The Rise of the Girl-Boss

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  • Опубліковано 25 чер 2024
  • The Girl-Boss is one of those trends that I find absolutely hysterical. There's so much meme material that has come out of it, that I just couldn't resist making this video.
    No one is exempt from the Girl-Boss trend and it is now time to pay the piper. So, lets talk about these wannabe Girl-Bosses and just why they are so bad.
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  • @fredericklockard3854
    @fredericklockard3854 Рік тому +23

    I know I’m sick and tired of 130 lb women beating the crap out of guys twice their size, never getting injured, and being able to fight all day long without stopping. If you have to say you’re a boss or a strong character then you’re not.

    • @animezilla4486
      @animezilla4486 11 місяців тому

      That does not make any sense first and foremost in the past I have seen lots of female characters that weighs 100 lb take on guys twice their size you're acting like that's a New concept for something which is not it has been around in the entertainment for years. It's amazing that people are using that woke excuse crap why this is a problem

    • @helion_ut
      @helion_ut 10 місяців тому

      That's why I love Vi from Arcane Arcane so much - Vi is, superficially, exactly the type of female character Hollywood loves so much: Strong, independant, masculine, kicks ass.
      Unlike all the trash Hollywood characters Vi not only has some actual personality and a character arc, but you see her being beaten up and struggling, yet she always perseveres. At the end of the first fight you see how a guy threatens her with a knife while she has no weapons. Even though he has a huge advantage over her she comes closer, threatens him and gives him a freakin' wild glance of pure determination. THAT'S when you realise she is heckin' strong. No one needs to tell you, every idiot realises it at that point.

  • @kagekun1198
    @kagekun1198 Рік тому +48

    A lot of why these Girl-Bosses come off as unpleasant is also most of them is trying to steal their male predecessor's life. Rey became what Luke Skywalker ought to be. She-Hulk is the "better" Hulk. Batwoman literally waltzed into Batman's cave and took his stuff for herself. There were rumors of a cut ending where Phoebe Waller Bridge is going to steal Indiana Jones' life. Apparently, Indy, Young Indy, and Phoebe Waller Bridge went into the past with the Dial of Destiny, and Young Indy dies there, old Indy fades out of existence, and Phoebe Waller Bridge takes Indy's hat and then a montage plays of all of Indy's iconic scenes except that it's now Phoebe Waller Bridge instead of Harrison Ford. If you want to be a girl-boss, at least have the decency to have your own accomplishments instead of stealing other's.

  • @joethompson297
    @joethompson297 Рік тому +31

    I like strong characters, men or women that don’t have to put others down to show their strength.

    • @animezilla4486
      @animezilla4486 11 місяців тому +3

      Me too that's why I think there's nothing wrong with a girl boss as long as she's likeable

    • @Prototype-357
      @Prototype-357 10 місяців тому

      I don't blame you, Putting others down in order to make yourself look strong is the definition of bullying.

  • @METAL-ADDICT
    @METAL-ADDICT Рік тому +53

    @4:22 No joke. That was the last Marvel film my dad and I ever watched. We didn't even finish it. The moment the "Girl bosses" united...we both looked at eachother shook our heads and left the theater. Some people where laughing about it. I mean who walks out of a billion dollar blockbuster??....we do lmao. 💪😤

    • @sleepintight
      @sleepintight Рік тому +6

      I hope you finished your popcorn

    • @Non-dual-mind1
      @Non-dual-mind1 Рік тому +9

      I've always found the "heroes" all appearing in one shot really cringe, but that women-together shot tipped me over the edge too. Marvel tried too hard with the witty one-liners and woke trash that I've given up watching them altogether. If you want to make a decent film, cut out the social engineering ffs!

    • @crocidile90
      @crocidile90 9 місяців тому

      ​​@@Non-dual-mind1 funnily enough someone made a fan edit that removed all the girl"boss" moments in the movie and of course the media reeee'd about it as "toxic incel far-right...." and all other commie gobbledygook.

  • @SIXFOURMAN
    @SIXFOURMAN Рік тому +15

    Wow, honestly, this channel deserves mores views, likes and subscribers.

  • @EvilAngelXV
    @EvilAngelXV Рік тому +111

    This is why characters like Ripley, Ahsoka, Beatrix Kiddo, Princess Xena and all the female characters in Arcane are the best because they have good character development. Being narcissistic, shallow and soulless girl boss is not empowerment.

