The thing is, for the most part, they DON'T switch the genders. The vast vast majority of media, particularly in fantasy/SF is male-centered, and it's been that way for decades. More diversity of expression would be good for everyone. Women are subjected to a lot more tokenism - they're girlfriends or "spunky"…

Yup. There's a lot of sexism in TOS, but there are also a lot of background female characters. And OG Kirk never sexually harassed any of them. And they were generally not shrewish nagging girlfriend stereotypes like they turned Uhura into ...

Oh I remember people being plenty pissed about Starbuck and Boomer. The people in charge of that show had guts, though.

Two? I only remember the one "I'm Hiiiiiiitt" X-Wing pilot from RotJ, who am I missing?

You know what? It's totally possible for little girls to relate to male protagonists. God knows I did, growing up. But it's the 21st god-damn century and we shouldn't HAVE to.

yes yes fear not the Jezzies we certainly don't have poison spines and a thirst for the blood and entrails of men no not at all no

Not at all and that was the stupidest, worst part of Into Darkness. I was just saying on the basis of cast gender divisions. I mean, I think they could've made Scotty or Chekov or, hell, even Spock or Bones into a woman, but the True Fans would've shat themselves. (They had no trouble turning a South Asian into an…

Exactly. This is not a previously-existing property the way the Trek reboot or Lord of the Rings/Hobbit is. They had an open field to make new character and they CHOSE to keep the female presence as limited as possible.

... You're right. God help us all, but you're right.

I can't deny I did think a little 'only ONE new lady?' thought.

I was all "why do I know that name", and then I was all "ATTACK THE BLOCK YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS".

I took Accutane for a year, and while on it my hair thinned a bit (in addition to the very dry skin that is expected.) There were no lingering side effects after going off of it. It cleared up the worst of my acne, but some came crawling back after I hit a new hormonal phase around age 28.

Yup! It might make me look better but I don't like dealing with it, so oh well, world! You'll have to gaze upon my sunadulterated, slightly-splotchy visage! Darn!

Maybe they'll bring in Miles Morales after SM3?

Yeah, I thought Rodan too. Looks pterosaur-y, not moth-y.

OK FINE I'LL WATCH ANOTHER EPISODE OF SHIELD.

You seem to be spending a lot of time defending Dr. Drew - a scumbucket who makes his living exploiting drug addicts on TV who made a really unnecessarily dismissive comment on another show wherein he profits off of others' pain. It's kind of weird.

Yeah. I mean, people have different tastes and that's all good, but I could happily watch and MCU movie a day, I think (except Iron Man 2).

Mulan is the queen of all of our hearts.

Runt, a member of a species that naturally develops multiple personalities but who has no control over them and thus is basically a crazy person