Marvel Studios’ She-Hulk Writer: COVID-19 is going to be like Rise of Skywalker

[Ryan.]

Uh-huh....

(Note that she is not the head writer)



In the event of her trying to be funny and clever (because who doesn't hate both the Coronavirus and Rise of Skywalker right?), it seems to have backfired for a lot of people in the replies.

And just a reminder on how the two aren't the same:


This just wasn't the best time to make a joke.

 

[Qikz]

Thing is I don't think they're wrong in the fact we'll probably all collectively try and pretend it never happened.

 

[Meg Cherry]

Star Wars fans having trouble taking a joke? Who knew such a thing was possible?

 

[Buckle]

COVID-19 is going to be like Rise of Skywalker. It's a nightmare. It's going to be a struggle. But then we're going to get to come out the other side and pretend it never happened.

Click to shrink...

Goddamn.

Well, was looking forward to She-Hulk more than any of the other projects. Rooting for them after this is all over.

 

[jon bones]

And she's a woman! get her!

 

[Deleted member 32822]

Was it a crass joke? Yes. Do people cope with grief, stress, and anxiety with humor? Yes.

Manabyte is having a full blown meltdown over this joke. He tweeted that "Thanos was right" about the need for the half our population to be wiped out to get rid of people like the woman who made the joke, and he's rallying his supporters to harass her. Meanwhile, he's also getting dragged and being a diva about it.

 

[kyle mechlachlan]

let people make dumb analogies to cope with a problem they don't understand how to deal with

 

[MisterAnderson]

I'll allow it.

 

[Dabanton]

I don't think people who've lost people they love, their jobs, home etc will pretend Covid 'never happened'

Yes, it's supposed to be a dark joke, but it's not even funny.

 

[boontobias]

I'm calling Feige right now to FIRE HER

Maybe some of the negative responses to her joke has to do with her gender

 

[Bradbury]

Saw this tweet earlier and shruged it. You can make say it´s a bad timming for joke, but all month people being using humor to get used to the situation, this is a whole bunch of non story here, and it seems like more gaters trying to attack Dana again (She made some comments about South Park and people got mad)

 

[HMD]

Seems like a light hearted yet naive joke. But I don't know the full context of who this person is.

 

[Fart Master]

Star Wars nerds aren't funny

 

[Deleted member 46489]

Um...people deal with these things in all kinds of ways. Humor is as valid a way of dealing with this situation as anything else. I see nothing wrong in this tweet. Put down your pitchfork and act like a human being. Have some empathy.

 

[Doggg]

 

[munchie64]

 

[Buckle]

Haven't seen ROS yet. Liked Force Awakens, was mixed on TLJ (probably not going to hold up well on repeat viewings)

Hoping JJ didn't take all the criticism about using nostalgia as a crutch and go even harder on it.

Spoiler

I'm guessing he probably did. :(

 

[Zor]

The sheer gall on this She-Hulk writer!

(I liked it)

 

[Elfotografoalocado]

Jeez, the reactions. Covid-19 is also the excuse for a lot of though policing and rabid reactions to innocuous things.

 

[fixurheartordie]

Eh, I mean... I get what she's getting at but people have died and more will die so it does come off as pretty dismissive. I'm sure the backlash won't be overblown since it involves Star Wars and a comic book writer who's a woman, of course.

 

[Officer Big Mac]

It's not even a joke. It's not even in the ballpark of humor.

 

[Deleted member 2109]

Oh my god somebody made a joke.

Lets ruin their life!

 

[ToTheMoon]

Lots of people deal with COVID through humor or memes. This one wasn't terribly funny (to me), but it also wasn't any more offensive than any of the other humor about the situation I see on a daily basis. Seems like a weird place to draw the line tbh.

 

[Veelk]

I desperately wish that people understood that metaphors....that the entire point of metaphors....is to describe how a thing is like another thing in one or a few aspects without being that thing in every other respect.

Saying that we as a society might deal with Covid-19 in a similar manner as we dealt with TRoS isn't saying that TRoS was as bad or damaging as the virus, nor is it the implication.

 

[Deleted member 8741]

At this point Rise of the Skywalker jokes/slams are as original as hating on Nickelback.

 

[Lumination]

"Disgusting" reaction? Nah. The jokey part at the end is really a jab at how bad our society is at self-reflecting, not really making light of the tragedy itself. I think it's a pretty acceptable stance.

 

[Mr.Deadshot]

Star Wars > MCU

HA!

 

[ZeoVGM]

Holy shit, could we stop going after with pitchforks because they made a dumb tweet?

 

[Voytek]

Clearly a joke. Not a very good one but still. I do get the feeling that the Mouse isn't going to be too happy with her though haha

 

[Roliq]

If you search "She hulk" on youtube in the last 24 hours you will find about 5 videos made by the alt right insulting her, probably in the next 24 hours there will be 20 more videos

 

[Mobu]

Rise of of SKylwaker jokes...

IN 2020

 

[B-Dubs]

We don't need a thread for every bad twitter take and the tweets that dunk on them.