Amazing Spider-Man 2 adds another villain...the RHINO!

[ctc]

>a small nerdy old man playing a gigantic wrestler type dude doesn't matter?

Okay; I'll start. OHMYGHODHE'SGOTTATOOSANDHE'SBALDANDTHEY'RERAPINGMY CHILDHOOD!!!! AAAAHHHH!!!!

I dunno. My heart wasn't in it, despite the caps. Maybe after we see if he's got the plates or not?

Don C.

[Brazoo]

This literal interpretation thing is so insane to me.One minute people are freaking out about Pepper Pott's hair colour, and what race Electro is - but a small nerdy old man playing a gigantic wrestler type dude doesn't matter? I just don't understand the rules of it at all.

[huedell]

pigvomit.

Obviously they were going more for the American Splendor/Sideways slant in this casting. What may be unfortunate for them is they may have underestimated the number of Ba-ba-booies that make up their target audience. From the tone of this thread it looks like I may be right on that one.

[palitoy]

pigvomit.

[huedell]

Nothing "campy" about that shot ^^^

[Bruce Banner]

Shot of Paul Giamatti in ASM2... (minus the Rhino suit as of yet)...

[ctc]

>Most comic book fans have no idea who Kingsley is

Maybe; but what they're looking at here I suspect is how the Spiderman comic sells 75,000 issues a month whereas the film will probably be seen by tens of millions of people. Marketing has rendered the comic fan superfluous when it comes to comic characters.

Don C.

[BlackKnight]

I could be scared of Jaimie Foxx. My 11-year old son could take out Paul Giamatti. Again, great actor, but I don't see him in the role. But maybe they'll prove me wrong.

Chris

Clearly,... You have Never seen Shoot Em Up.

[Hector]

Yeah, that's the sad part right there for sure

[Earth 2 Chris]

According to Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Lee even pitched the concept of the Kung-Fu series, and some greedy TV execs stole it. That's the crime there.

Chris

[Hector]

BTW, I loved Carradine in Kung Fu...sorry Bruce, nothing personal, lol.

[Hector]

Bruce Lee wanted that role, but was bypassed for Carradine, that was the sign of the times.

Anyway, good civil discussion, you made valid points in your favor.

Now, off to a Monster slice of pizza from Cybelle's, lol.

[enyawd72]

How about David Carradine playing Kwai Chang Caine in Kung or Johnny Depp playing Tonto?

Please don't say Depp is part Native American therefore he's free to play Tonto, because if he's considered Native American, than I'm German, lol.

Again, I'm OK with Carradine playing a Chinese, and while at first I objected to Depp playing Tonto (it's more like being sick and tired of Depp playing everybody, period), I'm OK with it now.

So you are either for or against this, it's gotta be 100% consistency here.

I absolutely think Tonto should have been played by an actual Indian and not Johnny Depp. I'm sure there are many Native American actors wallowing in obscurity that would have loved to play such an iconic role. Never thought much about Carradine, but only because I never watched Kung Fu. A Chinese actor would have been much better.

[Hector]

If we say race doesn't matter in casting, how long until gender becomes irrelevant too? Will we accept Wolverina? The Green Goblinette? Wonder Whoa Man?

Like I said before, big time iconic characters should be left alone and be portrayed as they were originally created, I agree with you there.

My point from the very beginning is that minor comic book characters such as the Rhino (and I do consider him minor), it shouldn't matter nearly as much, that's all I'm saying.

[Hector]

It's all friendly discussion in here, fellas...