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I dont get it, why the hate?

posted 2 years ago by kungfulord (957)
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Just watched the teaser and the girl's voice sounds beautiful she doesn't look ugly ¿who cares if she's black? this is not like the Anne Boleyn situation is just a fictional character like Scarjo playing agent Motoko on GITS only stupid people complained about that.

I didn't have an idea who she was so I search for some information and she looks a good choice for the role.

And let's be honest people do not have enough material to honestly judge if this is going to be bad or good, was just a few seconds and wasn't bad.

I'm not going to see this because is not the kind of movie I'm interested in and because Melissa Mccarthy is in it, and that woman sucks ass in every movie I have seen with her.

I get the hate with the blue fairy on Pinocchio they just choose a woman who looks like a heavyweight lifter tranny, the kind you will find in prison and makes her cellmates have a really bad time, but his one doesn't look miscast.

And don't call me libtard and other stupid shit, anyone who knows my activity on this site knows I'm totally against PC shit but all this hate feels kinda racist.

[–] acidraindrop (3055) 2 years ago

A lot of the hate IS racism-fueled.

But at the end of the day, this is a remake of a disney cartoon. This Ariel doesn't look like the Ariel in the cartoon. GITS was fine for me in part because Scarjo looked like Motoko Kusanagi (though she ended up not actually playing her per se).

People's outrage was probably similar to my frustration when the live action version of Mulan took out Mushu. It doesn't matter than the live action Ariel sounds good or is pretty or whatever. She just doesn't look like the character she's supposed to be. And it's not like Death Note or something, where the story is being remade/rewritten or whatever. This is supposed to be the same Ariel; they even kept her being a redhead. But Ariel in the old cartoon looks white. The actress doesn't. And with that, I can see why some people may be miffed.

[–] StrongRex (1319) 2 years ago

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

[–] ProgsReturn (2078) 2 years ago

>Just watched the teaser and the girl's voice sounds beautiful she doesn't look ugly ¿who cares if she's black?

You've answered your own question.
Disney has changed her appearance but she still retains the looks of a Disney princess; hawt, 20 years old max, more probably a teenager borderline jailbait. Why not model her after Lizzo or Leslie Jones?

[–] Razor187 (55) 3 months ago

Scarjo playing agent Motoko on GITS only st**id people complained about that.

Let me fix that for you:
Only st**id people supported that.