    • @METAL-ADDICT
      @METAL-ADDICT Рік тому +5

      💯 percent

    • @brandonscott5544
      @brandonscott5544 Рік тому +2

      GREAT NERDWORD VIDEO. GIRL BOSS SERIOUSLY TROPE

    • @sleepintight
      @sleepintight Рік тому +3

      XENA!!! alalalalalalalalala

    • @ravens-crypt
      @ravens-crypt Рік тому +7

      And Love her or hate her Cersei Lannister

    • @lathrael7152
      @lathrael7152 Рік тому +6

      That's why the upcoming Ashoka series gives me chills. I'm afraid they will ruin, twist and destroy her. If not by agenda, by incompetence.

  • @hdx4437
    @hdx4437 Рік тому +17

    I enjoyed watching your video on this Insufferable Girl-Boss Trend that is going on in all of Pop-Culture nowadays; It seems that Hollywood thinks in their own derranged minds that Characters That Are Well-Written with a Arc with layers of humanity which makes people can emotionally invested/relate to (Basically Underdogs) are Not Marketable, Instead they put this PARAGON of A Girl-Boss by using the same-old tropes OVER AND OVER AGAIN and think that it's gonna Empower LOTS of a female audience when really in the grand scheme of things, makes itself Forced and Manufactured from a factory, which NOBODY can Relate to that.
    It's NO Different than the typical Mean Popular Girl in High-School that ALWAYS acts like a Shallow, Self-Centered, EGOTISICAL Jerk that DEMANDS Attention and Admiration for just exsisting, But it comes off as Annoying and Insufferable.

  • @sunnydogsydney
    @sunnydogsydney Рік тому +18

    Thank you for this highly intelligent and considered analysis.

  • @okeefe757
    @okeefe757 Рік тому +23

    I wonder what Elizabeth Banks really feels about the 2 early 2000's Charlie's Angels movies. They were women who used their feminity, smarts, and skills to beat the guys.

    • @gilgamesh310
      @gilgamesh310 Рік тому

      So basically like the newer one then, lol. The scene this youtuber complained about so much, involved Kristin Stewart's character using her feminine wiles to put a male character at ease. She then wrapped her thighs around his neck. The stuff the character said in the scene was accurate too. I don't think there's that much difference between the old and new Charlie's Angels films.

    • @jamesmary8953
      @jamesmary8953 Рік тому +6

      @@gilgamesh310 Nope, you really need to watch the original ones. There's nothing remotely similar between the new one and the old, and if you think otherwise, you're blind. XD

    • @Dragblacker
      @Dragblacker Рік тому

      "Manboys" ogled and sexualized them, so for people like Banks, they don't count.
      In fact, their proof of "you don't like my work because you hate women" is that you pan their "desexualized" (or "sexual on THEIR terms, not yours) takes on franchises, or their original material. They don't see anything wrong with their writing otherwise; it HAS to be because you didn't get served "cheesecake".

    • @Dragblacker
      @Dragblacker Рік тому

      @@jamesmary8953 The 2000s movies themselves are remakes of the original TV show.

  • @robertogura9890
    @robertogura9890 Рік тому +48

    I avoid girlboss characters entirely... 100% not worth my time or money or attention

  • @Awolfx
    @Awolfx Рік тому +7

    9:18 this is a very great description of Jada Pinkett Smith. Which goes hand in hand with her Queens of Africa crap and the Netflix Black Cleopatra show.

  • @pedrorocha9722
    @pedrorocha9722 Рік тому +9

    The «pop culture» is not made by actors and singers. Its made by those who pay them. I did'nt hear a word about them. And yes, even them have to follow trends besides the ones they created. It's all about the money and the power it brings.

  • @robertreid2931
    @robertreid2931 Рік тому +20

    Ah, thankfully even more people coming out against this fanfic, narcissistic author-insert, bullshit trend that "professional" writers have adopted. Keep up the good work!

    • @andywellsglobaldomination
      @andywellsglobaldomination Рік тому +2

      I don't know if it's just the writers. They are hired help. No, I think Disney's problems with their content starts at the boardroom. It's infected all their holdings... Lucasfilm, Marvel, PIXAR...

  • @Masteroogway40
    @Masteroogway40 Рік тому +48

    This was brilliantly written. I miss women. I want women again. Real women. I want femininity back. A woman who is soft, gentle, nurturing, modest in demeanor, demure, sweet, agreeable, non-confrontational and not aggressive or combative. A woman who is soothing with a calming presence. Man I miss when women were like that.

