莫里森在最新的订阅台里提到了电影《超女》
标题：超级话题（Sooper Dooper）我实在无法理解，怎么会有人如此过分地批评DC影业最新推出的同名电影里扮演超女的演员米莉·阿尔科克，至于这部电影是好是坏，我还不知道——等资源登陆电视平台后我可能会去看一看——不过从预告片与宣发物料来看，本片像是低配版詹姆斯·冈恩式太空动作片，其中还有一段逻辑经不起推敲的超级狗小氪遇险的情节（反派这么十恶不赦，那干嘛不直接一开始就把小氪消灭掉？）另外杰森·莫玛演的暴狼在片中登场，角色观感还算讨喜，但有一点确凿无疑，本片票房表现未达预期
DC的电影部门总是重复着同样的错误，无论由谁来负责，他们总喜欢挑选不合适的人来做这项工作，之前一直都在这样，今后还会继续这样下去，继续犯下那些代价高昂的错误，他们始终没理解超级英雄角色以及他们的行为逻辑
也有不少人试图辩解称，针对《超女》的负面评价里不存在厌女色彩，可这套说辞未免太过牵强，大量差评源自中老年男性群体，矛头对准阿尔科克的外貌和吸引力，这类指责本身就很难剥离性别偏见
就连里基·杰维斯（英国演员、导演）也认为《超女》遭到批评只是因为其制作质量不佳，把其他指责归为好莱坞觉醒思潮小题大做，并声称如果剧本本身足够好，就不会有负面反应，他和许多人否认了网上那些关于该片存在性别歧视的指责，尽管最初的投诉大多与剧本或故事内容无关，而是些心胸狭隘的中年男人在贬低片中年轻女演员的外貌，既然有许多评论者表示，如果让西德尼·斯威尼来扮演这个角色，他们就会喜欢这部电影，那么你就很难说完全是电影的故事导致了它的失败。但他一边痛斥脱离大众的明星不该随意发表片面的政见，自身言行却又透着违和，他本人早已身家千万，也同样乐于公开发表个人观点，还默认自己的看法比同圈其他艺人更有价值。我只是不明白，他凭什么认为自己一定比其他顶流从业者更了解普通民众
'借他人之眼，看清自我模样'（苏格兰谚语）
那关于《超女》就聊到这吧
原文I can’t quite fathom the vicious railing on the actor Milly Alcock, who is playing Supergirl in the recently released film of the same name from DC Studios. I don’t know if it’s a good film or a mediocre one - I’ll probably watch it when it comes on TV - but as far as I can see from the trailers and promo, it comes across as James Gunn-lite space action, with an unconvincing dog in danger plot, (if he’s such a bastard, why wouldn’t the villain just disintegrate Krypto?), and the likeable Jason Momoa as Lobo in there somewhere. What I do know is that the film has underperformed at the box office.
DC’s film division makes the same mistakes over and over again, no matter who is in charge, by making a point of picking the wrong people for the job. They do it all the time and will continue to keep doing it, and will keep making the same costly mistakes because it’s in their nature to misunderstand these superhero characters and what makes them tick.
It also seems a little disingenuous to suggest, as some have tried to do, that there is no hint of misogyny in the criticism of Supergirl when so much of it comes from older men, and revolves around Alcock’s appearance, and her attractiveness, or lack of it.
Even Ricky Gervais weighed in to suggest that Supergirl was only criticised because it was poorly made. He dismissed the other complaints as ‘woke’ Hollywood freaking out in its usual manner, and claimed there would be no backlash if the script was good to start with. He and numerous others denied any accusations of misogyny in online critiques, even though most of the initial complaints had nothing to do with the script or story and everything to do with bitchy middle-aged men insulting the looks of its young star. Given that many reviewers even suggested they would be fine with the movie if Sydney Sweeney had been cast in Alcock’s place, it’s hard to make the case that the film’s story was what let it down. I’ve also enjoyed a lot of Gervais’ work, but when Ricky attacks out of touch celebrities by insisting that they shouldn’t be airing their apparently misguided political opinions, there’s an odd disconnect. Surely Gervais himself is a multimillionaire success story who is fine with airing his opinions as if they are more relevant than others in his position. I’m not sure what makes him think he’s more ‘in touch’ with ordinary people than all the other superstar entertainers.
‘To see oursels as ithers see us!’
Anyway, Supergirl blah blah…