Fuck you M. Night Shamwow, the Last Airbender totally sucked! - Page 5

Fusionman · 06-29-2010, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by NonCon

But each nation was a race already. The Fire Nation was Japanese, and that seemed to be largely what their culture was based on, the obsession with honor and the historical importance of dragons for example. The Water Tribe was Inuit, or so I'm lead to believe, which made sense because they lived in snowy areas. No idea what the Earth Kingdom was, probably white, and I think the Air Tribe was white but they seemed largely inspired by the idea of Buddhist monks so yeah. Making the "bad guys" the brown people and the good guys all whiter than me seems a tad racist in my book.

Hey I never said this change made any sense. Seriously though why are we calling M. Night Shamalammadingdong a racist when he's a Indian? He'd be racist against himself!

Kim · 06-29-2010, 08:09 PM

1. Not necessarily. Just because he's the director doesn't automatically mean he's the one in charge of casting. He might be, but sometimes casting is decided by specific, different people.

2. It's possible to be a person of color and still be racist.

3. It's possible that higher ups said to change the cast to be more white.

Aerozord · 06-29-2010, 08:21 PM

hey I think this is actually topical

Premmy · 06-29-2010, 08:22 PM

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Perhaps we should snowball this into a 100 page yelling match on racism in Hollywood! I'll put 10 down on Prems, he's got 2:1 odds against Nique and Funka.

Fusionman · 06-29-2010, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Lumenskir

The third season, however, would make a great movie. The looming deadline would actually be palpable in a two hour movie, instead of it being forgotten week-to-week so Aang could dance with the kids from Footloose or episodes from Season 1 could be redone or all the bullshit that happened when Zuko finally switched sides and they had to forcefully integrate him somehow (to say nothing of finally being rid of The Beach).

You want to get rid of the beach? Shut your face! That episode was for development of the characters! OK fanservice was just as important but no beach!?

Aerozord · 06-29-2010, 08:46 PM

Fusionman makes a good point. This is hollywood, do you really think they'd cut the fanservice episode?

The Sevenshot Kid · 06-29-2010, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Lumenskir

I'm gonna fuck you with some truth: The Happening.

Yeah, well... I got nothin'.

Sithdarth · 06-29-2010, 10:18 PM

Good news everyone. The humor is at the very least not 100% gone. Exactly how far that is going to extend is anyone's guess. At the very least Sokka is still the whipping boy.

Kim · 06-29-2010, 10:21 PM

I really can't get over the actors for Sokka and Kitara. They just don't seem to fit the roles at all. Like, I see them, and I start laughing for all the wrong reasons.

Aerozord · 06-29-2010, 10:36 PM

I think its partly because the voice actors did their jobs so well, and been hearing them for years, its hard to get used to anyone else.

06-29-2010, 08:09 PM	#42
Kim adorable Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 12,950	1. Not necessarily. Just because he's the director doesn't automatically mean he's the one in charge of casting. He might be, but sometimes casting is decided by specific, different people. 2. It's possible to be a person of color and still be racist. 3. It's possible that higher ups said to change the cast to be more white. __________________ this post is about how to successfully H the Kimmy Last edited by Kim; 06-29-2010 at 08:12 PM.

06-29-2010, 08:21 PM	#43
Aerozord So we are clear Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Former murder capital of the world Posts: 13,824	hey I think this is actually topical __________________ "don't hate me for being a heterosexual white guy disparaging slacktivism, hate me for all those murders I've done."

06-29-2010, 08:46 PM	#46
Aerozord So we are clear Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Former murder capital of the world Posts: 13,824	Fusionman makes a good point. This is hollywood, do you really think they'd cut the fanservice episode? __________________ "don't hate me for being a heterosexual white guy disparaging slacktivism, hate me for all those murders I've done."

06-29-2010, 10:21 PM	#49
Kim adorable Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 12,950	I really can't get over the actors for Sokka and Kitara. They just don't seem to fit the roles at all. Like, I see them, and I start laughing for all the wrong reasons. __________________ this post is about how to successfully H the Kimmy

06-29-2010, 10:36 PM	#50
Aerozord So we are clear Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Former murder capital of the world Posts: 13,824	I think its partly because the voice actors did their jobs so well, and been hearing them for years, its hard to get used to anyone else. __________________ "don't hate me for being a heterosexual white guy disparaging slacktivism, hate me for all those murders I've done."

06-29-2010, 10:18 PM	#48
Sithdarth Friendly Neighborhood Quantum Hobo Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Outside the M-brane look'n in Posts: 5,403	Good news everyone. The humor is at the very least not 100% gone. Exactly how far that is going to extend is anyone's guess. At the very least Sokka is still the whipping boy.