Talion
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This is a hot topic and I do feel that it deserves its own thread, so please people, since it's a sensible subject, BE CIVIL.
I finally feel comfortable addressing this. See, I have a dark olive skin and pitch black hair and eyes. My father was black, my mom is white. I don't have a problem with Idris Elba becoming James Bond but I do have a problem with Peter been black.
And I never understood why. I considered the thought that maybe I had "internalized racism" or something like that, but then I realized something: I would never accept a white Nick Fury. I would never accept a Superman with brown or blonde hair, but I remember thinking Will Smith was my favorite choice to become Captain America, even after Chris Evans was cast, and I think I've finally understood why:
Peter Parker, Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne are the most iconic superheroes out there. I wouldn't like a blonde or black haired Peter Parker as much as I wouldn't accept a a blonde or brown haired Clark Kent, and yes, call me frivolous but I never been okay with Christian Bale's or any previous Batman for that matter because I didn't think they looked the part.
When the time comes, I hope Nick Fury will stay black, and I wouldn't like to see him been portrayed by any white actor, because Mark Millar Ultimates and later Samuel L. Jackson himself defined the role for me.Peter Parker is a white kid from Queens with brown hair. Not blonde, not black, not red... brown hair. What I hope from Marvel is to adapt Spider-Man, the guy I've been reading about my entire life, and regardless how much I actually could argue that I look more like Miles Morales than Peter Parker, I don't need to look like him to care about how he should be portrayed. Idris Elba is one of the greatest black actors of this generation and I'd say that I like more the Asgard parts than most of the Midgard stuff in the Thor movies.
Heimdall to me has been defined as a black character because Elba owned that role and Heimdall didn't have been defined yet, just like Nick Fury before him. Why not a Journey Into Mistery movie? I would love to see that, give the spotlight to Heimdall, Lady Sif and the Warrior Three, throw Baldur into the mix and go superhero Lord of the Rings on us, I would definitely love that.
Give us the death of Peter Parker down the line, just to bring him back and make a Spider-Men film, with both Peter and Miles teaming up. Give us the Runaways. Give us Cloak and Dagger. What I would do for a NICK FURY movie where SLJ gets to show off why HE is the world's greatest super spy?
But also give me Peter Parker. Not to look like me, but to look more or less like he did in the comics. Like this:
Making Peter Parker black is different than making Johnny Storm black for example because EVERYONE loves Johnny Storm. The girls love him, boys want to be like him, he is filthy rich. Spider-Man is popular in OUR real world, not really like this in his world, and certainly it shouldn't be different in the comics in my opinion. Nobody hates Johnny Storm. Maybe Dr. Doom, MAYBE, but you know he's nuts. While Peter Parker has always someone going after him.
Making Peter Parker black is more than simply a "paint job". You can't make Peter Parker without making Flash Thompson, Jameson and sometimes the whole NYC giving Peter hell in some kind of an allegory to racism. Even the fact that he is the only character - other than Black Panther, who is also black - that keeps a mask on becomes an allegory to racism. Why the black kid needs to wear a mask but we can see the Avengers faces all the time?
That's my view on it, I basically would rather see Peter Parker like he is in the comics, even though I don't look like him at all. Vote in the poll and share yours thoughts respectfully about the subject below.
I finally feel comfortable addressing this. See, I have a dark olive skin and pitch black hair and eyes. My father was black, my mom is white. I don't have a problem with Idris Elba becoming James Bond but I do have a problem with Peter been black.
And I never understood why. I considered the thought that maybe I had "internalized racism" or something like that, but then I realized something: I would never accept a white Nick Fury. I would never accept a Superman with brown or blonde hair, but I remember thinking Will Smith was my favorite choice to become Captain America, even after Chris Evans was cast, and I think I've finally understood why:
Peter Parker, Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne are the most iconic superheroes out there. I wouldn't like a blonde or black haired Peter Parker as much as I wouldn't accept a a blonde or brown haired Clark Kent, and yes, call me frivolous but I never been okay with Christian Bale's or any previous Batman for that matter because I didn't think they looked the part.
When the time comes, I hope Nick Fury will stay black, and I wouldn't like to see him been portrayed by any white actor, because Mark Millar Ultimates and later Samuel L. Jackson himself defined the role for me.Peter Parker is a white kid from Queens with brown hair. Not blonde, not black, not red... brown hair. What I hope from Marvel is to adapt Spider-Man, the guy I've been reading about my entire life, and regardless how much I actually could argue that I look more like Miles Morales than Peter Parker, I don't need to look like him to care about how he should be portrayed. Idris Elba is one of the greatest black actors of this generation and I'd say that I like more the Asgard parts than most of the Midgard stuff in the Thor movies.
Heimdall to me has been defined as a black character because Elba owned that role and Heimdall didn't have been defined yet, just like Nick Fury before him. Why not a Journey Into Mistery movie? I would love to see that, give the spotlight to Heimdall, Lady Sif and the Warrior Three, throw Baldur into the mix and go superhero Lord of the Rings on us, I would definitely love that.
Give us the death of Peter Parker down the line, just to bring him back and make a Spider-Men film, with both Peter and Miles teaming up. Give us the Runaways. Give us Cloak and Dagger. What I would do for a NICK FURY movie where SLJ gets to show off why HE is the world's greatest super spy?
But also give me Peter Parker. Not to look like me, but to look more or less like he did in the comics. Like this:
Making Peter Parker black is different than making Johnny Storm black for example because EVERYONE loves Johnny Storm. The girls love him, boys want to be like him, he is filthy rich. Spider-Man is popular in OUR real world, not really like this in his world, and certainly it shouldn't be different in the comics in my opinion. Nobody hates Johnny Storm. Maybe Dr. Doom, MAYBE, but you know he's nuts. While Peter Parker has always someone going after him.
Making Peter Parker black is more than simply a "paint job". You can't make Peter Parker without making Flash Thompson, Jameson and sometimes the whole NYC giving Peter hell in some kind of an allegory to racism. Even the fact that he is the only character - other than Black Panther, who is also black - that keeps a mask on becomes an allegory to racism. Why the black kid needs to wear a mask but we can see the Avengers faces all the time?
That's my view on it, I basically would rather see Peter Parker like he is in the comics, even though I don't look like him at all. Vote in the poll and share yours thoughts respectfully about the subject below.
