On Twitter, there is a lot of debate about Gatotkaca. This puppet character is considered a copy of Captain Marvel. How come?
The trigger was the teaser trailer for the film Satria Dewa: Gatotkaca which was released on social media. Many netizens commented that Gatotkaca had the same star logo on his chest as Captain Marvel.
The debate between +62 residents was fierce on Twitter as monitored by us, Wednesday (23/2/2022). Many commented that the stars were similar and risked a copyright lawsuit from Marvel and Disney.
"Similar to the Captain Marvel logo #GatotKaca," said @itsla ***.
"It's better if the IP is prepared for Gatotkaca films and comics because Disney will sue anything related to the attributes used by Disney," said @unthought***.
"Well, let's see, the Marvel party will have a problem with it or not, because it's related to copyright," said @nal***.
"Even though the history is a star on the chest, the implementation is still similar to Captain Marvel," said @hemz ***.
"But it's true, it's captain marvel. In the puppet, the star on gatotkaca's chest has never seen one that looks like the star of captain marvel," said @gagak***.
However, many netizens defended it. On average, netizens who support Captain Marvel don't know the history of the Gatotkaca character who has always used the star/solar symbol on his chest.
Many netizens shared various photos of the Gatotkaca puppet, or the Gatotkaca character from the Mobile Legends Bang Bang game, or the old Jakarta Warkop scene where Kasino became Gatotkaca. This is to prove that Ghatotkacha has always used the star symbol.
"Actually, netizens didn't think about which one used the historical star symbol, because the Captain Marvel movie came out first, so it's as if Gatotkaca is said to be imitating Captain Marvel," said @ysfarr ***.
"Marvel fans who say that Satria Dewa: Gatotkaca looks like Captain Marvel is really toxic," said @Jo0118***.
"In fact, Captain Marvel looks like Gatotkaca. The Gatotkaca logo has been around longer than Captain Marvel," defended @fezar ***.
"All of you are also strange, folklore characters who are hundreds of years old are accused of copycat #CaptainMarvel #Gatotkaca," said @gracie***.