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Comment on POA: Comic Book Podcast #10 by Mike Haynes

Mike Haynes — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:56:51 +0000

Agreed. I think he’ll do just fine.

Comment on POA: Comic Book Podcast #10 by Tyler

Tyler — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:42:51 +0000

After seeing Youth in Revolt I think that Michael Cera is an entertaining mother fucker. I think he has a lot to bring to the Pilgrim movie.

Comment on Norton Will NOT Return For ‘Avengers’ [UPDATED... AGAIN!] by Tim

Tim — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:32:31 +0000

You know this makes me sad too. I’m trying to figure out who they could cast to make it work, but coming up short. I guess we’ll have to wait and see.

Comment on Race In Comic Movies: Does It Matter? by Lee Skwarek

Lee Skwarek — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:17:54 +0000

Look at how many people worldwide read comics, now look at how many people worldwide watch comic book MOVIES.
What the layman knows about these characters is astonishingly shallow.

Bruce Wayne is an orphan who lost his parents (Possibly to the Joker, *sigh* Tim Burton), is rich, becomes Batman, fights crime, Mr. Freeze, Penguin, Catowoman etc., rears a young boy as a side-kick, the end.
One thing the layman always knows is that Bruce Wayne is of Eastern European origin, end of story.

As I mentioned in texts (RE: Nick Fury/Kingpin), primarily white characters can be made black easily (I loved Duncan’s kingpin, hating Nick Fury though), but what were to happen if say Sylvester Stallone was cast as Luke Cage? Oh wait, it’s just assumed at this point that that would never happen… it’s a two-way street.

There are a ton of superheroes of all races, it just so happens that the ones that have been around the longest and warrant movies made at this time are white (Most of them were created in the 1940′s and 50′s for crying out loud).

Comment on Race In Comic Movies: Does It Matter? by Mike Haynes

Mike Haynes — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:07:17 +0000

See I feel like Lynch is a different story because he’s not overly well know. It’s different with a character like Spider-Man, Superman or Batman. They’re huge characters that are easily recognizable even when they’re not in costume.

It was easy for some people to accept a Black Kingpin because he’s not overly seen in comics and such but when your main character’s appearance is nothing like the comics, there’s a bit of an issue there IMO.

Comment on Race In Comic Movies: Does It Matter? by Lee Skwarek

Lee Skwarek — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:02:41 +0000

While it’s no secret that hollywood will cast their movies race “appropriate” I would have no problem whatsoever with seeing anyone cut their chops on a comic book character role.

That being said there are certain characters that cannot make the leap due to their specific origins or the time in which they were conceived. IE We’re not going to see a Japanese Captain America or Icelandic Black Panther unless you seriously dismantle what those characters are.

An African American Wolverine, Spider-Man etc. could absolutely work, but money is king, and our society isn’t that colourblind yet.

(Jamie Foxx as Lynch anyone?)

Comment on Race In Comic Movies: Does It Matter? by Mike Haynes

Mike Haynes — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 06:17:48 +0000

While I don’t think race should ever hold anyone back from a role in a movie or television show, I do like to see the characters from comics actually looking like the actors that play them in the movies.

I had a tough time seeing Michael Clark Duncan as Kingpin because he’s always been white in the comics I’ve read. However, seeing Sam Jackson as Nick Fury worked very well IMO because I’ve read the Ultimate Comics in which he is an African-American.

Comment on POA: Comic Book Podcast #6 by Mike Haynes

Mike Haynes — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:31:55 +0000

For sure! Once you click on the link to listen, there’s a link to download the podcast as an mp3!

Comment on POA: Comic Book Podcast #6 by הדר גולדמן

הדר גולדמן — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:02:31 +0000

Any chance to get the podcast on MP3 for us non-apple users?