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Originally Posted by Ronin4hire
Again... I havent seen the movie and am unlikely to go to see it considering the tsunami of bad reviews it has got.
But what I was hoping for was an Eastern epic with the scale of Lord of the Rings full of beautiful martial arts choreography and special effects in the same vein as Stormriders.
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If that is what you were hoping for, then skip it.
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Originally Posted by Ronin4hire
Do you want me to repeat it again? I address how it is racist in my reply to Jaydalert.
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I don't have a context in seeing the original to say it is or it isn't racist. It was placed in a different world. People call Star Wars racist... it's not a battle I am going to get into.
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Originally Posted by Ronin4hire
Though as I said before, if M Night Shyamalan reimagined the world then that takes care of criticisms of racism regarding the casting but it also asks the question... why would the film NEED to be reimagined? I suspect that this had more to do with making it marketable to an America that may not respond well to a cast made up mostly of Asians rather than a decision that had any racist agenda behind it. But the decision itself to cave into such a demand is still racist and thats another reason why people are saying its racist.
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I will address this comment, though. There is nothing to say Americans won't watch movies starring Asian people. The success of Asian actors and Asian movies in the US is testament to that. I think you are barking up the wrong tree with this theory.