good choices, gives an idea of where they might be going in terms of tone. so they have two years to write and rewrite and get it right before they start filming.
Marvel Signs on Two Writers for Upcoming Captain Marvel Film
@idontlikebirds said:
Just because an actress has done well in the past, doesn't mean they'll do well with a comic character solo film if the character isn't that interesting on screen. Look what happened with Elektra. Jennifer Gardner was doing well with Alias and other movies, but Elekra just didn't do well, and I think the same would go for a solo Black Widow movie. In the comics the character is great, but on film, she's rather flat (so far).
Well firstly, they weren't faithful to Elektra's backstory in the slightest and, secondly, the lead-in to the Elektra movie was Daredevil which was critically-panned.
It's a similar thing with Black Widow, they have a level of restraint when it comes to developing her character that ends up causing them to shoot themselves in the foot then everyone, for some reason, blames Black Widow. If you read her comics, she's similar to the Punisher in that she employs the use of firearms and isn't entirely against killing enemies. She also has been largely downgraded in abilities, in Winter Soldier she's barely formidable against Bucky when, in comic canon, she's much more evenly matched against him. They also made her in her mid-20's when, in comic canon, she's nearly as old as Cap as a result of a serum similar to the supersoldier serum. So it's the revisions they insist on imposing that halt Black Widow, not the character herself. Meanwhile, qualities that significant certainly aren't overlooked in her male peers- Hulk is still tormented with outrageous strength, Cap is still old and modified for combat, Stark's suit can still do basically anything, Thor is still A GOD. It's absurd.
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