    • @ToeCutter0
      @ToeCutter0 11 місяців тому +6

      Dude, you sound just like the soldiers I counsel as they’re preparing to separate from the US Army. They say almost exactly the same thing, almost verbatim.
      They see many of the civilian young women they met as being strangely competitive with them? Each time one of them says that, I think of this girl boss phenomenon that’s in everything these days? I have no idea if that’s what’s driving it, but these soldiers suggest it is. What really keeps me thinking about this is that these are polite, educated, friendly young men who are interested in finding a soul mate, they’re not out there looking just getting laid. After one or more enlistments, these guys are in there late 20s/early 30s and have gotten all that out of their system.
      Even so, many of them comment of European women being far more feminine than the women they’ve met stateside. That blew me away, as when I was stationed in Germany the ladies at the Hallenbad wouldn’t bother shaving underarm and it left many of us disturbed after witnessing beautiful women frolicking in the water with full underarm hair. 😅
      All joking aside, they often mention a lack of feminine qualities as a constant concern. Rest assured, we don’t focus primarily on their love lives, but soldiers talk pretty openly with one another and I’ve spoken with so many that share similar concerns.
      It’s kinda sad, really? Seeing my wife for the very first time is one of my fondest memories. I know some of these guys will find love, but I fear the majority of them could struggle to find perhaps the greatest joy in life.

    • @Masteroogway40
      @Masteroogway40 11 місяців тому +3

      @@ToeCutter0
      That was really interesting.

    • @nerychristian
      @nerychristian 10 місяців тому

      @@ToeCutter0 It's become an epidemic. Or more like a cancer that is spreading to the whole world. It's becoming increasingly difficult to even encounter a woman who is feminine and pleasant to be around- let alone find a woman who is wife material. The few good women that exist in the world get married pretty quickly to lucky men. And it's not bad enough that women have become internally unattractive to men. Now they are also physically unattractive. Most women are now fat, or have tattoos on their bodies, or dress in the most sloppy/slutty way. Very few women actually seem to care what men think about them.

    • @helion_ut
      @helion_ut 10 місяців тому +2

      Some men are very masculine, some are feminine. Some woman are feminine, yet some are masculine.
      Masculin woman and feminine men are completely valid and there is nothing wrong with having such personalities.
      What Hollywood does is shoving femininity away completely, pretending like it's weak, making woman masculine as hell and selling it as a 'strong female'. Just look at Peter Pan - They completely erased every feminine trait of Wendy and made her a girlboss, aka masculine (in a toxic way). That's the issue here imo.

    • @ToeCutter0
      @ToeCutter0 10 місяців тому

      @@Masteroogway40 I’m pleased to hear someone read the whole thing! It is admittedly LONG.
      I was going to post an update, but ended up having some incredible conversations with some of the young women who work with my wife. They see her as a mentor. Because my wife has said nothing but good things about me, they were astonishingly OPEN with me about their relationships, or mostly, lack of relationships.
      What struck me was how these very attractive young women (I’m faithfully married, but still appreciate feminine beauty?) still struggle to find partners? They can find hookups, but they sound as if they’re _emotionally_ lonely. I could tell as they appeared to thoroughly enjoy talking about it as if they haven’t had an opportunity to express their feelings, to anyone.
      Before I go writing another few paragraphs, I’ll cut to the chase: Speaking to them left me with a great deal of hope for those soldiers I mentioned in my first post. This pervasive feeling of loneliness is described by both young men & women. It still left me questioning why this exists and all I could really come up with was social media?
      Instead of sitting down and having a face to face conversation, just like they did with me, they have been conditioned to use social media to seek companionship, not just a hookup. I explained that talking to people is still worthwhile and they openly admitted how nice it was to just vent about all this loneliness.
      Ok, I’m done! Sorry, but taking time to faithfully express one another’s thoughts is just one more thing that social media ruins, despite its great promise. Sounds like modern feminism might suffer the same woes?

  • @jimiperlas3215
    @jimiperlas3215 10 місяців тому +5

    The "Girl Boss" is not story-driven nor character-driven but agenda-driven. They are created base on a political agenda. No weakness, no flaws, they don't make mistakes & they think they are better than everybody else. Which is so stupid & cringy.
    PS: I love female characters who are feminine, fun, vibrant, relatable & badass all-in-all. Also, with good writing & backstory. Especially in video games. (Ex. Jill Valentine, Tifa Lockhart, Aerith, Nina Williams, Jun Kazama, Kasumi, Mai Shiranui)

  • @ipopa1995
    @ipopa1995 Рік тому +6

    You know what, we need more of. Girl Failures. Girls that fail in life and work into becoming better characters. :3

  • @inazuma3gou
    @inazuma3gou Рік тому +13

    We often hear the retort "if men can do it, why not women." And it is true we have characters like James Bond, who is a womanizer, a manipulator, and a selfish jerk.... but Bond is not angry, because anger usually leads to poor judgement. Bond is also not mean or bitter towards others because he is too busy enjoying himself. What the Girl-Boss is missing are belief in themselves (they need to seek recognition from others) and finding happiness in what they have (they need to have what others have).
    Like The Mask of Zoro, it is okay for a man and a woman to compete for power. But we enjoyed the movie because you can see Catherine Zeta Jones was enjoying the courting game against Antonio Banderas.

