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comic peeps... a black actor as spiderman?
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/movie-talk-twitter-campaign-...
Twitter Campaign Wants 'Community' Actor to Be First Non-White Spider-Man
by Lindsay Robertson · June 1, 2010
Could the movies soon have the first African American Spider-Man?
If thousands of Twitter users get their way, the star of Sony's upcoming reboot of the franchise will be Donald Glover, best known from his role on
NBC's "Community." This weekend the Twitter hashtag "donald4spiderman" became the #3 trending topic in the U.S., and the campaign is still gaining
steam.
The origins of this latest attempt by social media users to influence casting decisions occurred last week. After surveying the five mostly unknown
white actors said to be vying for the role, Marc Bernadin, a writer for the sci-fi site io9.com, called the choices "bland" and asked, "In this day
and age, why does Spidey have to be a white guy?" In response, commenters threw out Donald Glover's name as a possible contender, and a Twitter
campaign was born.
A unique aspect of this latest fan campaign is its wholehearted support by the subject in question. Glover seems to like the idea (though he makes it
clear on his Twitter page that he's interested in auditioning, not just being handed the role without first having to prove his worthiness). While he
had nothing to do with its inception, Glover himself has been promoting the campaign, instructing fans to tweet the #donald4spiderman hash tag at
strategic times to keep it trending.
In years past, an Internet petition of this kind might not be given much credence, but given the overwhelming success of the recent social-media
uprising to get Betty White a hosting gig on "Saturday Night Live," this could be Glover's ticket to director Marc Webb's tryout room. He and his fans
will have to act fast, though: The Hollywood Reporter is already forecasting the five most likely contenders for the role, and Glover is not on the
list
Glover, a comedian and former writer for "30 Rock," has starred in only one movie so far: "Mystery Team," a comedy he co-created with his sketch
comedy team, Derrick Comedy, which came out in 2009.
One hurdle Glover's fans will have is in his presumed bankability as a movie star: "Mystery Team" brought in a meager $89.4 thousand in domestic
box-office sales.
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So how about a white Shaft?
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I dont think its a racist statement to make, that I dont support that.
I didnt like when Kingpin was black in Daredevil.
I didnt like when Terry Fitzgerald was white in Spawn.
I didnt like when Robert Neville was black in I Am Legend.
Those are characters that have been set in stone for YEARS and I just dont feel like you can change them to that extent.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by XHonusWagnerX
I dont think its a racist statement to make, that I dont support that.
I didnt like when Kingpin was black in Daredevil.
I didnt like when Terry Fitzgerald was white in Spawn.
I didnt like when Robert Neville was black in I Am Legend.
Those are characters that have been set in stone for YEARS and I just dont feel like you can change them to that extent.
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Agreed. This is stupid. It would make as much sense as casting Robert De Niro as Malcom X.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by XHonusWagnerX
I dont think its a racist statement to make, that I dont support that.
I didnt like when Kingpin was black in Daredevil.
I didnt like when Terry Fitzgerald was white in Spawn.
I didnt like when Robert Neville was black in I Am Legend.
Those are characters that have been set in stone for YEARS and I just dont feel like you can change them to that extent.
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Exactly, I hate this shit...
I also think it is rediculous that Jake Gylenhal is prince of PERSIA! WTF... It goes "both" ways. If a character is supposed to be / has been a
certain ethnicity since the creation of the character, why change it?
Like if they made a Green Hornet movie and cast a white or black guy as Kato... Fuck that.
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Wild Wild West was the worst. A giant robot spider was way more realistic then a black man getting away with what he did in that movie.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by barc0debaby
So how about a white Shaft? |
hahahaha. Amazing.
Instead of "damn right" he would say "fucking A", or "hell ya".
Perhaps they should also re do Superfly with a Chinese guy.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BKT
Perhaps they should also re do Superfly with a Chinese guy.
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You mean "Soopafry"?
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Couldn't care less who they pick.
This movie got ripped from Raimi's hands because he refused to add nu-metal type 90's villains like carnage in and wanted to stick with the classics.
So F this reboot. They could have the kid from that 70's show return to play shitty Venom, have the Twilight knob as carnage and Will Smiths kid as
Parker for all I care. If you can't polish a turd...you certainly couldn't make it more of a turd either.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by XHonusWagnerX
I dont think its a racist statement to make, that I dont support that.
I didnt like when Kingpin was black in Daredevil.
I didnt like when Terry Fitzgerald was white in Spawn.
I didnt like when Robert Neville was black in I Am Legend.
Those are characters that have been set in stone for YEARS and I just dont feel like you can change them to that extent.
