TV/Movies Megathread

[Josephus]

I got called out for reacting to a black Anne Boleyn...you guys get hung up over odd racial discrepancies in a fantasy environment. 

[Josquius]

Many times I've mentioned this is one of my big Sci fi and fantasy pet peeves.
Small village of 1000 people completely isolated from outsiders for 1000 years?
Yet....everyone is white except for one black extra.
Sure sure. Genes can hide in the background before popping out unexpectedly.... But really it's just crap casting of extras. They didn't think about it logically.


Black Anne Boleyn or Asian Russian nobles on the other hand I'm fine with. World building isn't at the core of what these shows are doing. They're about the characters and race blind casting is a valid choice.

[HVC]

So as I said I don't have racial hangups like apparently multiple white people do on this forum.

I count as a minority and don't take kindly to your micro-aggression

[crazy canuck]

Race sort of matters in a fantasy context where race is said to matter.

[The Brain]

Likely a wizard used his magic staff.

[garbon]

Race sort of matters in a fantasy context where race is said to matter.

I've no idea as I've not read the books.

[crazy canuck]

Likely a wizard used his magic staff.

[The Minsky Moment]

The Wheel of time is not medieval, a common misconception, it is post-apocalyptic.

Not mutually exclusive.

[The Minsky Moment]

Any non-melanin related review?

[The Brain]

Any non-melanin related review?

Too many oil lamps.

[Sheilbh]

I liked it but my taste is basic and I don't know the books at all.

[Eddie Teach]

Better than expected, having read some of the books. 

A much simpler, more focused plotline than GoT. More moral ambiguity than LOTR. Probably not as well written as either, but no glaring weakness so far.

[Berkut]

So as I said I don't have racial hangups like apparently multiple white people do on this forum.

I suspect that you have more racial hangups then most people on Languish. Maybe not ALL people....

[Berkut]

Many times I've mentioned this is one of my big Sci fi and fantasy pet peeves.
Small village of 1000 people completely isolated from outsiders for 1000 years?
Yet....everyone is white except for one black extra.
Sure sure. Genes can hide in the background before popping out unexpectedly.... But really it's just crap casting of extras. They didn't think about it logically.


Black Anne Boleyn or Asian Russian nobles on the other hand I'm fine with. World building isn't at the core of what these shows are doing. They're about the characters and race blind casting is a valid choice.

I don't think the idea is that any of them are actually white or black or asian. They are just characters, and their identity, personality, and story is not more relevant to their ethnicity then their hair or eye color or whether they are tall or short.

Just ignore it.

[Darth Wagtaros]

My problem with The Wheel of Time was (this just having seen the first episode) that they crammed in a lot of angst and interpersonal drama in a very short time. Plus some changes to the history of the Dragon and such.  I found the special effects and costuming bad enough to be distracting.