  • @Mirage_Mach5
    @Mirage_Mach5 Рік тому +20

    You should be paid a million dollars for your in-depth analysis of this topic. Thank you so much!

  • @darktenor4967
    @darktenor4967 Рік тому +9

    Great analysis.
    I always thought acting primarily out of selfishness was a bad thing.
    Accept now apparently it's a good thing; so long as you're female!
    After all, what better way to show those horribly selfish men in the patriarchy the very best that women can be! Truly a moral victory!
    No wonder this trend and these characters are so dislikeable!
    One thing that attracted me to my wife, is that she's an incredibly kind, gentle person who thinks of others first.
    Had she behaved like Shehulk, I would have stayed as far away as possible!

  • @Allan_aka_RocKITEman
    @Allan_aka_RocKITEman 9 місяців тому +2

    You CANNOT disregard 4+ million years of human evolution.

  • @jonasirw1
    @jonasirw1 Рік тому +2

    Appreciate your optimism around them being regretful a few years from now. I’m doubtful because they keep doubling and tripling down.

  • @ellenBeliever
    @ellenBeliever 11 місяців тому +3

    I agree with you 100%, I'm so glad I found your channel!!!

  • @frederichiebler4690
    @frederichiebler4690 Рік тому +3

    Nice work, very comprehensive analysis

  • @generalgrievous696
    @generalgrievous696 Рік тому +7

    The problem is so much writing pigeonholes characters into boring tropes. Characters have to be "Strong" because of their gender says so, or their social standing etc and that makes it stale when they're not strong because of the choices they make in life, the journey they go on trials they suffer etc, but strong "just because" and they're awesome from the start. Don't get me wrong a character can be strong but they can also be petty, cowardly, evil, yes even weak male or female. In fact you can have a weak character with moments of strength, and a strong character with moments of vulnerability. and that diversity in writing characters is lacking.

    • @nerychristian
      @nerychristian 10 місяців тому

      You make a good point. However, I would say that one of the major issues with most modern movies is the lack of likable actors. I don't mind watching a movie where the protagonist is an unlikable character, as long as the acting is good. But most of these diversity hires are mediocre at best. This generation of actors is no where near the quality of the actors of 30 years ago. I don't know if we will ever again get actors on the calibre of Clint Eastwood, Sylvester Stallone, Tom Cruise, Al Pacino, Arnold Swarzeneger, Robert Downey Jr., Denzel Washington, Leo Dicapprio, etc. Most of the young actors now are of the caliber of Seth Rogan and James Franco.

  • @forsaken650
    @forsaken650 Рік тому +3

    Great video and astute analysis. I grew up watching a lot of movies, and I remember characters in terminator two, alien, and the princess warrior. I said characters because they were written in detail, and in depth. The fact that they were women was trivial as they had redemption arcs, struggles and growing pains. I miss the days where cinema had some sort of relatability and escapism blended so seamlessly. ✌🏽

  • @Halfort57
    @Halfort57 8 місяців тому +1

    You are very good at making video essays

  • @volt8ge
    @volt8ge Рік тому +3

    I can only hope it ends in a couple years… odds are it’s going to get worse. 😭

  • @tomjensen7950
    @tomjensen7950 Рік тому +9

    Fantastic commentary. True feminism has been lost.

    • @John-fk2ky
      @John-fk2ky 11 місяців тому

      Femininity, maybe. This stuff is the result of the current wave of feminism.

    • @animezilla4486
      @animezilla4486 11 місяців тому

      No not really

    • @memyselfni3474
      @memyselfni3474 9 місяців тому

      ​@@animezilla4486yes really and princess peach is not a girl boss 😂

  • @OmarNachtraaf
    @OmarNachtraaf Рік тому +3

    Bo-Katan has been a long established character in the Star Wars universe through the Clone Wars series, she's not a nobody popped up from nowhere just for the Mandolorian.

    • @John-fk2ky
      @John-fk2ky 11 місяців тому +3

      However, she USED TO BE more flawed, more nuanced and had to struggle. She did not get stuff handed to her the way Mandalorian Season 3 did.

