[dragonfire]

Deadline ‘Spider-Man’ Director Jon Watts Exits Marvel’s ‘Fantastic Four’ EXCLUSIVE: Jon Watts has withdrawn as the director of Fantastic Four, the reinvention of the venerable Marvel Comics series at Marvel...

https://deadline.com/2022/04/spider-...lm-1235013110/

[sum1]

Bet they're not going to cast a Jewish actor as Ben Grimm. It's wrong to steal roles from minorities. Jewish characters should be cast with Jewish actors. Magneto, Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat, Moon Knight, Ben Grimm, etc. It's about respect. You don't cast a white woman as Storm, do you?

[PhoenixRising]

Thanks, for the info, dragonfire.



Well, they cast a white woman as the Ancient One, sum1. Remember? And that was pure idiocy. When asked why the change was made, Kevin Fegie said, "It didn't matter," which was stupid and he later recanted and apologized, admitting that it was a mistake. But why did he cast Tilda Swinton as the Ancient One in the first place, instead of an Asian actor? Because Feige and the powers that be at Disney/Marvel were afraid of being accused of "Orientalism." Apparently it's now offensive for a white person to learn any esoteric skill from an Asian person, or anyone who isn't white, whether it's martial arts or magic and mysticism, which is why they thought it would be safer to cast a white character in the role. Apparently Mr. Miyagi and Daniel Larusso are offensive to the left now.

So in their attempt and trying to be politically correct and avoid Orientalism, they ended up doing something politically incorrect, by whitewashing the Ancient One. Oh, and let's not forget the Fantastic Four reboot casting a white woman(Kate Mara) to play Susan Storm, but a black man(Michael B. Jordan) to play her brother, Johnny Storm. Yeah, like that made sense.

This is why I say that left wing thinking is ass-backwards and lacks logic. Sorry, but it just does.

[sum1]

I remember the Ancient One scandal. They cut out his being Tibetan to avoid pissing off China.

[PhoenixRising]

Originally Posted by sum1 (View Post) I remember the Ancient One scandal. They cut out his being Tibetan to avoid pissing off China.

Yeah, but they still could've just cast a Chinese actor to play him, then. Or a Korean, or Japanese, etc. There was no reason to cast a white Englishwoman in the role. If they were cowering to China then that's idiotic on their part, and only shows their cowardice. But they were also kowtowing to the woke Twitter crowd who cries about "cultural appropriation" all the time. Now it seems as if The Karate Kid, a story about an Italian-American kid being trained in Karate by an Okinawan master, is seen as "Orientalism." These people don't even like the idea of Bruce Wayne traveling to Asia to train with the Asian masters of martial arts. I swear, these are people who wake up every morning offended and have nothing better to do with their lives.

[dragonfire]

Variety ‘The Marvels’ and ‘Ant-Man 3’ Swap Release Dates in 2023 "The Marvels" and "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" are swapping release dates in 2023, Disney announced Friday.

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/t...ap-1235254707/

Collider Morbius to Release on Digital This May Less than two months after hitting theaters, Morbius is scheduled to be released on digital in May, with physical releases following a month...

https://collider.com/morbius-release...ay-jared-leto/

[sum1]

Waiting for Morbius to hit dvd.

[wickedrum]

isn't it supposed to be bad?

[PhoenixRising]

Thanks for that, dragonfire. I'm expecting The Marvels and Ant-Man 3 to be awful, though.

[sum1]

Originally Posted by wickedrum (View Post) isn't it supposed to be bad?

So? It can't be worse than the average MCU blockbuster.

[PhoenixRising]

Glad we agree about the MCU.

[dragonfire]

Originally Posted by PhoenixRising (View Post) Thanks for that, dragonfire. I'm expecting The Marvels and Ant-Man 3 to be awful, though.

No problem. I see.

Oh, here's a major spoiler from Doctor Strange 2. Seems

Spoiler:

Stewart is playing, and I'm not making this up, not Fox Professor X but the 90s X-Men: TAS Professor X.

They even play the X-Men: TAS theme for his introduction.

[sum1]

the MCU.

[wickedrum]

daughter seen the movie today, said it was better than she thought it would be

[PhoenixRising]

That's good to know, Rita. I still think these movies could be done better, but whatever.

Originally Posted by sum1 (View Post) the MCU.

Agreed.



Thanks, dragonfire. But how... I mean... why...??? Seriously, that's the X-Men the MCU will use? They're not even... live actors.