Ok, just to be sure...
spoilers:
You agree with the idea that Carol's dad didn't actually have an affair, at least not in the situation of the letters, and that he was actually "cheating" Carol's mother with her Knee personality? CBR's review of the issue actually talked about that. |
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About the hair: totally agree with you. We actually have Kris Anka to thanks for this terrible and mess of an idea, because according to him, the short hair is supposed to make her look more military-ish (LoL, like women in the military didn't have long hair and like Carol is actually still in the air force). The way he portrayed Carol was just terrible, and Kris is actually a good artist (his work in The Runways is a good, solid work).
Too bad the short hair period happened when the character was getting more attention because of the movie announcement, otherwise, I think it would probably be almost completely forgotten. Because of the timing, I guess it will have at least a little impact in the way newcomers think about Carol's image. Hopefully now that she is in the MCU they won't dare to change her hair again.
Talking about the MCU hair's situation, I guess the short hair actually had an impact in the decision about the length of Brie Larson's hair. I supposed they didn't want to cut it short, but also didn't want to have it exactly long, because, you know,
fans, so they went for a middle term and decided for an almost shoulder length hair. I actually hope that in the other appearances Larson has an even longer hair. Don't get me wrong, she looks good right now, but she looks even better with a really long and straight hair.
And the whole Diana new 52 origin retcon is just terrible. I guess this is literally the example, even more for the movie, of changing more than 70 years of a character's history so that it wouldn't look too "feminist" (for the lack of a better word) and aggressive to the customs of the general audience. A super powered woman that was born without the need of a man, that was raised in a society of only women and that fights for justice? Outrageous!
And the Mar-Vell situation, as I said, I really don't care about this origin. For me, Mar-Vell is totally disposable, and if he doesn't appear in the movie, and they come up with another reason for her powers and another reason for her name, I wouldn't really care... I would actually be quite pleased with it. It makes Carol even more her own person and her own hero.