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Slovenly Muse
06/22/09

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Yeah, it looks kinda cool, but I still won't be going. Call me a stupidly hopeless idealist, but I'm kinda hoping this blatantly racist casting will LOSE these people money.

Step 1: Don't give them any of mine.
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Benjamin Andrew Moore
06/21/09

In reply to Blink And You'll Miss First Last Airbender Clip
...and The Village and Signs and Unbreakable...
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shortstopk
06/21/09

@Benjamin Andrew Moore:

I don't get why people don't like The Village. I thought it was well done and a unique story. It's an absurd premise in many ways, but if you can get past that I'd argue the flaws are minor.

The tone is a little too serious. That scene with all the parents behind the house debating what to do is terribly overwrought and frustrating. But I completely bought in to the story and why they chose to live that way. I thought the use of colors was great, and the portrayal of life in the village was convincing. The twist wasn't really a big shock, but I think the fact that it was withheld helped sell the story.

It's probably my favorite of his after Sixth Sense.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
06/21/09

@shortstopk: The twist wasn't a shock at all -- everybody I know figured it out just from the trailer!
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Alexis
06/21/09

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Please don't suck. I really love this series. Please don't suck.
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5AMfrenchtoast
06/21/09

@Evlsushi:

I don't care if its completely awesome, I'm still not going to see this whitewashed trash.

At least, I won't PAY to see it.
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octaslash
06/21/09

@5AMfrenchtoast:

Whitewashed? Weren't most of the voice actors in the cartoon white? They sounded very American to me.
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Slovenly Muse
06/22/09

@octalass: Not the same thing at all. Yes, most (not all) of the voice actors were white, but voice actors are cast based on how they sound, not how they look. For film actors, it's the opposite (think of the Harry Potter movies. The kids were cast because they looked the part, even though they were terrible actors, they visually matched the mental image that most people had of the characters). A:TLA was an American cartoon made in America by Americans. Of course the voice actors sound "American." However, "American" does not mean "White." When people watched the cartoon, for the most part they did not see white characters or experience the main characters as white (as they are obviously not). This has nothing to do with how "American" the production was. In fact, if you look elsewhere on the internet, most sites aren't calling for "Asian" actors to be cast in the main roles; they are calling for non-white AMERICAN actors to be cast in the roles that were obviously tailor-made for them. Most of the Asian actors we see in starring roles (Jackie Chan, for example) are from Asia, not America. Non-white Americans are pretty egregiously excluded from mainstream film, and now that the perfect opportunity has been presented, they're being dismissed again. There's simply no way to justify this casting.

And if you try and tell me they might have just been the best actors for the job, I will point you again to the Harry Potter kids.
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NDub
06/21/09

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I really hope he doesn't destroy this. The cartoon is great. Real life movie.. I don't know.
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KSChris
06/21/09

@NDub:

I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure the cartoon will still be great even if the movie sucks.

He's not destroying anything.
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phoenix
06/21/09

@KSChris: I'm kind of glad you said this - it's a reminder that this movie could suck. I mean it could be atrociously horrific, and the series will still be incredibly freakin' awesome.

In the end, all M. Night. Shyamalan can do is make a bad movie, and he's well qualified to do that.
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Alexis
05/22/09

In reply to The Live Action Faces Of Avatar: The Last Airbender Surface
Can we retire racist variations on M. Night's name, please? If you wanna make fun of him, there are far more valid and interesting ways to do it than laughing at a name because it's foreign.
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Alexis
05/22/09

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Ok, I'm starting to get scared...
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InfiniteMonkey
05/22/09

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Another Asian Based Concept Whitewashed! Dragon Ball Z, FAILED!, Street Fighter: Legend of Chun Li, FAILED! AVATAR, DOOMED! LOL! Good luck Shymalan!
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Alexis
05/22/09

@GR_Roman: While I think both of those movies sucked beyond belief, Avatar definitely has more hype, more money and a slightly more credible director.
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Dracoster
05/22/09

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Where's the blue head-arrow?
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Altair12
05/22/09

@Dracoster: If you look really closely, you can see that there's a tattoo on the kid's forehead that somewhat resembles an arrow, though it appears to have an intricate pattern rather than just being a flat arrow.
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ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.
05/22/09

@Altair12: I'm pretty sure it's a crosshair.
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evildead1971
05/22/09

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"Despite the controversy M. Night Shyamalan's movie has stirred by casting a predominantly white cast to portray characters and stories based on Asian culture" which is ironic since asian animation spoofs american animation
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mopo
05/22/09

@evildead1971: Eh? Have you ever seen any anime?

Anyways, I had a flash back of David Carradine and Kung Fu... And most recently... Dragon Ball, wtf?

Granted, there are limited Asian actors in the US, but seriously?
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Pope John Peeps II
05/22/09

@mopo: @johnnyichiban:

Haha. Have you guys ever actually WATCHED an anime? There's not a single character in any anime ever made who actually looks like a genuine asian person.
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