CAPTIAN MARVEL .. CHAT WITH WIFE

The animated recent Spider-Man movies with the Puerto Rican Spider-Man (it all closely follows the comics. And yes there are that many spider men, from that many alternate universes) is actually amazing and does justice at having a Hispanic lead (of mixed heritage, so it hits harder for me still) and doesn't make a lazy, sloppy, job. Black panther was great because finally at least there was a black hero at all that had an actual good movie. Marvel does only a slightly better job than DC. Wonder Woman was a hot mess. Gwen though (spider woman) from the animated Spider-Man films (I only remember the name of the last one "Enter the Spider verse", I think..) is a good female hero even though not a lead, and Wanda from Wandavision/Avenger's is also pretty good (even though the fact she basically gets no repercussions for her craziness) as an actual lead.. Whoever is better for the job should do it. Period. Ability/performance over all else.

The original from the comics is good. This was just Marvel being lazy and poorly mixing different storylines. All these superheroes have a way better set up in the comics. DC has more than decent stuff in the comics too, but they screw it up consistently. Batman V Superman should and could have been amazing. It's definitely a thing in the comics that Batman can take pretty much every other hero in their version of the Avengers (every DC character has a matching Marvel character and so forth) it would have been great if they stuck to one comic or another, or just wrote a good movie...

Also, being born of Latinos, I agree wifey is Hispanic. Latina is debatable but imo she is not. I am of the belief system that latinas are from “Latin America” aka Central and South America. It’s a hot topic of debate though lol

"the difference is when people experience large energy discharge THEY DIE!"

Excited for when your Endgame reaction comes out!

"Don't disrespect Queen Annie" "Because its 2024" I love it! SO funny

thanks for doing these. I do enjoy this back and forth discussion thing you have going with your wife. Interesting to watch.

Wow your wife is so amazingly smart. I agree with her 100%. As an American man I don't think they oversold the woman power stuff like you did. I think the writing was just bad and the directing and flow of the movie was subpar. I really think your wife nailed it on the head when she was trying to explain to you that Carol could be powerful while being a woman, she didn't have to be a tomboy etc. Then you said you like Arya better and she pointed out she was a tomboy, then you pointed out your mom was a tomboy. There's a certain subset of men (I'll say American men since that's my context I know, it's probably true elsewhere but i don't know that) that have a really really hard time seeing anything powerful and overly focused on a woman or feminine that isn't essentially a woman "trying to be a man" or powerful how a man traditionally is. I feel you fall into this. Many of the powerful woman characters you seem to like are tomboys etc. When it comes to empowered women just being women you start to squirm it feels like. I feel like you can expand your perspectives a bit, be more open and less judgmental. Tony Stark can drip male sexism and you are mostly fine with it but then this movie comes along and a few little in your face moments (far fewer than any movie with Tony Stark and other male characters) and you brand the movie and look for any reason to make it fit that narrative. A little machismo is ok, a little woman power is ok too, embrace the variety of perspectives and people out there. I feel you are extremely open, except when it comes to this one blind spot and I think your wife was spot on.

Shout out to Temple Grandin. That movie was legit amazing.

MrL is gonna hate Endgame. Thor is guilty that he's a white man and Hulk insists on using We/Us pronouns. Groot is trans. Sorry for the Spoilers.

P.s. "Roll like a croquette"??? Hahahahaha, like... The delicious fried food??

Dude, your wife is sharp as a razor. Good job for that pick. And she was absolutely dead on about Endgame. I can't wait. P.s. When you watch Wandavision(which directly leads into the next Dr Strange, which is fucking amazing), and Loki, maybe get her in on those reviews?

Guys complaining about this is so silly. Is the movie catered for the female audience, yes. So what. At that point, the MCU had 20 movies primarily catered for the male audience, I'm sure many ladies have rolled their eyes at some of Tony Starks one liners and actions. I took my young nieces to see this movie and they enjoyed it and showed some extra enthusiasm to have a super hero they can more relate with. 10 years of watching MCU films with them at that point and it was the first MCU film with the female lead hero. After years of me growing up idolizing the Iron Man character it was nice to see them have a hero they could relate with. I grew up with Iron Man and War Machine action figures, imagine if you're a young boy and all the main action figures they sell were all female. Sure, by 2019 we had Black Widow, and The Wasp but none had their own movie. Is Captain Marvel in my top 10 MCU films? No. I'm i glad it exists? Yes, so that my nieces can enjoy watching a girl kick some ass and show them that one can stand back up after getting knocked down.

In the comics she got her powers from a device called the "psyche-magnetron". It was created by the Kree to give abilities to humanoids. It was used on Carol to give her powers. It was later destroyed. I guess they didn't want to fully follow the comics so they came up with a different scenario based on the same kinda thing.

I’ve worked in nursing for 11 years and I fully recommend people get jobs that are traditionally held by the other gender. I’ve learned more about women and came to understand them better at work than I ever have in my marriage or relationships. If more people branched out like that the inter gender understanding and empathy would skyrocket

Awesome commentary. Sounds like you two have a great dynamic. She should chime in more often if she’s willing.

You should watch Rings of power, its a show you would love. Really, you would. I'm not joking, honest. Really really honest. Do you know why a boat floats and a rock sinks? I learned something new.

I get that this movie isn't well fleshed-out or narratively outstanding. And def a rush job. But the weird reaction some people (not just men) have to stuff like that 'smile more' scene being 'propaganda' is just strange (btw I have actually seen some assholes do this. It happens quite a bit and it's fucking weird to see every time). The funny thing is that movies like this with a strong message of women "empowerment" usually go unnoticed by people who react as such. But when they do it like this in the mcu 'must watch this before endgame' kinda way, it forces these people to watch something they otherwise would never have watched and they polarise, which causes the opposite side to polarise and then you get into these stupid endless debates about a 2 hr movie about a woman who shoots lightbeams out of her hands and can bodyslam spaceships. Just the same cycle of BS that traps otherwise logical people into emotion driven outbursts and they start referencing fucking hitler and calling silly fantasy shit propaganda. The only positive thing stuff like this causes, is it makes some men act like their dicks are going to fall off if too many of them get made. Which is very funny to me. So yay, capt. Marvel!

Nolan tries to bring that back....so do Scorsese

Shitty shitty movie. Movie was art in somepoint (70´-80´s

Your wife's reaction to this movie is part of current Disneys problem. This movie and several more by now, are supposed to be part of their plan to draw in more female viewers. But all they end up doing is driving their core audience away. People who where already into superheros😅

"How did the Hulk become the Hulk" ...BOOM

i want to watch this before i watch the reaction lol

the chats with your wife are great haha