I feel its outdated casting white guys as heros.
We need to think new, fresh and out of the box. A black woman was cast as 007.
I would love a Black Reacher.
Alan Ritchson did a god job but white men are anti heros. I.e the bad guys were perfectly cast.
Any African Americans here agree ?
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Eh,
I kind of like the characters to just stay as they are.
Here is the crux....why would it change?
Is there a reason to re-cast a fixed character and to alter them?
What is the point of trying to do that.
I wouldn't be up in arms about it but I don't really see the purpose in doing that.
They tried it with "Without Remorse" with B. Jordan playing the Tom Clancy character "John Clark".
I didn't like it but his race really had nothing to do with it.....they 100% changed the entire story to where it didn't resemble the novel in any way. I didn't think it was well written either.
If it were well written I'm sure I would have liked it.
But, bottom line....what is the point to making major changes to existing characters.
To make "Shaft" a white guy
To make "Reacher" a black guy....
Why?
I've only read the first book in the series. Race is an issue in the book Killing Floor, but not the central issue.
I would have no problem with a non-white Reacher.
Hell yeah! Fuck Whitey!
shareWhy hijack a franchise for your political ends? What is wrong with Shaft?
shareHow do you guys feel about a black Neagley? She is white in the books. She was not in Killing Floor though.
shareWould you accept a white Shaft? A jewish Shaka Zulu? An eskimo portraying Michael Jordan? How about rewiting Donald Duck into a polarbear? Nice racebaiting, dingus.
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