(This is sort of a broader response to some things @avclub-29501df08e5d9ae59e432e4f188d3735:disqus has said so far, as well as others, but I'll stick it here so that it's not stuck in the deeper nests of comments upthread.)

First, I should say I'm not trying to attack you or accuse you of racism or anything like that. I was just pointing out that it's a little awkward to write a post condemning ethnocentrism while using a definition of "white" that is completely dependent on a whole swath of ethnocentric assumptions.

First, I should say I'm not trying to attack you or accuse you of racism or anything like that. I was just pointing out that it's a little awkward to write a post condemning ethnocentrism while using a definition of "white" that is completely dependent on a whole swath of ethnocentric assumptions.

I don't think anyone's asserting that Bayona couldn't find enough good Spanish actors to make the movie. The idea is that there wouldn't be a big enough audience for a Spanish-language film that would have to be subtitled to support the big budget he wanted (or, alternatively, maybe there's enough of a…

I don't think anyone's asserting that Bayona couldn't find enough good Spanish actors to make the movie. The idea is that there wouldn't be a big enough audience for a Spanish-language film that would have to be subtitled to support the big budget he wanted (or, alternatively, maybe there's enough of a…

If you're referring to what I think you're referring to, I'm pretty sure that's supposed to be one of the stone-giants whose rock-throwing drives the company into the goblins' cave.

If you're referring to what I think you're referring to, I'm pretty sure that's supposed to be one of the stone-giants whose rock-throwing drives the company into the goblins' cave.

But diversity is a tricky issue in this case. Is the film itself really less diverse because it replaced one nationality of European tourist in Indonesia with another? The film itself maintains the same diversity ratio. But the choice to present Brits rather than Spaniards does impact the overall diversity of the…

But diversity is a tricky issue in this case. Is the film itself really less diverse because it replaced one nationality of European tourist in Indonesia with another? The film itself maintains the same diversity ratio. But the choice to present Brits rather than Spaniards does impact the overall diversity of the…

This could work if they actually make it an honest-to-goodness procedural where the detective is forced to operate under Lewis Carroll's Wonderland logic.

This could work if they actually make it an honest-to-goodness procedural where the detective is forced to operate under Lewis Carroll's Wonderland logic.

Chalk me up as one who eats candy corn point-to-rind, one color at a time. I also never mixed flavors when there was Neapolitan ice cream in the house. One thing at a time, people!

Chalk me up as one who eats candy corn point-to-rind, one color at a time. I also never mixed flavors when there was Neapolitan ice cream in the house. One thing at a time, people!

Yeah, the book-scene does have humor in it, but a lot of it comes across in the narration rather than in the actual action of the scene or the interaction between Bilbo and Gollum (which remains pretty tense throughout).

Yeah, the book-scene does have humor in it, but a lot of it comes across in the narration rather than in the actual action of the scene or the interaction between Bilbo and Gollum (which remains pretty tense throughout).

I actually remember realizing at some point years later that Gandalf speaks with an American accent. John Huston's voice is just so incredible and rich, it always seemed like it came from some forgotten time.

I actually remember realizing at some point years later that Gandalf speaks with an American accent. John Huston's voice is just so incredible and rich, it always seemed like it came from some forgotten time.

I'm a little unclear on the nature of the debate. Is the argument that the film should have been made with Spanish-speaking actors? Or that the family would speak English (that is, it would be an English-language film) but retain Spanish names? Because I can kind of see the argument that once you're transforming their…

I'm a little unclear on the nature of the debate. Is the argument that the film should have been made with Spanish-speaking actors? Or that the family would speak English (that is, it would be an English-language film) but retain Spanish names? Because I can kind of see the argument that once you're transforming their…

"How far down do you have to scroll before you find a contemporary, non-fantasy character…"