Fuck you M. Night Shamwow, the Last Airbender totally sucked!

[Mike McC]

Originally Posted by akaSM

Yay, I confused someone on the internet . I was trying to say that IMO races doesn't really matter when you choose someone to play a character, as long as the actor somewhat resembles the character. The actor that plays Aang somewhat resembles him (smiling wouldn't hurt though ), Katara and Sokka on the other hand have a darker skin. There should've been other actors that looked more like both.

TL;DR As long as they choose an actor that looks like the character, races don't really matter.

I hope this time I won't confuse anyone...but I think it'll happen anyway

You...

You do realize that things like skin color/tone tend to be racial traits. Right?

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Originally Posted by Mike McC

You...

You do realize that things like skin color/tone tend to be racial traits. Right?

Judging by his post. He more then likely does.

[akaSM]

Originally Posted by Mike McC

You...

You do realize that things like skin color/tone tend to be racial traits. Right?

Sorry, I got confused with the whole "nationalities, cultures and skin color" thing

OK, I'll try one more time, I don't care about people's nationality, ethnicity or whatever, as long as the actor resembles the character.

Also, yeah, "race" doesn't sound that nice, as Mike said we're a single race, the human race; skin color is overhyped.

[Kim]

But skin color, which is a racial/ethnic trait, as well as all those other racial/ethnic traits, affects whether or not they resemble the character.

[akaSM]

Originally Posted by NonCon

But skin color, which is a racial/ethnic trait, as well as all those other racial/ethnic traits, affects whether or not they resemble the character.

You can have different skin colors even if you're of a certain ethnicity, they won't be radical differences but not every person of a certain ethnicity has the same skin color, the same goes for nationality. This time I left the word "race" because it will most likely tell you the skin color (caucasian=light color, african=dark color).

[Archbio]

OK, I'll try one more time, I don't care about people's nationality, ethnicity or whatever, as long as the actor resembles the character.

I think people's confusion on this point is that somehow it seems as though if you were to cast an actor that resembles the character you'd tend to automatically default to actors of the same general racial origin. Race may be a social construct, but it tends to be framed by common inherited superficial physical characteristics. So it seems like if you're going for a physical match, you'd go for that first when it seems to stand out.

Now I could see why it wouldn't always be a high priority for the characters in an adaptation to look just like their counterpart in every way. Take the Kingpin in the Daredevil movie. One physical trait was deemed important: physical size. That the actor was black was really irrelevant: the Kingpin is fictional and comes from unspecified origins in a cosmopolitan society.

That's not true of all characters. The world of Avatar is explicitely a fantasy version of Asia, which is divided in four nations. Which adds to its detailed feel. The four nations play a role. If they had just randomly assigned the apparent origin of the actors to the characters that would have already undermined the archaic feel of the setting, but that's not even what happened here.

[Premmy]

You can have different skin colors even if you're of a certain ethnicity, they won't be radical differences but not every person of a certain ethnicity has the same skin color, the same goes for nationality. This time I left the word "race" because it will most likely tell you the skin color (caucasian=light color, african=dark color).

Race is basically "Ethnic groups a- through-f line up here cause ya'll have similar skin tones" plus cultural bullshit.

Edit: I think we all need to understand that Akasm is totally colorblind and has lots of black friends n'shit, and that's what he's trying to tell us.

[Mondt]

ITS SO FUCKING BAAAD UUUUUUUUUUUGH

Do not see this movie if you have any power over your curiosity. It is fucking awful. No characterization, no relationships fleshed out, so much shit is left out or fucking changed, acting is bad, script is bad, it's really bad and this is coming from a guy who appreciated Dragonball Evolution.

[Kim]

Originally Posted by Mondt

ITS SO FUCKING BAAAD UUUUUUUUUUUGH

WE TOLD YOU

WE FUCKING TOLD YOU

[Premmy]

Someone whip me up a suitable happy-dance pic.