NobodyReally
Superstar
It's just... exhausting. The post-credits scene obviously sets up the next movie to be business as usual. All of these female led movies are one offs, little breaks from the norm of a strong male lead. The bankable franchises are still built around the male heroes, yet dudes are protesting. Can you imagine what it's like growing up female and having most movies never featuring your gender as a competent lead? I don't think most guys could handle it. We get a couple of action movies featuring us in the lead and the whole internet freaks out. What's ironic about all this outrage is that at it's heart, Wakanda Forever was still focused on the struggle of this family, community, and country without their king. The king is still centered as the glue and his absence has created all this chaos.I'm on the side of recasting T'Challa, but that wouldn't even factor into what I'm about to say
The answer to your question is anything I laugh when people ask "what could they have done?" The shyt is all made up anyway Riri was clearly tacked onto this movie and didn't need to be there at all. She could've been anybody, so the idea that "there just wasn't any room for men" doesn't really work. If they wanted more competent males in the movie they would've had them
And M'Baku definitely could've filled some of the void because he was definitely wasted. Nikkas go to the "yea but he became king at the end" but that means nothing in the scope of a 30 second scene out of a total 5 minutes he has in a 3 hour movie. Just like I say with Mary Sue characters, the destination is irrelevant when there's no road to reach it. The journey is what captivates us
Also this falls into the total context of what the MCU has become, where they've clearly taken away nearly all the male heroes. This movie falls in the context of a phase where now the next Avengers are nearly all women
Its not about not wanting strong female characters or heroes. Kill Bill is my GOAT movie I thought Okoye was the best character in Wakanda Forever. The overall point is about how male heroes are being replaced, and that trickles down to black males and is often(and expectedly) worse