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On Sun, 30 Jun 2024 02:25:23 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
<ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

>Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
>
>>The only new "female action hero" from MCU that I trust/am psyched about 
>>is Hailee Steinfeld, and that's just because we know she's good (past 
>>performances and all that).
>
>>Oh, and I guess Florence Pugh, though she's not exactly a "hero".
>
>I don't want to see either one in a crap movie.

Which is part of the problem with the latest movies from Marvel. They
seem to have forgotten how to write compelling movies.

>>Ms. Marvel might be OK. Maybe.
>
>>But I don't like any of the rest, not even Kathryn Newton who is great 
>>in other stuff but seems massively miscast and out of her depth here. 
>>(Really makes you wonder why the replaced Emma Fuhrmann because it 
>>wasn't even a "trade up" in this case...)