Vaderisnothayden said:
V said:
Vaderisnothayden said:
V said:
Vaderisnothayden said:
But I was pissed off about Samuel L Jackson being Nick Fury. I think it's racist to change the race of a character, at least if the character is well-established, important and popular.
No, its racist to say that every comic book character should only be played by actors of the same race. Skin color doesn't matter, talent does. I think Denzel Washington would be an outstanding Two-Face, but people like you would never get past that he's not the same color as the character from the comics.
Vaderisnothayden said:
And why are they not using the classic character that was important for so long instead of some recent invention?
They did.
And he was terrible. The Ultimate version of Nick Fury is not only black, but is modeled after Jackson. They couldn't have chosen a better candidate.
No, its racist to say that every comic book character should only be played by actors of the same race. Skin color doesn't matter, talent does.
I'm sorry but that's absolute bullshit. Characters should be kept faithful to what they are. Black characters should not be made white and white characters should not be made black, etc. There's nothing racist about insisting on some faithfulness to the source material.
And so what if an attempt at doing the original Nick Fury went wrong before. That hardly proves it has to go wrong. With a different actor and a different script it could be quite different.
And if they want to do Marvel they should do proper Marvel, not this "Ultimate" bullshit.
Being truly faithful would be getting the core of the character right, whether or not the actor is the same race. It's the inside that counts, not the outside. And if you want them to be your idea of faithful, that's exactly what they're doing by casting Jackson- black actor for black character. But you still can't get past the fact that the Ultimate Fury is black. You want Fury to be white because that's the only way you will accept him.
Just because the original Fury was white doesn't mean they're chained and bound to making the character white in the movies. The original Hulk had gray skin, the original Batman killed criminals, and the original Wolverine was a highly-evolved wolf but all those characters changed over time, just like Fury. Doesn't matter if the Ultimate Fury's been around for a much shorter time, it's a version of the character than Favreau chose to go with. And rightfully so, because the Ultimate Nick Fury is basically Sam Jackson as a comic book character, and Jackson playing him in the movies is pretty goddamn faithful.
I don't have any problem with the Ultimate Fury being black. Don't make assumptions about me based on not knowing a thing about me. But I do have a problem with Marvel films being based on this new-fangled Ultimate stuff. It should be quite understandable that I would want Marvel movies to be based on the classic stuff I grew up with and not some new stuff I don't care about.
As it is, I came to this thread not having a clue that there was any such thing as a black SLJ-based Ultimate Fury and when I was told about it I wondered why are they using this new Ultimate stuff instead of the classic stuff?
I'd heard some things about this Ultimate stuff before (though not about their Nick Fury) and I haven't been positively inclined towards it. My attachment is to the original Marvel, not some new-fangled thing that popped up after I quit reading Marvel when Marvel stuff was getting shittier.
Being truly faithful would be getting the core of the character right, whether or not the actor is the same race. It's the inside that counts, not the outside.
A person's race is part of who they are. If you want to be faithful to the material you keep major details like race or gender consistent. I don't think it would be right to cast a white man as Storm and by the same token I don't think it would be right to cast a black woman as Spiderman. Not that Tobey Maguire is any use in the role.
And if you want them to be your idea of faithful, that's exactly what they're doing by casting Jackson- black actor for black character.
Sure. If you want to do the Ultimate Fury instead of the classic one. But I still can't see why they want to do the new Ultimate stuff rather than the classic stuff that made the legend. It's kind of like choosing the SE over the OOT.
Just because the original Fury was white doesn't mean they're chained and bound to making the character white in the movies. The original Hulk had gray skin, the original Batman killed criminals, and the original Wolverine was a highly-evolved wolf but all those characters changed over time, just like Fury.
They're bound and chained to keep to something like what's in the comics. And I think they should base the movies on the classic stuff that made the legend rather than new-fangled Ultimate stuff. As far as I can tell, Fury didn't change into Ultimate Fury. Rather, Ultimate Fury is a separate character from a splinter line of Marvel. They had a choice whether to go with the classic stuff that made the legend or go with a new thing. I'd prefer the classic stuff. I don't know this SLJ Fury, but I grew up with the original Nick Fury, so it shouldn't be hard to understand me preferring to see him portrayed on the big screen rather than the character I don't know. And not portrayed on the big screen by Hasselhoff.
Doesn't matter if the Ultimate Fury's been around for a much shorter time,
But it does matter. The original Fury is the one that made the legend. He's the Original.
I wondered why are they using this new Ultimate stuff instead of the classic stuff?
Because they can. Favreau believes that Jackson can play the comic book version of himself and would rather not take a chance with someone else. If a character is directly moddled after an actor, then shouldn't that actor play the character? It would be missing a huge opportunity.
A person's race is part of who they are. If you want to be faithful to the material you keep major details like race or gender consistent. I don't think it would be right to cast a white man as Storm and by the same token I don't think it would be right to cast a black woman as Spiderman. Not that Tobey Maguire is any use in the role.
Gender is a different issue. If it were Nikky Fury, then your arguement for a male one would be a better one.
But it does matter. The original Fury is the one that made the legend. He's the Original.
Nick Fury is hardly a legend. You think the average movie goer knows who the hell Nick Fury is? If he were this great character, he would have gotten an adaptation by now other than small roles in the Spider-Man cartoon and a DTV movie starring Hasselhoff. He's a supporting character that's never taken off on his own. Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, those are comic legends because everyone knows who they are, even if they haven't seen any of the movies or read any of the comics.