I suck at doing multi-quotes
The overarching joke was that Marvel doesn't understand how to write female superheroes which is at least partially why Marvel isn't releasing its first movie with a female lead for another three and a half years. The skit uses Black Widow mainly since Scarlett Johansson was the guest, but it works because Black Widow is the most prominent female character in the MCU who is notably without a solo film. Marvel currently has one female lead (Agent Carter) and then only AKA Jessica Jones and Captain Marvel slated to be released.
And if Marvel turns Spider-Man and Captain Marvel into romantic comedies, I might just give up on the Marvel Cinematic Universe entirely. I'm more familiar with the former, and it has never struck me as anywhere close to that genre. If the focus is going to be on their alter-egos' romantic relationships, don't even call the movies "Spider-Man" and "Captain Marvel." Call them "Peter Parker" and "Always the Bridesmaid: Carol Danvers." Might as well add a laugh track if they're going to stray that far from the source material.
But the best Spider-man stories have thier DNA ripped from romantic comedies even down to small tropes like the meet cute. Spider-man out of all the Silver Age marvel stuff pulled the most from when Stan Lee's work on romance comics a decade prior. Even with the Amazing movies the best parts are the Pete/Gwen dynamic which for better or worse is nothing but a rom com.
As for Captain Marvel I wasn't referring to her but a related character named Ms.Marvel
In fact the series shares alot of similarities too the supergirl trailer down to the somewhat adorkably frumpy protag,the genius best friend who makes all her gear and is in love with her.
Now Captain Marvel is Carol Danvers and her movie is probably going to be part top gun, part heroic space adventure after she gets her powers. Also using the always the bridesmaid Carol Danvers is hella patronizing to the source material seeing as what works for one character doesn't work for another and in KSD run which the film is going to crib a lot from Carol has only dated War Machine and most of her supporting cast is just her family and mother figure.
You say stray from the source materiel but Ultimate Spider-man, Spider-man loves Mary Jane, The original run that went from came from Lee/Ditko/Romtia all had qualities of a Rom-com and focused alot on pete's life outside of spider-man.
[qutote]I think there is. As previously stated, it's appealing to the lowest common denominator. Arrow and Flash weren't made into romantic comedies so it's especially problematic here. We only have a trailer to go on regarding Supergirl, but the superhero stuff seemed to take a backseat which is like the opposite point of making a Supergirl show. My issue with it is the same issue I had with the way Supergirl was written out of the DCAU: she travels to the future to fight evil then stays for a boy. It's a shame because all the Supergirl stuff was handled pretty well before that. When writers don't know what to do with a character, they fall back on tropes and stereotypes which ultimately hurts the character and the story. Maybe the show will prove me wrong, and I'm willing to give it a chance because I really like Supergirl as a character, but right now, I don't like the direction it seems to be taking.
Fair enough, I do agree with the Legion reasons, but that was mostly done as supergirl and the legion is a thing from the comics and for whatever reasons people think the legion are cool. I mean watching the trailer she doesn't do anything for the sake of a man though, she probably is going to have a crush on jimmy, and really hasn't shown any romantic feelings toward toyman. As for the supergirl stuff taking a backseat that isn't necessarily a bad thing., though even in the comics I tend to enjoy books that focus on the Alter ego as much the superhero stuff. But once again fair enough, but like I said the trailer trope wise shares is nearly beat by beat the same as the flash trailer.
As for Arrow it might be a romantic comedy but seasons 1 and 2 are incredibly soapy and has alot in common with a show like the Young and the restless or the bold and the beautiful. That's sort of where the whole radioactive joke comes from right.
I believe they've admitted as much, and the problem with it is that means they outright chose the bits that could be used to make Rom-Com Supergirl. Why not pick bits that don't pander to a specific audience?
My guess is that the show was conflicted on what they were going to do and they've attached alot of what typically is used for Clark Kent and attached it upon her Kara going more in the lois and clark direction. I can see why people won't like it, but as a slice of life guy i'm eating this supergirl series up.