The Fangirly Diary of a Geek Girl: That “meow” tho~
WESNESDAY
Entertainment Weekly got the cover of the week, where we saw the opposing sides of the Civil War, with Captain America and Iron Man. And right behind them, the one character that might end up in neutrality, Black Panther. Just like Chris Evans said:
In most of the movies, there’s no question who we should be siding with. We all agree Nazis are bad, aliens from space are bad. But this movie’s the first time where you really have two points of view. It becomes a question of morality and I don’t think [Cap] has ever been so uncertain with what right and wrong is.
That said, not everybody was happy with that cover. People weren’t happy about the “meow” on the cover, and comparing his claws’ to “a real housewife”. Those jokes were pronounced “not funny and borderline offensive” [1], others called it a “bizarre emasculation” [2], “either insulting, ignorant, or worse” [3], bemoan the hero was “forced to say something stupid” [4], and that it’s unfair to the character, his fans or even comics in general [5].
Cover aside, Black Panther himself had a nice article inside said magazine, where they go a bit more in depth about his character. Apparently he’s Team Tony for convenience, because he’s got beef with Bucky, probably involving his dad.
He’s someone who hasn’t necessarily made up his mind about either side and whose agenda isn’t exactly what Cap’s agenda or what Tony’s agenda is. And I think that brings him into conflict weirdly with both characters at different times in the film. He is the prince of an African nation that has so far stayed very much sort of in the shadows. And eventually the film will draw him and his father out of the shadows.
There was also an article about “the splash page” fight (in comicbook speak, it’s full-spread illustration that either opens a story or marks its climax) in Captain America: Civil War, which is the moment where both teams collide. Besides the descriptions, there are interviews here and there among the main players in the fight.
But this is not the only Marvel movie we have news about, Thor: Ragnarok landed a new writer, a female one! Yup, Stephany Folsom is the third female writer on MCU’s Phase Three films! The other two are Nicole Perlman and Meg LeFauve, who are writing Captain Marvel. Well, this is nice! Marvel gets female writers can write both male and female protagonists! Yay!
In heart-warming comicbook news, Iron Man comic paid tribute to Iron Max with a special guest appearance. Max Levy is a five-year-old kid who had to get an implant in his chest to treat his Hemophilia, and his dad helped him liken it to Iron Man’s arc reactor in his chest, dubbing him Iron Max. Long story short, the story reached writer Brian Michael Bendis who decided to put him in an Iron Man comic. Lo and behold, here’s Iron Max in Iron Man #4!
On not so great Marvel news, Agent Carter premiere has been delayed two weeks to January 19 rather than January 5. The reason? President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address would pre-empt the second episode and likely create scheduling problems for the first half of the season. #ThanksObama!
Steven Moffat got a huge-ass interview with Radio Times about Doctor Who, where he discussed various things like ratings, his suppossed misogyny, the (totally great) casting of Michelle Gomez as Missy, the next companion and leaving Doctor Who (yeah right). And here he is talking about how the character Ashildr (Maisie Williams) can see through The Doctor’s ocasional BS:
He’s not Gandalf in space; he’s a man who stole a time machine. So I like to find people who can cut through and by the end of this series Ashildr has completely figured him out and has him on the rack. She’s someone with enough perspective to say, “I know who you are and what you do. I know you’re amazing but I know you’re not superhuman.”
I mentioned this on Facebook, but it needs to be repeated. Samurai Jack will be back for a new season on Adult Swim, and creator Genndy Tartakovsky is still on board, and I might have shrieked a bit.
The Rolling Stone had a long, long behind-the-scenes special article on Star Wars: The Force Awakens, as well as a sweet cover and a new still of Kylo Ren looking soulfully (I think? Hard to tell with that helmet on) and Darth Vader’s old crushed head/helmet.
Seems that every young actor wants to be Han Solo in the 2018 Star Wars Story where young Han Solo will play a pretty big part. The Hollywood Reporter claims that about 2,500 male actors between the ages of 18-32 have either auditioned in person or put themselves on tape for the role. And who are these strapping young men? Well, we have Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Miles Teller, 28, Rami Malek and even Tom Felton, just to name a few (of those I actually care about).
