Rtron wrote:Bounti76 wrote:william-james88 wrote:DeathReviews wrote:"Rex" is latin for "King" as I recall, so calling this a "her" doesn't seem to jive with the terminology. It's correct that it should be latin for "Queen".
Or is this another one of those situations where the character is referred to as one gender, but 'identifies themselves' as some other gender....? The head sculpt is nice - pity I have no interest in this figure, having already dismissed Barney Megatron and "T-Wrecks".
Tyrannosaurus Rex is the name of the species, which includes both sexes.
Rex is clearly a title/word in Latin that refers specifically to a male person. So we're calling a female Tyrannosaurus "King"? It's like saying "Mr. and Mrs. John Smith" includes both sexes, even though the female in that duo is NOT John, she's Susan.
I realize this probably isn't coming out the way a I'd like, but I'm not really sure how to articulate it.
It's literally the name of the species. I don't think it's sexist. It IS generic, though. Queen in latin is "Regina", I think. Probably a weird name for a robot, since it is an actual name people use. Although Randy exists...
Not to mention, this was all already established in the actual movie Jurassic Park. They called the T-rex a T-rex despite all the dinosaurs on the island being female for safety reasons. The robot being a female makes sense in this regard. T-rex is simply the name of the species.