On the topic of this whole “Female Broly” thing...
I think people are blowing this way out of proportion, from claiming it somehow confirms Movie Broly is “canon” too, to thinking this is somehow a sexist way of taking a character literally fueled only by emotion and making them into a girl and... it’s just getting silly.
So to clear this up: This is not Broly. Not technically. It is a new character, who happens to transform into a Broly-like design. The reason it amused ME in my original post, is that this is as close to a canon Broly the Broly fanboys will ever get, and I saw many of them becoming quite upset over the apparent change in sex.
That being said, there are a few interesting things to note, one of which is this: this new young lady has the potential to have far, far more character than Broly himself ever did. Consider for a moment, her design. When we first see her, she’s a small girl. Small, pretty, rather frail-looking and timid.
But when she transforms, she’s the opposite of that. She’s strong, powerful, built for strength, aggressive and intimidating.
The character dynamic this presents, and the potential it has, is terrific. We have a proverbial Jekyll & Hyde, a Bruce Banner/Hulk, it’s almost as if that’s her opposite, or how she wishes people would see her. It may also be a true duality of personality. Maybe she herself doesn’t like to fight, doesn’t like violence, but when she transforms she gets crazy aggressive. Who knows?
That’s why I’m actually interested in seeing where it goes, and why I’m amused that there are people who would rather have the generic screaming roid monkey over her.
