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-Ack!- on 12 February 2015
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I3LuEI3omI3eR said:
V-r0cK said:

lol thanks =)

Agreed, Electro didn't really need to be in that movie.  

Just thinking about Electro, and not to sound hateful or racist, but I dont understand why the need to changing certain characters to be black/african american.  Nick Fury, Kingpin, Electro, Human Torch etc..  Does America feel more patriotic if they changed one character into a black person? However, the unspoken "rule" is that the character must not be the main protagonist (because caucasians need to stay as the main focus?) and the only option of choice for different nationality is african american.  These characters have been fully created decades ago that nobdoy should have to considered changing their nationality.  What's next? a black Santa Claus?  I'd love to see Captain America to be of middle eastern decent for the irony lol. But not likely because of the "rule". 

It's funny that ppl on this site feel Electro shouldn't have been in the movie and should have been just the Goblin... I feel the direct opposite. Mainly because we have already seen a Spider Man movie with the Green Goblin in it, and yet to see one with Electro. Plus, from an Acting perspective, Jamie Foxx was the bright spot in this movie... He played the Honest working Geek everyone takes advantage of to the OP Diabolical Super Cool Villian to a T. Plus as Electro he was super sinister looking. I would have totally loved to see a movie dedicated to him as the only villain.

As it comes to race... I didn't have any problem with Electro being Black. Race has nothing to do with his character, so it plays a non factor to me. As Spider Man however, that's where I have a problem. I guess it's because: 1) I REALLY identified with Spidey since I was a child and he's always been white since and 2) Since I am from the area his stories were based and written from, a Caucasian lower middle class living in the suburbs struggling to pay the bills seems so much more factual then being from another race. That's including Black, Hispanic, Asian, Indian... whatever (and I am a Hispanic-American here)!

But obviously this doesn't apply to Miles Morales (Ultimate Spider Man).

It's not really Electro's fault, but the comic book arc that I referred to in my earlier post is just so much more important. Basically there are two character defining moments in the Spider-Man comics: #1 Ben's death & #2 Gwen's death.