Beamer wrote on Sep 3, 2024, 11:06:
RedEye9 wrote on Sep 3, 2024, 10:16:
There's always that one guy who continually whines about female characters in video games. It's tiring.
I just rewatched Prey, with my wife this time, who really enjoyed it. And I'm still surprised it didn't get more complaints prior. It's literally about a minority woman who is completely underestimated by men that keep telling her she's just a woman and needs to keep herself to gathering and not hunting, she manages to beat the Predator because it underestimates her and keeps assuming she isn't a threat, and she completely destroys a few evil white men who disrespect her way of living because they also underestimate her.
It's woke as shit, every white person is evil and ignorant, and the whole driving arc for the protagonist is proving that women are just as capable as men. But I didn't see many complaints, maybe I missed them.
I do have two huge complaints, including how the way she finishes it in the end requires vastly more luck than skill, but otherwise? Well made movie and the second best Predator movie (low, low bar.)
I know, right.
When that same character was dropped into Star Wars, think Rey, misogynists jumped out of the woodwork and spewed their usual "Mary Sue" dreck.
It's baffling.