Ya know, I thought I was done talking about Captain Marvel in my editorial on her back in March. However, she's standing my door again, and I don't think she's gonna go away anytime soon, so I may as well "humor" her while she's here.
Carol Danvers, AKA Captain Marvel. The most powerful member of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She's so strong and powerful and everyone is in awe at her greatness. If she's as great as her movie and so many in the press claim she is, why does she have so many protecting her?
Rotten Tomatoes disabled the Want to See option from its own website for Captain Marvel because it dropped so low. Media outlets were also quick to say that Captain Marvel was being review bombed when in actuality, people were merely leaving comments on why they did or didn't want to see the movie. YouTube changed its algorithm to keep videos that didn't have anything good to say about the movie down and in turn, completely unrelated videos show up in people's recommended feed. I don't think I've ever seen a movie get so much protection in my life. Star Wars: The Last Jedi didn't get this much shielding it also has a Mary Sue in the form of Rey. For crying out loud, the media labels those that don't give Captain Marvel glowing remarks trolls. I guess not liking a film, or in this case, a film that happens to have a woman as the main star is very serious business. Yet, critics and fans loved Wonder Woman so that "You are against strong women" argument doesn't hold an ounce for water.
I'm not really sure why so many members of our shill media is beating on their chest like a gorilla about Captain Marvel making a ton of moola. Of course the film was gonna do well at the box office. Its a Marvel movie. Marvel Studios has been at this for over 10 years now. They could crap out a movie and that steaming, smelling pile would make money. And there are plenty of people out there that believe Captain Marvel is a textbook definition of such. I'm tempted to join them in that belief, but like I said last month, I don't think Captain Marvel is "just the worst." However, the film's woke narrative, Brie's lifeless acting, lazy/bad writing, stupid retcons and SJW shenanigans do frustrate me and do zip to sell me on why she's such a strong character.
Captain Marvel didn't just make money because it was a Marvel movie, although that does play a large part in the grand scheme of things. The film also made mad cash because it was sandwiched between Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, two of the most anticipated super heroes movies of all-time. Marvel Studios could have placed Howard the Duck in between those two films and people still would have gone to see it. People were duped into thinking they needed to see Captain Marvel or they would be missing out on something vital for Endgame. Spoiler alert: you aren't missing out on anything if you skip Captain Marvel.
So, Captain Marvel, a hero so strong and powerful was shielded by the mainstream media when she really didn't need to be because again, this is a Marvel Movie. And what was the cost of protecting such a bland, boring hero? Well, Rotten Tomatoes credibility (if it has any left at this) is gone. We've heard from the horse's mouth what we've suspected for years, that critics will give a film positive marks in order to keep their early access status. Disney as a corporate company still sucks and is as corrupt as ever. Annnnd the mainstream media is still a joke. There's a reason the tide has shifted and is no longer in their favor. I'll ask the same question I asked earlier: if Captain Marvel is so great as her movie and the press claim she is, why does she have so many protecting her?
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