Current Events > lol why is Achilles played by a black guy?

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pretty random. like I guess it would work if the rest of the Greeks were played by black people too but it appears the Greeks are played by white ppl then Achilles is black for some reason

inb4bradpitt
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Its black washing, white washing is out but black washing is in style now.
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idk they cast some gimp kid as achilles in ender's shadow so it could be worse
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Whenever I see anything about a black Achilles, I think of Assassin's Creed 3 and Rogue.
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Fuck off hothlin
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lol, why is a white guy using "Trayvon" as a screen name
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boxington posted...

lol, why is a white guy using "Trayvon" as a screen name

Wheres the lie

Blue_Inigo posted...

Fuck off hothlin

For the same reason that Kit Harrington is out and Idris Elba will reprise the role of Jon Snow in Game of Thrones season 8
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CruelBuffalo posted...

boxington posted...

lol, why is a white guy using "Trayvon" as a screen name

Wheres the lie

I was joking, since it's Hoth, but I'm not sure why you mean
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Because outside of fake outrage on the internet no one cares about Achilles or who plays him

BBC thats why
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EbonTitanium posted...

Whenever I see anything about a black Achilles, I think of Assassin's Creed 3 and Rogue.

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he got a wicked tan from flying too close to the sun.
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bkkorps posted...

he got a wicked tan from flying too close to the sun.

I think that's Icarus
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bkkorps posted...

he got a wicked tan from flying too close to the sun.

lol'd hard
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Achilles disguises as a Greek girl successfully to the point where Odysseus has to bait him into a trap to get him.

So it changes some obvious story elements along with being a dumb change.

If they want to do a diverse cast, they can cast Arabic actors as the Trojans and have the Greeks be against them. The Greeks aren't even the good guys anyhow in the conflict.

They should focus on another element in history that would be awesome, make a film about Thomas-Alexandre Dumas aka The Black Devil, the father of the writer behind The three Musketeers as well as the highest position of authority a black (half anyway) man had in the west until the 1970's or make a show about Frederick von Steuben who most people don't know was gay.

There's a lot you could do instead of just acting like something new by swapping race or gender.
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I hope they change his name pronunciation to AH-CHILL-LES
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The_Ivory_Man posted...

So it changes some obvious story elements along with being a dumb change.

that's every hollywood movie based on a book / other story.
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to create buzz so you can watch this bad movie.
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