Captain Marvel (2019)
The ancient Greeks believed in re-births. They used to think that before birth, the memory of the yet-to-be-born infant is erased clean. All old thoughts of their last birth are wiped out, like a white sheet of cloth. After birth, the young mind observes, learns and re-'minds' itself of 'new' things. In a way, nothing is new but are old tricks, packaged to be re-programmed.
This is what that went through my mind as Carol Danvers struggle to find herself. With so many recurring thoughts, dreams and nightmares tormenting her all the time, the search for self-discovery proved to be a Herculean task. It is made worse with the multitude of contradictory inputs that are channelled through her senses. For Carol Danvers to come to terms that she is indeed Captain Marvel, it must be pretty confusing. For ardent followers of Marvel comics, they must surely be knowing that before this, many other characters have been trying to claim their stakes on being the real Captain Marvel. As we recalled in another post, Shazam! used to Captain Marvel at one stage but he had to relinquish his title after a legal tussle. Danvers was once Ms Marvel, and another Captain Marvel was there who died. Even Yon-Ragg was the Captain in one edition of the comic!
Most of the newly churned movies, be it superheroes' movies or any other regular ones, there is a concerted effort to subtly change the fabric of society. If members of Gen-X and Babyboomer generations were used to have blockbuster movies with white male actors taking lead roles in them, now they have to familiarise themselves with members of the minority class and the previously unempowered to lead. Of late, many box-office films have a lead female cast; male characters are portrayed as redundant, shallow and can be disposed of. Not all viewers are receptive to this deliberate shoving of current agendas down their throats by the big establishments.
Nevertheless, the radical social reforms by the Trotskyite are being recognised at the grassroots level. There is massive pushback. Recently it was shown that @RottenTomatoes was 'mass nuking' audience reviews of the abysmally rated 'Captain Marvel' in order to juice its audience rating. It apparently nuked up 47,000 reviews over the weekend to bump the score by 6%.
Maybe it was portraying Captain Marvel a big no-no with comic fans. As it is, of late, members of the 'subaltern' sect of the community have been represented as superheroes (Wonder Woman and Black Panther). Do we need another? And to have Gwen Stefani's 'I'm just a girl' playing in the music score to drive home the point?
I also could not help but entertain the thought that Captain Marvel's fatigue has an uncanny resemblance to that of Captain America. It is no brainer to guess the choice of colour as this Hollywood blockbuster stream rolls through to the four corners of the world. Perhaps, now that Thanos had virtually crippled the Avengers team and put the Universe in limbo in his quest for the Infinity Stones, the Marvel Comic Universe has to respond. Guess who will save the day in the 'Endgame'?
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The ancient Greeks believed in re-births. They used to think that before birth, the memory of the yet-to-be-born infant is erased clean. All old thoughts of their last birth are wiped out, like a white sheet of cloth. After birth, the young mind observes, learns and re-'minds' itself of 'new' things. In a way, nothing is new but are old tricks, packaged to be re-programmed. This is what that went through my mind as Carol Danvers struggle to find herself. With so many recurring thoughts, dreams and nightmares tormenting her all the time, the search for self-discovery proved to be a Herculean task. It is made worse with the multitude of contradictory inputs that are channelled through her senses. For Carol Danvers to come to terms that she is indeed Captain Marvel, it must be pretty confusing. For ardent followers of Marvel comics, they must surely be knowing that before this, many other characters have been trying to claim their stakes on being the real Captain Marvel. As we recalled in another post, Shazam! used to Captain Marvel at one stage but he had to relinquish his title after a legal tussle. Danvers was once Ms Marvel, and another Captain Marvel was there who died. Even Yon-Ragg was the Captain in one edition of the comic!
Most of the newly churned movies, be it superheroes' movies or any other regular ones, there is a concerted effort to subtly change the fabric of society. If members of Gen-X and Babyboomer generations were used to have blockbuster movies with white male actors taking lead roles in them, now they have to familiarise themselves with members of the minority class and the previously unempowered to lead. Of late, many box-office films have a lead female cast; male characters are portrayed as redundant, shallow and can be disposed of. Not all viewers are receptive to this deliberate shoving of current agendas down their throats by the big establishments.
Nevertheless, the radical social reforms by the Trotskyite are being recognised at the grassroots level. There is massive pushback. Recently it was shown that @RottenTomatoes was 'mass nuking' audience reviews of the abysmally rated 'Captain Marvel' in order to juice its audience rating. It apparently nuked up 47,000 reviews over the weekend to bump the score by 6%.
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| Capt. America & Capt. Marvel |
Maybe it was portraying Captain Marvel a big no-no with comic fans. As it is, of late, members of the 'subaltern' sect of the community have been represented as superheroes (Wonder Woman and Black Panther). Do we need another? And to have Gwen Stefani's 'I'm just a girl' playing in the music score to drive home the point?
I also could not help but entertain the thought that Captain Marvel's fatigue has an uncanny resemblance to that of Captain America. It is no brainer to guess the choice of colour as this Hollywood blockbuster stream rolls through to the four corners of the world. Perhaps, now that Thanos had virtually crippled the Avengers team and put the Universe in limbo in his quest for the Infinity Stones, the Marvel Comic Universe has to respond. Guess who will save the day in the 'Endgame'?
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| Only the hardcore would understand! |
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