Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (September 3rd, 2021)

[Otomofan]

It's fun giving that empty-headed "interviewer" a hard time about the nonsense she was spewing, but in all likelihood she was instructed exactly what to say beforehand.

Doesn't lessen the cringe even an iota, though.

 

[chrisstbh]

Apparently this movie still hasn’t been approved in China, along with Black Widow and Eternals. RIP China money.

 

[LIBBY1957DOG]

It's awesome that after 2018's Captain Marvel finally gave a woman a starring role in a motion picture we now have the very first Asian lead. Maybe next year a homosexual will finally do something in Hollywood.

kevin spacey and brian singer say hi and are you up for a pool party lol

ill get my coat lol

 

[matticus]

Apparently this movie still hasn’t been approved in China, along with Black Widow and Eternals. RIP China money.

They should have put in Fu Manchu. Big miss.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Thank god Hispanics have Nacho Libre.

Marvel gave us half of Miles Morales.

We still have Zorro tho.

 

[Khev]

Marvel gave us half of Miles Morales.

We still have Zorro tho.

And the Mandalorian, Poe Dameron, Ahsoka, DJ (snicker), and Cassian.

 

[Wor-Gar]

That's plenty. How many do they want!?

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

And the Mandalorian,

Poe Dameron,

Ahsoka,

DJ (snicker),

and Cassian.

 

[ironwez20]

I think she was more referring to Hollywood blockbusters versus international cinema but nonetheless even if that was the case she was still wrong.

But she said wide audience to. Parasite was world wide and received greatly by everyone

 

[ironwez20]

And the Mandalorian, Poe Dameron, Ahsoka, DJ (snicker), and Cassian.

Come on. Nobody wants Poe not even Poe wants Poe

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Come on. Nobody wants Poe not even Poe wants Poe

He had so much potential, but the sequels took it all away. He at least had a decent costume in the last film.

 

[ironwez20]

He had so much potential, but the sequels took it all away. He at least had a decent costume in the last film.

Everyone had potential but you know… writing

 

[Mondragon]

Marvel gave us half of Miles Morales.

+

And the Mandalorian, Poe Dameron, Ahsoka, DJ (snicker), and Cassian.

+

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Everyone had potential but you know… feminism

Fixed it.

Still, I'll give them credit. They tried. The MCU has the Collector, Gemora, Valkyrie, the Mexican with the van....am I forgetting someone?

 

[The Buffinator]

Fixed it.

Still, I'll give them credit. They tried. The MCU has the Collector, Gemora, Valkyrie, the Mexican with the van....am I forgetting someone?

There was a black guy in the van too. But other than that I'm pretty sure you got everyone...

 

[Wor-Gar]

But she said wide audience to.

I thought she meant the wide, fat-*** audience, the type that can barely fit in his seat and usually ends up next to me. His bulk and my arm battle for control of the armrest.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

I thought she meant the wide, fat-*** audience, the type that can barely fit in his seat and usually ends up next to me. His bulk and my arm battle for control of the armrest.

The trick is to mark your territory by licking the armrest.

 

[EvilPrincess]

But… we had plenty of Asian heroes marketed to wide audiences? Why do people act like marvel does everything first and the last 20 or so years it was nothing but white men on screen.
Mortal kombat has an Asian lead and was marketed to a wide audience in the 90s. That movie was huge.

people act like marvel breaks new ground with new ideas when we literally had this before. Black panther was great but we had black superheroes on screen, we had women heroes on screen and we had Asian .

I just…

I specifically said superheroes. Mortal Kombat wasn't the juggernaut Marvel is. Also I don't know too many children watching Kurasawa films.

I'm not saying these movies don't matter but this is something different. Why is everyone so eager to rush and point out that other films with different ethnicities exist?

 

[a-dev]

Why is everyone so eager to rush and point out that other films with different ethnicities exist?

It's just the eyerolling way the media talks about it to garner praise and pats on the back like as though it's totally new and creditable solely to the current times. No one is saying there shouldn't continue to be films with diversity just because there already was in the past. At least I don't think anyone here is saying that.

 

[ZE_501]

I'm not saying these movies don't matter but this is something different. Why is everyone so eager to rush and point out that other films with different ethnicities exist?

You're right, in that this type of contemporary blockbuster aimed at younger audiences is a different animal, and I'm the first to agree that representation matters.

But as others have said, there's a very dumbed-down, soundbite-style surrounding these releases that IMO hurts progress more than it helps it, by oversimplifying and ignoring what co-exists with it.