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tell Dolly Parton again
01/08/09

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If anyone is interested in reading the other side of the debate, which is the piece Josh was responding to (and was written by a woman who works for him and who he doesn't think is an idiot):

[cinemablend.com]
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Kona
01/08/09

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I've been working for Josh Tyler for about as long as I've been reading Jezebel, and I just want to say that he's a really nice guy and a pleasure to work with. CB was just doing a point/counterpoint about female superheroes. Katey Rich handled the other side. I don't think it makes him a woman hater.
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Diziet_Sma
01/08/09

@Kona: I suggest you show him this thread, so he can see how wrong his assumptions are. And just to add to the chorus, the film I'm most looking forward to this year is Watchmen. I love comics. I hate chick flicks. (And I'm a happily married 40-year-old woman, not rebellious teenager, just in case he's tempted to think that - which I expect he is, given his stereotypical view of women.)
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Little Time Bomb
01/08/09

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Wow no need to wonder who was voted "Most likely to die lonely and sad crushed by their own collection of comic books and old national geographic magazines". This guy right there took that sweet little prize in his year book.
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T.
01/07/09

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He's right.
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la.donna.pietra
01/07/09

@T.: No, he's not.
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elvy
01/07/09

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Yah right. My heroes are Nikita and Buffy.

Is it wrong that I sometimes daydream that some guy tries to mug me and I totally beat the crap out of him using my fierce self defense skills.
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lookethatmyface
01/07/09

@elvy: I do the same thing, except it usually ends with me realizing I'm the bumbling sidekick who lucked her way out, to my best friend's more awesome superheroine type. Only because I'm a klutz, and I'm more the tech support geeky type (without having any no-how). I need to stop sitting in the library for hours. These nonsensical ramblings happen, and I can't apologize for them.
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Jack_Burton
01/07/09

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I grew up w/ Epic, Heavy Metal, Eerie Magazine, comics, Isis, Wonder Woman, Electrawoman and Dynagirl on TV, the Bionic Woman, old-school roller-derby... I'm a dude that arguably grew up in the "Golden Age" of TV superheroines... And I loved watching them!

As far as the movies go... Bloodrayne - eh. Aeon Flux... Hmmm. Underworld - WHOA! Tomb Raider! Ultraviolet! Resident Evil! Hellboy! X-Men!

This guy's an idiot... There have been plenty examples of good and successful films with female superheroes recently.
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Liz11685
01/07/09

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I think that a lot of women never really get into superheroes because of this kind of dude and his attitude. Unlike me, for whom it all started with She-ra Warrior Princess and ended with wanting to BE Rogue. For years.

It makes me sad that Wonder Woman (a personal fave of mine as well) is considered the one girls really like. I once mentioned the invisible plane and the lasso of truth to a girl dressed up on Halloween as Wonder Woman- she gave me a really blank stare before wandering off. That girl wasn't into Wonder Woman at all- just the idea of the costume. Nerd girls (and proud!) like me would LOVE to see more women superheroes.
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Maulleigh
01/07/09

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Is he keeding moi? When I was in highschool, all I drew were pictures of Red Sonja with my face on them.

I was a winner. Still am!
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Calraigh
01/07/09

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I just posted a comment in much the same vein as the one I left in this thread, in the comments section on Cinema Blend. I wasn't profane, or personal and I've just logged in again to the site to find that not only has my comment been wiped from the thread, my IP address has been banned from Cinema Blend.

I just sent our friend Josh an email asking for an explanation. Btw he's also the editor-in-chief of the site so it could be a long wait.

Has anyone else ever had any experience with Cinema Blend in the comment censoring department?
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
01/08/09

@Calraigh: If you're checking back here, I left you a PM.
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LBB
01/07/09

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Is anyone with me?

Oh HELL yes. I love me some movies/shows about asskicking. Alias and Buffy for the win.
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
01/07/09

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"Give me my goddamned Christopher Nolan-directed Catwoman and shut the fuck up."

PWNED.

That is all.
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Hana Maru
01/07/09

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What an ignorant fucktard! I spent my elementary years tying towels around my neck to play She-Ra, then Rainbow Brite, and Supergirl. Buffy got me through the hellmouth that was my highschool.
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pelikan
01/07/09

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If you want to see more female superheroes, there's nothing stopping you from pitching them to Marvel, or DC, or one of the indies. Or starting a webcomic, which is probably the best choice right now, given the economy. In my experience, the comic industry encourages fresh talent and new ideas . . . but then again, I have no direct experience with the big two.
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LBB
01/07/09

@pelikan: In my experience, the comic industry encourages fresh talent and new ideas

O RLY?
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clevernamehere
01/07/09

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I like love stories and I am not ashamed. And you know what, so do most dudes.

Batman has a love interest. So does Spiderman. So does the Hulk. So do most action heroes. So does every Happy Gilmore film. They aren't just there for the ladies, the fellas who wrote the script dream about getting the girl. Guys who roll their eyes at romcoms need to take a long look and their own viewing habits.

Sometimes I do think there is too much of a Jezzie push against stereotypically feminine things. Over the weekend someone posted that they were embarrassed to like Sex in the City. I have no interest in seeing it, but it isn't anything to be ashamed of liking. Nor is Barbie.
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Remedios Varo can't see no huevos.
01/07/09

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"It's because men like superheroes, men wish they could be superheroes..."

Hey, Josh Tyler, you dumb fuck, when I was younger I had a desperate wish to be one of the X-Men. You try being a minority and not sympathizing with a bunch of outcasts (albeit with freaky powers).
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