[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Ripley in the Alien films was written without a gender in mind so while that has it's own merits, it also counts against it being an example of a well written female character.

To be fair I thought the issue was about "fan" reaction rather than how or why a character was written?

A lot of the backlash does come from a place of misogyny, I've not watched the newest Ghostbusters film but from what I heard, it wasn't that bad but I remember a lot of the anger towards it began when the cast was announced. I don't think it would have mattered if the film was a masterpiece, the people out to hate it would have hated it regardless of it's quality. Look at The Last Jedi as well, a lot of the hate towards that film was attributed towards the focus on female characters to such a point that a fan edit became popular in which the female characters roles were minimized and it was the male characters that were the focus.

I reeaaaally Last Jedi, but people who rag on it for the "female focus" just give me collective embarrassment. It's gotten to the point where I feel like I'm being lumped in with them when I voice displeasure about it.