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Post by summers8 on Mar 2, 2018 22:20:08 GMT
“Captain Marvel has a very funny voice, and it’s more of an action-comedy, more like what we were talking about doing in the first draft I wrote for Tomb Raider…. [but] that tone survived in Captain Marvel,” she explains, noting that her work on Tomb Raider began in the fall of 2015, well before she boarded the MCU project. “I love funny female characters, so as Tomb Raider got more serious, I got even more committed to the idea of Captain Marvel being hilarious.”
But she wants fans to know that her interpretation of the character is rooted in the DNA of the Captain Marvel comics: “That’s not just me inventing that,” she continues. “Carol Danvers is one of the funniest comic book characters. She’s so sassy, she’s such a smartass, she won’t take sh— from anyone, and the comic books do an amazing job at capturing that voice, and it was important that the entire Captain Marvel creative team [kept to that].”
That process was enhanced, she says, thanks to Marvel’s dedication to tasking female voices with telling Danvers’ story. She specifically credits Captain Marvel co-director Anna Boden, the MCU’s first female director, who helms alongside her Half Nelson and Mississippi Grind collaborator Ryan Fleck.
“Certainly we were writing after Wonder Woman had come out. We already saw one example of what a superheroine looked like on screen,” Robertson-Dworet says. “So we wanted to carve our own path and make sure we weren’t retreading the same territory, and showing all facets of what women are capable of.”
“I’m hoping that sassy, funny superhero [in the film] is something people haven’t seen before, and that they’re going to be excited to see in Carol Danvers,” Robertson-Dworet finishes. “A lot of the great Captain Marvel comic books really broke ground with Carol Danvers’ voice, and that’s something we want to continue with the movie.”
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The writer says that Captain Marvel will be a sassy, funny, action comedy as if this is groundbreaking new territory. Isn't that basically the DNA of a Marvel superhero movie these days?
I'm just glad Wonder Woman got to market as the first post-MCU super-female movie. Otherwise, it's more serious tone would have been "wrong" in the critics' eyes and would have been another low critical scorer on RT.
I haven't read Carol Danvers comics in years. The last time was the Ms. Marvel series from 2006. I'm mentioning this because I don't remember Carol as being such a laugh-riot character. Has this changed in the comics or is this just an example of trying to retrofit Carol into the current MCU template?
In any event, what is your opinion on the screenwriter's take on Carol? Does it make you enthused or worried about the movie?
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Is it safe to say WW has already beaten this movie?
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Post by Nicko's Nose on Mar 2, 2018 22:22:52 GMT
Oh no! Not comedy! I hate comedy! I hate laughing! I hate having fun!
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Post by Vassaggo on Mar 2, 2018 22:42:33 GMT
I always thought she was barely on the lighter side of Sarcastic black dry humor. I would think she would be the straight woman not the sassy odd ball funny one.
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Post by damngumby on Mar 2, 2018 22:50:37 GMT
I developed a whole new respect for Wonder Woman after it got that Acadamy Award Best Picture nomination.
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Mar 2, 2018 23:09:32 GMT
To answer your question, I'm enthused. Believe it or not a woman hero can be funny like Tony Stark or Spider-Man or Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon, or John McClane or Indiana Jones or Han Solo...
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Post by charzhino on Mar 2, 2018 23:26:56 GMT
WW wins by default
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Post by JudgeJuryDredd on Mar 2, 2018 23:36:34 GMT
So what should the tone be for a Captain Marvel movie, summers8? Let me guess, depressing and dark and not exactly striving to be a "fun" movie?
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Post by Hauntedknight87 on Mar 3, 2018 0:07:56 GMT
I'm going to say something crazy and controversial.
Ready? Okay!
I hope the movie is good and couldn't care less if it's serious or not.
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Post by darkpast on Mar 3, 2018 0:18:27 GMT
At least they didn't call it a Feminist film
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Post by ThatGuy on Mar 3, 2018 1:06:35 GMT
So what should the tone be for a Captain Marvel movie, summers8? Let me guess, depressing and dark and not exactly striving to be a "fun" movie? Dark and depressing worked for Wonder Woman... Wait... That was the best received DCEU movie and it was the lightest toned of them. |
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Post by justanaveragejoe on Mar 3, 2018 1:10:58 GMT
We're not going to forget Wonder Woman had comedy in it too.
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Post by formersamhmd on Mar 3, 2018 1:15:40 GMT
Nah, WW only got it's reception due to the artificial boosting from being the first decent DCEU flick. Captain Marvel won't have that, so it'll succeed on its own merits.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2018 2:56:26 GMT
As long as its actually funny , then I am good. But a lot of the MCU type humor falls flat and misses the mark for me at least as of late . Most recent MCU films guilty of this are Thor Fragglerock & GotG Vol 2.
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Post by scabab on Mar 3, 2018 3:25:09 GMT
Another comedy? Three out of the last four MCU movies we've had were practically comedies.
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Post by politicidal on Mar 3, 2018 3:54:42 GMT
That's not a surprise, most of the MCU falls in that category.
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Post by DC-Fan on Mar 3, 2018 5:22:15 GMT
Another comedy? Three out of the last four MCU movies we've had were practically comedies. MCU is better known as the Marvel Comedic Universe. |
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Post by blockbusted on Mar 3, 2018 5:44:34 GMT
We're not going to forget Wonder Woman had comedy in it too. And isn’t Carol Danver supposed to be a comedic character too? |
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Post by coldenhaulfield on Mar 3, 2018 7:09:21 GMT
Sounds about right.
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Post by thenewnexus on Mar 3, 2018 11:51:45 GMT
I guess serious mcu movies are gonna be a rare treat
BP and WS are the most serious and best movies.
At least there is Venom,Black Cat,X Men movies and Silver Surfer film fox is making
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Post by Hauntedknight87 on Mar 3, 2018 12:10:51 GMT
At least they didn't call it a Feminist film I wish they did. Black Panther triggered a bunch of people and that brought us the lulz. Imagine what Captain Marvel would have done. |
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