Current Events > When the source material is all white characters, who's more annoying?

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Almost forgot the other turd Terminator Dark Fate.

Star Trek Discovery, Kevin Smith He-Man, the woman Doctor Who, the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy.

Sarah Connor was fucking badass as hell in Dark Fate though

Diversity should fit the setting.

If the story takes place in a fantasy world based on Medieval Europe, seeing anyone other than white people takes me out of it, unless a character is specifically from a foreign place. That used to be the way you could sneak in POC in fantasy settings (see Game of Thrones).

If a story takes place in downtown Chicago, then it makes sense for there to be diversity to reflect the demographics.

I wouldn't ask for white people to be in a fantasy movie/show that's based on Ancient China.

No she wasnt, she ranted about being bitter as fuck that she was mother of the future savior, calling herself just a womb and has all kinds of resentment.

All on top of that they put out an article about gaslighting people "being racist" only a couple hours after their reveal almost like they just had it ready to begin with. Because insulting your fan base who just want a show consistent with the lore is the right thing to do.

No she wasnt, she ranted about being bitter as fuck that she was mother of the future savior, calling herself just a womb and has all kinds of resentment.

How many of the people who hate the LotR changes hated 300 because it had almost exclusively the wrong race for the cast?

The woke, sjw, and feminist crowd are always more annoying since they cant create something new they have to pervert, destroy, and ruin something already established.

Star Trek Discovery, Kevin Smith He-Man, the woman Doctor Who, the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy.

Lets test this theory. How many of the people who hate the LotR changes hated 300 because it had almost exclusively the wrong race for the cast?

Lets test this theory. How many of the people who hate the LotR changes hated 300 because it had almost exclusively the wrong race for the cast?

People who complain about the "wokeness" are far far more annoying.

I doubt it was a lot but it doesn't make sense within the fiction of the universe. Middle Earth isn't America.

No human can answer that question.
Honestly I mean, people can of course lie and pretend they're omniscient or something

That brings up an interesting point: why aren't the people complaining about the original LotR as it doesn't use British actors?

The issue has never actually been about perceived "authenticity." it's about white supremacy, plain and simple.

That brings up an interesting point: why aren't the people complaining about the original LotR as it doesn't use British actors? How many people hated Legolas in the original because of this wrongful casting?

The issue has never actually been about perceived "authenticity." it's about white supremacy, plain and simple.

That brings up an interesting point: why aren't the people complaining about the original LotR as it doesn't use British actors? How many people hated Legolas in the original because of this wrongful casting?

True but we can easily gauge the answer. All that has to be done is find out about how many people were complaining about the 300 back when it was new and see who was doing the complaining. We have the Internet, we have the technology.

I mean that's not really something you can tell just by looking at somebody. I wouldn't know if somebody was from Britain or Ireland just by looking at them

If the story takes place in a fantasy world based on Medieval Europe, seeing anyone other than white people takes me out of it, unless a character is specifically from a foreign place. That used to be the way you could sneak in POC in fantasy settings (see Game of Thrones).

Are you one of those types that argue Shakespeare was a black man?

It was pretty rare to see anyone complaining that all the characters in LOTR were white, but now they put in a couple black characters in the upcoming series and you won't find a single comment section without people whining about it.

Wheel of time.

LMAO oh god, he thinks Shakespeare lived in the medieval period. Dude take the L before you embarrass yourself even further.

Are you trying to deny that medieval Europe had non-White people living there?

I did not imply that at all, but reading comprehension has never been your strong suit.

Like outside of Arab traders, the presence of non-whites in Europe was pretty negligible in the medieval era.

This is incorrect and im once again asking you to read a history book before spreading false and racist narratives

Kid, are you looking to get banned quickly?

Kid, are you looking to get banned quickly?

If the story takes place in a fantasy world based on Medieval Europe, seeing anyone other than white people takes me out of it, unless a character is specifically from a foreign place.

What's ban-worthy about what he said?

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or, you know, Gods of Egypt.

...or the granddaddy of them all, John Wayne as Genghis Khan.
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Against race flipping unless the actor hired is really able to nail the role down on the money which 99% of the time they do not, whether they make people white like in Last Airbender, Gods of Egypt, or any of the live action adaptations of anime like Ghost in the Shell, or they change characters to be more diverse like the recent Macbeth where Denzel Washington as the titular character managed to score a best actor nomination despite speedrunning his dialogue for the majority of the film and being far inferior to other portrayals such as Ian Mckellen or even Michael Fassbender.

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because in your fantasy only white people exist

This is incorrect and im once again asking you to read a history book before spreading false and racist narratives

because in your fantasy only white people exist

While Hollywood's practice of white people playing non-white roles is super cringe, I don't think that's the only problem with the Genghis Khan film.

You're totally right, 1300 London was just as diverse and cosmopolitan as 2022 New York City.

No, but I expect fantasies based on European mythology to reflect the culture. I do not want a blonde-haired blue-eyed Sun Wukong and I also don't want a Chinese Thor. It's an immersion thing. A window into a culture.

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And of course anyone who takes a stance against that's kind of thing should always agree with this side too. White people are placing minorities I just can't think of any movies I enjoyed that did this

While I'm a hardcore Tolkien fanboy who wants adaptations to be close to as being authentic to the source material as possible, having POC actors doesn't bother me at all. No it's not authentic to Tolkien's lore, but come TF on. Is it really that big of a betrayal? Get the hell over it.