Because every member of the FF has been white in Marvel Comics. There have been some attempts to make the Marvel Universe more diverse (Michael Clarke Duncan as the Kingpin, Samuel Jackson as Nick Fury) but changing the entire main cast would go beyond what has been done before. Instead of thinking inside the box…

wtf is breakng bat lol???

Look, I'm trying to be reasonable here, but you promised to leave my masturbation habits out of this from now on.

I HUNGER

C'mon! There has to be some good in this show! I mean it's an ill wind that blows no one any good, right?

We're not talking about The Blacklist any more are we….?

@avclub-61170dd37765bf9bee70ec952a5170b0:disqus If you want something to appear in italics, start it with < I > and end it with < /I > but don't allow spaces between pointy parenthesis and the "I"
Same thing works with bolding only use "b" instead of "I"
You're welcome.

I think he's just being humble. Everyone has seen the reaction to the casting of Batfleck and Crews is smart. All he's doing is a variation of that old talk show chestnut, "Well, we have been working on a song but none of you want to hear that … Oh, you do? Well, I guess I can do a little bit of it."

@avclub-08ae6a26b7cb089ea588e94aed36bd15:disqus They're stealing the name of the grouping from a short-lived comic whose concept I loved (the artwork killed it): Nick Fury introduces them as his "Howling Commandos."

I'm glad you called him by his first name, because I've started to think of his news pieces as Seans and I think they're great. They make me laugh so hard, it's practically like doing a cardio-workout.
In fact, I've made up a little poem about it:

Just start drinking! Pretty soon, work and The Man telling you when you're allowed to just have a few - just to take the edge off - will be a thing of the past!

Garcia really went over the top in defending this show. At this point, he's tooting his own horn.

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That's "Shut the hell up, True Believer! Excelsior! Make mine Marvel!"

Well, the Billy Batson example wasn't….
I'm just saying that the premise here is a superhuman dude who fights monsters. How he gets there is always going to be a little dicey because unlike, say, James Bond, who you can explain by saying he's really talented and trains really hard, there are no superhuman dudes.
So…

Hey! Where are all the Arrested Development jokes?

Wasn't there talk of Michael B. Jordan playing the Torch?
I don't see any reason Marvel couldn't go all in and have the Fantastic Four be four black characters. Unfortunately (because he's already got a part in the Marvel Universe) I could see Don Cheadle doing a great job as Reed Richards but, hey, if they wanted…

And the Living Mummy, Werewolf-By-Night, Frankenstein's monster and the Man-Thing.

And both Kirk and Spock

Jack Black