tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506995090336963455.post1935025584673687587..comments2023-03-21T05:49:21.694-04:00Comments on Seeking Avalon: What I WishAvalon's Willowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539301720154191607noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506995090336963455.post-65696726198783186422009-03-19T10:01:00.000-04:002009-03-19T10:01:00.000-04:00I'm definitely not going to see this, because I wa...I'm definitely not going to see this, because I want a multi-ethnic cast, just like the cartoon... instead we're getting a bleached out cast.<BR/><BR/>So, on opening day, I'll watch the original Avatar and enjoy it for all its awesomeness, fun, and adventure with people who are not, by default, white.Jamie Jeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12440689999991155692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506995090336963455.post-37427172531251680312009-03-18T19:15:00.000-04:002009-03-18T19:15:00.000-04:00That ETA killed me.That ETA killed me.seitzkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16383559351073204534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506995090336963455.post-85045941204148035502009-03-18T03:26:00.000-04:002009-03-18T03:26:00.000-04:00furikku:Y'know, I can see the logic behind this ar...<STRONG>furikku:</STRONG><BR/><BR/><EM>Y'know, I can see the logic behind this argument... but only for Original Fantasy.</EM><BR/><BR/>Considering how eagerly things that aren't the same old are snatched up and how that logic is part of the same 'But people don't go to see movies with /Female Action Leads / Subtitles / Asian Leads / Insert WTF ever here'<BR/><BR/>It's all circular logic to keep the status quo to me.Avalon's Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07539301720154191607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506995090336963455.post-80705664174048111172009-03-17T19:39:00.000-04:002009-03-17T19:39:00.000-04:00"And not because there are PoC/NWP who'll support ..."And not because there are PoC/NWP who'll support it. But because there are just too many white people, willingly blind to what's going on, who won't see anything wrong with all the PoC being on the side of the narrative's aggressors."<BR/><BR/>In a word? THIS.<BR/><BR/>It's just, I'm amazed by the sheer, incomprehensible levels of idiocy (or ignoranance, privledge, apathy, cluelessness, asshat-ishness, whathaveyou.) It's just, wow. It leaves me speechless and motivates me to speak out against it, all at the same time. <BR/><BR/>Just so you know, my friends and I are planning on holding a small series veiwing movie party of our own on the release day if the casting isn't changed :)<BR/><BR/>Also, the sister site to AAW, Racebending.com http://racebending.com/ would probably have official info on the newest casting as well.Jhenne Tyler B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05019261969154480797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506995090336963455.post-62982635048499879392009-03-17T17:51:00.000-04:002009-03-17T17:51:00.000-04:00This is one white person who could not be PAID to ...This is one white person who could not be PAID to go see this movie (no matter how cute Dev Patel is - and he is terribly cute). ARGH.<BR/><BR/>*goes to make room in the budget for the DVDs*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506995090336963455.post-49648185979897218212009-03-17T14:07:00.000-04:002009-03-17T14:07:00.000-04:00'If white fantasy sells, then the industry will ma...'If white fantasy sells, then the industry will make white fantasy because the industry wants to make money'.<BR/><BR/>Y'know, I can see the logic behind this argument... but only for Original Fantasy. If you're doing an adaptation, it is STUPID to think that you need to change the races to make it more palatable. It's a big damn name already! People will see it because it is called AVATAR! Anyone NOT going to see it would probably just not be in the fanbase anyway!<BR/><BR/>Arrrgh. This whole thing makes me seethe. It seriously is like they're TRYING to see how low they can go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506995090336963455.post-45649888776124586342009-03-17T14:01:00.000-04:002009-03-17T14:01:00.000-04:00I actually think it stands a pretty even chance of...I actually think it stands a pretty even chance of flopping spectactularly. Unfortunately, if it does, the blame will be laid on every possible variable EXCEPT (or, at the very least, before) the Epic Racist Fail. :-/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com