Wednesday 10 April 2013

Morgalla the film? Someone tell Hollywood they've gone too far

Recently, Jon made a post suggesting that Morgalla should be given a film because she 'isn't following in anyone else's footsteps'. Jon believes that because many super-heroines have their names or origins based on men (for example, batwoman came about from batman) suddenly these women are un-interesting or less worthy of a film than Morgalla. What Jon fails to realise is that most of these have yet to be given their own film yet, meaning Jon thinks that even though some of the leading ladies aren't being considered for the big screen suddenly the answer is to put a poorly-conceived, anti-feminist character in the spot light.

Here's why Jon is wrong on so many levels. There are plenty of super-heroines not completely based off of male counterparts. Some being Huntress, Black Canary, Bumble Bee, Zatanna, Starfire, Raven, Wonder Woman, Mrs Marvel, any female mutant from the X-men series and Spoiler to name a few. So no Jon, not 'most female superheroes are based off of a male counterpart'. Once again underlining Jon's complete and utter lack of knowledge of the comic industry and why he should stop trying to beg his way in when he knows jack shit.

The most hilarious thing about this recent post is how he things Morgalla is a prime example of what female characters should be like and how she's such a 'step up' for women. She's not, she's a step all the way fucking down. A female character that is really just a puppet for a man's voice, completely receptive and accepting of emotional abuse from her so called boyfriend, warped republican political ideas that are harmful to women and genuinely a testament to how a male author shouldn't write a female character.

I'd rather watch a thousand movies about the different Batwomen; Barbara Gordon, Stephanie Brown, Cassandra Cain, Kate Kane and all their fantastic growth than one terrible movie about Morgalla. Jon undermines some of the greatest women in comics just because they started out linked to a man. Newsflash Jon, with Batman INC up and running there are going to be lots of people taking the Batman name. However, I bet Jon would never complain about a Batman of the future movie, or a Nightwing movie just because these heroes have a link to another man.

In short, when Jon talks about Morgalla being a great role model or a breath of fresh air for women... laugh at him. Laugh at him in the face.