She-Hulk - A Lesson In Terrible Writing

So it's no secret that She-Hulk hasn't exactly wowed audiences, but rather than just point and laugh at it, I figured I'd use it as an example of how NOT to develop a story and protagonist, and how these things could be done better. So join me as I break down the writing of She-Hulk.

[Naveication]

Hulk:
- Experimented on as a child
- His father killed his mother
- Turned into a monster against his will
- Captured by the government
- Experimented on by the government
- Involuntarily killed lot's of people without wanting to
- Lived in hiding from the government for multiple years in a third-world country separated from his loved ones
- Love of his life died
- Unable to commit suicide because the monster within him prevents it
- Got stuck on an alien planet for years
- Got controlled by the monster within him while on that planet
- Pressured to save the world multiple times

She-Hulk:
- Is a woman
- Gets catcalled by men

"I have so much more experience controlling my anger than you! :<"

[ninjaswordtothehead]

I like how she says she hates having her own area of expertise explained to her, as *she explains controlling anger to Professor Hulk* .

[RainbowdashLT]

what made me hate this, even as a woman.

She explains how she has to control her anger all the time and men calling her emotional.

M e a n w h i l e, are we gonna forget the fact Bruce nearly blew his brains out because he became so depressed and felt awful having hulk in his head, and it drove him nuts...but he didn't.

nice nod that society doesn't care about mens mental health

edit: Bruce did pull the trigger, but hulk didn't let him die and topped the bullet. I forgot about that it has been a while

[zootopiawilson]

Drinker, your idea of Jen being injured and Bruce giving her a blood transfusion is actually the comic book origin of She-Hulk

[stefantsarev]

So, let me get this straight:
- He almost gets killed by the gamma radiation that made him into the Hulk;
- He was chased across the world by Ross and fired upon countless times;
- He lost Natasha;
He almost lost his arm due to the Infinity stones.
But yeah, she had it worse because she was catcalled.

[vinjass]

Don't you love when she says she's sick of men explaining her field of expertise, while she explains Bruce's field of expertise

[Unserioussam]

"I can control my anger"
She says to a man who's lost his wife, watched friends die, saw a mad titan slay half the universe and fought to bring them back.
Who had to struggle for years with what he thought was a demon and a curse, who had to see fear in his own friends' eyes whenever he had even the slightest inconvenience as everyone was utterly terrified of the unstoppable unreasoning force that is HULK.

But yeah ok. I'm sure it's almost equivocal to say that catcalls and being mansplained are just as bad. Mhm. FUCK I hate that scene so much.

[jffry]

My favorite part about that pretentious speech was her literally seething with rage while stating how well she can control her anger while at the same time proving how she's so easily triggered.

[gyrfalconhawk]

Maybe if Disney stopped making female characters who are strong, and started making strong characters who happen to be female, people would like them more

[djcoasters]

Love when she says she’s great at controlling her anger while she’s raging hardcore in front of Hulk.

[ungdly]

I believe there's two different types of terrible writing.

Terrible writing because you're inexperienced, which, I feel, is excusable.

And terrible writing because you tried to make something political/controversial and shove it down our throats like it's a new hot button issue that hasn't been beaten to death many times over.

[cristianmunoz]

She Hulk could have been such a good show but they hired writers that haven't even read the original She Hulk comics

[NickNapoli]

“She-Hulk” proving that wine moms can’t write a tv show.

[benjaminaswad]

Her being able to outperform the Hulk at everything, first try, is THE MOST Mary Sue writing ever created.

[isaactheicemancombs]

6:35-6:55 The blood transfusion thing you mentioned here is her actual origin in the comics. Congratulations you know more of the source material than the writers of the show

[tannerpeterson]

I love how angry she sounds when she tells Bruce that she’s good at controlling her anger…

[youvebeengreeked]

Bruce was abused by his father, who killed his mother in front of him, he had his gamma incident, was hunted by the military, fled into hiding in South America and attempted suicide, all while coping with the PTSD of turning into a giant green hulking monster and killing potentially dozens of people.
Jen gets complimented on the street and patronised at work…

[ariamaddison]

Hulk: “I was hunted by the military for years.”

Jen-Hulk: “A man whistled at me once.”

[gallahant]

At this point i honestly do not know if the writers are promoting feminism or mocking it. Weird times we are living in.

[patricklewis]

I like how you use these kinds of shows as what not to do instead of bashing it. Makes it way more entertaining and educational then just ripping it to pieces