Recently re-watched Blade 1 and despite its many flaw it is so much better than anything the MSHEU even came close to.
The formula is really simple.
the main character has to be a man
the main villain has to be a man
any women character have to be hot or at least not frumpy, except comic relief frumpy women who don't take too much screen time are acceptable
any women shouldn't talk very much, and never to each other
the women can't be smug, but silently looking smug while being hot is OK (see black widow in ironman 2)
no homos
coloreds are allowed as long as the fact that they are colored is never emphasized (like no out of place afros) and ABSOLUTELY NEVER talked about
DEI restrictions, and unfirable diversity hire commissars on staff, make this formula impossible to execute for any project that has a significant budget
Yeah iirc the woman in Blade1 had a purpose as well. She wasn't some strong independent woman who don't need no man, but she did have an established skillset that was interesting and useful for the plot (gene therapy to cure vampirism). It wasn't some random skill the plot needed her to pick up in a ten second handwave explanation either.
Almost like back then they knew how to write female supporting characters in a male-centric action movie without going full feminazi on you.
Recently re-watched Blade 1 and despite its many flaw it is so much better than anything the MSHEU even came close to.
The formula is really simple.
DEI restrictions, and unfirable diversity hire commissars on staff, make this formula impossible to execute for any project that has a significant budget
Yeah iirc the woman in Blade1 had a purpose as well. She wasn't some strong independent woman who don't need no man, but she did have an established skillset that was interesting and useful for the plot (gene therapy to cure vampirism). It wasn't some random skill the plot needed her to pick up in a ten second handwave explanation either.
Almost like back then they knew how to write female supporting characters in a male-centric action movie without going full feminazi on you.