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Finn Jones shouldn't play Danny Rand because of the color of his skin.
I don't think it'd be all that surprising. Rachael Taylor had a vocal cameo in Luke Cage. Hogarth showed up for one scene in season 2 of Daredevil.
Also, didn't Cottonmouth and Kingpin have the same attorney?
I'm not going to get into a long winded argument but I understand why people are frustrated about the situation. I just think that they should have directed their frustrations at Marvel. I'm not going to agree with probably anyone here about this and that's okay. I don't care whether my opinion is popular. You know it's taken Marvel 10 years to make a movie starring a black dude and 11 for one starring a woman. Maybe we'll see a Marvel thing starring an Asian person in 15 years. If that exists in the comics, I don't know.
They made a show starring a women, where the majority of the main cast were women, in 2015.I'm not going to get into a long winded argument but I understand why people are frustrated about the situation. I just think that they should have directed their frustrations at Marvel. I'm not going to agree with probably anyone here about this and that's okay. I don't care whether my opinion is popular. You know it's taken Marvel 10 years to make a movie starring a black dude and 11 for one starring a woman. Maybe we'll see a Marvel thing starring an Asian person in 15 years. If that exists in the comics, I don't know.
They made a show starring a women, where the majority of the main cast were women, in 2015.
And Danny Rand is white. Has been since his inception. The frustration with this specific situation zero sense, unless you are big into stereotyping. Why haven't they asked for Thor, Iron Man, or anyone else to be Asian randomly? Matt's a ninja, no freaking out about that either. How about Batman or Superman?
It is apparent that those talking about this aren't even fans of the character.
Yep , Big Ben Donovan is Cottonmouth and Kingpin's attorney.Also, didn't Cottonmouth and Kingpin have the same attorney?
Well, if it means anything (and it probably doesn't) the MCU had Hogun be portrayed by an Asian actor. That's something? Oh, and Wong is a pretty decent character in Doctor Strange, all things considered.
But to be fair, I do agree that the main issue is that Asians and Asian-Americans (especially men) are woefully underrepresented positively in media, specifically superhero media. In Daredevil's 2nd season, the main villains were the Hand, an ancient Asian cult that are assassins or something sinister. Better representation for Asian in the media is all I'm asking for.
Finn Jones shouldn't play Danny Rand because of the color of his skin.
Lol what?This whole backlash is really hypocritical. Fox and WB have been making comic book long before Marvel and they have way more attempts than the MCU.
Why are not they getting any heat?
But Marvel television has been much better. Ming-Na Wen and Chloe Bennet are on Agents of SHIELD. Inhumans cast Ken Leung as Karnak and Mike Moh as Triton. Neither one are starring in the show, but Karnak is an important (and decidedly cool) role. I almost think it's unfair to project the movies' shortcomings onto Marvel Television even if Iron Fist doesn't star an Asian lead.
Also Pyro how exactly would you portray the Hand differently? They are an ancient cult of evil ninjas and that's how they have been for decades. What's wrong about it?
Maybe it's just me but I'm that jaded by this whole issue that I get the feeling that Marvel could cast a Chinese lead as Shang-Chi right now and it would still somehow get criticism from certain quarters.
They could've just used Mike Colter and made him both Power Man AND Iron Fist.
Power Fist? Iron Man?
Great point about the comics. Stay true to your characters and don't cater, eventually these people will get a life or finally engage in intelligent dialogue in the 'real world'.Not sure why that's Marvel's fault really.
I'm not going to get into a long winded argument but I understand why people are frustrated about the situation. I just think that they should have directed their frustrations at Marvel. I'm not going to agree with probably anyone here about this and that's okay. I don't care whether my opinion is popular. You know it's taken Marvel 10 years to make a movie starring a black dude and 11 for one starring a woman. Maybe we'll see a Marvel thing starring an Asian person in 15 years. If that exists in the comics, I don't know.
The main issue is that it plays on the "Yellow Peril" trope (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YellowPeril). There's some problematic implications in that its a White guy fighting an evil Asian cult from taking over New York. Admittedly, Elektra kinda side-steps this, but its still there.