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Today has not been a good day. I’m very tired, I’m very disappointed, and I’m going to go to bed now.

I feel like I’ve had good moments but largely I’ve just been at odds with the world at large, and quite frankly, I’m really tired of this shit.

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I’m really sorry Star Trek fandom that the recent adaptation for the character Khan wasn’t canonically a person of color, but instead was…

I hope I’m not incurring the wrath of the social justice Tumbloos, but seriously, if you can watch Benedict Cumberbatch’s performance in Into Darkness and still complain, then I have no dialogue with you. The man was brilliant. He no doubt knew the shoes he was trying to fill, and he brought his game.

Ricardo Montalban, a Mexican actor (and a brilliant one, no doubt), was hired to play a man of Eastern descent. And up until I recently re-watched Space Seed, I had no idea that was even a part of Khan’s history. Everyone on Khan’s crew was white. And even with the minimal makeup in Space Seed, Montalban didn’t exactly resemble a Sikh by any means, especially not later on in Wrath of Khan. It’s something that people I think are bringing up to make waves when there are far, far worse examples of POC being erased in Hollywood films that ought to be pointed out with aplomb (COUGHbaneCOUGH)

literally no one cares because there were many fucked up immigration laws due to overt racism that made sure there weren’t many actors of color available for a role like that (if at all). The fact a Person of Color in the 60s even PLAYED Khan was a miracle in and of itself.

And you know what, I have no doubt Benedict Cumberbatch played a great character. But it’s still a fucked up situation where Star Trek was more progressive 45 years ago than it is today. And you can’t tell me that out of over a billion Indian people (not even Sikh! Indian!) there isn’t a single man who could have played the role as well as he did.

And yes. Everyone was mad about Bane.

and Talia

and Ra’s al Ghul

But this shit is always (ALWAYS) excused because these people are just so talented. And they are. But seriously? why are white actors ALWAYS the most talented actors suited for these roles? Why don’t they EVER bother to find a similarly talented actor that more accurately represents the character AND make up of our society?

And why do actors and actresses of color always get shit when they get even MENTIONED for a role? Why did Donald Glover get death threats? Why did people threaten to boycott Thor over Idris Elba?Why did people howl about Rue? Why was this OP whining about Nick Fury?

Why does race always matter when an actor of color gets a job that may have been originally written for a white people, but it should be ignored when a white person gets a job that was originally written for an actor of color?

Well, according to this, Abrams was looking exclusively at Latin actors originally, nearly locking in Benicio Del Toro before a pay dispute ended that. It wasn’t until Damon Lindelof said, “Hey, have you seen Sherlock?” that Abrams expanded his view and settled in on Cumberbatch.

And I’m not going to argue with you at the larger scale of the picture. The Dark Knight Rises had plenty — PLENTY — of issues with the casting of its leads, especially Talia al Ghul and Bane. And Donald Glover would have been pitch perfect as Spider-Man. Idris Elba was fantastic in Thor, one of the best parts of that messy picture. People made waves about Rue because they weren’t paying attention to the book. And I didn’t get the sense that the OP was whining about Nick Fury, merely attempting to make a point that was ignorant of the fact that Ultimate Nick Fury is something that is a little over a decade old.

But it’s not like Star Trek was all that progressive back in the day. The original character of Khan was Harold Erickson, a blond Nord that was superhuman. They only changed the character AFTER Montalban had been cast, and thus the icon was born.

Michael Clarke Duncan as the Kingpin and Benedict Cumberbatch as Khan are the two switches in previous character that I have gotten behind because the actors sold the hell out of those performances. Donald Glover as Spider-Man would have made me happy as hell. But if the actor can sell it, I’m down for any kind of change to the character. Everything changes in adaptation from one source to another.

ohmygil: dazzledfirestar: KIMBOLASKO: Here we go. How about this. I’m really...

dazzledfirestar:

KIMBOLASKO: Here we go. How about this. I’m really sorry Star Trek fandom that the…

kimbolasko:

Here we go. How about this.
I’m really sorry Star Trek fandom that the recent adaptation for the character Khan wasn’t canonically a person of color, but instead was…

I hope I’m not incurring the wrath of the social justice Tumbloos, but seriously, if you can watch Benedict Cumberbatch’s performance in Into Darkness and still complain, then I have no dialogue with you. The man was brilliant. He no doubt knew the shoes he was trying to fill, and he brought his game.

Ricardo Montalban, a Mexican actor (and a brilliant one, no doubt), was hired to play a man of Eastern descent. And up until I recently re-watched Space Seed, I had no idea that was even a part of Khan’s history. Everyone on Khan’s crew was white. And even with the minimal makeup in Space Seed, Montalban didn’t exactly resemble a Sikh by any means, especially not later on in Wrath of Khan. It’s something that people I think are bringing up to make waves when there are far, far worse examples of POC being erased in Hollywood films that ought to be pointed out with aplomb (COUGHbaneCOUGH)

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{naval schooner, uss enterprise, is thrown into a dangerous game of espionage and conspiracy at the explosive onset of the american civil war. suffering the loss of his family, ship's surgeon, doctor leonard mccoy is on a personal mission of revenge, while ship's captain, james t. kirk, and his first officer, commander spock, are embroiled with a treasonous plot of assassination and kidnapping.}

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