oh, for simpler times

[jaina]

I just need to put this out there, guys: No, I haven't seen The Last Airbender trailer. No, I'm not going to. No, I will not be seeing the movie. At all.

For me, it boils down to this: the filmmakers deliberately set out to whitewash the main cast. After the resulting outcry, they backed down a little-- just enough to recast the villains as people of color. And I'm not interested in supporting that. At all.

I don't particularly want to debate this, and if you're excited about the movie, I'm certainly not out to ruin your fun. I just wanted to explain why, while I love the show, I'm not interested in talking about the movie in any form.

Comments

[peddler-creates.livejournal.com]

That is outrageous and disgusting. I'm not familiar with the show, and only vaguely heard about the movie, but WTF'ing F. It reminds me of how in the decades past, they'd get white guys to darken up their faces a bit to play Arabs. As a woman of mixed Arab and German descent, I find this whole thing really offensive.

[jainamsolo.livejournal.com]

Yeah. It's really blatant and really disgusting. And really, really sad. You'd think, in this day and age, that we'd be past this shit, but no.