So recently marvel announced that they were going to make a
guardian of the galaxy movie. Don’t know who they are? Well don’t worry neither
do very many people, but during my investigation of them i ran along one hero
who i can’t figure out... Squirrel girl. (By the way I’m all for this movie, it
sounds great and in the past few years marvel has been really knocking it out
of the park with their films. This film looks like it’s going to be awesome but
it makes me wonder about DC, and why they can’t produce anything like this). It
seems odd that DC can’t even get superman or wonder woman to the big screen. Does
no one think this is odd? In a couple of years people are going to know who
squirrel girl is, and let’s be honest there are going to be films about her
then wonder woman. And for all those out
there who are trying to remind me about the new wonder woman pilot that’s
coming out, stop it, it’s not working. This
is the second one that has come out in recent years, so I’m not exactly
positive about the idea of a long term wonder woman any time soon. So in my
fondest dreams i imagine a time when people talk about squirrel girl in the
same breath as the other greats. So for this article I’m going to compare them,
and show you how much better squirrel girl is.
So firstly powers, as you might have guessed she has the
power to talk to squirrels, and not just telepathic, but she actually went out
and learnt the language. She looks like a squirrel, with a long furry tail,
strong and fast and has knuckle spikes. So you might have guessed but she’s a
mutant. She also has gadgets in a utility belt, where she has all manner of
stuff (though its mostly nits, seriously) So a
couple of weeks ago I said that put all my money behind Cyclops as the best
mutant. And i still agree with that but frankly squirrel girl is coming in a
close second. Read the above again, its doesn't sound that impressive does it, but she kicks ass. In one of her
earliest adventures she beats Thanos, yes that dude at the end of avengers. Alone.
With just her furry little tail and the ability to jump really high she beat a
bad guy so bad he was based on the Greek daemon of death. She defeated wolverine! (and yes it made me
happy to write that) she beat him up with her fists. That is awesome. She has
defeated deadpool, and Doctor Doom. These are major people in the marvel
universe
Wonder woman on the other hand has a huge amount of powers,
she is the superman for women, with super strength, super speed, flight. But you
know all this, she is one of the biggest heroes around. At first a comparison
is almost ridiculous; one is a golden age minor character, while the other
wears a huge w on her chest while wearing very little. That is one thing that
squirrel girl has going, at least she doesn’t have a revealing costume. Also, squirrel
girl didn't star in a load of bondage cartoons... so there’s that going for
her. Don’t believe me? Look it up the creator of wonder woman, he was massively
into all that, it explains why the only weakness wonder woman has is being tied
up.
So you might be thinking “pah how ridiculous i like in heroes
dark and serious!” (you would also be speaking in a turn of the century British
voice). But seriously don’t judge her by
her powers. Many heroes started out a little but ridiculous, and yes her powers
are never going to be serious. But is that necessarily a bad thing? Squirrel
girl is a left over from a past age, but i don’t think its such a bad thing. After
all comics which take themselves too seriously just come off as ridiculous to
me (i’m looking at you wolverine). A hero who understands even a little bit how
ridiculous he or she is perfect.
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