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07-24-2021, 10:10 AM | #81 |
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The issue is that there's an uproar on Twitter and in the blogosphere whenever a non-white character is cast with a white actor. For instance, they forced David Skrein to exit the Hellboy movie, and went after Emma Stone for starring in Aloha. But the exact same people cheer it on when a white character is cast with a non-white actor, as they did with Snake-Eyes. And they actively campaign for this to happen. See the campaigns for Dr. Doom to be cast with a black actor in the MCU Fantastic Four movie. So the problem is with the double standard based solely on race.
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07-24-2021, 01:45 PM | #82 |
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The issue is that there's an uproar on Twitter and in the blogosphere whenever a non-white character is cast with a white actor. For instance, they forced David Skrein to exit the Hellboy movie, and went after Emma Stone for starring in Aloha. But the exact same people cheer it on when a white character is cast with a non-white actor, as they did with Snake-Eyes. And they actively campaign for this to happen. See the campaigns for Dr. Doom to be cast with a black actor in the MCU Fantastic Four movie. So the problem is with the double standard based solely on race.
Scarlett Johansson was cast as Major in Ghost in the Shell, and I'm sorry, that's wrong. The character's name is Motoko Kusanagi. She's Japanese. The logic is that you cast a big star like Johansson since if you make a live-action GITS she's the only prominent women star who can draw money to that movie. And they did that, and the movie didn't draw good money. |
07-24-2021, 02:32 PM | #83 |
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07-24-2021, 02:34 PM | #84 |
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It bombed largely because johansen has absolutely zero range depth or charisma as an actress and only gets cast because she has torpedo tits. Shes like the female version of channing tatum….only cast because of her looks. Its funny that people wanted her to be asian but in the anime she looks caucasian. Ive said it a million times anime almost never translates well into live action.
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07-24-2021, 03:11 PM | #85 |
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I'm amazed this has survived while other threads get nuked. Stealthy little ninja thread! lol
If anyone knows how, I'd love to recover the "no more hood" discussion for posterity. Most of the participants behaved very well and it was a nice--albeit controversial--adult conversation. I laughed. I cried. It became a part of me. Nice distraction from the sh!t of a week I was having anyway. DM away. |
07-24-2021, 03:54 PM | #86 |
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Play around with Google and the cache. Using the below phrases, I got results for various pages of the thread. Then click the three dots and cache button, and you can view certain pages at different times of capture. I don't think there'd be any way to just page through the entire thread, so you'll have to get bits and pieces of it back by searching on different phrases.
Google for these, or try other search engines like Bing: "No more hooded cobra commander" "page 3" "No more hooded cobra commander" "page 4" "No more hooded cobra commander" "page 5" And I get results by plugging in up to page 21. I don't think we should've lost that whole thread, for sure. If politics are affecting what kind of toys are produced, or how the media is produced, we need to be able to talk about it as fans. If outside forces are affecting our hobby, we shouldn't be unilaterally surrendering to them. Last edited by JediJones; 07-24-2021 at 05:52 PM.. |
07-24-2021, 04:27 PM | #87 |
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After seeing the movie it turns out that no it really didn't make a difference to the story what the actor's background would have been. He blends in better with the groups Snake Eyes gets involved with but it seems like none of the groups are overly concerned about where the ancestors were from, which is actually a bit odd for Japan.
But I'm still okay with the casting. There really aren't that many Joes or even Cobras where I feel like they must hire by race alone. Far more concerned with how actors are going to handle the roles than matching skin tones to an 80's cartoon. |
07-24-2021, 07:51 PM | #88 |
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It bombed largely because johansen has absolutely zero range depth or charisma as an actress and only gets cast because she has torpedo tits. Shes like the female version of channing tatum….only cast because of her looks. Its funny that people wanted her to be asian but in the anime she looks caucasian. Ive said it a million times anime almost never translates well into live action.
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07-24-2021, 07:54 PM | #89 |
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After seeing the movie it turns out that no it really didn't make a difference to the story what the actor's background would have been. He blends in better with the groups Snake Eyes gets involved with but it seems like none of the groups are overly concerned about where the ancestors were from, which is actually a bit odd for Japan.
But I'm still okay with the casting. There really aren't that many Joes or even Cobras where I feel like they must hire by race alone. Far more concerned with how actors are going to handle the roles than matching skin tones to an 80's cartoon. And then you look at the clan and they have multiple outsiders working for them in Hard Master, Blind Master, and Akiko. Blind Master is Black and Hard Master is Indonesian. Akiko is Japanese but came from outside the clan. And then they constantly work with GI Joe who are outsiders as well. That's a pretty dumb subplot. Anyway so many people are raving about Henry Golding, and I really don't get why. He displayed nothing of import to me here. I didn't find him charming. He wasn't especially physically imposing or magnetic. He reminded me a lot of Scott Eastwood actually. Last edited by TheVileOne; 07-24-2021 at 07:57 PM.. |
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