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Sure they could, plus making him her half/step brother really doesn't change anything about the characters at all. Really easy to have them still be siblings while also being different ethnicity.
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Sure they could, plus making him her half/step brother really doesn't change anything about the characters at all. Really easy to have them still be siblings while also being different ethnicity.
I don't know. The whole "Why is she white?" smells more like tumrbl. You know, the usual "whitewashing" of characters. If anything I would say that I don't like too much that they're moving the setting.
I'm not... completely sure what the argument is here. Anime characters don't look Japanese? Anime characters don't look like anything like real people so what?
I'm probably one of the least likely to complain about "white washing" in Hollywood films, but Motoko Kusanagi... is pretty Japanese, and to have Scarlet Johanson given CGI treament to make herself look Japanese is preeeetty bad. I don't even find her attractive. Just a generic white woman.
What really galls me is how this movie is shaping up to be a generic terrorism/counter-terrorism with none of the politics which pretty much is the point of Ghost in the Shell in the first fucking place.
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Is no one going to mention the fact that the the main character in the anime is a lesbian or at the very least bisexual? I get the feeling they are going to add that in vividly with Scarlet playing her. Watch all the complaints disappear when that happens.
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Yes and thats if the backstory supports it. The thing is all versions of Fantastic Four has been white brother and sister. So going Black brother/White sister feels odd.
This is a white chick playing as a robot white chick. If I recall right and someone can prove me wrong but it was never confirmed if The Major was asian or not. Ya she lives in Japan but her backstory was barely touched on.
Most of the dam cast besides the old man and the sniper look like white people.
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To be honest, I don't like it. For one, I don't think Scarlett Johnansson has the 'sharp' features that I associate with the movie, so from the picture that's posted, it just looks wrong to me.
Secondly, while I know there aren't many Asian actresses out there (and none that are really the 'type' of Asian as me), I really would wish there were more cool Asian female roles. It's not the end of the world, but it's fun to have the 'that's me!' role out there every once in a while, and when there's a film being made that seems like an easy mark for an Asian female lead, and it doesn't happen, it's a little off-putting.
Also, my brother has an Israeli Jewish supervisor who has been nothing short of amazing to my brother. He's done far more and been far more of a mentor, than anyone else ever has to him.
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I'm so going to get shit from feminist+ white knighters over this, but whatever, Motoko also needs to have big breasts. Scarlett has that covered.
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