Do you know of any fanboys/geeks who are racist?

[Colossal Spoons]

I don't think the popularity of the character should make him/her more susceptible to having their race changed either. Black Captain America would be just as bad as a Chinese Arnim Zola.

 

[Wylie Times]

I don't think the popularity of the character should make him/her more susceptible to having their race changed either. Black Captain America would be just as bad as a Chinese Arnim Zola.

A Black Captain America or a Black Steve Rogers? Because there is a black Captain America who is canon.

 

[Manic]

Branagh made the choice for his own personal reasons, so hey. He did it in the past with Shakespeare.

I'm still trying to wrap my head around Denzel Washington and Keanu Reeves playing half-brothers.

 

[E-Man]

I don't like the fact that Elba is playing Heimdall in the Thor movie. Norse goods should be white(with the exception of a very Mongolian looking Hogun). But I also disliked black Kingpin. Doesn't make me racist(I'm actually quite fond of black people ), I just like movies to stay true to the comics as much as possible.

Dude, everyone knows that you're not fond of black people. Behind your backs we've been calling you Colossal Ruckus this whole time.

 

[Wylie Times]

I'm still trying to wrap my head around Denzel Washington and Keanu Reeves playing half-brothers.

Things like that actually are possible though. Hell there are cases of twins being different races...

 

[Colossal Spoons]

A Black Captain America or a Black Steve Rogers? Because there is a black Captain America who is canon.

Yeah, not Isaiah. Talkin about if they made Steve black for no reason.

Dude, everyone knows that you're not fond of black people. Behind your backs we've been calling you Colossal Ruckus this whole time.

Haha, think you got all the best dancers, breathin up all the white man's air.

 

[terry78]

Haha, Ruckus. Did you see his rant about the black fraternities? I almost lost it when I saw it the first time.

 

[Manic]

Things like that actually are possible though. Hell there are cases of twins being different races...

How the hell do you have twins of different races? That's not genetically possible. Even if the mother was promiscuous and had sex with different men while ovulating two eggs simultaneously, the twins would still share a similar racial background with their mother.

 

[E-Man]

If they made a Uncle Ruckus and Clayton Bigsby show I would watch it without remorse.

 

[Wylie Times]

How the hell do you have twins of different races? That's not genetically possible. Even if the mother was promiscuous and had sex with different men while ovulating two eggs simultaneously, the twins would still share a similar racial background with their mother.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9438648/ns/dateline_nbc/

 

[Colossal Spoons]

If they made a Uncle Ruckus and Clayton Bigsby show I would watch it without remorse.

My DVR would be ready and waiting

 

[Ugfugly]

Branagh made the choice for his own personal reasons, so hey. He did it in the past with Shakespeare.

Thank you Terry another great example. Casting because of the actor's ability and not the color of their skin.
People just need to stop being color blind and we won't have that until we are all one multicultural chocolate world.

How do you make chocolate? You take dark chocolate, you mix it with white milk, and it becomes a delicious drink. That is the chocolate I am talking about

 

[Wylie Times]

How the hell do you have twins of different races? That's not genetically possible. Even if the mother was promiscuous and had sex with different men while ovulating two eggs simultaneously, the twins would still share a similar racial background with their mother.

There are also cases where biracial parents have twins with one being black and the other being white:

 

[Manic]

That doesn't make the babies racially different. They're genetically similar, just with different pigmentation from recessive and dominant genes.

I consider race and color two different forms of classification.

 

[chaseter]

I am casting you as Uncle Ruckus in the recast thread.

Chase's joke failed because he is white

 

[Wylie Times]

That doesn't make the babies racially different. They're genetically similar, just with different pigmentation from recessive and dominant genes.

I consider race and color two different forms of classification.

Well maybe then I should say there are cases where twins appear to be different races.

 

[Manic]

Well maybe then I should say there are cases where twins appear to be different races.

What's ridiculous is that we're having this conversation because I brought up Denzel and Keanu playing Pedro & John (respectively) in Much Ado About Nothing.

 

[Wylie Times]

What's ridiculous is that we're having this conversation because I brought up Denzel and Keanu playing Pedro & John (respectively) in Much Ado About Nothing.

Any conversation where Keanu Reeves is mentioned always devolves into something ridiculous.

 

[Franklin Richards]

Why can't the Lone Ranger be black? What does him being a Texas Ranger have anything to do with his skin color? It would be even more poetic that a black man fought aryan Nazis so Captain America could be black. He isn't representing white anything. Why do Norse gods have to be white? Because the people who made them up were white? What in Thor's character makes him have to be white?

There really aren't any superheroes whose unique identity has to be white or else you change everything they stand for.

Can't really think of any black Texas Rangers in 1870. Would be unique and a different story than the one the author wrote.

A black man fighting Nazi's isn't as odd as one of their own fighting against everything they stand for. Again. Different dynamic. Different story.

And yes... Norse gods have to be white because that's what they were when the Norse people dreamed them up way back when. Change that and you have a different story.

And I don't know if there is a Superhero equivalent to Archie Bunker but I'm pretty sure he would have to be white.

 

[chaseter]

Can't really think of any black Texas Rangers in 1870. Would be unique and a different story than the one the author wrote.

A black man fighting Nazi's isn't as odd as one of their own fighting against everything they stand for. Again. Different dynamic. Different story.

And yes... Norse gods have to be white because that's what they were when the Norse people dreamed them up way back when. Change that and you have a different story.

And I don't know if there is a Superhero equivalent to Archie Bunker but I'm pretty sure he would have to be white.

Saying you can't think of any black Texas Rangers in the 1800s would be the same as saying you can't think of any black multi millionaires/billionaires in the 50s/60s when Batman was big. The stories are updated.

You don't have a different story if you change the skin color of Norse gods. It doesn't change anything. It's like saying Jesus can't be black. What does it matter what color he was? It doesn't.

There aren't any white superheroes that HAVE to be white. But there are black superheroes that HAVE to be black. That is a double standard.

 

[Franklin Richards]

Jesus was Jewish. Thor was white. Black people weren't allowed to be state agents in 1870. Period. To change it is to try and insult someone's intelligence or it's a gimmick. Either way... why?

 

[chaseter]

Jesus was Jewish. Thor was white. Black people weren't allowed to be state agents in 1870. Period. To change it is to try and insult someone's intelligence or it's a gimmick. Either way... why?

Exactly...why change it? Why change a character's race? That is my point.

 

[Scourge2099]

Saying you can't think of any black Texas Rangers in the 1800s would be the same as saying you can't think of any black multi millionaires/billionaires in the 50s/60s when Batman was big. The stories are updated.

You don't have a different story if you change the skin color of Norse gods. It doesn't change anything. It's like saying Jesus can't be black. What does it matter what color he was? It doesn't.

Jesus came to save the Jews first. When he was crucified and came back after the third day , did he even think of the gentiles. Jesus can't be black because of that. At least read the Bible before you say something like that.

 

[SuperFerret]

Jesus came to save the Jews first. When he was crucified and came back after the third day , did he even think of the gentiles. Jesus can't be black because of that. At least read the Bible before you say something like that.

What?

 

[Scourge2099]

Chaester was saying there's nothing wrong with a black Jesus. I pointed out that there is. Sure there's Ethiopian Jews , but I doubt there were any in the Roman Empire at that time.