Author Topic: The Last Racebender (Read 25351 times)

B E C K · « **Reply #30 on:** Feb 15, 2010, 12:02:22 AM »

Promo image. This has actually been floating around for a while, but may as well post it for completion purposes.
Re: The guy in the lower right, I have no idea who that's supposed to be. They should've just used Suki again despite the fact she's not an earthbender.

The D · « **Reply #31 on:** Feb 15, 2010, 06:26:30 PM »

Well it's a good thing that I haven't seen the cartoon series as I might actually be able to enjoy the movie a little bit.

I agree that the actress that plays Katara looks like she can't act worth shit. Article say she's 15. FIFTEEN? She looks and acts like a bratty 9 year old bitch who overemotes and overacts her parts, crying and wimpering and getting crotch-bleeding emotional when it's not required. In any case, isn't the lead female supposed to be tough and a fighter, not a whiny submissive bitch who expects the guy to save her every time?

Also, there are too many white people in this film. I would expect an Indian director to know better, considering he's a minority in the USA, and not pull the "Let's cast only white people" racist bullshit that Hollywood always pulls, but apparently even minorities can be racist, and he only casts whites and Indian people. Between the female lead being weak and the all-white cast (except for Indians, who are all villains), Shamalamadingdong comes off as acting like a racist WASP. Maybe he wasn't even in charge of casting, maybe it was some old white exec who did it.

The D · « **Reply #32 on:** Feb 15, 2010, 06:40:37 PM »

Ha ha, someone in one of those articles said:

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Keep in mind that they had to find actors that can work with Martial Arts. It is not something easily learned.

If Keanu Reeves could be taught Kung fu for the Matrix, any kid can be taught martial arts. Who's to say the kid playing the main character or his emo female lead knows any martial arts to begin with?

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Then the other little fact is someone that speaks clear English. Sorry, but do you want a movie where you need subtitles to understand the characters or a movie that has good writing, action, and drama with good spoken English?

The USA is a fucking melting pot. Becka is a hispanic that speaks fluent english, Fayewhore is a peruvian who speaks fluent english, and there are plenty of asian-looking people in, of all places, CALIFORNIA, who were born here, first generation, speak fucking fluent english.

The D · « **Reply #33 on:** Feb 15, 2010, 08:52:02 PM »

Oh, and here's my response to him.

B E C K · « **Reply #34 on:** Feb 15, 2010, 10:59:19 PM »

The kid playing Aang knows some completely unrelated karate crap. I think most people, actors especially since it's their craft, can pick up basic martial arts. It's like people in this country think martial artists just pop out of wombs in China doing kung-fu.

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If Keanu Reeves could be taught Kung fu for the Matrix, any kid can be taught martial arts.

QFT.

I did hear a rumor that possibly Shyamalan didn't have powet over some of the cast. That one article I posted earlier where he sings rich white girl's praises doesn't leave me convinced on this.

I always get a crack out of archaic folks who somehow imagine every other minority struggles with English. In fact, it seems to be a common excuse to not cast Asian people in productions. Barring the several minorities that do speak English here, they don't all exactly speak the same language over there either. Michelle Yeoh, for example, can't read Chinese characters and did not know any Mandarin for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", speaking her lines phonetically. These sorts of instances are not uncommon. And not that her role in Miami Vice was exactly brilliance, but Gong Li also spoke her English lines phonetically.

The D · « **Reply #35 on:** Feb 16, 2010, 01:05:10 PM »

http://cityfile.com/dailyfile/5478

Hmmmmm............

B E C K · « **Reply #36 on:** Feb 16, 2010, 11:36:43 PM »

Ha ha, thanks for posting that. I read that a while back and wanted to link it, but couldn't think of where I found it. Also, I'm sure his wife Claudia is with him because she really, really loves him.

This comment summed it all up for me:

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I still recall an article about a decade ago (regarding him ticking off neighbors with his helicopter) which made a comment in regards to the prior owners of the estate, Wallace and Lila. They loved the estate and had their ashes placed in a most special place - the rose garden. After the property was sold for $6M to Peltz he intentionally tore it up to make a playground for his kids. What a class act.

Supposedly, Nicola was the one who got the nanny sacked.

B E C K · « **Reply #37 on:** Feb 26, 2010, 11:19:35 PM »

In <a href="

feature=player_embedded">this video[/url], they mention that the role of the previous Avatar, Avatar Roku of the Fire Nation, has been casted white EVEN THOUGH every other Fire Nation main character gets to be dark-skinned. So because Roku is GOOD he gets to be white? FTW?

Also, the chick playing Princess Yue of the Northern Water Tribe, who Paramount stressed was an “actress of Italian, French, and Mexican heritage” in a letter to MANAA after the latter bitched about lack of Asian, actually self-identifies as white. Total Inuit Fail.

This film manages to get more insulting as each day goes by. I didn't realize that was actually possible.

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #38 on:** Feb 27, 2010, 06:43:59 PM »

shit I thought this was a still from Starship Troopers and that was Denise Richards lol

Rama · « **Reply #39 on:** Feb 28, 2010, 02:04:06 AM »

That guy really needs to start using Puffs.

Fiero · « **Reply #40 on:** Mar 01, 2010, 03:34:51 PM »

I can not wait to watch this movie just to make someone mad. Nah, I am not going to watch it.

