That's true that the "race" obsession is typically American. The French see things only through social-economic glasses, which is not much better, but the black-white thing was almost a non-issue in France.

I saw this movie in a preview screening with the actors, and I did not like it anyway. The funny thing is that the Samba character is presented as the hero and the good guy but if you look at what he really does, he is a scumbag - he screws an older rich white woman with mental issues to get money and a place to live,…

I don't know who your French friends are but yes almost everybody saw "Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis" and "Intouchable" in France, if not in the theaters, on TV, on DVD or online, and from all the demographics. Really. And I agree that these movies are awful but most French disagree.

There is a connective narrative - this is the Sioux Falls story they have been speaking about all season 1 and maybe Malvo's origin story.

You still have to make it a French in France so that's not very interesting for the english-speaking world while for example Tintin was just an undefined "European" (and in fact Belgium, that fits), and also a period piece (for the movie, the cartoons were situated in the time of their publication, between the 30s and…

Arsene Lupin has been adapted in TV series and movies in France.

He did not make her pregnant on purpose, and now she is, so he should abandon the kid because "being gay" is more important than anything else. Generations of men have lived a double life, or even lied to themselves, and you know what ? Contrary to what Hollywood would like us to think, they were happy with it.

It's sadly obvious that this is what is going to happen because this is Hollywood. In real life, the opposite is much more common. I can't exactly see how a man looking like Taylor Kitsch and living in California who prefers to give a chance to his kid and family life instead of f.cking every gay man around and making…

He is a weakling for wanting to behave like a grown-up, take responsibility for his kid, trying to provide for his family and giving the kid a stable family life, at the expense of his real tendencies ? I think he is behaving exactly as a decent man should. Being egocentric is not being strong. On the contrary.

Vaughn and his wife were horrible in this episode. But overall I still like it.

Really, that's all you get from Tintin ? Spielberg and Peter Jackson enjoy casual to medium racism ? And there is very few Latin in Asterix but it's true you need to really know the French culture to understand it. It was just an example among hundreds others.

And what about European comics ? Like Tintin, Asterix or others ?

You should not watch Game of Thrones.

You can also see Kelly Reilly without any dress in a few French and English movies.

Agree with you, I just watched Captain America: The Winter Soldier for the first time. It was indeed a fun and nice movie, easily the best Marvel movie. And it was just that. A fun movie that you forget 5 minutes later. At least, with all its problems, that's not what happens with MoS and this new movie, that…

Since I did not watch season 1, I admit I have no problem with season 2. The tone is sometimes weird and Vince Vaughn is slightly off (not bad either), it reminds me of Twin Peaks for some reason.
The bonus is that I will watch season 1 after this one.

I have no issue with it but the fact that you are so much care about race. Who cares that Spiderman is white or black ? This is a weird way of thinking. A good story is a universal story that draws its narrative power from the specifics of its situation. Black kids need Superman to be black to relate to him even if…

There is no problem with having trans, gays, lesbians, whatever you wish, characters, as long as it serves the story and is organic and makes sense. But not for the sake of "representation". This is not a parliament and not a poll.

Not being discriminated against is not a privilege, if words have still a meaning. You should end the discriminations and not try to solve the problem by new-speech, preaching, and reverse-hatred. "White people" have nothing to be ashamed of. Only racists should be.

But as I said since the beginning I really do not care if Spiderman is white, black, asian, transgender or whatever Dean Pelton is, as long as we get a good story. I just fear that the simple fact of focusing on this issue is bad for storytelling and will only generate PC propaganda and preaching.