  • @insanejughead
    @insanejughead 11 місяців тому +3

    We need more Emily Blunt's in Hollywood.

    • @bethanyvarre9142
      @bethanyvarre9142 10 місяців тому +3

      Still angry she never got to be Black Widow!

  • @PrincessMavenKittyDarkholme
    @PrincessMavenKittyDarkholme 10 місяців тому

    Music is a part of expressing anger too.

  • @peterconlondrawing8757
    @peterconlondrawing8757 Рік тому +2

    Excellent thank you.

  • @Barot8
    @Barot8 Рік тому +2

    Here's a question. So Rey force lifts all those boulders. Why doesn't she fling them at the First Order? Sure they might not destroy all the Walkers but they'd knock them around. She-Hulk was a horrible story and had no character development at all. Worst it wasn't funny at all.

  • @JCperfection
    @JCperfection 10 місяців тому +2

    Here's an idea, Hollywood: instead of focusing on creating strong female characters, why not just create a good, well-written character and it just so happens that they're a woman? Lara Croft, Vi and Caithlyn from Arcane, Toph and Korra from Avatar, they're perfect examples of what a good strong woman should be,.

  • @rasikawijekoon8412
    @rasikawijekoon8412 10 місяців тому +2

    These characters don’t represent real people. Who are these writers who keep writing these characters again and again. These women can easily be represented by one robot for all of the nuances they show

  • @thecatsinthekitchen1309
    @thecatsinthekitchen1309 Рік тому +1

    Nice work on this Nerd👍

  • @albedo8451
    @albedo8451 8 місяців тому

    So this has me wondering if I wrote a hateable major character... Literally, the only one of these traits she doesn't display is the raging anger in favor of a silent fury in most cases. Though certain ones can make her take even that approach. Though she has a character arc where a guy sees through this to the insecurities and trauma that cause her to act like this and she gradually learns to talk instead of lashing out and work on a team. (No romance between them or anything, the guy just has a lot of wisdom) Is this just a bad time to wrie such a character? 🤔

  • @bernardausterberry9795
    @bernardausterberry9795 11 місяців тому +1

    I agreed with your train of thought. But I'm so tired of it all. Seeing it, talking about it and complaining about it. I can't watch movies that I feel ashamed and embarrassed to watch. All the same your right. The one good thing is the amount of money I save no longer buying DVDs.
    PS: I know women can be intelligent and strong without being aholes. In fact I know some.

  • @biguy617
    @biguy617 9 місяців тому +1

    All female characters are now Vurca from Willy Wonka. I WANT IT NOW!! imagine every female character as a unchecked spoiled brat was the norm. youck

  • @josephbassey1501
    @josephbassey1501 Рік тому +6

    You almost lost your eye balls cuz of how hard you were rolling them
    You gotta control them eye rolls mama
    Love your voice

  • @ArabKatib
    @ArabKatib 11 місяців тому +1

    I don't mind a girl as a boss, like a character in a story? You know, a 'boss'? but not a "girlboss"..
    Guess what? Not even a "boyboss"..
    The key here? A person "who acts as a boss", being mean, narcissistic, awfull and CRINGYYYYY!!!! ×(
    Be a NORMAL boss!! Not an ASS!!! Wanting to be the hero/ main character and loved by all!! :-|
    By being awful and narcissistic..
    And honestly I don't care if the person was a man or a woman or a tree or a dog or a rock!! Crap is carp!!!

  • @neomatrix4412
    @neomatrix4412 3 місяці тому

    you forget to mention Michael Burnham of Star Trek: Discovery

  • @tomjensen7950
    @tomjensen7950 Рік тому +1

    Dumb question time: what video is playing in the intro?

  • @luizpalombini3425
    @luizpalombini3425 11 місяців тому +1

    Shared!

  • @mr.vorrnyvorrn2516
    @mr.vorrnyvorrn2516 Рік тому +2

    *Star Wars Knights Of The Old Republic II: The Sith Lords - Obsidian Entertainment, Imagi Studios*
    Starring
    *Jason Griffith* (under the *DJ Tanner* pseudonym) as *Milo Surik*
    *Sara Kestelman* (under the *Sarah Kestelman* pseudonym) as *Kreia Kenobi*
    *Nicky Katt* as *Atton Rand*
    Directed by
    *Kevin Munroe* (Imagi Animation Studios)
    *Chris Avellone* (Obsidian Entertainment)
    Music by
    *Takahito Eguchi*
    *Tomoya Ohtani*
    Orchestra performed by
    *London Symphony Orchestra*
    *Sonic Lost World Session Orchestra*
    Now this is the definitive version of Star Wars. No?

