That's an extremely common strategy to lure people in for a dose of THE MESSAGE. Lots of these reboots and sequels pull the rug out from under the characters you paid to see.
Almost like they know nobody would pay money to see some woke offbrand version of these beloved characters or something...
Star Wars: Luke is a loser, Han is murdered, Leia is a strong General, Rey is über-powerful and beats all the bad guys.
Terminator: John Connor is murdered in the first 5 minutes, Mexican girl is the new savior of mankind, Sarah Connor is now a 5'5" petite wahman with no arm definition. Arnold is an old married dad.
Indiana Jones: Indy is a drunk divorcee who no one likes, ugly Br*tish bint is is the new hero who everyone loves and is smart and clever and beautiful!!!
Iron Man is dead and replaced by a black girl, Thor is still a loser and is replaced by a woman, Hulk is lame and weak and replaced by a woman, Hawkeye is replaced by a woman, Dr. Strange is replaced by a woman in his own movie, Antman is shown up by two women in his own movie, Black Panther is replaced by a woman, Spider-man is being replaced with a black kid (but not in the real movies (YET)), Captain America replaced with a black man who already had his own name and "powers," War Machine (James Rhodes) was actually a girl alien the whole time, Samuel Jackson is a lazy old man who is replaced by a smug condescending woman.
Batman: recently killed and Harley Quinn is being shoved into the spotlight in his place
Just off the top of my head. I'm sure I missed a couple other obvious ones.
That's an extremely common strategy to lure people in for a dose of THE MESSAGE. Lots of these reboots and sequels pull the rug out from under the characters you paid to see.
Almost like they know nobody would pay money to see some woke offbrand version of these beloved characters or something...
It's pretty much expected at this point. Almost 100% of these white male-led nostalgic franchises come back with some random chick as the new lead.
Star Wars: Luke is a loser, Han is murdered, Leia is a strong General, Rey is über-powerful and beats all the bad guys.
Terminator: John Connor is murdered in the first 5 minutes, Mexican girl is the new savior of mankind, Sarah Connor is now a 5'5" petite wahman with no arm definition. Arnold is an old married dad.
Indiana Jones: Indy is a drunk divorcee who no one likes, ugly Br*tish bint is is the new hero who everyone loves and is smart and clever and beautiful!!!
Iron Man is dead and replaced by a black girl, Thor is still a loser and is replaced by a woman, Hulk is lame and weak and replaced by a woman, Hawkeye is replaced by a woman, Dr. Strange is replaced by a woman in his own movie, Antman is shown up by two women in his own movie, Black Panther is replaced by a woman, Spider-man is being replaced with a black kid (but not in the real movies (YET)), Captain America replaced with a black man who already had his own name and "powers," War Machine (James Rhodes) was actually a girl alien the whole time, Samuel Jackson is a lazy old man who is replaced by a smug condescending woman.
Batman: recently killed and Harley Quinn is being shoved into the spotlight in his place
Just off the top of my head. I'm sure I missed a couple other obvious ones.
He-Man: Gets killed in the 1st episode and the entire season is about a butch Teela.