‘Just F—ing Go for It’: How ‘Supergirl’ Star Milly Alcock Learned to Ignore the Trolls and Became a Punk Rock Superhero

https://variety.com/2026/film/features/milly-alcock-supergirl-interview-sexism-superheroes-1236753786/

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mannycalavera@feddit.uk · 11 pts · 85d (1 reply)

"Punk Rock Superhero"?

WTF does that even mean?

TheImpressiveX@piefed.social · 7 pts · 85d

Most likely a reference to an important scene from last year's Superman movie, where Clark Kent declared himself "punk rock".

FirmDistribution@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 85d (5 replies)

why are people hating on this movie?

IWW4@lemmy.zip · 15 pts · 85d (4 replies)

You know why..

One of the most bitched about scenes in the last 20 years is the “she’s got help” scene in the Avengers movie.

FirmDistribution@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 85d

oh, okay. I thought it was something else.

falidorn@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 85d (1 reply)

That whole movie was fan service schlock. That moment was admittedly extremely lame but so was so much of that movie.

IWW4@lemmy.zip · 0 pts · 85d

Oh I agree that the whole movie was fan service schlock and that moment was extremely lame… YET

What is the only scene in that movie that gets bitched about regularly?

It is this scene and you can minimize it all you want but this scene gets bitched about for only one reason.

Twinklebreeze@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 84d

My problem with that scene is that it didn't really go anywhere. I expected more, but instead all the women (and spider-man iirc) line up to pose. Then there is 15 seconds on bad ass women. Then business as usual. Made the scene feel out of place to me; like something bigger was supposed to happen but got cut.

orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 85d (2 replies)

Punk is not mainstream. No inspirational headline on Variety will change that.

givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 85d (1 reply)

Widely inaccurate or you came to the scene very recently...

Maybe you think it's just exaggerated fashion?

But a lot of policy positions and opinions that used to be exclusively "punk" are now incredibly mainstream for everyone under 60 years old.

The actual important parts of punk culture are mainstream, and have been for a while.

Like, do you even realize how rare protests were 20 years ago, let alone riots? A single one was national news for months

People are fed up and have less to lose every day, they don't need people to teach them to be punk, they don't need mohawks and leather jackets...

Shit societies makes punks, and we've been making punks non stop lately.

It's not a fucking clique or people with the same fashion sense. It's a natural result to unfair systems

Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 85d

Like, do you even realize how rare protests were 20 years ago, let alone riots? A single one was national news for month

In 1969, there were hundreds of protests including a protest in DC of 500,000 people.

That was before "punk" existed. You can't change the word punk to mean protestor.

Jan 6th rioters weren't punk.

f1error@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 85d

I think Supergirl is going to be a blast! I can't wait to see it. Fuck the trolls and haters!

yessikg@fedia.io · 1 pts · 80d

As a woman, I'm still not convinced by the trailers

fox2263@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 85d

I like her