Luke Cage Season 1 - September 2016
Jessica Jones Season 2 - 2017
Iron Fist - 2017
Looking forward to Luke Cage and Iron Fist. Although Danny Rand has been cast, There was some talk (not among Marvel) but on the internets that casting an Asian person to play Danny Rand as a biracial Asian American would have added some much needed diversity to Marvel's lineup without compromising much of the charector or storyline. A biracial Danny Rand could have still pulled off the "Fish out of water" element of Rand traveling to wherever and learning all the martial arts in the world and coming back to America to find his place in it.
I would have liked to seen an Asian American cast as Rand but I'll marvel the benefit of the doubt that Iron Fist will still be great
Upcoming Marvel Netflix shows
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- Stocky Boy
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I'm looking forward to all of them.
The problem with Iron Fist is that it doesn't matter if you choose an asian or white actor - it's a bit racist either way. :-)
Asian casting?
"Hoorah! An asian actor in a prominent series. Hoorah! But hold on! We're celebrating giving asians the lead in what again? Oh yeah a role where we've stereotyped asians as martial arts badasses".
White casting?
"So, white man with no knowledge of the martial, mystic arts turns out to be better at them than the foreigners".
It's a lose lose situation. I hear rumours that they may cast Shang Chi as well as a balancing act.
The problem with Iron Fist is that it doesn't matter if you choose an asian or white actor - it's a bit racist either way. :-)
Asian casting?
"Hoorah! An asian actor in a prominent series. Hoorah! But hold on! We're celebrating giving asians the lead in what again? Oh yeah a role where we've stereotyped asians as martial arts badasses".
White casting?
"So, white man with no knowledge of the martial, mystic arts turns out to be better at them than the foreigners".
It's a lose lose situation. I hear rumours that they may cast Shang Chi as well as a balancing act.
Re: Upcoming Marvel Netflix shows
Shang Chi would actually make sense in an Iron Fist series.
Anyway: Jessica Jones season 2 is the one I'm looking forward to.
Anyway: Jessica Jones season 2 is the one I'm looking forward to.
- Stocky Boy
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Re: Upcoming Marvel Netflix shows
Here's a recent piece saying a similar thing to what I was saying, but also throwing in a solid commercial reason.
http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... anges-2016
http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... anges-2016
Re: Upcoming Marvel Netflix shows
They announced today that a Punisher show has been greenlit.
- Mr Wallstreet
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Re: Upcoming Marvel Netflix shows
I'm cautiously optimistic about this. Netflix & Marvel have proven they can tackle a wide range of characters but I feel like The Punisher is going to prove a bit more finicky than usual.
After several failed movies it seems that Marvel is finally going to do what I said all along and produce it for a "mature audience" in the guise of serielized story telling.
After several failed movies it seems that Marvel is finally going to do what I said all along and produce it for a "mature audience" in the guise of serielized story telling.
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Re: Upcoming Marvel Netflix shows
So, Takei disagrees.Stocky Boy wrote:Here's a recent piece saying a similar thing to what I was saying, but also throwing in a solid commercial reason.
http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... anges-2016
Wally, I wrote the first comment to what you shared on FB. It's the same thing I said above, I think it's less racist to cast the ancient one as white because:
(a) mysticism = asian is a bit racist
(b) white guy then being better than the asian masters also a bit racist
Plus, Baron Mordo has been cast black.