Quote Originally Posted by reptilemom25 View Post
The fact that you didn't bother to read what was said before charging in guns blazing means this will likely fall on deaf ears, but here goes

So what is this:

While I agree that there needs to me more representation of strong female characters, it needs to be well done to truly be legitimate. The scene felt like a cheap, thrown together "token" done as an obligatory gesture, rather than a true effort. If we keep accepting this as ok, where does it truly get us? Nowhere. Well written, complex female characters that people can identify with are what is needed, not forced token gestures.

Yes, I WOULD definitely complain if they did that kind of crappy job on a scene of male characters charging in. There was no exposition. They just magically appeared. It was lazy. Ex: The Wasp had JUST been shown in the van and suddenly she is there?
Exactly this. It was gratuitously sexist and very forced. The scene was exactly a "The girls are here to do what the boys can't" and that doesn't bode well with me. Some of my favorite characters throughout all literature and movies are female, by all means lets see some ass kicking girl heroes, but don't make it what they did there. That's just a sham.

Paul