BLOOD PRESSURE
Mar. 22nd, 2010 11:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bluerabbitOMG. WHAT. WHAT.
poppet:
"Alright, just calm down. Look, this does not need Asian actors. There's nothing particularly Asian about the show except for the names, and those can be changed. A good cast and well-executed plot does not depend on racial preference. If it's going to suck, it'll suck just as much with Asian actors who can pronounce "the original" names as opposed to anybody else."
"I'm not saying that the characters aren't Japanese, but there's nothing important to the plot that is so distinctly Japanese that it can't be easily changed. Sure, if you want to get down to it, many of the elements are based in random bits of Japanese spiritualism, but the end product is not distinctly foreign in its undertaking. That would be like saying that a Japanese based on Batman would have to use Caucasian actors."
I forget who in my circle linked to this, but #105 will forevermore be my go-to response to EVERYTHING IN THESE COMMENTS, OMFG.
Also, WTFing at the comments over on animenewsnetwork. Replace the shinigami with cowboys, really (sure, fine, if this was a fanfic AU, which it is NOT)? Bleach is apparently "racist" for only dealing with Japanese characters and religious ideas. (Yes, because American comics are so all-inclusive. *rolls eyes*) Let's just take the premise and replace everything else! (Then do you really need "Bleach"?)
*sigh*
poppet:
"Alright, just calm down. Look, this does not need Asian actors. There's nothing particularly Asian about the show except for the names, and those can be changed. A good cast and well-executed plot does not depend on racial preference. If it's going to suck, it'll suck just as much with Asian actors who can pronounce "the original" names as opposed to anybody else."
"I'm not saying that the characters aren't Japanese, but there's nothing important to the plot that is so distinctly Japanese that it can't be easily changed. Sure, if you want to get down to it, many of the elements are based in random bits of Japanese spiritualism, but the end product is not distinctly foreign in its undertaking. That would be like saying that a Japanese based on Batman would have to use Caucasian actors."
I forget who in my circle linked to this, but #105 will forevermore be my go-to response to EVERYTHING IN THESE COMMENTS, OMFG.
Also, WTFing at the comments over on animenewsnetwork. Replace the shinigami with cowboys, really (sure, fine, if this was a fanfic AU, which it is NOT)? Bleach is apparently "racist" for only dealing with Japanese characters and religious ideas. (Yes, because American comics are so all-inclusive. *rolls eyes*) Let's just take the premise and replace everything else! (Then do you really need "Bleach"?)
*sigh*
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Date: 2010-03-23 01:03 pm (UTC)WHAT?