Emasculating? Yeah, Hollywood has done a really bad job of treating Asian male leads as non-romantic.
But, tbh, I don't want any male leads to be forced into this idea of "needing a girlfriend to be a man". I'm tired of every male superhero having an obligatory love interest, and reducing the female side character to just that. Instead of making Asian leads into generic alpha males like the White leads, IMO the reverse should happen.
Of course, ideally we'd have several Asian male leads in a movie, some in romance and some not
None of them should have love interests IMO
I went the other direction -- I thought he was kind of young for Shang Chi, but then again, I didn't really start noticing him until decades after his debut, when he was already one of Marvel's more established modern heroes.
I suppose it's also his comic version vs. this delivery -- the trailer implies his being young and irresponsible, whereas most depictions for some time now show Shang Chi with the wisdom of the ages.
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As for the topic of love interest, I'm a-okay with, say, his Asian supporting cast having their own love interest, rather than Shang-Chi himself. I like the idea of a central hero as a third wheel of sorts, which doesn't happen very often (like actually with RDJ's Sherlock Holmes to Watson and Mary, for example). Or Harry Potter with Ron and Hermione (and before anyone brings up Ginny, she didn't play nearly as big a role as the Big Three).
I hope there's not too much supporting cast stuff, unless they're really entertaining. I want the main focus to be on Shang
Most of the versions of him I've seen have longer hair though.
This (see below link) apparently, although there is something he tweeted in 2018 too which I just learned about -
2012
https://epicstream.com/news/BriConst...oke-Resurfaces
2018
https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia...lberg-13822264
Edit - LOL, I adore "Cancel Culture" it is so non-ironically (at least according to those who take part) petty and stupid.
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"So you've come to the end now alive but dead inside."
So the scene with the huge battle and Lion. Is that like a Mandarin origin story? That appears to be from a long time ago, while the rest of the movie is very modern.
The closest I can think to Shang having an independent love interest is a secret agent he was partnered with.
I guess I'm used to Shang looking more...fresh-faced, I guess? The actor's fine, just a different impression.
I think Shang's been trying to assimilate hard into American culture to run away from his old life but having to face up to it will force him to embrace and really become the Master of Kung-Fu.
There's a scene where Mandarin has longer hair and looks more like his comic self, while I think in the present-day it's shorter, so we might see his origin.
Wrote about this in the Shang-Chi Appreciation thread, but honestly I fucking cried when I first saw that trailer. After all these years of championing this character, I'm so happy to see him finally show up on the big screen. I finally get to see a character like me stand next to Captain America, Spider-Man, Black Panther, Iron Man, the Avengers, and the rest of the MCU. On another note, the character speaks to these times. Shang-Chi reminds me that I'm not a virus. Or a victim. I'm a hero.
Happy to see the movie trending #1 on YouTube right now.
In any case, here is a link to an EW.com story on the movie:
https://ew.com/movies/shang-chi-and-...iu-first-look/
So excited to see this now!
"I am a man of peace."
"A man of peace...who fights like ten tigers."