Agent_Z said:
Samtemdo8 said:
But why did they cast an afro actor as Starfire when the charcater clearly did not look like an afro-american person, haven't these hollywood types learned from similar controversies by now? They made The Human Torch a black guy in Fant4stic, even though he's supposed to be the twin brother of Invisable Woman and Invisable Woman is still a blonde haired white woman in the movie.
And don't bring up the fact that Starfire is an Alien, because Superman is an Alien, and can you imagine if they made Superman black in a mainstream big budget Movie? Holy shit the racists will rise up and revolt!
But regardless, yeah fuck those jerks racially insulting her either way.
Sue and Johnny aren't twins.
As for Kory, she isn't exactly a white woman in the comics, so the race of the actress shouldn't matter. No one seemed bothered when they cast Zoe Saldana as Gamora who is green.
I honestly don't really care that she is black.
I care that their version of Starfire looks like a cheap hooker from the bad part of town and absolutely nothing like the character at all other than color scheme.
Starfire from TT as a teenager is supposed to basically be the really beautiful, super-popular and super-happy girl from high school we all knew or were familiar with the idea of.
Adult Starfire from the comics/movies is supposed to be absurdly beautiful and graceful, to the point where she makes men forget how to do words and is compared to Diana/WW.
It's not the casting of a black person that is a fail - it's making Starfire look horrible that is the fail.