Mulan: Revelations (2015) // Dark Horse Comics
Though the future boasts endless technological wonders, only a very few can afford access to them. As a new virus rages through the rich and poor, threatening all of humanity, a warrior is awakened to stop the evil puppeteers behind it all! Centuries after her ancestor and namesake fought for China, a new Mulan has been chosen by the ancient Chinese immortals in a final battle for the world!
Story: Robert Alter, Marc Andreyko, art: Micah Kaneshiro
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So this seems pretty amazing, and what I really like is that not only is the Mulan from Ancient China treated as a serious character who goes into battle ready and doesn’t have to stay looking pretty – but her cyberpunk counterpart looks pretty amazing too:
– wincenworks
World of Warcraft (the Movie)
clearlyiwaswrong submitted:
I don’t know if you’d seen these already but my eyes just rolled into the back of my head. Thanks for the crotch shot.
And of course the male equivalent is the opposite of sexualised.
Those posters sum up PERFECTLY the problem with gendered double standard in depicting fictional characters and how it traverses through various media, as an MMO gets adapted into a movie.
Everything about those characters that should be equal, isn’t: makeup, costume, posing.
@nicholaskole took notice way back of how male orcs are big and unequivocally monstrous, while female ones are just conventionally pretty ladies painted green with small fangs (and that Garona’s mixed ancestry is not given justice either). Basically this:
Also reminds me strongly of @krudman’s take on sexual dimorphism in character design.
We assure you, WoW the Movie, designing big badass orc women (and/or sexualized orc men) isn’t that hard! We have a couple examples in our orc tag.
~Ozzie
edit: A number of people have rushed to remind us that in according to the character’s particular lore, she’s a half orc. While correct, this doesn’t address any of the key problems such as her pose and attire, that audiences unfamiliar with the lore won’t know that or that the character is essentially promoted as a sexy orc-like lady in juxtaposition to a powerful, well protected and dangerous orc man.
World of Warcraft (the Movie)
clearlyiwaswrong submitted:
I don’t know if you’d seen these already but my eyes just rolled into the back of my head. Thanks for the crotch shot.
And of course the male equivalent is the opposite of sexualised.
Those posters sum up PERFECTLY the problem with gendered double standard in depicting fictional characters and how it traverses through various media, as an MMO gets adapted into a movie.
Everything about those characters that should be equal, isn’t: makeup, costume, posing.
@nicholaskole took notice way back of how male orcs are big and unequivocally monstrous, while female ones are just conventionally pretty ladies painted green with small fangs (and that Garona’s mixed ancestry is not given justice either). Basically this:
Also reminds me strongly of @krudman’s take on sexual dimorphism in character design.
We assure you, WoW the Movie, designing big badass orc women (and/or sexualized orc men) isn’t that hard! We have a couple examples in our orc tag.
~Ozzie
edit: A number of people have rushed to remind us that in according to the character’s particular lore, she’s a half orc. While correct, this doesn’t address any of the key problems such as her pose and attire, that audiences unfamiliar with the lore won’t know that or that the character is essentially promoted as a sexy orc-like lady in juxtaposition to a powerful, well protected and dangerous orc man.
Dreamfall chapters
@ladyofpayne submitted:
The game Dreamfall Chapters have the best female cast ever existed:
In this games we meet women of all ages and types of apperiances without begins similar “sexy” type. I recommend this game for all gamers, who love vivid characters and dramatic stories.
If nothing else, this lineup showcases how you incorporating a variety of looks and costume designs for a well populated female cast allows you show each character as a unique personality and background.
Now if only we could get more recognition for this outside of adventure games and RPGs and into more mainstream action titles.
– wincenworks