Who cares if it's a woman? All that should matter is if she can do the job so how about you put her previous experience first and
then add the side notes.
When they announced the reboot I was kinda happy to know that the writers were this Mexican dude and an American guy who were put together in an attempt to get the cultural differences between Kirk and Spock on a deeper level but this wasn't something they were bragging about, it was something I randomly read on the wikipedia page, but if I'd learned that they gave the job to that Mexican guy just because he's Mexican I would be, just, utterly disappointed.
This is what that feels like, when you announce the director or key person for this or that and it's not their accomplishments and their qualifications that are highlighted, it's how they're the PC/progressive choice. How they are black, or Indian, or Mexican, or gay or a woman or a combination of all of the above. Well, I can't speak for the rest but I can speak for myself as a Mexican and you can keep your handouts, I will earn things for myself and will do it with my own two hands.
I remember that Star Trek had the first woman in space as an actor 20+ years ago and I remember that meant something back then. Now, if that had happened today, the way things are, it would've diminished the impact of such an important landmark because there is nothing but.
I also don't want to be unfair to this woman because from what I know she could've gotten the job on merit alone, but to spotlight her gender first rather than
her is just as much a disservice to her as a director as it is to the rest of us as the audience because it just felt like an afterthought.
'Look, she's a woman! Isn't that great? Oh, yeah, she's done some critically acclaimed work, too, or whatever. But, look! A woman!'
Fortunately I've seen some of her stuff so I know she can do the job so that isn't the issue.
I swear, the more of IGN I see these days the less I respect them.
