Comic 370 - Fan Four Stick
Posted on Wednesday, the 14th of August at 2:01 PM, 2019
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Now personally I didn't (and still don't) have anything against The Human Torch being cast as a black guy. I still think The Thing would have been the better choice, but that's just my opinion. The problem I had though, was that even though The Human Torch was cast as a black guy, Invisible Girl was still cast as a white woman. It's like they just randomly picked a character to be cast as a black person for diversity, without taking into consideration anything else.
And considering I've heard that Ariel in the live action remake of The Little Mermaid is going to be black while her father, Triton, could be cast as a white guy, well... I think it's safe to say they're STILL randomly picking characters to be cast as black people.
It's not infuriating, but it is a little annoying.
Although I think it's everyone's reaction that makes it much more annoying than anything else.
I mean, who doesn't like Heimdall in Thor or Blind Al in Deadpool. Heck, even Domino in Deadpool 2 was pretty awesome. I still think they messed up on her costume design, considering she was an albino in the comics, they should've inverted her entire outfit for the film. But that's what I mean by a little annoying.
Also, what's with all of the gingers being cast as black people? If I didn't know better, I'd say either everyone in Hollywood is dyslexic, or Eric Cartman is calling the shots.
EDIT: I had to change the punchline, because I completely messed up. This is the second, I repeat SECOND TIME (in a short amount of time as well) I've buggered up a comic, by assuming knowledge rather than simply checking to be sure. I tell you, I'm not happy with myself.
DO BASIC BLOODY RESEARCH YOU IDIOT!!!
Ah well, I think this punchline is actually funnier. So no loss for you. But still. Assuming makes an ass out of you and me, and in this case, I'm both the you and the me.
If you wanted to cast one and only one person as a black person, I think it should have been either Sue or Mr. Fantastic. Heck, I think it would be amusing seeing how many racists it would pull out of the woodwork by casting a black guy as Mr. Fantastic. They wouldn't have anything really to complain about but they would find something.
IE: "Grumble Grumble, how dare they cast a black guy as Mr. Fantastic. It's so unbelievable!" "Oh, why is that?" "Because! He can't be black! He's white! I'm not racist for saying that! You're racist for thinking I'm racist!"
As for the rest of what you said. Ha ha, good point. That 100% without a doubt, would definitely happen.