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Marvel films, it's time for a Black female lead
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No power? You're a moderator on a Star Trek forum! Banning people and closing threads, that's power.
I also have no legal protections from being fired from my job for the way I was born.No power? You're a moderator on a Star Trek forum! Banning people and closing threads, that's power.
But female superheroes being stronger than males one is totally worse.
Most western countries have laws that protect anyone from being discriminated against on the basis of their race, gender, religion, or sexual preference. In the US it's Title VII of The Civil Rights Act of 1964. Whether further legal protections are necessary is a legitimate subject for debate.
It doesn’t protect LGBTQ+ people and it’s a debate between those who want equality and those who want to make discrimination legal. There’s an upcoming Supreme Court case, the White House is arguing for it to exclude transgender people. I don’t have much hope.
Man, I sure wish there had been a lot more white guys who thought like you in the first century of film making and TV -- all objective and non-discriminatory. You guys would surely have broken up the agenda back then of hiring nothing but white men in leading roles and women in "traditionally female" roles only.
It's just too bad that you objective folks who are only concerned with story and not the race or gender of the actor playing the role, just started showing up recently when casting started getting more diverse. We could have used you back then. And I'm sure the timing is just a coincidence.
Just like John McClane, there is nothing about Steve Rogers' character that requires the character be played by a white actor. Nothing. And what does "diversity has to feel realistic" mean?
According to the studios, the reason they refused to hire minorities and women (in non traditional roles), was because a white audience would not pay money to see movies or buy products that supported TV shows with minorities,thereby cutting into studio profits. That, my friend, is an agenda whether the studios were being honest or not..
DIe Hard was about a regular guy. It didn't draw attention to his whiteness. In fact, under seige, which was basically die hard at sea, proposes the kind of character you suggest
Passenger 57, Air force One, Executive Desision, Con Air.
Die Hard on a plane.
Die Hard on a plane.
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Riiight...read gblews post above.
You both mock and like my post? I'm confused.
Now pull the other leg.
Has Germany ever complained about Alan Rickman's, or to a lesser extent Jeremy Iron's Englishness?
Your posting history on the subject shows otherwise. You are the bigot, not us.
My point is that.. everyone is looking to be offended by something.. I mean it's like they want to be offended.. they are looking for something someone misses, or something not included, and then they choose to be offended by it. Next they'll have to make McClain hard of hearing because.. hey.. people who have trouble hearing haven't had a lead to represent them. And if that hard of hearing character either isn't there or isn't portrayed right, people are going to make an issue over it, so Hollywood will find some new project to make sure that they are represented.
I just heard Asian actor form some well-liked Rom-Coms, Henry Golding, has been asked to play G.I Joes' Snake Eyes. And it seems to fit .. I mean the dude is a Ninja.. who doesn't talk.. and this film will be an origin story. Seems fitting that a charismatic Asian actor would do right to portray him. Yet.. in the comics.. Snake Eyes was a blonde haired pasty white dude. YES..! That's hat he was! So what are they trying to do? Correct that? That was his character! But someone out there has an agenda and thinks that all ninjas have to be Asians and that it would be wrong to cast a white guy for such a role. YET Larry Hama, who created the character.. is ASian! and HE CREATED Snake-EYes as a pasty white dude.
By the way, it didn't matter that in the previous vilms that he was played by ray Park, most certainly NOT a blonde, pasty white dude, because he was in the mask the whole time
This is pretty sad times we are living in where we are even talking about this at all.. movies should come out, entertain us, and be done. When you can include more people of races and genders in an organic way instead of force feeding it to us (Trek was great at this in its heyday) that is fine. But now the headlines and the noise - it's taken over. People are so scared to not be inclusive.. to the point of ridiculousness. The title of this very thread demonstrates that.. it puts the agenda and the group before story, just to appease some kind of social need. It's not organic to storytelling
I just heard Asian actor form some well-liked Rom-Coms, Henry Golding, has been asked to play G.I Joes' Snake Eyes. And it seems to fit .. I mean the dude is a Ninja.. who doesn't talk.. and this film will be an origin story. Seems fitting that a charismatic Asian actor would do right to portray him. Yet.. in the comics.. Snake Eyes was a blonde haired pasty white dude. YES..! That's hat he was! So what are they trying to do? Correct that? That was his character! But someone out there has an agenda and thinks that all ninjas have to be Asians and that it would be wrong to cast a white guy for such a role. YET Larry Hama, who created the character.. is ASian! and HE CREATED Snake-EYes as a pasty white dude.
By the way, it didn't matter that in the previous vilms that he was played by ray Park, most certainly NOT a blonde, pasty white dude, because he was in the mask the whole time
This is pretty sad times we are living in where we are even talking about this at all.. movies should come out, entertain us, and be done. When you can include more people of races and genders in an organic way instead of force feeding it to us (Trek was great at this in its heyday) that is fine. But now the headlines and the noise - it's taken over. People are so scared to not be inclusive.. to the point of ridiculousness. The title of this very thread demonstrates that.. it puts the agenda and the group before story, just to appease some kind of social need. It's not organic to storytelling
imagine if they reversed it, imagine if he WAS an asian martial artist and was recast in today's world as a white blonde dude
You think this is about hatred of white men? Srsly? Lol.
How did it NOT draw attention to his whiteness? Every frame he’s in he’s white.
What is “whiteness” in this context?
You mean if one of the very few Asian characters was white washed compared to one of the many many white characters given to an actor of color!?
You’re right, the situations are totally comparable.
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Your posting history tells me the opposite.
Of course white washing and pretending gay people didn't exsist or were token characters were also a issue as well so race and gender and orientation have always been part of casting process. I am not convinced that talented white actors do not get chances to be stars. Jason
There's quite a lot of people out there who channel their depression, self hatred, low self esteem and aim and fire it at straight white dudes.
You don't even have to go far to see it, there's memes of these people coming out every day.
Thing is though you get this everywhere getting aimed in all directions, the alt rights, the Mgtows, the feminazis.
People need to learn to filter the opinions of angry idiots. The Internet has given everyone a platform but you don't gotta listen to it.
So Eternals has Angelina Jolie at the head.
White lady.
Reportedly pretty.
I googled for Eternals diversity.
Found one.
http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/titaniseternal.htm
Female, black, and a million years old.
Went to IMDB to see if she's in the movie.
Nope, but...
Lauren Ridloff, from The Walking Dead, a back lady, has appropriated a white dudes character.
You might say that she is going to be a minor character, but "Mikkari" is a speedster, and that sfx is usually intense, whether played for humour or drama.
Remember the Eternals are all a million years old.
Social justice, "American" social justice, means entirely nothing to them.
White lady.
Reportedly pretty.
I googled for Eternals diversity.
Found one.
http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/titaniseternal.htm
Female, black, and a million years old.
Went to IMDB to see if she's in the movie.
Nope, but...
Lauren Ridloff, from The Walking Dead, a back lady, has appropriated a white dudes character.
You might say that she is going to be a minor character, but "Mikkari" is a speedster, and that sfx is usually intense, whether played for humour or drama.
Remember the Eternals are all a million years old.
Social justice, "American" social justice, means entirely nothing to them.
Will no one think of the poor boot boy?
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