    • @johannesseyfried7933
      @johannesseyfried7933 Рік тому

      Why would Kreia be a Kenobi? 🤔

    • @mr.vorrnyvorrn2516
      @mr.vorrnyvorrn2516 Рік тому

      @@johannesseyfried7933 1. Mentor to the hero, 2. Kreia =/= Arren Kae, and 3. She is like a female Ben Kenobi (OT Obi-Wan Kenobi)

    • @johannesseyfried7933
      @johannesseyfried7933 Рік тому

      @@mr.vorrnyvorrn2516 Oh. I thought Kreia was actually related to Obi-Wan somehow. 😅😄
      Which would be silly.

    • @mr.vorrnyvorrn2516
      @mr.vorrnyvorrn2516 Рік тому +1

      @@johannesseyfried7933 Oh, I headcanon that she is a direct ancestor of Obi-Wan. If this was confirmed, then it would be proof of my *Kreia =/= Arren Kae* theory.

    • @johannesseyfried7933
      @johannesseyfried7933 Рік тому +1

      @@mr.vorrnyvorrn2516 Yeah.....I don't really like that Idea.
      I'm not a Fan of it when all characters are somehow related to each other.
      Like the theories that Finn's related to Lando or Mace Windu.
      It just makes the world feel small.

  • @ashleymukarali4852
    @ashleymukarali4852 Рік тому

    whats the point of the movie if so easy

  • @ashishkumawat6110
    @ashishkumawat6110 10 місяців тому +2

    Do anyone remember Lara Croft 🔥

  • @michaelluppino8637
    @michaelluppino8637 10 місяців тому

    If you have to say your something for yourself; you probably not whatever it is.

  • @vmayn92
    @vmayn92 Рік тому +2

    lol nice analysis

  • @themangomanjuice
    @themangomanjuice Рік тому

    Interesting.

  • @allensacharov5424
    @allensacharov5424 11 місяців тому

    I watched this video because I had no idea who these characters are. The last movie I bought a ticket for was seven years ago - Jeff Bridges in "Hell and High Water." There were no girl bosses

  • @Andovers848
    @Andovers848 4 місяці тому

    Si basically this very intelligent video define 《girlboss trend》as 《being Maleficent, mistress of evil》
    Ready to curses because of 《no invitation》?

  • @qtrust
    @qtrust Рік тому +2

    Scrolled as far as possible and it just seems like a lot of men love your take down of 'girl-bosses'. Hopefully you've managed to criticise the way some men are portrayed to give the illusion of balance. We all know how much strife and difficulties we men have been through because of these 'girl-bosses'.
    Let's go back to the old days when we had one or two big movies a year with a female lead, and have them playing romantic interests and supporting characters in the rest. Yay!

    • @John-fk2ky
      @John-fk2ky 11 місяців тому +2

      Serious, question. What’s there to criticize about how men are portrayed that would be a form of balance? In the modern day, they are normally portrayed negatively, in some IPs universally so. In every one I’ve actually seen, any guy is at best made to look not as good as any major female characters. It compliments the “girl-boss” trope perfectly.

    • @animezilla4486
      @animezilla4486 11 місяців тому +1

      ​​@@John-fk2kyo it doesn't people seem to forgot what a girl boss trope is. You're making it sound like that all girlboss characters are nothing more than man-hating witch which is not the case at all

    • @nerychristian
      @nerychristian 10 місяців тому +1

      @@animezilla4486 Name a modern girl boss who doesn't treat men like they are idiots.

    • @unapologeticanti-feminist3205
      @unapologeticanti-feminist3205 10 місяців тому

      Mary Pickford was the first star of Hollywood who obviously lead her movies.Look up any female star of the past and tell me she didn't lead her movies most of the time. Betty Davis was also a superstar known to play edgy roles that involved bad characteristics (watch Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? for a movie that has two female leads with nothing to do with men). She won two Oscars and was nominated countless times. Lauren Bacall and Jane Russell were also known for playing tomboyish, non feminine characters. Maybe take a look at actual history before making assumptions.

    • @qtrust
      @qtrust 10 місяців тому

      @@unapologeticanti-feminist3205 Wow, you named FIVE actresses from the 40s that played roles outside the norm. I’ll help you out and add Katherine Hepburn.
      Also, saying Jane Russell and Lauren Bacall played ‘tomboyish’ roles tells me you have no understanding of any of the films they’ve been in. Strong female characters are not tomboys - They are strong female characters. Hepburn also falls in that group.
      We can debate any of this if you want. I grew up on a steady diet of films, film documentaries and ended up studying film.
      You also failed to mention how difficult things got for those great female actors and any others that stood their ground because they were seen as stubborn and ‘difficult to work with’ by male studio heads.
      It would only be fair if your name the hundreds of male actors who didn’t have to struggle much to get films made.

