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Soundwave on 13 May 2016
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KungKras said:
KLXVER said:

This happens all the time unfortunately. Just like Sony not wanting a black James Bond.

Not trying to defend the merketers in the article just commenting on the black James Bond thing.
I think it's annoying when characters who are already established are changed. I wouldn't want a black James Bond for the same reasons that I don't want a white Blade.

I wouldn't have much of a problem with a black Bond, simply because there's been varying Bond's already, some are Irish, Scottish, British, Australian different hair color, totally different physical looks and the character had been rebooted several times to change with the times. It depends on the actor too, Idris Elba as Bond I would have no problem with. If James Bond is simply a MI6 agent from modern Britain, then him being black in the modern context is not really unbelievable.

It depends too how much the ethnicity of the character is relevant to the character as well ... like the Prince of Persia ... not looking Persian is kind of problematic, lol.