Comments | glockgal: first: rage. second: yay!

glockgal

first: rage. second: yay!

Apr 23, 2010 12:27

GENGHIS KHAN
Tell me what you imagine when you think of Genghis Khan. Let me know if it's similar to a dude clad in thick fur and leather and metal armours, maybe with a little pointy helmet? Maybe bearded and mustachio'd? Looking all leader-like, definitely, right? Sword or bow in hand? Horses nearby (or he's riding one)? Completely kickass and ( Read more... )

the last airbender, rant, racebending, racism, avatar: the last airbender

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furiosity April 23 2010, 19:55:15 UTC

I don't know if "kickass" and "badass" are adjectives I would use to describe an individual responsible for mass genocide.

(but I am pretty sure he looked nothing like Mickey Rourke)

glockgal April 23 2010, 21:12:22 UTC

Ahhhhhh yes and a valid point and shall edit to suit. I'm foolishly reading a book about him and right now he's all youthful and idealistic, so my instinct is to think he's adorable and also to forget, uh, you know. History.

schmoo999 April 23 2010, 19:55:26 UTC

*sigh* As much as I love movies this just makes me go Why? Why can't Hollywood move beyond the times when white actors, like John Wayne, played people of color?

So I counter with this awesome documentary trailer, I want to see this movie so badly not because it is about babies but babies in different cultures around the world.

glockgal April 23 2010, 21:17:15 UTC

Seriously, you would THINK this was 1950's when John Wayne playing Genghis EVEN THEN was a flop and a bad choice, like. What, post-racial 2010 = white men playing EVERYTHING?

Eeee wanna look at the trailer when I get home and have sound. Babies! \o/

amichandrn April 23 2010, 23:19:59 UTC

What's funny is as I watched the very beginning of this trailer, my firsts thought was "This is too perfect. Wait for it..." Then the kids started to hit and bite and I was like, "Ahhh. That's much more familiar."

schmoo999 April 24 2010, 02:32:27 UTC

That really sold me on wanting to watch this movie, my younger daughter was a biter but only bit her brother and to see it is the same no matter where the babies are in the world made me smile and relate. lol.

bookshop April 23 2010, 20:00:34 UTC

MICKEY ROURKE SHOULD PLAY GENGHIS KHAN BECAUSE HE'S BIG AND TOUGH! JUST LIKE GENGHIS KHAN! WHICH WE KNOW, BECAUSE THE MOVIE IS BEING SCRIPTED BY THE GUY WHO WROTE DIRTY HARRY! DIRTY HARRY!

I MEAN, DON'T YOU THINK GENGHIS DESERVES TO BE GIVEN A SENSITIVE TREATMENT BY SOMEONE WHO PICTURES HIM AS AN OLD, DECREPIT GUY, PICTURED THROUGH THE EYES OF HIS SON AND GRANDSON? I BET THEY'LL GET SOMEONE REALLY TALENTED TO PLAY THEM TOO, LIKE LEONARDO DICAPRIO AND JUSTIN BEIBER.

DON'T YOU WANT THAT, LORI? DON'T YOU?

but mostly?

MOST OF ALL?

MICKEY ROURKE SHOULD PLAY GENGHIS KHAN SO THAT I CAN USE THIS ICON.

AND SO THAT I CAN SAY:

KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!

glockgal April 23 2010, 21:23:12 UTC

LOLLL APPROPRIATE USE OF KIRK RAGE, FOFLLLLL.

You forgot the most important element of all: Mickey Rourke has uh, has squinchy eyes like all of those Oriental people! Without the borther and inconvenience of actually being Asian! It's a win-win for Hollywood - OMG THEY HARDLY EVEN NEED A MAKE-UP ARTIST TO TAPE HIS EYES BACK, WHATTA GREAT CASTING CHOICE.

cathybites April 23 2010, 20:05:17 UTC

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE

I hope they dress him up like this guy.

>:(

and now I need to go and rewatch Mongol.

glockgal April 23 2010, 21:25:46 UTC

If they dress him up like that guy, I would SO be first in line to see this movie.

TO SEE THIS MOVIE FAIL, OH SNAP BOOYAH

auntbijou April 23 2010, 20:09:29 UTC

OH, gods, please!!! You are so kidding, right? PLEASE tell me you're kidding!!!

I mean, it was bad enough that John Wayne did it yonks ago (I still shudder when I hear him bleat, "Tar-Tar Woman!!" at Susan Hayward)..., but... Mickey Rourke? Seriously? Seriously?? What, there's no Asian actors available?

Funny how they're always available for things like, "Big Trouble in Little China" or "The Last Samurai." *Auntie is being very sarcastic and cranky in tone here*

Maybe the director thinks Mickey Rourke's face is so beat up and damaged and looks like latex foam that's been attacked by a demented sander that...... no one will notice he's not Asian? Or maybe they think his face is so rubbery that it will be easy to manipulate into pseudo-Asian features with little expense?

Or maybe they're ignorant, moronic, insensitive, and just plain STUPID!!

glockgal April 23 2010, 21:28:36 UTC

Oh god, you had to sit through the John Wayne movie?? *shudders for you*

Funny how they're always available for things like, "Big Trouble in Little China" or "The Last Samurai."

LIKE. There is no more better example of Hollywood's efforts to keep Asian-American actors in the background or the bad guys than this film.

Or maybe they think his face is so rubbery that it will be easy to manipulate into pseudo-Asian features with little expense?

It's all about the benjamins, baby. YEARRGH.

auntbijou April 24 2010, 03:55:32 UTC

Unfortunately, my dad was a big John Wayne fan, so... I've had to sit through every, single John Wayne movie ever made since I was old enough to... well... sit up!!

You know... if Hollywood ever actually paid attention to the people that have to live in the real world... no, wait, what am I saying? this is Hollywood we're talking about. They don't know anything about real life... they only know how to imitate it somewhat!