Especially when actors/actresses are selected and the information is released to the public.
Generally this always creates some form of a tidal wave among the various Internet Communities. Often causing "civil wars" and splitting fandom's in half.
Previous instances of this were centered around Heath Ledger being selected to play the Joker and then Anne Hathaway selected for Selina Kyle / Catwoman. Which were proven to be unfounded.
I personally thought that Heath Ledger nailed it as the Joker and really enjoyed Anne Hathaways version of Catwoman (Although the Dark Knight Rises was not without its faults)
However more recently, we're seeing casting choices for the Supergirl TV show, the Suicide Squad movie, the Fantastic Four movie, to name but a few.
Lets take a look at some of these, shall we?
The Fantastic Four
I was never too keen on the concept of the new Fantastic Four, not only just because of Michael B. Jordan being selected to play Johnny Storm (although I do believe the issue of changing the races of characters is just Political Correctness gone mad), from watching the trailer, it barely even felt like a Superhero movie. I personally thought that the F4 cast looked far too young (especially Reed Richards) and overall the trailer left me feeling somewhat underwhelmed.
I could be wrong about this movie (and i hope i am) but I don't think it'll be an overly big hit, especially in comparison with upcoming movies, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
Feel free to check out the trailer below if you haven't yet seen it!
Supergirl
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| Melissa Benoist |
The upcoming CBS tv show is a bit of an iffy one for me.
Personally I'd love to see another DC Comics TV show on the air. Especially after the success of the CW's Arrow and The Flash.
But it seems that severe Internet backlash is ongoing in relation to Mehcad Brooks being selected to portray Comic Book favourite, James Olson.
From browsing forums across the internet and comment sections on Facebook, the main consensus (yet again) is Political Correctness gone insane. Which really is seeming to be a popular theme among big named projects at the moment.
I'm sure that Mehcad Brooks is a very accomplished actor, but my question is, why change the race of yet another character at all?
And we know that the Olsen character is no stranger to odd changes, such as the sudden change of gender from James/Jimmy Olsen to Jenny Olsen in Man of Steel
But then, further controversy has arisen due to who they've selected to play the Maiden of Might, actress Melissa Benoist (best known for her role on Glee).
Personally I don't know very much about Melissa's acting talent as I haven't seen any of her performances. So i won't be giving any comment on her skills as an actress.
However, back to browsing various internet forums and facebook comment sections, I found several people discussing that with a simple Google search, nude pictures of Melissa Benoist can easily be found. Some of them portraying her in various acts of sex.
I won't post the links here (for obvious reasons) but the fact that the actress is playing such an iconic DC Comics character, could this possibly be damaging to how people would possibly perceive her performance as Superman's cousin?
My main issue with changing races of iconic characters has always been, why change anything?
If you want more diverse characters to appear in movies and TV Shows, why not simply create new ones?
How hard can it really be? They are paid to do their jobs, so go, do them! Give us new heroes and villains if they want everything to be more diverse.
Considering the amount the writers and producers get paid to work on these projects (lets face it, i doubt they'll be going hungry, struggling to pay their bills or being forced to use food banks), instead of constantly rehashing everything and changing it up, create some Originality!!
Today's movie and television industry is fast becoming starved for some real originality and new content, with this age of remakes, reboots, sequels and prequels.
And let it be said, i am all for more diverse characters appearing on both the big screen and small screen. I just wonder if these networks get a kick out of p**sing off the fanbases.
Now to a real top controversy at the moment, which oddly enough has done something of the opposite of the previous two named projects.
They haven't changed races of any characters, sure, its an all female cast (you know where this is going now, don't you?) but the genders of the original characters don't appear to have been changed.
Yet virtually everyone i know hates the idea of this one!
Ghostbusters (2016)
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| Announced Ghostbusters cast |
Recently it was announced that Paul Feig has decided on who the all female cast will be.
Melissa McCarthy Kristen Wiig Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones
Now before i get into this, i just want to say that i have nothing at all against an all female cast. As long as the actresses involved are good at, you know.. actually acting!!!
But they plan to do this to Ghostbusters? Really? REALLY? *takes a deep sigh and sips some tea*
I was at a loss for words when this was first announced.
The only actress from the project that i am familiar with is McCarthy and i'm sorry, but i think she's a terrible actress.
She's not funny in the slightest and generally comes off as annoying loud mouth. What is Paul Feig even thinking with this?
All across the Internet i've seen immense fan back lash and have even witnessed a petition calling for the Ghostbusters reboot to be stopped cold in its tracks.
Generally though, i do feel there are more important issues in the world to focus a petition on rather than a movie (poverty, war, hunger, corruption etc).
The facts as i understand them, are that the movie is to be set in New York City, it will be a complete reboot, not a continuation on from the original movies and it seems unlikely to even have a possible cameo appearance from any of the original cast.
I can already imagine how this is going to go, we'll have McCarthy mouthing off every chance she gets while trying her best to actually act.
The four Ghostbusters will end up divided by around the middle of the movie then right at the end, they'll all come together and save the day then end up being the bestest of friends ever! While the city celebrates and some horrible song plays leading into the sunset (don't hold your breath on the original Ghostbusters theme being used).
As a child i grew up with the original movies and the first cartoon show and i admit there is currently nothing substantial released about the reboot, i think this is going to be a total and complete flop.
Which is sad, as it may mean it will be a very very long time before we hear anything else about the Ghostbusters franchise again.
I've said my opinion.
Now you tell me yours in the comments!
Thanks for reading
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