it's not necessary, but neither is anything on these boards anyway. acknowledging the rest of my post would at least show that you're not arguing with me about race just to argue with me about race.
'racebending' can hurt the overall vision without causing a movie to fail. again, i'm not saying that it's as bad as gambling on an unqualified director or exploiting 3D, but it's still a problem that Hollywood frequently faces and has not learned from. as for TLA's "success" or "failure", as Parker Wayne stated...it hasn't been out long enough to determine which one of the two it will be.
and Lord of the Rings wasn't? i certainly agree with your points here, but my argument still stands regardless of the differences between the properties. yes, LotR was meant to be modern English mythos so therefor they cast white actors to play those roles...it's only obvious they would do that, so i don't understand why it's so argued AGAINST when some of us would like to see Asians (or racially ambiguous actors) play roles heavily inspired by Asian culture. 'Last Airbender' ain't too bad, because as you said, it's INSPIRED by Asian culture...but then you get a property like 'Dragon Ball' which is MORE than inspired by Asian culture, it practically IS Asian culture. DBZ is a different story, but in the original DB you have a story that mirrors the story of the Monkey King, which is Asian mythology. so while DB or Last Airbender's races aren't emphasized as much as LotR's are...there are traces of Asian culture laced throughout those properties. so tell me, why, in this day and age, is it SOOOO taboo for an Asian to play a character that is inspired by Asian culture???
that's nice, but your stance is negated by the fact that many fans (and non-fans) still feel that race is an issue when casting foreign-inspired roles. YOU may think that it's a non-issue, but the fact that we're talking about this makes it an issue. if it were a non-issue then we wouldn't be talking about it.
Yeah not much research to be done... outside of some new movie scoops, HR sure does like those thong thongs and booty pics, not that I fault him there...
He's a good Mod though...
I entered this thread after a well rested nap, and now I realize that I was talking to Hunter Rider all that time. I honestly thought I was conversing with Kel. Lmao at my fail.
apologies if you consider that an insult, but we've pretty much been arguing in circles about this topic forever and a day so excuse me if i seem irritated. i felt like you were trying to make my opinion more than it actually is so i had to say something to grab your attention.
Not trying to get in on any side of the argument here, you both have points, but I think this quoted section makes no sense.
Thankyou so much for joining the debate, I'm very glad someone of such clarity and eloquence could make the time to post here and show us amateurs how to articulately and cohesively construct a proper argument. We could all learn a valuable lesson from your frankly inspired example, and instead take the steps to write a much more cleverly (and quite wittingly I might also add) insight as you have done here.
i understand you're not trying to take sides, but never-the-less i appreciate your understanding of the comparisons/contrasts between the different properties.
most debates on these boards are pointless seeing as how the majority of them will not change how things are done in Hollywood. as far as it being trivial....well that's certainly an opinion and i'm glad it's not a fact. race in Hollywood has always been an issue and will continue to be until they give Asians and Hispanics the same kind of respect that Blacks fought so hard to earn. just because many people are intolerant of this view does not make it trivial.
