Guardians of the Galaxy
Aug. 4th, 2014 11:30 pmI liked it, but wasn't wowed. (Also I had a hard time catching a lot of the dialogue and I feel old now.)
Re Marvel superteam gender politics, it occurs to me that it would have been so easy to have the raccoon played by a woman voice actor. Okay, sure, I guess the character is male in the comic, but given that the comic fandom has got to be a tiny fraction of the audience of this movie, I think they could have done it. Or for that matter Groot, who is practically female-coded already (your powers involve growing things out of your own body? sounds like an earth goddess trope to me). Would very much love to see a fandub with both of them played by ladies.
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Re Marvel superteam gender politics, it occurs to me that it would have been so easy to have the raccoon played by a woman voice actor. Okay, sure, I guess the character is male in the comic, but given that the comic fandom has got to be a tiny fraction of the audience of this movie, I think they could have done it. Or for that matter Groot, who is practically female-coded already (your powers involve growing things out of your own body? sounds like an earth goddess trope to me). Would very much love to see a fandub with both of them played by ladies.
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