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Uncle Boogeyman posted:look man i just don't think a white Shang Chi is a great idea, call me crazy I like it, it explains his father being a yellow peril villain as a persona adopted by some white guy trying to intimidate people using knowledge gleaned from kung-fu flicks. I'd go with mixed race for realism though, anybody that'd base his criminal persona on Fu Manchu probably digs Asian women.
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To be honest, I find Madkal's point that Danny not being white changes his and Luke's dynamic a more salient point than all this "Oh but don't you poor Asians see that we simply don't wanna be racist against you guys by making him Asian" stuff. I mean, frankly, I used to be the exact same way. I argued up and down the street that Spider-Man has to stay white with all the exact same flavors of arguments used here, I busted out the storyline analysis, I listed all the themes and tones that it would contradict, I even pulled the amazing "Aren't you actually the real racists for saying his race doesn't matter" go-to card. And I've long since realized that I don't actually give a poo poo about that stuff at the expense of diversity, and that nobody should, when we're casting the new Spidey in 2015 and it's an actual assembly line of identical pale-rear end white boys copypasted five times over. The problem is as insidious as it is exhaustive and I simply do not give a poo poo about all them spergy mitigating factors anymore.
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Plus white guy fulfilling an asian legacy and becoming the best at a certain martial art was already showed in all its greatness in the cinematic masterpiece known as Samurai Cop.
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ArmyOfMidgets posted:Plus white guy fulfilling an asian legacy and becoming the best at a certain martial art was already showed in all its greatness in the cinematic masterpiece known as Samurai Cop, Bloodsport, Kickboxer, Blind Justice, The Quest...
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Whoa whoa are you saying that Bloodsport is not a cinematic masterpiece? I find it problematic that your rear end isn't being kicked right now.
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TwoPair posted:Whoa whoa are you saying that Bloodsport is not a cinematic masterpiece? How are you getting that from what I posted? Bloodsport rocks.
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Hakkesshu posted:If they really wanted to do something different they should cast a woman as Iron Fist I would watch the hell out of a Wu Ao-Shi series/movie/whatever.
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May 1, 2015 01:11
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SirDan3k posted:I like it, it explains his father being a yellow peril villain as a persona adopted by some white guy trying to intimidate people using knowledge gleaned from kung-fu flicks. Just make him Aldrich Killian's son
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May 1, 2015 05:08
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Anyone who's worried about the "why does the guy who goes to Magic Asia to get Kung Fu have to be Asian?" backlash should be reminded that this show follows the one about the black guy who goes to prison to get bulletproof. I think the best possible outcome is to make Daniel San half white/full blown American who's Asian dad has a midlife crisis and goes searching for his heritage, that way you get fish out of water in K'un Lun(which I think they should make a little more multi ethnic anyway, why not sprinkle some Sikhs and Zulus in there) plus you can play off everyone's expectations assumptions like him knowing martial arts/Chinese because he's Asian. Then when he becomes a hero, have Luke Cage point out the cliche for laughs, owning it. Also we can still have Randall as White Fist 1915
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DC are doing some weird projects for Machinima which are going to end up interesting or terrible. A weird Starman reality/competition show and a Dial H for Hero adaptation (that uses a magic app instead of a magic phone).quote:
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I have your winner for the Hero Project right now, its called just do an adaptation of Robinson's Starman series. #4hero is almost interesting, except for the "trending on social media" part. That's just stupid.
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The general idea of #4hero isn't that bad as an updated version of the concept. The one part that's problematic is that it relies on trending topics, so the powers will likely be heavy on pop culture references instead of out-there weirdness.
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Dacap posted:The general idea of #4hero isn't that bad as an updated version of the concept. The one part that's problematic is that it relies on trending topics, so the powers will likely be heavy on pop culture references instead of out-there weirdness. The entire premise is already primed to become super dated.
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May 5, 2015 14:47
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muscles like this? posted:The entire premise is already primed to become super dated. So?
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May 5, 2015 14:48
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It's a good excuse to give them different powers, even in reality it would just end up with them getting powers of random one direction members, film or tv show spoilers and RIPCELEBRITY.
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muscles like this? posted:#4hero is almost interesting, except for the "trending on social media" part. That's just stupid. 5/5: "Our top story, today a hostage situation downtown was defused when hero #ilovetequila-Man arrived on scene"
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muscles like this? posted:I have your winner for the Hero Project right now, its called just do an adaptation of Robinson's Starman series. James Robinson is going to participate in a wig and will be swiftly eliminated in the first round
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So after this week's Flash something's bugging me: does anybody in Central City (or hell, in Starling City for that matter) lock their loving doors? Because Iris just waltzes in to STAR Labs while Barry's getting his head checked and nobody even noticed until she made a zinger. You'd figure they'd at least try to close the place off when they know Wells is out for blood, but I guess not. Also, my brother just started catching up with this show and brought up an excellent question: did the show ever address how Star Labs keeps the lights on at this point? They're down to 2 employees who do nothing but Flash Support, so I don't know how they're doing... anything, much less how Cisco and Caitlin get paid.