  • @animezilla4486
    @animezilla4486 11 місяців тому +2

    Well something I disagree with you not all girl bosses are bad some are likable like princess peach

  • @user-nq2ho7ij7h
    @user-nq2ho7ij7h 8 місяців тому

    the one from the lego movie is better than the ones nowadays

  • @andywellsglobaldomination
    @andywellsglobaldomination Рік тому +2

    I get your point, but it misses perspective... and makes assumptions about the hows and whys... It could be that the writers and producers are the ones driving these characters... but it could be that the marketers and merchandisers are driving them as well or instead... They make be stoking the flames of narcississitic righteous anger because it makes a better consumer.

    • @nerychristian
      @nerychristian 10 місяців тому

      Not really. If you go to a toy store you will see that the toys of these characters do not sell well. I don't think I've ever met a little girl who plays with Star Wars toys or who says they want to be Rey. These companies forget that it is the parents who ultimately decide what toys they will buy for their children. And most moms will not buy toys for characters that are unlikeable.

  • @hauntedhose
    @hauntedhose Рік тому +1

    1:22 what the hell is she doing with her shoulders 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @navylaks2
    @navylaks2 Рік тому +1

    Why would they dress that way, isn't that pandering to the male gaze according to their own beliefs?

  • @GiovannaHI
    @GiovannaHI 10 місяців тому

    I don’t find emasculated men entertaining, and these movies seem to have their heroines as emasculating the men. You can build women up without tearing down men.
    Plus these movies seem to delight in debasing men.

  • @Tarquin2718
    @Tarquin2718 11 місяців тому

    Extreme narcissism is a pleonasm 🙂

  • @johnelsanchezmontalvo4548
    @johnelsanchezmontalvo4548 10 місяців тому

    Yeeep help us boys what we even did

  • @Iamtheall1
    @Iamtheall1 Рік тому +2

    You are a breath of fresh air. Would love to take you out to dinner sometime.

    • @Iamtheall1
      @Iamtheall1 Рік тому

      ​@@JADTO Shot my shot - no shame 😅

    • @nerychristian
      @nerychristian 10 місяців тому

      And I'd like to take you out for lunch. Water is on me.

  • @taoalexis
    @taoalexis 5 місяців тому +1

    I'm not impressed by a bunch of people whining that they wish the world -- and especially women -- aren't the way they used to be. Get over yourselves, adapt, suck it up, move on.

  • @thedude7567
    @thedude7567 Рік тому +6

    Captain Marvel is not a bad character. She is an interesting character in the comics. The problem is Brie Larson playing her.

    • @mrloverman2.0
      @mrloverman2.0 Рік тому +1

      Lagertha from Vikings would've been perfect to play Captain Marvel.

    • @John-fk2ky
      @John-fk2ky 11 місяців тому +1

      From what I’ve seen, she USED to be interesting, but that became less and less true the longer she was Captain Marvel instead of Miss Marvel. The current reboots (they tried, a lot) range from “meh” to “I feel cheated”.

    • @nerychristian
      @nerychristian 10 місяців тому

      The original Captain Marvel was a black woman. But for some reason they decided to do the white version. Funny how none of the liberals brought this up when they announced the casting of Captain Marvel. Just goes to show how dumb they are.

  • @terences5236
    @terences5236 5 місяців тому

    This shit does not sell! They keep losing money. What’s the point?

  • @rakeshmalik5385
    @rakeshmalik5385 10 місяців тому

    I miss the real heroes sometimes. You have to go off of the mainstream to find them though.
    Truly strong characters are not loners, they're leaders. And the best leaders know that leading is serving.
    I'm working on a couple of films with female heroes who are actual people. Intelligent and strong willed yes, but not angry narcissists; they don't get to have anything handed to them by screenwriter fiat, they have to earn it. They'll end up asking men for help with some things. They'll have love interests. They'll have friends.
    Right now we're looking for funding. The studios would never fund these films. We don't like girl bosses, even though 2/3 of the crew (including the director) are women.

  • @StaryBrudnyLis187
    @StaryBrudnyLis187 10 місяців тому

    Vasquez or Ripley and thats only one movie do i need to mention more strong woman? The new era cinema is just trash

    • @nerychristian
      @nerychristian 10 місяців тому +1

      Sarah Connor, Supergirl, Elektra, Xena the warrior princess, Wonder Woman, etc.

