“aesthetic” is a very good word, important word. “i love the fifties.” no you don’t the fifties kinda TOTALLY SUCKED for many human beings in America. “i love fifties aesthetic” well then, awesome. go you with your bright blocks of color and cute skirts and mini jackets and hair poufs.
There are so many talented Asian actresses who could’ve played Motoko. Nobody is stopping you from casting Asians for lead roles about asians!!! And what makes me even more upset is that the director originally wanted Margot Robbie (Harley Quinn from upcoming suicide squad) to play motoko and scarjo as backup. There was literally no consideration to find an Asian woman to play her.
What I am glad about is that they cast kitano as aramaki and section 9 is more diverse. But I still don’t understand how besides kitano, all the other main characters are white?
Idk it breaks my heart because I love the majors character so much and have looked up to her for so long because she’s a badass Asian female protagonist and now I feel like even that has been taken away. I know I will not go and see it in theaters.
I wish media would stop casting Asian people only as props, as nerdy unwanted sidekicks, as fetishized and sexual fantasies, as masters of the Mystics and the exotic orient and other blah blah stereotypical bull shit. I wish people could understand how important representation is.
Personally i don’t have a problem with the casting itself, because Scarlet is a great actor and would do the role well. But there is absolutely no reason they couldn’t go with somebody like Rinko Kikuchi instead.
I would be more upset if Hollywood successfully whitewashed Akira, a story that’s heavily Japanese with clearly Asian characters.
GITS is a heavily Japanese oriented story ?¿ with clearly Japanese characters?¿ taking place in Japan?¿
but isn’t this a movie made with American money by an American studio?
Do Asians not exist in America? and use American money? and also work for American studios? What’s your fucking point?
Whitewashing an Asian story and it’s characters to cater to western audiences, because let’s face it America doesn’t want to see Asians in action films anyways unless it’s some martial arts movie, is perfectly acceptable because the movie is being made by an America studio? Give me a break
