Vektor 3,177 Posted September 18, 2022 #9011 Share Posted September 18, 2022 (edited) Most fantasy characters can be played by anyone, their skin color doesn't matter. Most fantasy property was written in an age where black people were second class citizens in many countries, including the US. Obviously we should move on from those times and give leading roles for black or Asian actors that they would have never got decades ago. Black Panther is not comparable because he was written very specifically to be black, their place in comic book history is defined by their skin color, therefore the role can't be played by a white or Asian actor. The little mermaid is perceived to be white not because it's relevant to the plot, it's because the character had to be white in 1989 due to white being the default skin color for any leading role in Hollywood at the time. Now the tides have changed. And Little Mermaid, the Disney musical, has almost nothing to do with its European/Danish origin. The most well-known song of the musical, which won the Oscar in 1989, is a Caribbean song, performed by a black actor, who played Sebastian. Disney already made their own thing and Americanized the tale in 1989, all their are doing now is that they are updating it to what the public desires in the 21st century in the US. I mean, this sure as hell ain't "European" or "Danish" in any sort of way. ---- That being said: the Disney live action remakes are useless and shouldn't have been made. The animated features are superior, but not because they have white actors/characters. So all of this debate is pointless, the skin color is NEVER the issue. The issue is with how unnecessary it is to remake great animated features into mediocre live action movies. The Jungle Book was the only remake which was an actual improvement, every other remake was completely pointless. Edited September 18, 2022 by Vektor NearPup 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestmen 2,537 Posted September 19, 2022 #9012 Share Posted September 19, 2022 konig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,128 Posted September 20, 2022 #9013 Share Posted September 20, 2022 Erdogan is already speaking for 30 minutes now, what is the record of Fidel Castro exactly ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,128 Posted September 20, 2022 #9014 Share Posted September 20, 2022 president so far with the loudest speech and most openly condemning Russian aggression Her speech Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,095 Posted September 20, 2022 #9015 Share Posted September 20, 2022 On 9/18/2022 at 3:52 AM, Vektor said: That being said: the Disney live action remakes are useless and shouldn't have been made. This is what should annoy people. Olympian1010 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,531 Posted September 21, 2022 #9016 Share Posted September 21, 2022 (edited) 16 hours ago, hckošice said: Erdogan is already speaking for 30 minutes now, what is the record of Fidel Castro exactly ? 7 hours and 10 minutes (Communist Party Congress in Havana in 1986) by the way, the world record is held by Venezuela's former President Hugo Chavez, 9 hours and 30 minutes (National Assembly, 2012...after coming back from cancer treatment ) Edited September 21, 2022 by phelps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,128 Posted September 21, 2022 #9017 Share Posted September 21, 2022 1 hour ago, phelps said: 7 hours and 10 minutes (Communist Party Congress in Havana in 1986) 1 hour ago, phelps said: Venezuela's former President Hugo Chavez, 9 hours and 30 minutes (National Assembly, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHSN 3,047 Posted September 21, 2022 #9018 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Once again the situation is getting out of control here , several cities are "on fire". dictators just never learn from their mistakes. they think they shouldn't give up an inch until the day they have to give up everything. (but at huge huge cost ) we are not close to that date yet but people are extremely angry and just one "accident" is enough and these accidents are happening quite frequently in past few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agger 1,576 Posted September 21, 2022 #9019 Share Posted September 21, 2022 2 hours ago, MHSN said: Once again the situation is getting out of control here , several cities are "on fire". dictators just never learn from their mistakes. they think they shouldn't give up an inch until the day they have to give up everything. (but at huge huge cost ) we are not close to that date yet but people are extremely angry and just one "accident" is enough and these accidents are happening quite frequently in past few years. Fingers crossed that we will see something good happening. Huge respect for the protesters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agger 1,576 Posted September 21, 2022 #9020 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Meanwhile for some lighter political news: As some of you may remember, last year I took part in the local election here in Aarhus. I got 4th most personal votes among the candidates from my party who got three seats meaning that I was first in line if something were to happen. Now on monday I will get my chance as one of the three members of the council is taking a parental leave for the rest of the year! It's just three months but I'm extremely exited about it even though it will take a huge chunk of my spare time! Monzanator, konig, phelps and 3 others 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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