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May 6, 2015 07:02
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Wells would be a pretty poor planner if he didn't have some kind of way to pay the bills in between blowing up the particle accelerator and whatever his endgame is. Also, there is a deleted scene online from this week's episode which shows that yes, they do actually feed the metas in no-lunch-supermax. Apparently it works through the complicated process of them telling Caitlin what they want to eat and she gets it for them as the scene is her complaining about knowing their eating habits too well while pushing a cart loaded with take out.
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May 6, 2015 11:40
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muscles like this? posted:Wells would be a pretty poor planner if he didn't have some kind of way to pay the bills in between blowing up the particle accelerator and whatever his endgame is. Yeah, but it does raise the questions of how they use the bathroom. I know it was for budgetary reasons, but it would have been nice if STAR Labs was a bit more of an actual, functional place, instead of a stadium sized building with 3 people working in it and zero security. They still could have had Wells running the place, since he would have future knowledge to make a fortune.
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muscles like this? posted:#4hero is almost interesting, except for the "trending on social media" part. That's just stupid. Every few months her power is going to be a black person murdered by cops.
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May 6, 2015 17:24
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There is exactly one locked door in Starling City, and it leads to Verdant's basement.
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Something bugging me about last night's Flash is that I thought they already knew that Eiling knew Barry was the Flash.
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May 6, 2015 17:46
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I thought I was the only one that realized that. He even calls him Mr Allen in the Firestorm episode.
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May 6, 2015 19:08
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Powers got renewed for a second season. I should probably watch it at some point. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/powers-renewed-second-season-at-793768
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May 6, 2015 19:10
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ToastyPotato posted:Powers got renewed for a second season. I should probably watch it at some point. Is there a (edit: legal) way to watch it if you don't own a playstation?
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May 6, 2015 19:11
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Skwirl posted:Is there a way to watch it if you don't own a playstation? You can watch it on a browser, I don't know if you pay individually per episode or have to subscribe though.
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zoux posted:You can watch it on a browser, I don't know if you pay individually per episode or have to subscribe though. I'm probably not going to make a playstation account without having a playstation.
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You need more than just a Playstation right? You need a paid PSN account? I don't know because I immediately signed up for PSN when I got the system, so I didn't see if I could watch it without paying for the premium account.
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ToastyPotato posted:You need more than just a Playstation right? You need a paid PSN account? I don't know because I immediately signed up for PSN when I got the system, so I didn't see if I could watch it without paying for the premium account. You can buy it. PS+ users get it for free.
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fallin1 posted:I thought I was the only one that realized that. He even calls him Mr Allen in the Firestorm episode. Yeah there was a flashback where it turns out he was awake when Barry took off his mask in the first episode where they meet.
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I wasn't aware that there was any doubt. Does that mean that Legends is still technically in doubt too?
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ToastyPotato posted:I wasn't aware that there was any doubt. Does that mean that Legends is still technically in doubt too? No, Supergirl was just a pilot for CBS pilot season. Like all network shows they shoot the pilot first and then if the network likes it they pick it up. Legends was ordered straight to series and they've not even shot a pilot yet. They won't start shooting at all till late August since it's a midseason show.
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Supergirl was always a pretty solid bet for being picked up, unless the pilot was atrocious. The production team have a proven track record with this format, and the genre is hot.
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Gaz-L posted:Supergirl was always a pretty solid bet for being picked up, unless the pilot was atrocious. The production team have a proven track record with this format, and the genre is hot. The only real question was whether it fit the CBS brand because they rarely go outside of their comfort zone of procedural law, medical, and cop dramas.
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muscles like this? posted:Something bugging me about last night's Flash is that I thought they already knew that Eiling knew Barry was the Flash. Eiling found out in the Plastique episode, but I think he only told Wells about it, and I don't remember Wells sharing that with anyone else. Someone else just posted that he called The Flash "Mr. Allen" at some point between the above and now, but I don't remember that, and I feel like the writers wouldn't make that much of a continuity error. Skwirl posted:Every few months her power is going to be a black person murdered by cops. 
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Longbaugh01 posted:Eiling found out in the Plastique episode, but I think he only told Wells about it, and I don't remember Wells sharing that with anyone else. The "Eiling knows about Barry" bit was covered in the "Fallout" episode when Eiling was after Firestorm.
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