What made it monumental wasn't just the diverse casting itself but rather the implication that later in the future a black lady will be working alongside with white men in the most important section of the ship.
Except for crackers.
Racist.
I agree! Plumbers can't help it that that tv has created a negative sterotype about them and how anytime they come over to fix a sink and bend over their ass crack is showing.
Jason
Perhaps they feel somewhat compensated by the fact that they're stereotyped as the Big Damn Studs of the porn industry.![]()
As a big GitS fan, I've watched the original movie that was made in the 90's, the 2x TV series, the newer Movie, and read all the original Manga that it was based on.
And boy was I pissed that they couldn't find a SINGLE Asian person to play Motoko Kusanagi.
If it's a bust issue, there are some Busty Asian Actresses out there; if not, padding.
There are also plenty of good Asian Actresses.
What would've been perfect was a ALL Japanese cast, made by Japan, for Japan; And we get some subtitles.
Kind of like how the Rurouni Kenshin movies were made.
God, that was such a good trilogy of movies.
They didn't look.
To be fair, Takeshi Kitano was a pretty awesome choice to play Aramaki.No, they just wanted a big name, thus hiring a blond woman of nordic descent to play a Japanese character didn't strike them as problematic at all.
So not the point.To be equally fair: considering the Major's body is a full prosthetic, she doesn't actually NEED to be Asian.
An android can look like anyone or anything, so let’s just hire another white woman. It’s funny how minority roles always get filled by white people when the justification of “race not mattering” is used.To be fair, Takeshi Kitano was a pretty awesome choice to play Aramaki.
To be equally fair: considering the Major's body is a full prosthetic, she doesn't actually NEED to be Asian. Androids can look like just about anything, right?
I'm still waiting for the inevitable hate-filled backlash for "Battle Angel Alita"
I disagree. Telling a story that's primarily about male characters isn't sexist. Just as telling a story that's primarily about female characters isnt sexist.As for the orginal movie it is somewhat sexist simply because your most prominent female character is relegated to just being a love interest for the most part.
Right but ahe also doesn't NEED to be white, they chose a white actress anyway and we all know why.To be equally fair: considering the Major's body is a full prosthetic, she doesn't actually NEED to be Asian. Androids can look like just about anything, right?
It really depends on what the story is about. But a story with a mostly male or female cast isn't necessarily sexist.I disagree. Telling a story that's primarily about male characters isn't sexist. Just as telling a story that's primarily about female characters isnt sexist.
Perhaps they feel somewhat compensated by the fact that they're stereotyped as the Big Damn Studs of the porn industry.![]()
Perhaps they feel somewhat compensated by the fact that they're stereotyped as the Big Damn Studs of the porn industry.![]()
Might be because they remade lots of foreign properties and rewrote the characters as American in the same way other foreign countries have remade American movies and cast all asian actors. The problem is not casting a white woman, it's lack of diversity in casting in America as a whole.No, they just wanted a big name, thus hiring a blond woman of nordic descent to play a Japanese character didn't strike them as problematic at all.
I read that as well. I've been reading the Trek book "The Fifty-Year Mission The First 25 Years." Adds more credence to the idea that Majel Barrett wasn't allowed to be the first officer because Roddenberry was having affair instead of because the audience wouldn't accept a woman first officer. I mean we know Trek was created in the 60's but it was also the late 60's I think women's lib had started by then or am I a few years off? At the very least Mary Tyler Moore on "The DIck Van Dyke" show was on tv and lets not forget Trek was made possible in part because of Lucille Ball. I would imagine she would be okay with a strong female character on the show.
Jason
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