Do We Need More Female Superheroes?
April 22, 2019
There are only two strong female lead superhero films. Captain Marvel from Marvel and Wonder Woman from DC. Both films received high ratings from IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes. Currently, there is in the making of another female superhero movie from Marvel Studios, Black Widow.
We do not need more female superheroes.
Although, many people believe that we do need more female superheroes because they feel women should be equal to men. However, we do have a lot of female superheroes such as Scarlet Witch, Bat Girl, Rogue, Quake, Jean Grey, Gamora, Supergirl, Elektra, Storm, Catwoman and so on. The thing is that we just don’t have much of female superhero films.
On March 8, 2019, Captain Marvel was released. It is the first female lead superhero film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but it won’t be the last female superhero movie. The Black Widow movie is slowly coming together, as director Cate Shortland is bringing together her cast and crew.
The question shouldn’t be, “Do we need more female superheroes?” because we obviously do have already so many female superheroes. We simply don’t have female superhero films. In the past decade, so far, all superhero movies had a male lead. That changed when DC Entertainment released Wonder Woman on June 2, 2017. The Box Office it received was $821.8 million less than Captain Marvel which it had $1.044 billion. Although, much to say they both showed everybody that women can kick ass. It’s nice to see women on the screen be strong and fierce and empowered because it’s something we don’t see every day.
We have this idea ingrained in our minds that men are always the ones saving the day or the only ones that are stronger than women but that’s not true. Developing more films about female superheroes creates an impactful change in society and targets the audience of women and gives them all a message that we are strong and equal to men.
Therefore, we don’t need more female superheroes. We already have plenty of those filled in Marvel, DC, and other comics. The film industry needs to start developing more female lead superhero films. We’ve accomplished getting Wonder Woman, Captain Marvel, and soon Black Widow. Let’s keep them coming.
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Antonio Ballesteros • May 15, 2021 at 9:35 pm
Judge: I can name a lot of female lead movies that are good (original Mulan, hunger games, alien, predators vs aliens, tangled, Prometheus, wonder woman, and star wars rouge one) but sometimes I feel they try to hard when it comes to female leads though sometimes they do it just to do it Captain Marvel for example confused me when her persona kept changing and it was what I guess you can call a Mary sue. when it comes to movies as long as it’s good or interesting I’ll watch it.
Nevaeh P • May 4, 2021 at 4:01 pm
Many movies right now that are about superheroes involve female superheroes or villains. I believe they are a good amount of leading female superheroes in these movies, but I also believe there should be more because right now to me, the only superhero movie in my mind is Wonder Woman or like Wanda Vision while i can count plenty for men. So there should be more female superhero movies plus a lot of little boys count on the male superheroes as their role models, there should be more female superheroes for girls to look up too. (Judge)
Enoc De Jesus • Oct 8, 2019 at 3:06 pm
Many movies right now and soon to be out that are about superheroes involve female superheroes or villains. I believe they are a good amount of leading female superheroes in these movies, but also believe there should be more because right now in my mind, the only superhero movie in my mind is Wonder Woman while i can count plenty for men. So there should be more female superhero movies and they are coming at a steady rate.
Ricardo Carvajal • Oct 7, 2019 at 12:41 pm
In the past couple of months Marvel has announced their future movie and show line up. Those included Thor: Love and thunder which is supposedly about a female Thor taking place. Black widow is also coming up, and fairly new show about Ms Marvel which there already is a comic about. There is also a show about She-Hulk coming out so there are many shows and movies that have women roles. Even if you did want more women roles or not, there will be more women involved in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As of DC, there is a birds of prey movie about Harley Quinn coming out soon.