In light of a casting rumor now making the rounds about The Man Of Steel movie, I thought it appropriate to re-link to this entry I ran 2 1/2 years ago. Because obviously I (and a 50 year old romance comic) were predicting the future...
As to how I feel about this "Jenny Olsen" business? Well, it's not like there has been a single interesting nanosecond of Jimmy Olsen in any of the prior movies, so it's not as if we're giving up much...
THE FOLLOWING IS A SLAY MONSTROBOT CLASSIC:
Bold Fashion Choices--Oh My God, Jimmy Olsen Is HOT!!!
Androgyny wasn't invented in the 1980's, no matter what VH1 tells you about Boy George or Annie Lennox:
Va va voom! Bow ties, fitted dress shirts, your brother's belt...if cross-dressing like this is wrong, I don't wanna be right!!
From Young Romance #124 (1963).
BONUS: What's that book she's reading??
Textbooks For Dummies--another trend that really started in the 1960s!!!
I'm up for it.
ReplyDeleteHowever, it does mean Jimmy's gonna suffer a sex change in the comics sooner or later.
Corroborating evidence: Nick Fury.