She-Hulk: Hulk Smash or Hulk Pass?
The new Disney Plus show released on Aug. 18, “She-Hulk” is based on the Marvel comics by Stan Lee and John Buscema. The show takes place a few years after Endgame in Los Angeles. She-Hulk (Tatiana Maslay) is a lawyer who works with cases involving superheroes until one day an accident causes her to become one herself. Her cousin Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) is a well-known superhero otherwise known as the Hulk. To be blunt, this show was boring and the characters were very bland with very little personality.
The show represents some real-world problems, including sexism. The most obvious example of this is when the public did not want to see She-Hulk become a superhero simply because she is female. This is very believable considering how many people to this day don't want to see women in power and are very discharging toward women. Furthermore, the show is missing out in other categories. The show is not very realistic or believable. For example, She-Hulk is able to fully control her alter personality and powers after only a short amount of time. Which doesn't seem likely considering how long it took Hulk to be able to control his powers.
Hulk serves as a huge mentor to his cousin by helping and teaching her to be able to control her powers. Although the other characters were disappointing such as Dennis Bukowski (Drew Matthews) who referred to women as “it”, the show needs to provide a deeper meaning to gender inequity and how this is wrong. Another issue with the characters is many not knowing as much about She-Hulk's previous life compared to other superheroes considering her back story didn't go into very much detail. Making it difficult for fans to relate and get to know a different side of her before the accident.
The show is very disorganized by constantly switching up storylines. Going from focusing on one character to the next makes it harder to follow along.
Overall this show didn't put most fans on the edge of their seats wondering what is going to happen next. This can be a good show to watch in the background while doing homework or chores, it is also a show that can also give a lot of girls hope to follow their dreams since there is a female lead which isn't the case for a lot of Marvel movies. A question a lot of marvel fans are wondering is if She-Hulk will be seen in new marvel movies or if this will just be a one-hit wonder for her. There are not a lot of connections between the show to other Marvel films, and a lot of fans did not enjoy the show so Marvel would receive backlash if She-Hulk is in upcoming films.