All Black comic book characters should be replaced with white actors for film adaptations

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  1. 14thDoctor

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    Name three. :borg:
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    Ripley, Vasquez, and Major Kusinagi, just off the top of my head.
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    I would posit that MJ's red hair is in fact ICONIC and as long as that aspect is maintained then I have no problem with Zendaya. And for those who think color is not iconic, then I'm sure you'd have no problems if Spidey's costume were Raindow-colored, right?
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    Okay, let's say it's "ICONIC" for a minute.

    So what? :chris:
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  8. Diacanu

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    Change is haram!
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    By definition, if you change something that is "iconic" then it is no longer representative of the thing that was iconic. In other words, this character would no longer be the Mary Jane from the comics.
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    Loads of costumes missing from that graphic. Future spidey from the JMS run, several of the recent special suits, and many more.
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    :yoda: Change is haram be :yoda:
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    Only in Islam...Spidey was never a Muslim afaik.
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    The fact that she's played by a live actress means it's no longer the Mary Jane from the comics. But that's fine, comic book movies usually acknowledge that they're "based on" the original comics. They don't claim to be exact recreations. (The Star Trek movies and spinoff series do this as well, I believe.)
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    Okay, whose dual is this? :garamet: :chris: We can rule out Castle since John IP blocked him.
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    Castle can get around those, as can anybody else with 5 seconds of googling. The voice, on the other hand, he usually can't cover nearly as well. See, for example, this thread.
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    Of course, but that's beside the point. I was asserting that they are messing with iconography by altering the red hair. You seem to be acknowledging that. So you could understand why people who care about iconography would be unhappy with a change like that. Get it?
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  17. Spaceturkey

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    speaking of fictitious characters who's race was changed to make them audience accessible...



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    Technically the race of this fictitious character was never specified so it was not technically "changed".
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    He was Hebrew.
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    On the contrary, his descent was documented meticulously on each parent's side. (MJ's wasn't.)
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    they totally ret-conned his dad in Nubuybull
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    Umm, last I checked He was immaculately conceived therefore he is technically not required to be genetically related to either parent....and there is no detailed physical description of Him either. Hence He could have been black for all we know.
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    Or... You're being edgy and avant-garde. So which is it?
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    Why can't it be both?