WORD….From time to time we receive letters from readers who wonder why there’s so much moralizing in our mags. They take great pains to point out that comics are supposed to be escapist reading and nothing more. But somehow, I can’t see it that way. It seems to me that a story without a message, however subliminal, is like a man without a soul. In fact, even the most escapist literature of all – old time fairy tales and heroic legends – contained moral and philosophical points of view. At every college campus where I may speak, there’s as much discussion of war and peace, civil rights, and the so-called youth rebellion as there is of our Marvel mags per se. None of us lives in a vacuum – none of us is untouched by the everyday events around us – events which shape our stories just as they shape our lives. Sure our tales can be called escapist – but just because something’s for fun, doesn’t mean we have to blanket our brains as we read it!
Excelsior!
Stan Lee
From time to time we receive letters from readers who wonder why there’s so much moralizing in our mags. They take great pains to point out that comics are supposed to be escapist reading and nothing more. But somehow, I can’t see it that way. It seems to me that a story without a message, however subliminal, is like a man without a soul. In fact, even the most escapist literature of all – old time fairy tales and heroic legends – contained moral and philosophical points of view. At every college campus where I may speak, there’s as much discussion of war and peace, civil rights, and the so-called youth rebellion as there is of our Marvel mags per se. None of us lives in a vacuum – none of us is untouched by the everyday events around us – events which shape our stories just as they shape our lives. Sure our tales can be called escapist – but just because something’s for fun, doesn’t mean we have to blanket our brains as we read it!
Excelsior!
Stan Lee
They included it because it is true to the comics.That was why it was so lame. They added it just to be woke. It was pathetic.
No, in the comics it is actually part of the story line. Not just some meaningless 2 second blip to pander to the woke like in the movie. Totally gutless cop-out.
I don't think this spoils anything, so it's Aneka and Ayo, two of the Dora Milaje. Both pretty minor characters, so not a lot of time spent fleshing them out.I don't know which characters this refers to, but that is definitely an issue sometimes with converting comics to movies, because comics have time - practically limitless time - to flesh out stories and character elements over the long-haul. When they try to make mention in a movie, it ends up being fleeting. This can apply to many aspects of the stories.
Then again, with the way most comics, especially Marvel, are written these days, they aren't really that well realized either, but that's really a different issue.
I don't think this spoils anything, so it's Aneka and Ayo, two of the Dora Milaje. Both pretty minor characters, so not a lot of time spent fleshing them out.
This is the first movie Aneka has been in. Ayo has been in all of them, but I think her most prominent role was in Falcon and the Winter Soldier.I don't even know who they are. If I recall, in the comics, the Dora Milaje were T'Challa's "wives" but I think they backed off on that for the movie and they are more just bodyguards (they were both when they first appeared). I guess it makes sense if Shuri is the Black Panther though. I do need to get out and see this thing, but I am so busy!
This is the first movie Aneka has been in. Ayo has been in all of them, but I think her most prominent role was in Falcon and the Winter Soldier.