this is an RPG where many things can happen it's possible your latino cyborg won't die like that if you take a nother course of action. but We'll have to see.I mean I'll get the game because of the gameplay, but if that new trailer is an indicator of the story... it's gonna be disappointing. You just cant write crap dialogue in a high end game like this.
But it seems like he still thinks the game is racist.
I haven't been keeping up with this, but I will say, as excited as I am for this game, I do think it was telling that both my brother and I had the same reaction to the Hispanic NPC when he was revealed.
Very stereotypical macho Latin "gangster". It is funny this comes up as we were watching the Daily Show and saw Arturo Castro was being interviewed. I realized I had no idea what he sounded like normally. And then I realized how many Latino actors that applied to. Because so many roles they seem to be cast in is very stereotypical and then they ask them to put on an accent of some sort.Which one are you referring to? V's partner Jackie? What was the problem specifically?
But it seems like he still thinks the game is racist.
My take away:
A bunch of gangsters that probably behave like animals choosing to call themselves Animals...seems legit.
A Haitian gang using voodoo iconography...that's about as racist as an Scandinavian gang using norse mythology iconography or an indian gang using native american mythology iconography. Which is to say its not racist at all.
Also these are gangs and violent criminals so I dont expect them to be the most progressive and sensitive individuals.
Nice try, sneaking that last one in there. As a mutt I called that out as another example of Hollywood whitewashing, as did my Latino cousins and Ali Wong. Correct me if I'm wrong cuz my memory has gone to ****, but wasnt she an Android? Specifically, an Android meant to look Japanese? Her real name was Japanese in the movie IIRC. I know it's somewhat murky in this case with the Ghost in the Shell universe, but whitewashing should always be *****ed about when applicable because EVERY SINGLE TIME it happens it screws a chance for a minority actor to get a role. Asians get it the worst in Hollywood. Marvel alone screwed them over with The Ancient One and The Mandarin recently. Don't forget DC and Nolan; if he had chosen a villain from the comics that was black we know it would've gone to Bruce Willis or Sean Bean.It reminds me of the people who complain about Tarantino's characters and language they use...
These are stories about unsavoury criminals and their world. How do you expect them to be?
And it always seems to be white people who complain... even though it's got **** all to do with them.
Or the white people who complained about Scarlett Johansson being cast as the Major in GitS... and Japanese people were like "no, it's cool. Shes a cyborg".
Nice try, sneaking that last one in there. As a mutt I called that out as another example of Hollywood whitewashing, as did my Latino cousins and Ali Wong. Correct me if I'm wrong cuz my memory has gone to ****, but wasnt she an Android? Specifically, an Android meant to look Japanese? Her real name was Japanese in the movie IIRC. I know it's somewhat murky in this case with the Ghost in the Shell universe, but whitewashing should always be *****ed about when applicable because EVERY SINGLE TIME it happens it screws a chance for a minority actor to get a role. Asians get it the worst in Hollywood. Marvel alone screwed them over with The Ancient One and The Mandarin recently. Don't forget DC and Nolan; if he had chosen a villain from the comics that was black we know it would've gone to Bruce Willis or Sean Bean.
Nice try, sneaking that last one in there. As a mutt I called that out as another example of Hollywood whitewashing, as did my Latino cousins and Ali Wong. Correct me if I'm wrong cuz my memory has gone to ****, but wasnt she an Android? Specifically, an Android meant to look Japanese? Her real name was Japanese in the movie IIRC. I know it's somewhat murky in this case with the Ghost in the Shell universe, but whitewashing should always be *****ed about when applicable because EVERY SINGLE TIME it happens it screws a chance for a minority actor to get a role. Asians get it the worst in Hollywood. Marvel alone screwed them over with The Ancient One and The Mandarin recently. Don't forget DC and Nolan; if he had chosen a villain from the comics that was black we know it would've gone to Bruce Willis or Sean Bean.
So they should be happy they got all the support roles? I call bull****. There were Japanese people and Asian people who were rightfully offended. I don't have any numbers, but I've heard criticism coming from multiple races, whether or not you care to accept that doesn't matter to me. We won't be changing each other's minds, so I'm going back to talking about the game.Why does it matter, it is an american remake of a japanese film? Asian films have made plenty of remakes of american films and had asians playing the roles. Nobody seems to bat an eye at that.
As said they needed a huge female lead to get the financing for the film. There isn't a big enough japanese actress that would have got the money. How many asian actors/actresses were in this film? If it wasn't made none of them would have got the job.
Wow, even more stupid arguments. Characters in anime tend to have wide eyes, it's so they have mass appeal. Also, wrong on both accounts, assuming I'm white and middle class.