Air bender racism, M Night's response

Found this article about all this Airbender racism controversy while browsing Google News.

Personally I find all this controversy stupid. It is a Hollywood movie after all, you should expect a big chunk of the main actors to be white.

Do these people complaining about racism even realize that the director isn't white? :?JML897

Don't think so...

Who knows, who cares. That's all I think.

Do these people complaining about racism even realize that the director isn't white? :?JML897

Yeah, I think they forgot that part..:lol:

Read the comments on that article if you wanna rage...

Read the comments on that article if you wanna rage...

Baranga

I found them quite amusing :lol:

good old affirmative actionUnknownmuncher

[QUOTE="Baranga"]Read the comments on that article if you wanna rage...dercoo

This is what I've been saying the whole time. :lol:

This is what I've been saying the whole time. :lol:Theokhoth

I'm one of the many people who don't like the race bending going on in this movie either. But the main issue clearly goes beyond just this movie overall. Also, there is no excuse for Zuko to be so freakin ugly.

[QUOTE="Theokhoth"]This is what I've been saying the whole time. :lol:scorch-62

I find it strange that people get angry at the people complaining in this situation, yet also get angry when there was the potential for a black actor to play Spiderman.

I find it strange that people get angry at the people complaining in this situation, yet also get angry when there was the potential for a black actor to play Spiderman.

SgtKevali

You can prove they were the same people?LJS9502_basic

No, but I suspect that there would be some overlap considering the general sentiment of both threads.

I find it strange that people get angry at the people complaining in this situation, yet also get angry when there was the potential for a black actor to play Spiderman.

SgtKevali

Sounds like serious business. No, wait, it doesn't.

I find it strange that people get angry at the people complaining in this situation, yet also get angry when there was the potential for a black actor to play Spiderman.

SgtKevali

Who the hell gives a flying **** about the race of actors in whatever movie this is? O_O

I swear to God, race gets more ****ing annoying with each passing day.

I find it strange that people get angry at the people complaining in this situation, yet also get angry when there was the potential for a black actor to play Spiderman.

SgtKevali

That would be true if the majority were complaining that the main character was white because of the fact he wasn't in the cartoon for the sake of accuracy. However from what i've seen, the vast majority are blaming racism and hidden agenda's that created an "entirely white cast" even though there is only what 3 white characters? It's silly.

[QUOTE="SgtKevali"]

I find it strange that people get angry at the people complaining in this situation, yet also get angry when there was the potential for a black actor to play Spiderman.

Zaibach

Where were these people when Gerard Butler was cast as King Leonidas, despite the fact that he doesn't look Greek in the slightest? Where were these people when, in Steven Spielberg's The Terminal, the janitor character named Gupta -- a north Indian name -- claims to be from Chennai -- a south Indian city. Where were these people? Nowhere. Because they only get angry about things that are convenient for them, things that don't require a lot of thought, such as "hey, the people in this cartoon are yellowish, but the people in the movie are white"! Any goddamn three year old can make that basic observation.

All I see are a bunch a weeaboos complaining that not everyone is Asian.

CJL13

Wait till the actual anime movies hit

[QUOTE="funsohng"]I wouldn't say it's racism (I mean, the director is a freaking Asian himself), but I do believe the abundance of white people in a movie based on Asian mythology is quite absurd. or I think Avatar WAS based on Asian Mythology. It is, right?Theokhoth

Avatar had a lot of Asian themes and influences, but the story itself has nothing to do with Asian mythology.

[QUOTE="Theokhoth"][QUOTE="funsohng"]I wouldn't say it's racism (I mean, the director is a freaking Asian himself), but I do believe the abundance of white people in a movie based on Asian mythology is quite absurd. or I think Avatar WAS based on Asian Mythology. It is, right?xionvalkyrie

Avatar had a lot of Asian themes and influences, but the story itself has nothing to do with Asian mythology.

I find it strange that people get angry at the people complaining in this situation, yet also get angry when there was the potential for a black actor to play Spiderman.

SgtKevali

Well the big difference would be that Spider-Man is an iconic figure that has been around almost 50 years and is very familar to people all around the world from all walks of life. Whereas Avatar - The Last Airbender has only been around 5 years which mainly has a core following and not only has it adapted its own mythology and world setting, but it's a cartoon that has adapted an anime style which tends to make race somewhat ambiguous. Much like Speed Racer (who is supposed to be Japanese) most people lightly viewing the show are likely to be unaware as to anyone's particular race.

But really the main difference comes down to the fact that Spider-Man, like Batman and Superman, he is a hugely iconic figure so changing his race is a pretty big deal that a lot of people may be put off by, whereas lesser characters such as when they made Kingpin black in Daredevil just because they felt they had a good actor that fit the role despite his race, people really didn't have an issues with that -- the actual movie he was in was the only objectional thing. >_>

Haha, you have got to be kidding me..