Fantastic Four officially cast for reboot

[The Bat]

Jessica Alba played Sue Storm.

Didn't hear too much hate on her casting, latina playing a blond.

So why should black be so much worse?

Personally, I HATED Jessica Alba as Sue Storm.

And I don't like them changing Johnny Storm's race for the same reason you probably wouldn't like Nick Cage to have been cast as Superman. Because he's so far off from my vision of the character that I've followed for 45 years. Race has absolutely NOTHING to do with it. I guess I'll never get a "faithful" Fantastic Four movie unless the wrights revert back to Marvel.

[Hector]

Personally, I HATED Jessica Alba as Sue Storm.

And I don't like them changing Johnny Storm's race for the same reason you probably wouldn't like Nick Cage to have been cast as Superman. Because he's so far off from my vision of the character that I've followed for 45 years. Race has absolutely NOTHING to do with it. I guess I'll never get a "faithful" Fantastic Four movie unless the wrights revert back to Marvel.

You make decent points...but the main difference is that Superman is such an iconic figure...not a single FF member is.

So, yes...changing Superman radically would bother me...FF individuals...not so much.

[Brown Bear]

Everyone thinks disliking it when a character's race is a racist comment, but to me it's no different than recasting B.A. Barrackus or Apollo Creed as white guys. I say, if he doesn't LOOK like the character, than he shouldn't be playing him. I wouldn't cast an old man to play Peter Parker but I don't have anything against the elderly.

[The Bat]

Everyone thinks disliking it when a character's race is a racist comment, but to me it's no different than recasting B.A. Barrackus or Apollo Creed as white guys. I say, if he doesn't LOOK like the character, than he shouldn't be playing him. I wouldn't cast an old man to play Peter Parker but I don't have anything against the elderly.

Well said!!