  • @AdemolaOladipo
    @AdemolaOladipo 6 днів тому

    Don't the actions of the girl bosses reflect how women typically are in real life? Especially feminists?

  • @taniar2739
    @taniar2739 11 місяців тому

    Also Girl Bosses in real life are not good people or well liked. They are no different than the male bosses they try to copy.

  • @iemu
    @iemu Рік тому +4

    I think girl bosses are cool

    • @nerdword07
      @nerdword07  Рік тому +9

      Sure...when they’re not narcissistic, egotistical bullies

    • @animezilla4486
      @animezilla4486 11 місяців тому

      Me too

  • @mightquinnable
    @mightquinnable 11 місяців тому +3

    The girlboss writing is the reason I don’t care if the writers lose during this strike. You didn’t do better so now your fucked with no support

    • @animezilla4486
      @animezilla4486 11 місяців тому

      Not all writers are like that

    • @helion_ut
      @helion_ut 10 місяців тому

      You do realise that writers don't just have the freedom, right? The writer can't just write whatever they like, they are instructed to and if you refuse they will just find someone that will do it. You can't blame writers for just doing their job.

    • @mightquinnable
      @mightquinnable 10 місяців тому +1

      @@helion_ut then why do most of them hype themselves up about writing the worst shit. The writer of the last ant man film acts like he did nothing wrong.

    • @mightquinnable
      @mightquinnable 10 місяців тому +1

      @@animezilla4486 then isn’t the loudest group then cause it hard to see that

    • @helion_ut
      @helion_ut 10 місяців тому

      @@mightquinnable That's NOT most of them. It's specifically leftist Hollywood writers. Yes, they can suck, yes I can't stand some of them, too, like the She Hulk writers, but that is not the general writer scene, it's a miniscule minority.
      Again, Hollywood specifically hired those kinds of writers for their agenda, they didn't throw a dart and it just happened to be assholes. They picked out the writers they need for their ideological bs-
      Writers being payed jackshit is a genuine problem and wishing all writers to fail, which btw very well could mean their life being totally screwed, just because Hollywood cherrypicks the writers with the right ideology and allows them to speak up abt their shit is total madness.

  • @archinsoni1254
    @archinsoni1254 5 місяців тому

    You could've spoken a little more softer.

  • @anonygent
    @anonygent Рік тому

    No, that's not the definition of insanity, dammit. I wish people would stop repeating that inane line. We should redefine insanity as repeating that stupid definition when it isn't even remotely true.

  • @adriftwoodking
    @adriftwoodking Рік тому +4

    It's funny how when you describe why this trend is bad, I can do nothing but think of how many male roles fill those exact same criteria, to no criticism. I mean entire genres are built on "man-boss" tropes, and Mary Sue characters like Superman or Neo, so idk why its so nefarious to have women in similar roles, unless you don't think they are equal and don't belong.

    • @cocami6813
      @cocami6813 Рік тому +2

      Exactly lmao

    • @greensky3152
      @greensky3152 Рік тому +7

      "To no criticism" is completely false. They are severely criticized.
      You cite Superman as an example. Do you realize how many people hate Superman precisely because he's a Mary Sue? Sure, he has a lot of fans, but most Mary Sues have more fans than haters.
      As to Neo, a lot of people ridiculed him when The Matrix was released, and still do. Of my friends who saw the movie, maybe one or two liked Neo, and the rest thought he was absurd. I'm not sure where you get the idea that everyone likes Neo.
      I've always been a little curious as to how all the people who make this argument are able to ignore so many voices. Do you assume they're trolls?

    • @jamesmary8953
      @jamesmary8953 Рік тому

      Dude, you really are stretching far into the world of absurdity, if you think and believe the nonsense you're spewing. XD

    • @jamesmary8953
      @jamesmary8953 Рік тому +3

      @@cocami6813 Wrong. Lmao

    • @cocami6813
      @cocami6813 Рік тому

      @@jamesmary8953 nah not rlly

  • @jeff5534
    @jeff5534 8 місяців тому

    I feel like execs are starting to realise that it’s box office poison so now they need to decide what’s more important to them, pandering to rad feminists who make up a tiny fraction of the moviegoing audience or making accessible movies that are actually enjoyable and that make money. They got a taste with Spider-Man No Way Home and Top Gun Maverick, now they need to start connecting the dots

  • @tossr4716
    @tossr4716 Рік тому

    baphomet-cult