There is a difference between being offended, and using accusations of sexism or racism to try to shut someone up or win an argument.
The two most likely explanations are that this garbage was painted by actual white supremacist assholes who, because of the current climate in this country, have crawled out of the sewer they belong in. Or, it was painted by idiots looking for attention who, because of the current climate in this country, think this…
That wasn’t your original point. Your original point was to infer that because I don’t agree with the author, I must be a conservative, racist Breitbart reader and that instead of arguing against the author’s point of view, I should just fuck off. Also, I don’t “hate” his point of view, I disagree with it. Strongly. I…
I’m not white, but thanks for playing.
Yeah, I got nothing for this one. At first, I thought well maybe it’s a joke, or maybe he’s being sarcastic? But no. Mr. Sorkin needs to pull his head out of the sand, or his ass, or wherever he’s buried it and come join the rest of us in the real world.
Nearly every article Mr. Arceneaux writes exists for no other reason to vilify white people, and the language he uses to present his evidence is almost always biased against white people. Example : Instead of saying that *only* 29% of young white people approve of Trump, he says that 29% of young white people *still*…
I don’t know why you bother writing these long articles when the message is the same in all of them. Just write “All white people are terrible and racist” 6 or 7 times a day and you’re all set.
We were talking about the live action movies, not the anime - but thanks for the heads up.
Ugh. Can we please stop acting like Steve Bannon is some kind of evil genius? He’s not. He’s a fat, sleazy, drunken, wife-beating, bottom-feeding racist pig and just because he knows how to appeal to the worst instincts in people that doesn’t make him Brainiac.
Well, no, it isn’t obvious. Worldly isn’t a word you just made up, it has a definition - it means sophisticated. I suppose they could have said “Our vision for Death Note has always been to bring this captivating story to the screen for its longtime manga fans outside of Japan.” I don’t see the statement as arrogance,…
Yes, it has the platform. But Netflix didn’t produce those other films, and unless they have a deal with the Japanese company that did, they’re not going to be on Netflix. And who knows? Maybe someday they will be. Also, there’s a difference between something being released around the world (except in Crimea, Syria…
Straying from the subject for a moment, when is “isn’t here for” going away? Soon, I hope.
Whitewashing is silly and unnecessary, but if you didn’t *know* that there were already four live-action Death Note films, I don’t think you have standing to sarcastically mock this one for claiming to “introduce the world to this dark and mysterious masterpiece” - and while we’re on the subject, those four movies…
There are a million Asian-made martial arts films - are you telling me that there’s not one well written character in any of them? I find that pretty difficult to believe.
The idea of the mystical Asian martial artist has been done to death. It’s been done well, it’s been done poorly, and everywhere in between. So has the whole white guy learns martial arts and becomes spiritual and a badass thing. There’s nothing to be added. Why not come at it from a completely different perspective?
Iron Fist is bad because it’s boring, not because there’s a white guy in the lead role. They didn’t suddenly make Danny Rand white; he’s always been portrayed that way. That said, Marvel probably would have been better off tossing Danny Rand out the window and starting fresh with a totally new Iron Fist who isn’t a…
I’d take one fully formed, three-dimensional LGBT character over a dozen insulting stereotypes.
One of the unfortunate side-effects of being called a comic (or any other kind of) genius on a regular basis is that it tends to give a person an inflated sense of self-importance.
LGBT representation may have increased, but what did we get? Will & Grace, Glee, Modern Family and a couple others have features gay, white male characters but they all lack depth and/or are played for laughs - it’s just stereotype after stereotype. The uptight gay, the flamboyant gay, the gay man-whore, the sissy…