I must be crazy to start three new posts on one day ( well, technically two days since I started this before midnight and now it´s after midnight but it is still the same session ) but the way my bonus section seems to go I will need more than two posts to cover all the birthdays. Also I can use all the original pages I have left from my last post that tackled with the NEW MUTANTS which comes in handy now that the movie has finally dropped.
So far I haven´t seen it ( With the pandemic I was too busy to go to the cinema so I´ll have to wait until it comes out on DVD. Although now that I have to get rid of most of my stuff it may be not such a good idea. ) I always try not to expose myself to too much about movies before I have a chance to watch them - which is the reason why I only watched the trailer - but I already found out about that they they whitewashed Roberto DaCosta a.k.a. Sunspot, Danielle Moonstar a.k.a. Mirage and Cecilia Reyes.
Daimn, I guess 1983s New Mutants are just too diverse for 2020s SJWs.
Back in the 80s NEW MUTANTS was doing real diversity and not what Hollywood is trying to sell us as diversity now ( plus they had more girls on the team than boys ). They were all real characters without the political correct tropes that are indispensable now. Roberto DaCosta for example was a big fan of real football - or like it is called in America soccer - but also of Magnum. Who was neither brazilian nor had dark skin. Still Thomas Magnum was one of the biggest stars on tv so Roberto wanted to be like him. Which would be totally unacceptable to Today´s SJW - programmed audience. I mean how could they dare that a brazilian character could identify with a white caucasian male who was also older ? Whitewashing !
What I find a bit telling is that when they chose a black actor to portray Jimmy Olsen on Supergirl then that´s okay and a sign of progress and we comicbook fans are supposed to suck it up even if we know that Jimmy Olsen is supposed to be a white guy. That´s not about diversity it´s just about doing the character how he is supposed to be. But when somebody like Roberto DaCosta is played by a white guy then it´s whitewashing and everybody is in an uproar. Now I´m not saying that I am okay with Roberto DaCosta being white - because he´s not - BUT how is Jimmy Olsen being black a case of blackwashing ? It´s only fair turnaround. Maybe this needs to be a word, blackwashing. And I was so looking forward to see a good adaption of Marvel Comics brilliant NEW MUTANT series on the big screen and now Xi´an " Shan "Coy Mahn a.k.a. Karma isn´t even in it. There goes my hasian fetisch as they eliminated the vietnamese lesbian of the group.
Although from what I have seen so far it will be more based on the classic Demon Bear Saga by Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkiewicz. Fun fact for my readers abroad : apparently the guys from Panini didn´t find the title scary enough so instead of Dämonenbär it is being published as Höllenbiest ( Beast From Hell ) in Germany. Whatever. At least there will be more people who will be exposed to this glorious series although I can only hope this doesn´t turn into a fiasko like the recent The Dark Phoenix Saga adaption.
But I already shared my thoughts about that in this post so let´s stay with the topic of this post. When I said that more people will be exposed to the series I of course meant that there are already some who at least are familiar with one character that originated in the NEW MUTANT series - and one who first appeared in the UNCANNY X - MEN book : Legion and the Shadowking. They are the main protagonists of the Legion tv series which for me is one of the best comicbook adaptions. Granted, the story is not the same as in the source material but the way they worked with non linear storytelling and the overall style of the show does a pretty good job of transmitting what must be going on in the head of a person with multiple personalities. As well as bringing across Bill Sienkiewicz´ art style.
And yes, I said it. NEW MUTANTS is Marvels best series about teen super heroes. Forget RUNAWAYS, move over YOUNG AVENGERS, in the words of one of the greatest philosophers of our time NEW MUTANTS is the best teen super hero series there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be. Yes, I have to agree with the guys from the SIDEBAR comic podcast that Chris Claremont´s writing sometimes comes off as grown up words coming out teens mouth while Marv Wolfman had more realistic teenage dialogue in THE NEW TEEN TITANS. But most of the members in NEW MUTANTS had to grow up faster thanks to the problems of their sudden mutation so they were not exactly kids anymore. And back then he was still at the height of his power so the writing is second to none.
more
new mutant angst angst