Quote:When they cast Michael B Jordan (who I loved in the Friday Night Lights series) as Johnny Storm and didn't explain how he, a black guy, was Sue Storm's sister, very much a white girl, I decided I wasn't going to watch it. Ends up it sucked anyway from what my friends who saw it said. Had he been cast as Reed Richards or Ben Grimm I wouldn't have cared. Or had they explained that Johnny was adopted, which what the intent was but was never said in the movie, I wouldn't have cared. 

 

At one point Andrew Garfield of The Amazing Spiderman said he would be cool with Peter Parker being gay or bisexual- I was like- what? A huge part of Peter's story is Mary Jane and his love for her. 

 

The thing with female Thor is just ridiculous. 

 

I take issue with rewriting characters who have a LONG history of being who they are for the sake of making groups of people feel accepted. If that's what it takes to make you feel complete then there are deeper issues. And that goes for changing anything to make something more PC. Could you imagine the black, asian or hispanic version of Dukes of Hazzard? Or the white, asian or hispanic version of Sanford and Son?

 

Exactly. It doesn't add up. And it's a slap in the face to a classic or long lasting legacy that already has a big enough fanbase as it already stands. That's what truly bothers me. Where are all of the brilliant screenwriters or story writers now in Hollywood? Where is the next James Bond? Where is the next Indiana Jones? Or Rocky? Or Godfather? These writers need to get back to the drawing board, dust off an old typewriter and put some original thoughts with original characters into an actual mind gripping story. Stop rehashing classics. It's played out now.

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