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12-13-2008, 01:59 AM #1Active Nappturality Member
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So yes, while fumbling around on the Innanet (yes, Innanet :lol: ), I came across this madness:
Avatar: The Last Airbender casting
Then I saw the side-by-side comparisons of the characters here: Side-By-Side Comparison
Avatar fans, what's wrong with this picture?
Non-Avatar fans, a quick note in case you're going "but I don't see a problem":
1) They picked the lightest pictures of the animated characters they could find, ignoring that two of those characters look much darker most of the time.
2) They cast said characters with white folk.
3) This was the perfect opportunity to cast this film with a diverse cast considering that Avatar is popular and filled with diverse characters -- and they bungled it by whitewashing the cast. I'm all for colorblind casting, but this was just too much for me. <_<
Non-Avatar fans:
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12-13-2008, 03:33 AM #2Active Nappturality Member
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JESSE MCCARTNEY as Zuko? :shocker: Are you f***ing kidding me? really? you couldn't find any other child stars to play this role? I mean seriously, I would have rather seen one of the Harry Potter kids cast in that role before Jesse freakin' McCartney. I hope that changes, but we will have to see....
To quote a post on one of the websites "... the 4 nations won't be very different from each other if everyone is a white american... ". well said IMO[b]The pleasures outside our mind give us quick fixes but have side effects. The true source of happiness is not out there. It is in you. - Kelsang Chogden</span>[/i]
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12-13-2008, 04:31 AM #3Active Nappturality Member
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JESSE MCCARTNEY as Zuko? :shocker: Are you f***ing kidding me? really? you couldn't find any other child stars to play this role? I mean seriously, I would have rather seen one of the Harry Potter kids cast in that role before Jesse freakin' McCartney. I hope that changes, but we will have to see....
To quote a post on one of the websites "... the 4 nations won't be very different from each other if everyone is a white american... ". well said IMO
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Seriously, Avatar fans across the net (and of all races) are enraged. It doesn't help there are people going "well, they could always get TANS". Yes. Tans.
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12-13-2008, 07:10 AM #4Active Nappturality Member
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I just knew M. Night Shymalan would f this up.
Katara and Sokka, are purposely shaded darker than Aang on the show, why would they get the whitests of white kids to play those roles?
The voices of Zuko and Uncle Iroh were done by Asian actors, come frickin on.
Sometimes I can't even tell if people actually know they are racist.
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon did incredibly well, you can't tell me Asian actors don't sell.
We should start a petition or something
I'm not even sure I want to taint my final impression of Avatar with this mess.
The final episode was awesome, I loved it. I would have loved to see a Zutara thing happen, but it still ended well.
They even cast them too young, gawd I'm angry with M. Night. Why did they give it to him? He hasn't had ONE good film since 6th Sense, he SUCKS!
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12-13-2008, 07:19 AM #5
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I thought I was looking at an Aryan nation brochure. Who will play Toph? Dakota fanning?
I hope other fans boycott the movie. I am.
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12-13-2008, 03:04 PM #6
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y'all knew Shamalame was gonna screw this up :angry: I'm just gonna slap this right up with the damn Dragonball movie. WTF :angry: BOO. Dude, they can just give me a new animated movie and I'll be happy
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12-13-2008, 03:37 PM #7Active Nappturality Member
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We should start a petition or something
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I thought I was looking at an Aryan nation brochure. Who will play Toph? Dakota fanning?
I hope other fans boycott the movie. I am.
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y'all knew Shamalame was gonna screw this up :angry: I'm just gonna slap this right up with the damn Dragonball movie. WTF :angry: BOO. Dude, they can just give me a new animated movie and I'll be happy
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Here's another good piece on the madness from the Angry Black Woman blog: Say It Isn't So
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12-13-2008, 03:43 PM #8Active Nappturality Member
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ointlaugh: at "Aryan nation brochure".
@ OP: If he breaks into song, I hope Toph knocks him upside his head with the heaviest projectile she can manipulate. lol. Oh, and hooray for skin cancer!!!
@ Nicklicious: It would be wise for Shamalamadingdong to take notice of the reactions from Avatar fans. He can't just pull this out of his *** and expect it to be successful b/c the fan base is niche crowd of older kids and adults who won't fall for usual Disney movie marketing ploys, IMO. If he screws this up, it may be the end of his directing career.
ScorpionOcean: my BF said the same thing about the Dragonball movie. lol. cosign on another animated movie? I was quite happy with the last one!
I will wait to view the previews but so far, the BF and I have no plans to see this movie. I will venture to say that he should also consider some East Indian actors. Didn't Slumdog Millionaire receive good review?[b]The pleasures outside our mind give us quick fixes but have side effects. The true source of happiness is not out there. It is in you. - Kelsang Chogden</span>[/i]
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Ugh. Total whitewash.
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12-13-2008, 07:23 PM #10Active Nappturality Member
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Come to think of it, aren't almost all of M. Night's films lily white?
The only one I can think of is with Unbreakable with Samuel L. Jackson, and given that he is the go to Black guy, I would say that is a count for diversity on Mr. Shyamalan's part
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