The “original plan” was well before the first movie was finished. They’d planned to have a couple JL movies, the solo movies, and then a crazy epic third movie with time travel to reverse all the dead heroes.

Yeah. I love Xcom and played the hell out of it. But man was that sequel a dick.

Meghan Markle’s Father and Half-Sister Certainly Have a Lot to Say!

I understand why she was upset. And, yes, they should have paused to acknowledge that they were darkening her skin, fully gained her consent, and checked she was okay.

They only needed to find someone with a resemblance, including skin color. It’s not that difficult to cast an extra with the right skin tone, especially if they were operating out of Atlanta

They didn’t cast anyone. They hired an extra.
Which is a very different process as they put out a call, a bunch of people show up, and they pick quickly from who is there.

This one feels odd...
Had they cast a white actress instead of a VPoC that would be an issue. But they didn’t: they extra was a PoC. Doubly so because it would also be blackface.
Had they lightened the actress’ skin to make her seem more civilized or darkened it to make her more villainous (such as in India) that would…

The beard, the long hair, and the goggles... he looks like an entirely different person.

I spent the last couple years defending Joss Whedon. In part because Fisher’s allegations were so vague. And because I really enjoyed the TV shows he gave me. He entertained me, so I gave him the benefit of the doubt.

But, fuck, Charisma Carpenter’s allegations of abuse were detailed and specific and proved me wholly…

Lilo & Stitch too. But later on when he’s being taken away and says his name and that he’s found his family.

Eating wouldn’t be so bad if fishing wasn’t a huge time sink, as likely to fail as succeed, and expensive given the rarity of bait...

Yup.

Sure. BUT in that analogy, the rape wasn’t illegal. He was off raping in international waters or something. And while ‘caught’, he could have escaped all punishment had he chosen to do so.
Which is the flaw with going full hyperbole. You’re going for the emotional impact which is leading to a fallacious argument (false…

Sure. But there’s a wide gulf of difference between a rapist and a guy who is just spouting uncomfortable shit online during is free time. Such as one being illegal and the other not.

I’m not sure it qualifies as a “minimum standard of human decency” when I think very few of us would voluntarily leave our jobs and health care right now for any reason, let alone potentially for PR reasons...

Maybe.

Oh, no doubt he’s going to go full asshole the second he can, and his response video is going to be pure vitriol...

No, he’s not a garbage human being?

Fuck. It’s really hard to get mad at the guy when he’s taking the moral high ground...
Voluntarily leaving your job in the middle of the pandemic to take the heat off your company and co-workers. Fuck... if he wasn’t a garbage human being and the avatar of 2020 in a rotting fetid meat suit that would almost be noble....

Sometimes there is none... Life is complicated and messy.