Comments on: slightly off-topic: cross-cultural casting in genre films

By: Daryle Lockhart

Daryle Lockhart — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 01:31:53 +0000

@Michael A. Gonzales - I totally agree. There are many many stories with actual Black heroes and stars that should be told if for no other reason than that they are better. The "Triple X" movies just get worse as they go on, so making it Blacker doesn't help.

By: Michael A. Gonzales

Michael A. Gonzales — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:26:40 +0000

If Shaft was remade with a white or Asian guy, brothers would lose their collective minds. Truthfully, I don’t want to see a Black bond movie…but, I do wish somebody would adapt Joe Gober Nazel books into films.

By: Paco

Paco — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:24:44 +0000

On a related note, it’s mildly amusing to me that America has managed to elect a black President before Disney pictures could released an animated film with a black protagonist. (And “Song of the South” does not qualify).

Oh well. “Frog Princess,” is scheduled to hit theaters next year. It’s highly probable that Barack and Michelle’s daughters will get to screen it at the theater in the White House.

By: hypestyle

hypestyle — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:19:26 +0000

heh-heh… I fully support Sam jackson as nick fury.. as far as other stuff, I guess it worked or it didn’t at the box office.. but i’m not the guy who gets offended to his core that Pete Ross ends up black, or what have you..

more black superheroes in general are needed..

By: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Guy LeCharles Gonzalez — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:20:55 +0000

Beyonce as Wonder Woman is a dumb idea, whether she was black, white or an actual Amazonian — stunt casting is always a bad idea — and I wholeheartedly agree with Rich that I’d rather see new leading characters created than old ones reborn via so-called color-blind casting.

That said, I do love Jeffrey Wright as Felix Leiter in the new Bond movies!

By: Jon Haehnle

Jon Haehnle — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:55:03 +0000

Great point Rich. That last paragraph really sums it up.