danvers, but I honestly don’t know how that character had done commercially...until now. I’m sure this movie will be very successful.
You know far far more about the Captain Marvel canon then me. However you made my point there is a canon - a body of past work. Why copy it! Unless one is intellectually & creatively lazy. Which is Hollywood to a T now!
I've seen you state that several times in this thread. Makes me wonder if you have some financial interest in it or something.
I will not see it. I will encourage others not to see it. It is Social Justice Warrior crap, and it encourages very bad delusions.
Brie Larson would be beaten by any average man in the USA. It is dangerous to women for them to be portrayed as "Warriors" or attempting to fight men physically.
It is also destructive to the culture.