The Last Airbender movie (watch the cartoon instead)
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Ice
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Re: Avatar: The Last Airbender Movie
To be honest, I don't care about Jackson being in Twilight. Every actor has done a terrible movie at some point. He certainly looks the part, which is a plus, of course.
Grocer Man
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Iceshadow
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Re: Avatar: The Last Airbender Movie
I'm more shocked that you had went to see TWILIGHT and lived to tell the tale.
I'm more shocked that you had went to see TWILIGHT and lived to tell the tale.
ourchair
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Re: Avatar: The Last Airbender Movie
I will support the Langsta Rule of Casting and point out that this is absolutely ****ing ridiculous.
Why are a bunch of white kids playing brown-skinned waterbenders, the Asian avatar and the bad guy who was played by a Filipino-American?
It's ****ing insulting and it's ****ing stupid, and I can't find any fathomable excuse for why this is so.
I will support the Langsta Rule of Casting and point out that this is absolutely ****ing ridiculous.
Why are a bunch of white kids playing brown-skinned waterbenders, the Asian avatar and the bad guy who was played by a Filipino-American?
It's ****ing insulting and it's ****ing stupid, and I can't find any fathomable excuse for why this is so.
Ice
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Re: Avatar: The Last Airbender Movie
I never found Sokka & sis to be 'brown-skinned'. Sokka looked more like tanned to me.
TwilightEL
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Re: Avatar: The Last Airbender Movie
The Water Tribe culture is really heavily based off of Inuit culture.
Some Inuits:
I think the Water Tribe people are brown-skinned. They might be only as brown-skinned as a heavily tanned white person, but it's still offensive to cast white kids, especially since they're practically glowing in the pictures provided.
The Water Tribe culture is really heavily based off of Inuit culture.
Some Inuits:
I think the Water Tribe people are brown-skinned. They might be only as brown-skinned as a heavily tanned white person, but it's still offensive to cast white kids, especially since they're practically glowing in the pictures provided.
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Iceshadow
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Re: Avatar: The Last Airbender Movie
Yeah, the way I always saw it was that Air Nomads are based off of Tibet, Water Tribes off Inuits, Earth Kingdom off of China, and Fire Kingdom off of Japan.
Yeah, the way I always saw it was that Air Nomads are based off of Tibet, Water Tribes off Inuits, Earth Kingdom off of China, and Fire Kingdom off of Japan.
ourchair
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Re: Avatar: The Last Airbender Movie
Incidentally, I wasn't implying they were all Asian, so much as that they're from a diverse set of non-white ethnicities.
And when I meant brown-skinned I was actually trying to translate "kayumanggi" which is a Philippinoe expression for a skin color that is brown but not African brown, so it probably hews closer to tan or 'mulatto'.
Incidentally, I wasn't implying they were all Asian, so much as that they're from a diverse set of non-white ethnicities.
And when I meant brown-skinned I was actually trying to translate "kayumanggi" which is a Philippinoe expression for a skin color that is brown but not African brown, so it probably hews closer to tan or 'mulatto'.
Re: Avatar: The Last Airbender Movie
Because it's America. And in America, white's are charismatic, noble of heart, lacking in faults, and pretty much perfect.
Everyone else just do drugs and get white girls pregnant.
:roll:
Because it's America. And in America, white's are charismatic, noble of heart, lacking in faults, and pretty much perfect.
Everyone else just do drugs and get white girls pregnant.
:roll:
Iceshadow
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Re: Avatar: The Last Airbender Movie
We just call that Hispanic, or if you're from Texas: Mexican.
We just call that Hispanic, or if you're from Texas: Mexican.
Ice
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Re: Avatar: The Last Airbender Movie
Eh, I can see how casting would get very difficult, because I'd imagine finding good actors at these ages is tough, I just hope they choose the best and add a little make up, than get a ****ty perfomance
Eh, I can see how casting would get very difficult, because I'd imagine finding good actors at these ages is tough, I just hope they choose the best and add a little make up, than get a ****ty perfomance
Iceshadow
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Re: Avatar: The Last Airbender Movie
I'm familiar with the first two but what's the Butt-Numb-A-Thon?
I'm familiar with the first two but what's the Butt-Numb-A-Thon?
TwilightEL
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Re: Avatar: The Last Airbender Movie
But see, if you say that they should focus on performance (which they don't seem to be), then that implies that there aren't talented ethnic actors.
I'm not trying to say that's what you meant. It obviously isn't. But if you describe a mostly-white cast for arguably completely non-white characters while talking about talent, that's how it comes out.
But see, if you say that they should focus on performance (which they don't seem to be), then that implies that there aren't talented ethnic actors.
I'm not trying to say that's what you meant. It obviously isn't. But if you describe a mostly-white cast for arguably completely non-white characters while talking about talent, that's how it comes out.
moonmaster
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Re: Avatar: The Last Airbender Movie
And then all the Puerto Rican kids get pissed when someone calls them Mexican.
People here in Chicago, at least from my experience, also say 'Mexican'.
And then all the Puerto Rican kids get pissed when someone calls them Mexican.
