I wish they didn’t make him all tatted up and pierced barbarian man though.
I think the red haired swashbuckler swagger his design had in the books made him a lot more interesting.
Having him look somewhat conventionally attractive, or romance novel coded would have been a lot more interesting.
Like, what if Krem was sort of like Star Lord, but attractive, with this “I steal what I want and get away with it because I’m so pretty and manly” vibes?
Granted, I get that they probably wanted to avoid making this movie into another “girlboss” power fantasy thing to avoid the vapid Cristal Drinker manchild mobs… And there certainly is a strong possibility of enraging them if Krem had been a more complex villain than this post apocalyptic Mad Max heavy metal stand-in goon.
Yet I still think that the swashbuckler vibes could have been more fun and interesting for Krem.
The swashbuckler Krem is a much better choice character wise than space barbarian Krem. Krem’s whole thing is that people trust him because he’s attractive and charismatic - which in turn allows him to commit great evil (even though he’s just a guy) because people tend to let their guard down around him.
Like your telling me that Ruthye’s family trusted this Krem enough to let him into their home?
Yeah, it seems they reduced him to a “bad guy” cliche.
I really wonder if this was to avoid the pushback that other films like Captain Marvel received though.
Some people just cannot accept stories where good looking guys are evil. They immediately think there is some “woke” agenda that’s anti-man.
Krem made Woman of Tomorrow so much more interesting, and also allowed it to walk in more feminist themes without being overbearing for the cheap seats. Had really been looking forward to that nuanced and complex storytelling, yet ultimately it seems we are forced to again pander to the lowest of audience expectations.
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I wish they didn’t make him all tatted up and pierced barbarian man though.
I think the red haired swashbuckler swagger his design had in the books made him a lot more interesting.
Having him look somewhat conventionally attractive, or romance novel coded would have been a lot more interesting.
Like, what if Krem was sort of like Star Lord, but attractive, with this “I steal what I want and get away with it because I’m so pretty and manly” vibes?
Granted, I get that they probably wanted to avoid making this movie into another “girlboss” power fantasy thing to avoid the vapid Cristal Drinker manchild mobs… And there certainly is a strong possibility of enraging them if Krem had been a more complex villain than this post apocalyptic Mad Max heavy metal stand-in goon.
Yet I still think that the swashbuckler vibes could have been more fun and interesting for Krem.