B E C K · « **Reply #41 on:** Mar 02, 2010, 10:28:08 PM »

Quote from: Faye Valentine on Feb 27, 2010, 06:43:59 PM

shit I thought this was a still from Starship Troopers and that was Denise Richards lol

Oh, damn! Girl, you're right! I knew that reminded me of something! Boo hoo!

Fiero · « **Reply #42 on:** Mar 02, 2010, 10:41:38 PM »

Hopefully this girl shows her tits too

What?

B E C K · « **Reply #43 on:** Mar 02, 2010, 10:42:39 PM »

Nice sentiment but I assure you it won't be happening. Tits could have only helped this movie at this point.

Derrick · « **Reply #44 on:** Mar 04, 2010, 03:53:23 PM »

Tits or GTFO.

Seriously, before I had the interwebs, I've watched so many shitty movies for the promise of tits. Mmmmmmmm.

Fiero · « **Reply #45 on:** Mar 04, 2010, 07:45:17 PM »

@derrick: me too, man, me too.

B E C K · « **Reply #46 on:** Mar 05, 2010, 11:30:23 PM »

And you're telling me you don't anymore? I call shenanigans.

Wickedly Yours E · « **Reply #47 on:** Mar 08, 2010, 02:04:32 PM »

This movie looks like ten pounds of fail in a five pound bag. Eeeesh.

B E C K · « **Reply #48 on:** Mar 08, 2010, 09:35:27 PM »

Oh, I hope so. I certainly hope so.

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #49 on:** Mar 09, 2010, 03:15:06 PM »

LOL I'm soo going to be in Nuri's place when the CB comes out. Then again I'm going to have mixed feelings about it cause Keanu Reeves is hot

B E C K · « **Reply #50 on:** Mar 10, 2010, 10:05:53 PM »

Perhaps he'll be older and uglier by the time the movie gets made.

Fiero · « **Reply #51 on:** Mar 10, 2010, 11:55:31 PM »

So this movie is going to make ten bajiziliion dollars

Rama · « **Reply #52 on:** Mar 11, 2010, 01:15:40 AM »

Yet they won't make a Big O movie with Keanu Reeves as Roger Smith.

Rama · « **Reply #53 on:** Mar 11, 2010, 01:16:56 AM »

And where the hell is Bill and Ted 3 damnit!

Fiero · « **Reply #54 on:** Mar 11, 2010, 03:15:04 PM »

Can Keanu still do Ted? Or was he Bill? Fuck it they were basically the same.

Rama · « **Reply #55 on:** Mar 11, 2010, 03:45:20 PM »

He was Ted. And yeah I'm sure he could...but it would be kinda sad to see those two guys acting like it was still 1987, but also might be funny.

B E C K · « **Reply #56 on:** Apr 17, 2010, 11:33:20 AM »

Snipped from an interview someone posted an excerpt of over at Toonzone:

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M. Night Shyamalan: Exactly. Now, the other big change is the pronunciation of some of the names. Now this is, for me, because, at the end of the day a South Indian guy directed the movie. It’s a personal thing. So “Aang” is not [like Tang] but “Aang” [like Tong.] It’s “Ang Lee.” See, my first name is Manoj [as Man-oh-j] and everyone mispronounced it in school and butchered it as “Man-ahhj.” So, this is coming from a specific place, from a multicultural appreciation.

M. Night Shyamalan: Wooter! Wooterbending! Okay, so there are four words that are effected. "Aang" is one. Also, it isn’t “Avatar” like aaah, it is “Avatar” like “Of-Atar.” That’s a subtle difference, though. I don’t want it said with an Indian accent – you know, it is a Sanskrit word – but I want it with a gentle accent. So that one is blurred. We had a linguist come in to discuss all this, by the way, this isn’t just me doing all this.

Jordan Hoffman: Gotcha.

M. Night Shyamalan: The other changes: “Sokka” [pronounced Sock-Ka] is pronounced “Soh-ka” (“soh” as in “sew”) and Iroh, Uncle Iroh, isn’t “Eye-Row” but “Eer-Row.” Everything else is the same. Iroh comes on the screen and says “My name is Iroh, and you have my word.” And the first thing Shaun Toub, the actor playing him, asked was, “why is it pronounced this way?” because Shaun is Persian. And I’m like, “Dude, I’m on it!” Because this show, this film, is inspired by these cultures. And most directors wouldn’t care, but this is something I’ve been living with my whole life, this is really important to me. But not just the names, the caligraphy, the drapery, the machinery, this all creates a world that is specific and personal and resonant.”

Jordan Hoffman: Is one of these other choices paring back the humor?

M. Night Shyamalan: Hopefully there is enough that you will still see characters that you love. But there is so much latitude with an animation that you don’t get with live action. I mean, look at Up, which is fantastic – if you had a little girl pop in and say “You wanna join my club?” it wouldn’t work the same way it works in that movie.

Changing pronounciations that have been in practice for three years for the sake of authenticy on the backdrop of such racist casting is fucking mind-boggling.

B E C K · « **Reply #57 on:** Apr 17, 2010, 11:35:36 AM »

Good lord, fucking Sokka and Katara... damn. And this is a legitimate product btw, not a shoop.

Faye Valentine · « **Reply #58 on:** Apr 17, 2010, 05:14:40 PM »

Is that Krillin?

B E C K · « **Reply #59 on:** Apr 17, 2010, 10:33:07 PM »

Hell, it might as well be now. Duder in the back getting all screamy can be teen Gohan.