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. . . seriously?

*is torn between weeping and hysterical laughter*

(also, o hai all-white cast!)

That's exactly what I was saying to myself. 'Please don't let them be all white, please please....shit.'

It's like we've seen movie adaptions before!

*weeps* Why, Hollywood, why?

I don't know why I expected better of M. Night Shyamalan, but . . . damn it, I did. HE SAID HE WAS DOING IT FOR HIS KIDS. >.

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rymenhild.livejournal.com - 2008-12-10 19:06 (UTC) - Expand

My thoughts exactly. I know I had a thought at some point along the lines of "... yeah, I'm only seeing this if all of the actors are Asian."

Or even most!

SOME, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!

Dude, I was so easy, I would have been cool with any number of non-Caucasian ethnicities for Sokka and Katara! And, you know what, the Fire Nation is half based on Iceland, and there are brown-haired Fire Nation kids (Ty Lee), I could have coped with a few differences in casting. But ALL?

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aberration - 2008-12-10 21:02 (UTC) - Expand

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skygiants - 2008-12-10 21:07 (UTC) - Expand

An Asian version could be awesome. Sammo Hung as Uncle Iro. Jet Lee as the Firelord, Ziyi Zhang as Azula. You could have cameos by all the classic martial arts guys as the rest of the White Lotus dudes.

But then why would they bother when they could make another version of Monkey, or film any number of other mythological stories.

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aberration - 2008-12-10 20:59 (UTC) - Expand

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davegodfrey.livejournal.com - 2008-12-10 23:43 (UTC) - Expand

Well, I did get this from fandom_lounge. So I have no idea, but... What? What's the point in having an interesting concept set against a specific cultural background and then whitewashing it? (Oh um wait.)

Still, I like the idea of casting an unknown karate kid for Aang. That at least does sound promising.

I would be cooler with that casting if - you know, as we've all said above *grins* - it wasn't everything else. As it is, I'm just kind of like "cool! You got an unknown! . . . while you were ALREADY casting an unknown, you could not take that one extra step?"

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vivien - 2008-12-11 00:20 (UTC) - Expand

While I go into "OMG OMG OMG JACKSON OMG OMG OMG OMG" because I love him so much, NO HE IS NOT ALLOWED. D:

*sits on Jackson* it's okay bb.

INDEEEEED.

I mean, I could deal with it if all the other kids weren't also quite so... white. And if I'd seen him act, you know, ever.

BUT AS IT STANDS, NO.

Oh I've seen him act.

And I mean, I'm in love with him. But I don't...want him in Avatar for some reason. I dunno. It's not him. ...but Twilight is? hmmm.

*sigh* I'm making no sense *gets caffeine*