I disagree that a movie's popularity creates a greater obligation to fulfill an audience member's wishes, whatever they may be, than something not as popular. If your argument is there should be more women, I'd think that should be true of whether it's Star Wars or some run-of-the-mill sci-fi flick. Because any work big or small can influence people. I still however value artistic autonomy first, even if one doesn't think those decisions aren't good ones.
Does not having a sufficient number of women in Star Wars make you feel marginalized and you don't matter? If so, why are you a fan? Or are you actually a fan of the expanded universe and not so much the movies?
Who said I was shutting anyone down? I'm disagreeing with these people on my own LiveJournal page. I'm allowed to do that, aren't I?
Men can be and often are written as one-dimensionally as a lot of women are. For example, dads in commercials, t.v., and movies are often depicted as clueless buffoons and slobs. I'm in favor of better character development all around.
"Existing?" Aren't there other movies and stuff where you think there's adequate representation? I don't think women are totally invisible from media or pop culture, not by a long shot.
Again, these are nice thoughts, but when "storytelling" and "fun" and "good and evil" are, over and over and over again, distilled into The Realm of the White Man, and Bugger Everyone Else! then one might want to start asking themselves why they think people other than white dudes are somehow incapable or unworthy of fitting into these fun fantasies
You're drifting into another subject, race. I'm betting money that John Boyega is one of the Big Three of the ST, and well, that right there is a change-up from what we've seen before.
As for your last point, I'll concede that filmmaking is a collaborative process, sort of like designing a game. However, there's a difference between people within the same team at the same company tweaking something so that it works best in the marketplace and fans on the outside who demand the movies fit a particular real-world agenda. You can voice your opinion and that's fine. It's up to you to accept or reject the work they produce. Besides, you could have a bunch of women involved and it still may not produce the results you want or expected.
I disagree that a movie's popularity creates a greater obligation to fulfill an audience member's wishes, whatever they may be, than something not as popular. If your argument is there should be more women, I'd think that should be true of whether it's Star Wars or some run-of-the-mill sci-fi flick. Because any work big or small can influence people. I still however value artistic autonomy first, even if one doesn't think those decisions aren't good ones.
Does not having a sufficient number of women in Star Wars make you feel marginalized and you don't matter? If so, why are you a fan? Or are you actually a fan of the expanded universe and not so much the movies?
Who said I was shutting anyone down? I'm disagreeing with these people on my own LiveJournal page. I'm allowed to do that, aren't I?
Men can be and often are written as one-dimensionally as a lot of women are. For example, dads in commercials, t.v., and movies are often depicted as clueless buffoons and slobs. I'm in favor of better character development all around.
"Existing?" Aren't there other movies and stuff where you think there's adequate representation? I don't think women are totally invisible from media or pop culture, not by a long shot.
Again, these are nice thoughts, but when "storytelling" and "fun" and "good and evil" are, over and over and over again, distilled into The Realm of the White Man, and Bugger Everyone Else! then one might want to start asking themselves why they think people other than white dudes are somehow incapable or unworthy of fitting into these fun fantasies
You're drifting into another subject, race. I'm betting money that John Boyega is one of the Big Three of the ST, and well, that right there is a change-up from what we've seen before.
As for your last point, I'll concede that filmmaking is a collaborative process, sort of like designing a game. However, there's a difference between people within the same team at the same company tweaking something so that it works best in the marketplace and fans on the outside who demand the movies fit a particular real-world agenda. You can voice your opinion and that's fine. It's up to you to accept or reject the work they produce. Besides, you could have a bunch of women involved and it still may not produce the results you want or expected.
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