Fantastic Four 2 no longer on Fox's release schedule

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LivingMetal said:

nuckles87 said:

Lawlight said:
Changing a character from white to black is just pure pandering. Just like the black James Bond. There are more Asian people in the UK than black and, yet, everyone is clamouring for a black James Bond but not an Asian one.

You call it pandering. A lot of us would call it progressive...

As an Asian (mostly) born American with an ethnic mixed daughter, there is too much pandering.  But for the record, Samuel L. Jackson makes a great Nick Fury because his characterization fits the no-nonsense, bare nuckles, in-your-face militant attitude of the comic counter part.  That's true progessivism when the solution works because it's the proper to the scenario.  But by and large, "progressive" has been confused from bending forwards and taking it up the...

Yeah, Samuel L Jackson makes a great Nick Fury, even though he aint the right skin color, because of progressive casting. Idris Elba, if he were five years younger, would make a great James Bond. And while I haven't seen Fantastic 4, I hear Michael B Jordon gives a pretty great performance in Creed. I think its fair to say these actors were hired and/or considered because they have talent and have some qualities that make them good for the role, not because they were black.

I'm a progressive. I agree with you. I think all but the most extreme progressively minded people probably would. Casting ought to be color blind when color isn't a part of the character's identity. I already said as much. I'm an optimistic white person, so maybe I just don't see it, but I can't really think of many instances of pandering when it comes to Hollywood movie casting. Most historically white characters remain white, and I haven't really gotten the impressions that any movies I've seen have made a big deal out of having a racially or sexually diverse cast.