Do we want this movie for the wrong reasons?

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I think its good in the sense its a character that hasn't been a lead on film and may make for an interesting story...maybe. But it also has all the wrong things attached to it as far as diversity and the false idea of representation. Black Panther does not represent any living person, a hero should be judged on who he/she is not what color they are. Their really is no difference in seeing a film because a person is black and than not seeing it for the same reason. You are not valuing the character or the actor...but merely the least important part about them. There is a segment of the population that likes to divide and pushes this ideal in the guise of inclusion and representation..."diversity". But the values they push are about the same as a Klan members values..just focused differently..its the skin or some other unimportant qualifier.

I remember when Michelle Yeoh was cast in STD. I was interested in this because unlike Green whose prior performances didn't impress me I really like Yeoh and have watched many of her films. But instead of articles focusing on her as a great veteran actress, bringing a little class to the production. We got articles about her accent, that she is Asian, and the checkbox nature of Asian Female Captain..as if this would be stunning in a world that you have already had Asian and female captains..but somehow it should be impressive together. Instead of the value of what Yeoh brings to production you have articles that basically could have been written about any Asian lead and they could have cast anyone..she did not have value (Interesting enough Yeoh is one of those female action leads that has been doing movies for years that some people seem to think didn't exist before Atomic Blonde)

Their has been plenty of racism, sexism and overall ignorance in the past, but what passes for diversity today is just as shallow and wrong as those things ever were.

Here we go again...

Diversity for diversity’s sake and it’s Hollywood furthering their agenda. Apart from following Marvel in general, what attracts me the most about this film is the fact that it does look like a superb film. Having an interest in the title character is also a huge bonus.

Oh, this features a predominately black cast with one of the first black superheroes in comic history similarly to how it is, you know, in the comics it’s based on? EXCELLENT! So how is this for all the wrong reasons again? It must be the progressive musical choices in the trailer otherwise you really do just have a problem seeing a film with a mostly “color” cast. You can believe what you want but all types of people will be watching and appreciating this one for numerous reasons. Maybe you genuinely want to sound fair compared to a lot of those on here constantly whining about PC Hollywood, but I can safely say that your concern/issue with this film comes from the same place as the angry conservative crowd (they run rampant on this site and, well, all over the internet) that’s fed up with diversity in modern films because they claim the reason it’s happening is thanks to Hollywood spreading propaganda (better than white power propaganda) and that they are missing the point or whatever... geez. Let me emphasize this again, this film is based on a comic series and it appears to be extremely faithful to the source material. It is taking liberties by adding a “PC” message? If it makes you feel any better, then you tell yourself that.

Goddamn, a kick ass brother starring in his own big film that’s dedicated to his culture and sends a positive message can’t catch a break from those with a backwards mentality. Goddamn the hypocrisy and ignorance. By the way, WE OWN YA!

That's a fair critic to make about the movie. It should be judged on the merits of the story itself, and not the skin color of the cast. I agree they did the same thing with Wonder Woman, and with Ghostbusters 2016. The difference being however Wonder Woman was really good movie. Ghostbusters however was not.

I think Black Panther will be a good film. I liked the character when I was a kid along with Luke Cage. I even found this crazy gold dress shirt that looked like his, and would wear it around the house pretending to be Luke Cage. See even as a white kid I would pretend to be black superheroes. I didn't need the hero's skin color to be like mine for me to identify with him. If he was cool looking, and had a good story then I liked him.

So I totally get your point.

Female comic book hero movies done long before Wonder Woman. Black comic book hero movies done long Black Panther, people know what to expect with Marvel movies now, I don’t think it’s all about colour maybe the setting and character more. I doubt a Falcon or War Machine movie would have the same buzz as Black Panther.

I may be the only one but I'm not terribly interested in black panther. I'm just not interested in it ,nothing caught my attention when watching the trailer. I never really cared for the comic either. They aren't bad I just don't care for them.

Critics will give it favorable reviews just as with the recent Star Wars films for fear of being labeled as racists who just don't get it.

Of course if they'd just made Marvel films diverse from the start, none of this would be an issue. There wouldn't be all this debate over the long-awaited FIRST film starring someone other than a white man, we wouldn't have to argue over whether it meeets everyone's hopes and dreams and expectations and represents billions of people correctly, or whether it changes the geeky side of the entertainment industry, because there wouldn't have been a massive and obvious shortage in the first place.

That's the problem with putting off things you should have done in the first place, by the time it actually happens it becomes such a great big hairy deal that you can't possibly please everyone.