Disney's live-action "Mulan"

Nah Scar-Jo is a box office draw. Its one of the excuses some are making for her up coming film coming out in March next year.

I've heard that they are going to actually refer to her as Scar Jo in the marketing for that film because it sounds more Asian. :o
 
Still silly they even got that script, though.
 
And that two chicks wrote it.
 
Nope. There are still people who have to complain because even a hint of something they disagree with is confirmation they are being lied to and that they will stick in a white guy and turn it into another movie to complain about even as the initial claim turns out to be false.

So when this movie presumably comes out lacking a single white person in it, they will suddenly find some new and different complaint. Why wasn't the crew all asian or something else because, dammit, we need to find something to be righteously angry about! :cmad:
 
So Ang Lee passed? He would've been good. I bet they go to Zhang Yimou next (and I bet he accepts) but I don't have much faith in him now.

And this trend of competing projects need to die. When will other studios learn that competing with Disney is futile?! :funny: Let me guess... the Sony version is going to be 'darker' and 'more realistic'. Although... Can you imagine how awesome/twisted a Park Chan-wook Mulan film would be? :awesome:
 
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Nope. There are still people who have to complain because even a hint of something they disagree with is confirmation they are being lied to and that they will stick in a white guy and turn it into another movie to complain about even as the initial claim turns out to be false.

So when this movie presumably comes out lacking a single white person in it, they will suddenly find some new and different complaint. Why wasn't the crew all asian or something else because, dammit, we need to find something to be righteously angry about! :cmad:

The Internet never changes. :hehe:
 
The internet only grows in its anger.
 
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15 year later, nothing has changed.
 
I find it a bit ironic that some of you are angrily griping on the internet about people angrily griping on the internet.
 
That would be if I were actually angry about it, which I'm not. Just find it a tad irritating.

Either way, that's the way the cycle of complaining works. It never ends.
 
it's not nitpicking. the premise of that script is lame and condescending.

that's what people are calling it out on.
 
I find it a bit ironic that some of you are angrily griping on the internet about people angrily griping on the internet.

You would be right if any of us were actually mad at the other people who are mad. I thought it was darkly amusing that the righteous angry mob got righteously angry only to find out the target of their anger is not true. They jumped on an angry bandwagon with no wheels.

it's not nitpicking. the premise of that script is lame and condescending.

that's what people are calling it out on.
Do you mean the now discredited script that was not going to be the movie at all?
 
Here's my question. Not that I hate Mulan, but is Disney's original animated movie all that progressive and racially sensitive?
 
If they wanna be really careful, the director will also have to be female. So I go with the chick that directed Kung Fu Panda 2, an underrated gem. Jennifer Yuh Nelson.
 
Here's my question. Not that I hate Mulan, but is Disney's original animated movie all that progressive and racially sensitive?


Considering how the American entertainment industry normally portrays Asians, it's practically our Fear Of A Black Planet.
 
If they wanna be really careful, the director will also have to be female. So I go with the chick that directed Kung Fu Panda 2, an underrated gem. Jennifer Yuh Nelson.

That would...actually be a terrific choice. I freaking love Kung Fu Panda 2, my favorite of the series. Shen is still one of my favorite animated villains.

Has she had experience directing live-action stuff, though?
 
Considering how the American entertainment industry normally portrays Asians, it's practically our Fear Of A Black Planet.
But does that mean it's worthy of being put on a pedestal as being culturally relevant and groundbreaking for Asian Americans?

I mean, the film has Eddie Murphy voicing an Asian dragon. I know that Mulan is a Chinese folk hero and such. But I'm just not sure why the Disney version should be widely accepted.
 
You would be right if any of us were actually mad at the other people who are mad. I thought it was darkly amusing that the righteous angry mob got righteously angry only to find out the target of their anger is not true. They jumped on an angry bandwagon with no wheels.


Do you mean the now discredited script that was not going to be the movie at all?

It shouldn't have been written in the first place. And are we sure it's been 100% discredited yet?
Plus u got the whole Ghost in the Shell/ScarJo casting thing, then add on the recent Fox News NYC Chinatown racist interview thing...people are gonna get jumpy about this (maybe a bit too much - I can agree with you there).

But Asian Americans have been portrayed as a joke or perpetual foreigner in news and movies for decades now - and we're tired of it. We've been in this country for over a 100 years now and contribute just as much as everyone else. And we're tired of being told to shut up about it because we're stirring the pot or complaining too much.

Here's my question. Not that I hate Mulan, but is Disney's original animated movie all that progressive and racially sensitive?

^ I actually liked it and was not offended by it. Disney might got a few things wrong about Chinese history or culture in it, but overall I think they did a good job with it. They actually tried.
 
Yeah, it doesn't matter if the script has been discredited (who the heck seriously believed that Disney would be as stupid as to actually use it anyway), the mere fact that it exists is an insult to decency. Dishonor on the two women who wrote it, and dishonor on their cows. :o

And speaking of shame, what the heck is Sony even trying to do? :funny:

Here's my question. Not that I hate Mulan, but is Disney's original animated movie all that progressive and racially sensitive?
Well, based on what I've seen, the movie appears to be quite popular in feminist geek circles and among women in general, which I guess means that it must do something right.
 
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I mean, the film has Eddie Murphy voicing an Asian dragon. I know that Mulan is a Chinese folk hero and such. But I'm just not sure why the Disney version should be widely accepted.


Actually, historical records show that Chinese dragons talked like Eddie Murphy. The older ones like George Carlin. :)
 

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