We've only had three black heroes in superhero movies since 2004's Catwoman: Heimdall (Idris Elba), Nick Fury, Iron Patriot and Django.
Well, you can technically count Hancock, but Hancock's barely a superhero movie. Two of them are so essential to their respective canons that not casting them as black (or removing them from the movies entirely) would result in massive backlash (and, in Nick Fury's case, a lawsuit). Idris Elba as Heimdall is the only case where minority representation has actually increased, and there was a noticeable backlash to that decision.
In contrast, the Mandarin got turned white, Catwoman was turned back to white after a long history of her being black in popular media before Halle wrecked it (see Eartha Kitt), the Al Ghul's are now white, Bane is British instead of Hispanic (though I quite liked Hardy's performance). And there's the business with other movies that play to the same crowds as superhero movies. The people behind the Hunger Games specifically requested blond, white girls to play Katniss. That one girl in the Harry Potter films got turned from black to white when she become relevant to the plot. And then there's the landmine that is Benedict Cumberpatch playing Khan.
I'm not really drawing conclusions from this, but these are things that have been happening, and I'm kind of shrugging while implicitly gesturing towards said things.
I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
If DC/WB ever decides to bring the Green Lantern back to the big screen (likely with the upcoming Justice League movie), I say they should make him John Stewart, not Hal Jordan.
I don't know who would be a good fit for the role, though...
More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
I got to the sixth boss in Hellsinker and I almost beated it ("them," technically, since it is a pair of robots), I think. :D This game keeps getting cooler as I go further along, but it is certainly a challenge. :) A beautiful challenge.
He should be played by Michael Jordan. The plot will involve the Green Lantern Corp seeking his help against the Sinestro Corps in a game of basketball.
See, that's another problem. A lot of the well-known black actors are getting old and we're not getting a lot of replacements.
Idris Elba's the youngest up-and-coming black actor that I can think of, and he just hit 40 (oh, wait, there's that Michael B. Jordan fellow). John Stewart's perpetually 32, just like every superhero without an unspecified age.
Also, I don't like the image Wikipedia has for John Stewart
He has that Black Adam Widow's Peak going on, and his face looks off. He doesn't look black; he looks like a tan Namor. It's like they chose the least black-looking picture to put up there.
I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
Odradek said:He should be played by Michael Jordan. The plot will involve the Green Lantern Corp seeking his help against the Sinestro Corps in a game of basketball.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
i had a period when i was like 12 where i was obsessed with superheroes for a few months and read ridiculous amounts of things about them without reading any comics at all and then i stopped.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
That said, I did go through a phase when I was 7 or 8 in which I tried desperately to discover my super powers
misandry is a coping mechanism so it’s not fair for you to criticize it, but it is fair for me to hella monetize it and make bank off pastel japanese facemarks and glitter text
#that argument is so suspect #why are you using other peoples survival tactics to make cutesy jacket patches and subversive animal cat gifs
I was always a DC kid. They had the better animated offerings, so I naturally gravitated towards them.
Spiderman never really caught my eye, or Wolverine, and I never liked the concept of the X-Men. There's something deep inside of me that says that mutation shouldn't allow you to control the weather. Considering that's all Marvel had to offer when I was growing up, I never really stuck with them.
I mean, Deadpool's cool and all, but there's only so much he can do.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I want to take photograaaaphs
But it is dark outside and thus not really suitable
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Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Well, you can technically count Hancock, but Hancock's barely a superhero movie. Two of them are so essential to their respective canons that not casting them as black (or removing them from the movies entirely) would result in massive backlash (and, in Nick Fury's case, a lawsuit). Idris Elba as Heimdall is the only case where minority representation has actually increased, and there was a noticeable backlash to that decision.
In contrast, the Mandarin got turned white, Catwoman was turned back to white after a long history of her being black in popular media before Halle wrecked it (see Eartha Kitt), the Al Ghul's are now white, Bane is British instead of Hispanic (though I quite liked Hardy's performance). And there's the business with other movies that play to the same crowds as superhero movies. The people behind the Hunger Games specifically requested blond, white girls to play Katniss. That one girl in the Harry Potter films got turned from black to white when she become relevant to the plot. And then there's the landmine that is Benedict Cumberpatch playing Khan.
I'm not really drawing conclusions from this, but these are things that have been happening, and I'm kind of shrugging while implicitly gesturing towards said things.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
I feel like Laurence Fishburne would be a good pick if we could, you know, time travel and grab him back when he was Morpheus.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Idris Elba's the youngest up-and-coming black actor that I can think of, and he just hit 40 (oh, wait, there's that Michael B. Jordan fellow). John Stewart's perpetually 32, just like every superhero without an unspecified age.
Also, I don't like the image Wikipedia has for John Stewart
He has that Black Adam Widow's Peak going on, and his face looks off. He doesn't look black; he looks like a tan Namor. It's like they chose the least black-looking picture to put up there.
And what's up with that kid's arm
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Warner Bros. owns Space Jam and DC Comics
I still pretty much feel that way.
It has lines like "let's kick some ice"
who would say something like that
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Spiderman never really caught my eye, or Wolverine, and I never liked the concept of the X-Men. There's something deep inside of me that says that mutation shouldn't allow you to control the weather. Considering that's all Marvel had to offer when I was growing up, I never really stuck with them.
I mean, Deadpool's cool and all, but there's only so much he can do.
I did not know this.
NOT 21
first of all, "Eadward".
Secondly, who knows.
As such, Rush must happen
On the way home today I saw a DeLorean parked by the side of the road.
I thought that was neat, I mean, I never saw one in real life before.