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While I agree mostly with this...I can't see what the harm was or how having Neville be black affected the movie in any way. It's been a while since I
read the book....but was there anything racial that would have made it better one way or another to the story?
Seems like the issue here is they just cant figure out after 3 or 4 tries how to adapt that damn book yet.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by XnMeX
| Quote: | Originally posted by XHonusWagnerX
I dont think its a racist statement to make, that I dont support that.
I didnt like when Kingpin was black in Daredevil.
I didnt like when Terry Fitzgerald was white in Spawn.
I didnt like when Robert Neville was black in I Am Legend.
Those are characters that have been set in stone for YEARS and I just dont feel like you can change them to that extent.
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Exactly, I hate this shit...
I also think it is rediculous that Jake Gylenhal is prince of PERSIA! WTF... It goes "both" ways. If a character is supposed to be / has been a
certain ethnicity since the creation of the character, why change it?
Like if they made a Green Hornet movie and cast a white or black guy as Kato... Fuck that. |
in the new Green Hornet Comic, Kato is a chick....
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I heard Todd Mcfarlane toyed around with that idea when he wrote spiderman,and marvel shot him down.
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These days it seems that we must change on the simple base of color. Forget the fact that we can create a new hero who is black. We must change the
original hero to be black. I'm all for a new hero but leave Spiderman out of it. It just cheapens the idea of Spiderman.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Jason the Magnificent
| Quote: | Originally posted by XHonusWagnerX
I dont think its a racist statement to make, that I dont support that.
I didnt like when Kingpin was black in Daredevil.
I didnt like when Terry Fitzgerald was white in Spawn.
I didnt like when Robert Neville was black in I Am Legend.
Those are characters that have been set in stone for YEARS and I just dont feel like you can change them to that extent.
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While I agree mostly with this...I can't see what the harm was or how having Neville be black affected the movie in any way. It's been a while since I
read the book....but was there anything racial that would have made it better one way or another to the story?
Seems like the issue here is they just cant figure out after 3 or 4 tries how to adapt that damn book yet. |
Yeah, Robert Neville being black was one of the smallest changes they made to that story, as bad as they fucked up that classic
story who cares what race the main character is? Thinking about that "version" of the story still pisses me off. I'd be happy to tell them how to
adapt that book into a movie in one easy step : actually follow the fucking story as written.
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I think someone should start a Twitter campaign to cast Jim Carrey as Black Lightning and Stone Cold Steve Austin as Wonder Woman.
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Brad Pitt as Black Panther......
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Yeah, not racist to not want him to be spiderman. I mean, he could be spiderman under the suit, but definitely not Peter Parker. It's not the
character.
I agree with Josh on all his comparisons except I Am Legend, but that's only because I never read the books prior to the movie.
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Wait.... why are they doing a "reboot" on Spiderman. Justice for Toby McGuire!!
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What next, a black president?
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Aparently Toby wont do it if Rami's not involved. Too bad, because he nailed it. Except for the dancing.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Johnny_Whistle
Aparently Toby wont do it if Rami's not involved. Too bad, because he nailed it. Except for the dancing. |
And alllllllllllllllllllll the fuck up's within the whole storyline.
Living a life kept shut by a dream,
I'm reaching out to grasp my reality.
Hands of time wrap tight around my neck, and hit me so hard,
leaving me eyes black.
staring at a ceiling,
wondering why i never left,
penning words in a notebook,
wondering why haven't slept.
sanity is tapping in a cell
inside my fucking head.
begging for redemption
after hearing what was said.
the nights, they will not sleep
cause the days, have played for keeps.
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As far as I'm concerned, the Spiderman movies served they're purpose: they opened the door for superhero movies and made The Dark Knight movies
possible.
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I think this dude would make a good Robocop.
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prince of persia was arian in the original video game. however silly that is.
i'd have to see a black spiderman to be convinced. could see it happen, i mean black people get bit by spiders too.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by XHonusWagnerX
I dont think its a racist statement to make, that I dont support that.
I didnt like when Kingpin was black in Daredevil.
I didnt like when Terry Fitzgerald was white in Spawn.
I didnt like when Robert Neville was black in I Am Legend.
Those are characters that have been set in stone for YEARS and I just dont feel like you can change them to that extent.
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Making the characters in the Honeymooners movie black bugged the shit out of as well, not that I even bothered to watch the movie. Also, making Nick
Fury black in the Marvel movies pissed me off.
If they want a black superhero movie, they can go with Black Panther, the black Green Lantern, etc. Better yet, CREATE A NEW CHARACTER!!!
Originality is lacking these days.
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