Nem said:
Yup, i knew this was going to happen. You can't disrespect a legacy like this.
Its got nothing to do with racism, and that is a reductive way to look at it.
People expect something from Star wars. Something they review themselves in and find confort. By changing what was established for decades, its asking for trouble. Its only natural people wont feel confortable with it.
Think about it, how would you feel if Uncharted had a black woman protagonist all of a sudden? Logical? Would you feel the same attachment to the series? If Tomb raider now had a white male protagonist as another example. Would you be ok without Lara? Would you feel the same confort and attachment to the series?
No, you wouldnt. Its not a matter of racism, its a matter of confort and attachment. You change a series to something people aren't familiar with, you are inviting anger.
Another example, Raiden on MGS2. How did you enjoy that?
Thats just how it is. It doesnt depend on sex and race, it depends on confort of what is familiar. You can't change that after its been established without inviting anger from those that will feel they had their fandom betrayed.
The Trump connection is deplorable and most probably made up for bigger headlines. Very sad.
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This is ridiculous. It's a new film, with new characters, and it happens that Finn is a black ex-trooper. What's wrong with that? It's not like they are changing the colour of Han Solo or Luke. And the examples you provide are not valid. Of course, I don't feel the need to make Lara Croft black because she is white. That's why I don't agree with making James Bond black, because he isn't black, for example. As long as the cast do it well, and the film is good, I couldn't care less about the protagonist's color. It's not "how it is". Finn wasn't anyone to begin with.
