I wish that was the only problem. I know you can’t be 100% accurate with historical content but casting people who look appropriate for the period should be the easiest thing
I know the left loves pointing out the white actors as natives, or John Wayne as Genghis Khan but even then they at least tried to look like the parts they played. Now they just cast Sub-Saharan Africans just to be discordant with the past.
Exactly. When they trot out the “but John Wayne” excuse I point out how long ago it was and also add “fine that was dumb, now how about we discuss how dumb this modern day casting is”
Nothing points out an unprincipled position more than ignoring those principles when it behooves you. On a different tangent, you were in the military, did you hear the word behoove before your service? I know you heard it in service because everyone uses it
Yea I heard it. My mom used to get Reader’s Digest and there was a vocabulary lesson in each issue she made us go over as well as vocabulary tapes we would listen to in the car. She insisted we “don’t sound like fools” and speak the Queen’s English.
Which is the crux of my perspective on politics tbh.
If you don't share my moral alignment you can't shame me, so any interaction can't be a high order one, it's at best peace, and more likely competition for resources.
And as I said, without a shared morality, you can't shame me for picking my own side.
So yes my enemies deserve to lose and to suffer. If they didnt they wouldn't be my enemies.
I’ve seen a lot of those “they should’ve built a wall” memes. I asked one of these people if they have ever done any world history research because the history of civilization is one group conquering another. The west seems to be the only ones still wringing their hands over it
It's possible to make them look the part via makeup, lighting, and cg. They were able to get Astrid's skin color right in the HtTYD live action (based on the trailers), even if her hair is still all wrong.
I have low confidence, but I'll reserve judgement for the final trailer.
I like to separate my confidence and my judgment. I have very little confidence that the movie will respectfully portray the characters, but I'm open to being wrong. My judgment will come when I actually had seen enough of the final product to be able to pass judgment. for me, that's at least a trailer.
I know the one picked for Astrid is mostly white and you’d think they would give her a blonde wig. Shouldn’t be hard. Just seems like nowadays they really go out of their way to cast people who look nothing like the source material
yep, they still messed it up. I'm just pointing out that the actor's natural skin tone is darker than what's portrayed in the trailers, so it's possible to get the stuff right if they actually try.
I wish that was the only problem. I know you can’t be 100% accurate with historical content but casting people who look appropriate for the period should be the easiest thing
I know the left loves pointing out the white actors as natives, or John Wayne as Genghis Khan but even then they at least tried to look like the parts they played. Now they just cast Sub-Saharan Africans just to be discordant with the past.
Exactly. When they trot out the “but John Wayne” excuse I point out how long ago it was and also add “fine that was dumb, now how about we discuss how dumb this modern day casting is”
Nothing points out an unprincipled position more than ignoring those principles when it behooves you. On a different tangent, you were in the military, did you hear the word behoove before your service? I know you heard it in service because everyone uses it
Yea I heard it. My mom used to get Reader’s Digest and there was a vocabulary lesson in each issue she made us go over as well as vocabulary tapes we would listen to in the car. She insisted we “don’t sound like fools” and speak the Queen’s English.
“Mass immigration is good.”
“Wasn’t too good for the native Americans.”
“This is different.”
“How?”
“Because you deserve it.”
Which is the crux of my perspective on politics tbh.
If you don't share my moral alignment you can't shame me, so any interaction can't be a high order one, it's at best peace, and more likely competition for resources.
And as I said, without a shared morality, you can't shame me for picking my own side.
So yes my enemies deserve to lose and to suffer. If they didnt they wouldn't be my enemies.
I’ve seen a lot of those “they should’ve built a wall” memes. I asked one of these people if they have ever done any world history research because the history of civilization is one group conquering another. The west seems to be the only ones still wringing their hands over it
I hereby submit my nomination for who plays MLK's next biopic. Mark Ruffalo.
Honestly why not? I’d love to see them twist themselves into knots explaining why that isn’t ok.
It's possible to make them look the part via makeup, lighting, and cg. They were able to get Astrid's skin color right in the HtTYD live action (based on the trailers), even if her hair is still all wrong.
I have low confidence, but I'll reserve judgement for the final trailer.
No offense, but I can’t fathom reserving judgment at this late date lol
I like to separate my confidence and my judgment. I have very little confidence that the movie will respectfully portray the characters, but I'm open to being wrong. My judgment will come when I actually had seen enough of the final product to be able to pass judgment. for me, that's at least a trailer.
I know the one picked for Astrid is mostly white and you’d think they would give her a blonde wig. Shouldn’t be hard. Just seems like nowadays they really go out of their way to cast people who look nothing like the source material
yep, they still messed it up. I'm just pointing out that the actor's natural skin tone is darker than what's portrayed in the trailers, so it's possible to get the stuff right if they actually try.
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