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Speaking of Hancock, the Alliance of Women Film Journalists, of which I am a member, has just conducted a poll of its members regarding superhero movies and what women do (or don’t) see in them. The poll results are here -- I wrote the introduction -- and it’s open for comments.
(Technorati tags: superheroes)
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| just opened | |
 | Babylon A.D. |
 | Traitor |
| Hamlet 2 |
| Sukiyaki Western Django |
| box office top 5 | |
| Tropic Thunder |
| Babylon A.D. |
| The Dark Knight |
| The House Bunny |
| Traitor |
| top limited releases | |
 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona |
| Fly Me to the Moon |
 | Elegy |
| Bottle Shock |
| Tell No One |
| coming soon | |
| Happy-Go-Lucky |
| The Women |
| Battle for Seattle |
| Mister Foe |
| Flow |
| Hounddog |
| The Perfect Game |
| A Thousand Years of Good Prayers |
| now playing | |
| Hamlet 2 |
| Death Race |
| Star Wars: The Clone Wars |
| Frozen River |
| The Last Mistress |
| The Rocker |
| I.O.U.S.A. |
| Trouble the Water |
| Henry Poole Is Here |
| Brideshead Revisited |
| Pineapple Express |
| Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer |
| The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor |
| The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 |
| Step Brothers |
| American Teen |
| Wall-E |
| 09.02 | |
| Married Life [buy] |
| The Sensation of Sight [buy] |
| Ballet Shoes [buy] |
| Monster Camp [buy] |
| Doctor Who: The Invasion of Time [buy] |
| Doctor Who: The Invisible Enemy [buy] |
| 08.26 | |
| Chicago 10 [buy] |
| Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? [buy] |
| Gypsy Caravan, When the Road Bends [buy] |
| August [buy] |
| Redbelt [buy] |
| Postal [buy] |
| Alfresco [buy] |
| Heroes: Season Two [buy] |
| The Nightmare Before Christmas: 2-Disc Collector's Edition [buy] |
| Brotherhood of the Wolf: Director's Cut Two-Disc Special Edition [buy] |
| 08.19 | |
| Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day [buy] |
| Street Kings [buy] |
| Recount [buy] |
| The Proposition [buy] |
| Television Under the Swastika [buy] |
| Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Season 1 [buy] |
| House: Season Four [buy] |
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comments
posted by JSW (Thu Jul 03 08, 7:38PM)
posted by t6 (Sat Jul 05 08, 5:33AM)
Wow...a lot of those people polled don't seem to have regard for the superhero genre nor its fans.
I'll stick with reading MAJ.
posted by MaryAnn (Sat Jul 05 08, 9:04AM)
Yes, it's true that I appear to be in a minority of one with my fellow members of the AWFJ in my regard not just for the recent superhero movies but with the concept of superheroes in the first place.
In the sorta-defense of my fellow members, I think it's a generational thing. Most of them are quite a bit older than me.
posted by t6 (Sat Jul 05 08, 2:06PM)
I suppose it would have to be generational.
You know what some of the comments reminded me of? I was reading this online article that was advice to women on warning signs that the fellow your were dating was bad news. This was a bunch of "dump this guy immediately if he does these things" sort of advice.
Most of the things I thought were right on. Well, mainly because most of the things were ways to identify a potential stalker or abuser...things like "If he won't let you talk to your friends and family." "If he has to know where you are at all times." Things like that.
But then stuck in there, in a "one of these kids is not like the other" sort of way, was: He plays video games or read comic books. (I imagine watching sci-fi would probably have been included) The reasoning being that if he does that sort of thing, he is not mature. He has arrested development, etc.
I was pretty frustrated. Because one, that makes the assumption that women don't play video games or read comic books...further making invisible geeks of the female variety, and two--reading comic books, playing video games, etc doesn't make anyone more or less mature than a person who reads thrillers or plays cards. Being immature makes one immature.
Then I have to start wondering what mature is supposed to look like? Something really boring? Something really Stepford? The mainstream has changed in the last 20 years...there are a lot more geeks in it.