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07-04-2021, 11:38 AM | #1 |
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There's a lot of things that bother me about the upcoming Snake Eyes film.
The casting is not one of them. I think this Golding fellow might do a great job. But after you alter enough descriptive elements and origin plot points, is it even Snake Eyes? They've pretty much re-written him from scratch. Whatever - that sucks for fans. What really bothers me is that they're giving him a name. I read in an article that they're gonna tell us his real name. Isn't one of the great parts of the Snake Eyes character that he's a mystery? That he can sort of be anyone? That his name is forever "classified"? Haven't I even heard Larry Hama literally say something just like that? Explaining the character's success...? I absolutely love the 5 part comic about Snake Eyes called "Agent of Cobra". There's this monologue of Destro and he's talking about how sometimes he wonders if, in the event that he could lift Snake Eyes' mask, if it's just empty inside. If there's anyone in there at all... I love that. Snake Eyes is my favorite comic character. And I'm bothered that they're giving Snake Eyes a name. |
07-04-2021, 02:29 PM | #2 |
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Just as long his name isn’t Richard(Dick) Nutinsack.
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07-04-2021, 02:39 PM | #3 |
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I shouldn’t bother you basically cause you have no control over it and your Snake-Eyes can never be taken away from you. Just hope the movie does well enough for more SE toys.
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07-04-2021, 02:40 PM | #4 |
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07-04-2021, 02:56 PM | #5 |
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Well, since they made the character japanese, might as well call him Something-Something Hama.
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07-04-2021, 04:51 PM | #7 |
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However, while Snake Eyes's real name may be classified, his identity is not so obscure: much like Steve Rogers, his physical appearance is an example of the blond, blue-eyed, "All-American" (for lack of a better descriptor) visual archetype which used to be so prominent in popular culture, representing his status as an "everyman" character during his war service in Vietnam: a quiet, good-natured, innocent (see his habit of carrying his twin sister's picture in lieu of a girlfriend's) kid from the Midwest who had somehow wound up in a jungle on the other side of the world. Being Japanese-American, Hama could look these ideas with both an insider's and an outsider's perspective, which is how the relationship between Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow evolved, Hama (if memory serves) describing the two characters as representing his "American soul" and his "Japanese soul" respectively, two distinct and yet interlinked personalities, sometimes in conflict with each other but also bound together in a way that defies easy categorization. On a larger scale, this also somewhat mirrors the historical relationship between Japan and the United States, which has been largely friendly, despite recurring tensions over one issue or another (and the rather glaring exception of WWII), and which has been the source of much cross-cultural exchange and pollination, up to and including the ninja craze of the 1980s that heavily informed the original "Real American Hero" mythos in the first place. But you cast Henry Golding as Snake Eyes, instead of, say, Wyatt Russell, and you discard all of that history, nuance, tension, and resonance. All of it. What you're ultimately left with is more corporate sludge drained of everything that made it unique and interesting in order to (supposedly) appeal to the international market. Last edited by CADPAT; 07-04-2021 at 04:54 PM.. |
07-04-2021, 06:18 PM | #8 |
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Technically, Snake Eyes's real name should be Bob Light, as that was the Air Cav trooper who Larry Hama met in Vietnam and who apparently inspired the creation of the character in the first place.
However, while Snake Eyes's real name may be classified, his identity is not so obscure: much like Steve Rogers, his physical appearance is an example of the blond, blue-eyed, "All-American" (for lack of a better descriptor) visual archetype which used to be so prominent in popular culture, representing his status as an "everyman" character during his war service in Vietnam: a quiet, good-natured, innocent (see his habit of carrying his twin sister's picture in lieu of a girlfriend's) kid from the Midwest who had somehow wound up in a jungle on the other side of the world. Being Japanese-American, Hama could look these ideas with both an insider's and an outsider's perspective, which is how the relationship between Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow evolved, Hama (if memory serves) describing the two characters as representing his "American soul" and his "Japanese soul" respectively, two distinct and yet interlinked personalities, sometimes in conflict with each other but also bound together in a way that defies easy categorization. On a larger scale, this also somewhat mirrors the historical relationship between Japan and the United States, which has been largely friendly, despite recurring tensions over one issue or another (and the rather glaring exception of WWII), and which has been the source of much cross-cultural exchange and pollination, up to and including the ninja craze of the 1980s that heavily informed the original "Real American Hero" mythos in the first place. But you cast Henry Golding as Snake Eyes, instead of, say, Wyatt Russell, and you discard all of that history, nuance, tension, and resonance. All of it. What you're ultimately left with is more corporate sludge drained of everything that made it unique and interesting in order to (supposedly) appeal to the international market. |
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07-04-2021, 08:11 PM | #9 |
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Pretty much. It's basically Disney Star Wars all over again.
Technically, Snake Eyes's real name should be Bob Light, as that was the Air Cav trooper who Larry Hama met in Vietnam and who apparently inspired the creation of the character in the first place. However, while Snake Eyes's real name may be classified, his identity is not so obscure: much like Steve Rogers, his physical appearance is an example of the blond, blue-eyed, "All-American" (for lack of a better descriptor) visual archetype which used to be so prominent in popular culture, representing his status as an "everyman" character during his war service in Vietnam: a quiet, good-natured, innocent (see his habit of carrying his twin sister's picture in lieu of a girlfriend's) kid from the Midwest who had somehow wound up in a jungle on the other side of the world. Being Japanese-American, Hama could look these ideas with both an insider's and an outsider's perspective, which is how the relationship between Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow evolved, Hama (if memory serves) describing the two characters as representing his "American soul" and his "Japanese soul" respectively, two distinct and yet interlinked personalities, sometimes in conflict with each other but also bound together in a way that defies easy categorization. On a larger scale, this also somewhat mirrors the historical relationship between Japan and the United States, which has been largely friendly, despite recurring tensions over one issue or another (and the rather glaring exception of WWII), and which has been the source of much cross-cultural exchange and pollination, up to and including the ninja craze of the 1980s that heavily informed the original "Real American Hero" mythos in the first place. But you cast Henry Golding as Snake Eyes, instead of, say, Wyatt Russell, and you discard all of that history, nuance, tension, and resonance. All of it. What you're ultimately left with is more corporate sludge drained of everything that made it unique and interesting in order to (supposedly) appeal to the international market. |
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