General Star Wars Random Thoughts Thread — Page 199

DominicCobb said:

DominicCobb said:

ATMachine said:

Hopefully now that John Boyega is the male lead of Ep7, Star Wars casting agents will at last get bold enough to let more than one person of color be visible on-screen per movie.

Personally, I'm still holding out for Asian actors to show up in the live-action GFFA. After all, GL did want to get Toshiro Mifune as Ben Kenobi..

Oscar winner Lupita Nyongo is in TFA as is newcomer Maisie Richardson, both black. Don't know how big their roles are though (AND DON'T WANT TO). It's also worth noting that Oscar Isaac is hispanic.

The lack of asian representation is strange, especially considering the heavy Japanese influence on the saga. Maybe in another new movie. Wasn't there a rumor about a martial arts actor getting cast for Rogue One?

 Would you look at that... two asian actors in Rogue One.

 Maurissa Tancharoen is not going to like that.

TV's Frink said:

DominicCobb said:

DominicCobb said:

ATMachine said:

Hopefully now that John Boyega is the male lead of Ep7, Star Wars casting agents will at last get bold enough to let more than one person of color be visible on-screen per movie.

Personally, I'm still holding out for Asian actors to show up in the live-action GFFA. After all, GL did want to get Toshiro Mifune as Ben Kenobi..

Oscar winner Lupita Nyongo is in TFA as is newcomer Maisie Richardson, both black. Don't know how big their roles are though (AND DON'T WANT TO). It's also worth noting that Oscar Isaac is hispanic.

The lack of asian representation is strange, especially considering the heavy Japanese influence on the saga. Maybe in another new movie. Wasn't there a rumor about a martial arts actor getting cast for Rogue One?

 Would you look at that... two asian actors in Rogue One.

 Maurissa Tancharoen is not going to like that.

Because nobody's Asian in the movies, nobody's Asian on TV.  If there is a part there for them it's the groupie in the chorus, that's her.

I was thinking that Rocket Raccoon was based on Jaxxon but I just looked it up and the latter pre-dates the former so maybe it's the other way around? I understand Jaxxon is mainly inspired by Bugs Bunny, but why else would he call himself a "rocket rabbit"? That's not a common expression (Rocket Raccoon is based off the Beatles's "Rocky Raccoon"). Also they're basically the same character, just different type of rodent.

Also, it's kind of sad how short lived Jaxxon was (had to look it up, 16 was his last issue - I'm now 25 issues after that and never got to say goodbye...). At the same time, I wonder if I would even care about him if he wasn't such an infamous character. And why is that? Because he's silly? I think he fits the Marvel SW universe rather well. Is it because he was so short lived?

SilverWook said:

Rocket Rabbit might be a subtle reference to the cartoon where Bugs was shot in a rocket to the moon and encountered Marvin the Martian for the first time.

*sigh* Now I'm wishing Jaxxon had stayed around long enough to do battle with a Marvin the Martian analogue. 

TV's Frink said:

Because nobody's Asian in the movies, nobody's Asian on TV.  If there is a part there for them it's the groupie in the chorus, that's her.

You make good points there.

TK-949 said:

But, without the Asians in the movies, without Asians on TV, who’d play the goofy mathematician? The computer technician? A wise old healer from Japan? A short but wealthy businessman? Sell Korean groceries? Do your laundry, "thank you, prrease"?

 Now there are tooooo many of them!

Why does the abomination above exist, anyway? Didn't Furbies pretty much go the way of the dodo after 1999?

FrankT said:

Did Adywan release a colour-corrected version of A New Hope?

 Do you need an invite?

That's not what this thread is for, and neither is that.

My little sister got a furby as a gift one Christmas and she hated it so she hid it in a cabinet in the living room. Six months later I was looking for something or other and I opened that door and it opened its eyes and said "Hello!" since then I am not down with furby in any way shape or form.

DTF now stands for Down To Furby.

ATMachine said:

(Insert your own joke about the relationship between Star Wars and Flesh Gordon here.)

While the relationship was no doubt consensual, it was premarital, possibly polyamorous, and regarded as distasteful by the parents of both parties.

Thank you -- I'll be here all week.