riverbird
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Post by riverbird on Mar 13, 2009 7:03:30 GMT -5
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Post by nandireya on Mar 13, 2009 7:42:38 GMT -5
So... Zhao is the tone-deaf doorman from Music and Lyrics... Iroh is the skinny guy who helped Robert Downy Jr build Iron Man Mk I...and Ozai is a Maori...who's work I haven't seen...
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Post by riverbird on Mar 13, 2009 10:34:10 GMT -5
Yep.... pretty much...I don't really have any expectations for this movie at all myself, can't be disappointed if I am not expecting anything. *blank stare*
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Post by nymphadora on Mar 13, 2009 13:34:52 GMT -5
Hmmm I'm confused with all the castings of people with darker skin. All of those characters have very light skin (and Zuko too) but the actors are darker (actually Iroh's actor looks paler but I can't really tell) Why couldn't they get light skinned Asian actors that the characters actually look like? It's weird that SOKKA is going to have the lightest skin of all the main cast. Besides that, none of the actors are doing anything for me. They don't make me think of their character right away, but they could work when in character. We'll see. I think once everyone's in costume and on the set it will come together more. Oh and I hope we don't actually see Ozai's face till movie three!
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Post by Musogato on Mar 13, 2009 16:50:29 GMT -5
Apparently the Fire Nation is now Indian, the Earth Kingdom is Asian, and the Water Tribes & Air Nomads will be white if the Gaang trio is any indication. Instead of fixing the racial inaccuracies of the main heroes, the Producers and/or casting crew are apparently just going to alter the Nations' populations instead. ~_~ Actual casting wise, as much as I love Aasif Mandvi, I just can't see him as Zhao. At all. Even imagining him in costume still leaves me laughing. But if he's in, maybe there is actual hope that Steven Colbert could be the Earth King, if he's crazy enough to be a part of this project. Cliff Curtis does have a similar Ozai face though, at least in this photo.
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Horyo
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Post by Horyo on Mar 13, 2009 17:02:12 GMT -5
I wonder if they'll include Bumi, and who might portray him?
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Post by nandireya on Mar 13, 2009 17:22:58 GMT -5
Hard to say...there's not a lot of totally ripped, 112-year-old actors out there.
He'd have to be done through the glory of prosthetics...
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Post by username on Mar 13, 2009 17:52:19 GMT -5
No Jason Isaacs Zhao or Hugo Weaving Ozai make me sad. I don't know much about this cast though, other than the fact that Shaun Toub seems like the poor man's Ben Kingsley.
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Post by nandireya on Mar 13, 2009 18:10:50 GMT -5
I guess it does make sense for an equatorial race to have darker skin...but that's not how the show set them up. I suppose it's good that they're casting consistently, though...
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Post by Horyo on Mar 13, 2009 18:25:13 GMT -5
Geographically, I suppose it makes sense. I mean, they are applying logic to the show so yeah.
Whatever, I'm hoping the frightening abomination that I see in this movie will be a beautiful piece of work.
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Post by nandireya on Mar 13, 2009 18:32:02 GMT -5
Mind you...Japan is kinda equatorial as well...and THAT'S the nation I always felt the Fire Nation was based on...
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Post by Leaf on Mar 13, 2009 21:02:02 GMT -5
Well now I'm disappointed. No Jason Issacs. I mean jeez. If you added the side burns, he looks just like him.
Also, don't Asians usually have darker skin most of the time?
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Post by Horyo on Mar 13, 2009 23:19:44 GMT -5
Depends, although the typical Asian stereotype is a light tan-yellow, so they're supposed to be "lighter" than most people.
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Post by nandireya on Mar 13, 2009 23:48:14 GMT -5
Regardless of stereotyping or ethnicity...the animation has always portrayed the Fire Nation...its royalty in particular...as being so pale as to almost cause snow blindness.
The casting just doesn't fit with the creators' vision.
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Post by Grimmjow of the Funk on Mar 15, 2009 18:59:55 GMT -5
Aasif Mandvi from the Daily Show.
i am at a loss for words. this will be a great comedy
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