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Originally Posted by hasbroherofan

I'm not a huge Ghostbusters fan so I really don't care. If the trailers look good I'll see it, if they aren't, I won't.



Because, for the most part, most people don't care. That sounds dismissive, and I hope it doesn't come across as rude, but that's the way it is. Here's the the thing, the vast majority of people in the general audience have never touched a comic book. They don't care about liberties being taken.

Human Torch might be better known, but Deadshot is not a popular character by any means. Most people have never heard of him, aside from perhaps his guest spots on Arrow or his brief appearance in Arkham City. So when it comes time to the movie, most people aren't gonna be angry or upset that they made Deadshot black, they're gonna go "Oh, hey, it's Will Smith!"

Just like how nobody really cared about Nick Fury or Heimdall being black (and before anyone says anything yes I know Fury is black in the Ultimate version). Those are things that hardcore purists care about, but most viewers aren't hardcore purists.



Has Hasbro made any merchandise of any of the TV characters yet?

I loved the first two ghostbuster films, as well as the original cast, and even had a ton of their toys as a kid, however after seeing the pictures online as well as i think a movie trailer for the new verison. it looks absolutely horrible.... i won't bother seeing that.

As far as Deadshot and johnny storm go, One is more iconic and one is not. however keep in mind, majority of people DON'T know what sucide squad is, some do know what fantastic four is and ALL comic buffs know what both are... As far as Heimdall and Nick Fury i don't know much about heimdall so i didn't care Edris Elba portrayed him, HOWEVER i immediately noticed when the marvel films started to be released that Nick Fury was not the Nick Fury i expected.... i was looking for older white guy with a patch on his eye smoking a cheap cigar.

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

For what it's worth Deadshot is just Caucasian in the comics, I think Bane is Batman's only definite Latino villain.

However regarding the movie I have literally no issue with making him black. Not because it's Will Smith (his record is very wobbly to me) but because Deadshot's race has next to nothing to do with him as a character. Some characters have a definite race based in their origin. Black Panther is from Africa (not South Africa which would allow him to be white) so his origin really only allows him to be black. Steve Rogers is from the 1940s so there was no way the army would use super soldier formula on anyone who wasn't white. The Stark family has a long history dealing with the government so like with Cap the racism of the time points to Iron Man being white. Someone like Peter Parker or Cyclops however could technically be made non-white for a movie or show because nothing about their story directly points to one race or another. Deadshot's origin can be simplified as: rich kid joins military as crack-shot sniper, accidentally kills brother, becomes depressed/suicidal mercenary. Nothing directly indicates his race. Of course nothing prevents studios from altering origins to begin with, thus my argument saying Black panther can only be black is null.

Talking about toys, I have yet to see the Absorbing Man wave outside of my flea market.

I personally think it's shotty producing and directing deciding to change one of the key characters ethnicity just because you want a "big name" in the film or the usual comment i hear from directors or whoever prior to producing a movie " we want to be more diverse so cast.... "
Like i said maybe it's just because i'm a purist and have been reading comics since the late 80s.... IDK

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

What's wrong with the blue eyes? In the books Bond has gray blue eyes. As such, Craig's eyes match what is described. In fact, except for the hair color, Craig looks exactly like the Bond Flemming wrote about.

Now onto the hair, I don't get the big deal about him being blonde. Moore was blonde too.

However, Bond is supposed to white, no ands, ifs or buts about it.



I don't like them changing a comic book character's race. I don't like it one bit. However, it makes even less sense to change the race of one character but keep his sibling the original race. WTF? They should either both be white or both be black. Their super heroes, not Oreos.

As for Doom, my god was he insulting. There was nothing Dr Doom about him. In fact, Roger Corman is the only man to ever have gotten Doom the most accurate to the comics.

The biggest with Fant4stic is that it is so damn boring. The first 45 minutes were pretty interesting despite the cast having no chemistry whatsoever. However, had it been a science fiction movie about discovering and exploring an unknown world, it could have been great. As a super hero movie, NO!!! They don't even actually do anything super heroy in the thing and the scenes you seen in the trailer with Thing are not even present in the movie.

NOOOO lol every bond as you and I both know has had dark hair and dark eyes, obviously he has always been Caucasian. As far as Roger Moore being blonde??? when and where? not for James Bond. possibly for other movies but look up on google images of him as James Bond.

Daniel Craig is an excellent bond, i just had to get over that blonde hair and blue eyes is all.




Back on topic with Toys, those pics of Nick Fury and black panther look awesome !!! those will definitely be on my purchase list. too bad they didn't give him a look with the cigar in his mouth. i assume because this is a childrens toy....