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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
More than Pakistani people are.
I mean, say you had a Native American character, that, when you adapted him, you changed the character to be Latino because you couldn't be bothered to try to find a Native American, and your defense was hey, Latinos are underrepresented too. Exactly how well do you think that would go over?
Edited by Shake-Master on Jan 26th 2019 at 1:53:34 AM
If they do cast an Indian actress I'd very much prefer them not to Race Lift Kamala's nationality with it. Being specifically Pakistani is an essential part of her character.
Yeahhhh. I'd prefer Kamala not be changed to be an Indian Muslim even if she does end up being played by an Indian actress. I am an Indian Muslim and it would be very cool to have more rep, of course, (in my experience, most people seem to think being Indian and being Muslim is mutually exclusive which is. annoying.) but not at the expense of more Pakistani-American rep. There might not be much representation for Indian-American women in media, but there's certainly even less rep for Pakistani-Americans.
Edited by DeathsApprentice on Jan 26th 2019 at 6:15:25 AM
When we're done, there won't be anything left.I don't think that movie needs to be a financial success to justify Ms. Marvel. Her comic does pretty well even when opinion of Carol flounders. It's only necessary from a backstory standpoint, unless the lore that movie introduces turns out to be so incredibly poorly received (as in, levels of offensiveness than Suicide Squad can't touch) that anything tangentially related suffers on contact.
We are not talking about the comics. Comic book reader can't carry a movie. If Captain Marvel fails, Marvel will look for another property to adapt and not touch the name for a while.
All this said: I don't think that Captain Marvel will fail. But one step after another. Impatience is what ruined the DCEU, and I want to enjoy the MCU for as long as possible.
if something show me antman is that what matter is you introduce THE CHARARTER, no the story, not the conflict bu the chararter, if Marvel is badasss enough then she will have a sequel that do better.
it happen with antman and it will happen with strange, hell thor have two awfull movies and a funny one so why no?.
"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"While Marvel is great at finding quality actors, they have a much more mixed record on race casting. Everything to do with Doctor Strange is the top of the list, but they've done poorly other times too.
Writing a post-post apocalypse LitRPG on RR. Also fanfic stuff.Given that China's political response to Muslims has been genocide
, it's not worth it to put its government's priorities on Kamala Khan's film. It can't be made "palatable" for its censors, so one shouldn't try.
Edited by Tuckerscreator on Jan 26th 2019 at 6:02:59 AM
Deciding to remove Tibet (a country currently undergoing genocide) from Doctor Strange out of fear for China (a country currently executing said genocide) was already one of the most cowardly and despicable actions I've seen a major studio do (or support, if it was more of Scott Derrickson's idea as some claim). If they do the same with Kamala's Muslim background I'd honestly say the MCU can go fuck itself with a cactus, even though I love it.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."Some casting calls, not all of them. Because trying to cast 1-to-1 with race, ethnicity, and nationality for every role is an exercise in futility. You are eventually either going to find that there aren't enough actors from a very specific region or find that the actor you want to cast (because they are a good actor) isn't from that region.
Late, but there are literally billions of people on Earth. I guarantee that there is a fantastic actress the right age, gender, ethnicity, and religion to play Kalama Khan, who also looks just like her. As someone who wants to get into making films, I can say with confidence that the only reason casting directors don't go out to find such obscure actors is because they're lazy and prefer to keep hiring from the same small pool of actors they already know.
Be fair, sometimes getting a well-known actor is the only way to get a project off the ground.
BTW, if you ever make it big, would you mind taking a look at a Katamari Damacy live action adaptation script I wrote?
That's such an inherently bizarre idea that I actually got a little bit excited about the possibilities until I saw that it was potholed to Humor Mode.
Well, hey, you can always hire someone to write one for you when you hit it up. Preferably someone who's into LSD.
Edited by HailMuffins on Jan 26th 2019 at 1:53:01 PM
Edited by alliterator on Jan 26th 2019 at 9:00:27 AM

Way to read things into a simple suggestion.
Also, it's not like indian people are overpresent in western media either?
Edited by Forenperser on Jan 26th 2019 at 10:45:38 AM
Certified: 48.0% West Asian, 6.5% South Asian, 15.8% North/West European, 15.7% English, 7.4% Balkan, 6.6% Scandinavian