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[Logan510]

Ahhh good. I like Ben Kingsley, he looks much more imposing from the front.

 

I find him an odd choice for Mandarin, but he's such a great actor I'm sure he'll make it work.

 

I thought the Mandarin was supposed to be Asian?

 

Kingsley was an amazing Gandhi, so I have no doubt he'll pull it off.

 

 

Don't get me wrong, I think he's a terrific actor. I'm just not a fan of color blind casting.

[Ditch Fahrenheit]

No way he is 5' 8", maybe with lifts.

 

I'll confirm, but I was told he is as tall as me and ain't no way I'm 5' 8".

 

 

I think you're right, he doesn't seem 5'8".

 

IMBD has him even taller. LINK

 

Actors have been known to lie about their age, height, etc.

 

 

[Ditch Fahrenheit]

IM3 Teaser Trailer #2

 

 

11 seconds long...errr...short.

[Park]

Ahhh good. I like Ben Kingsley, he looks much more imposing from the front.

 

I find him an odd choice for Mandarin, but he's such a great actor I'm sure he'll make it work.

 

I thought the Mandarin was supposed to be Asian?

 

Kingsley was an amazing Gandhi, so I have no doubt he'll pull it off.

 

 

Don't get me wrong, I think he's a terrific actor. I'm just not a fan of color blind casting.

 

#4 in the link.

 

http://www.cracked.com/article_20082_6-insane-stereotypes-that-movies-cant-seem-to-get-over.html

[Ditch Fahrenheit]

Ahhh good. I like Ben Kingsley, he looks much more imposing from the front.

 

I find him an odd choice for Mandarin, but he's such a great actor I'm sure he'll make it work.

 

I thought the Mandarin was supposed to be Asian?

 

Kingsley was an amazing Gandhi, so I have no doubt he'll pull it off.

 

 

Don't get me wrong, I think he's a terrific actor. I'm just not a fan of color blind casting.

 

#4 in the link.

 

http://www.cracked.com/article_20082_6-insane-stereotypes-that-movies-cant-seem-to-get-over.html

 

Yeah, there's far too much of that.

 

It's the modern equivalent of going in blackface.

[Dr. Balls]

Ahhh good. I like Ben Kingsley, he looks much more imposing from the front.

 

I find him an odd choice for Mandarin, but he's such a great actor I'm sure he'll make it work.

 

I thought the Mandarin was supposed to be Asian?

 

Kingsley was an amazing Gandhi, so I have no doubt he'll pull it off.

 

 

Don't get me wrong, I think he's a terrific actor. I'm just not a fan of color blind casting.

 

Did anyone ever ask them (producers/writers/directors) why they chose him for the Mandarin?

[Ditch Fahrenheit]

Ahhh good. I like Ben Kingsley, he looks much more imposing from the front.

 

I find him an odd choice for Mandarin, but he's such a great actor I'm sure he'll make it work.

 

I thought the Mandarin was supposed to be Asian?

 

Kingsley was an amazing Gandhi, so I have no doubt he'll pull it off.

 

 

Don't get me wrong, I think he's a terrific actor. I'm just not a fan of color blind casting.

 

Did anyone ever ask them (producers/writers/directors) why they chose him for the Mandarin?

 

Not specifically.

 

But Kevin Feige, (President of Marvel Studios) had this to say; essentially downplaying the ethnic background angle.

 

Kingsley is not, of course, Chinese, but Feige says they wanted to blur the background of this version of The Mandarin. “It’s less about his specific ethnicity than the symbolism of various cultures and iconography that he perverts for his own end,” Feige says. From his samurai hair, to his royal robe, to his bin Laden-esque beard, and the AK-47 he keeps at his side, Kingsley’s interpretation is a hodgepodge of various warrior motifs.

 

They are obviously portraying more of a terrorist, instead of the Mandarin we grew to know from the comic books.

[Dr. Balls]

Ahhh good. I like Ben Kingsley, he looks much more imposing from the front.

 

I find him an odd choice for Mandarin, but he's such a great actor I'm sure he'll make it work.

 

I thought the Mandarin was supposed to be Asian?

 

Kingsley was an amazing Gandhi, so I have no doubt he'll pull it off.

 

 

Don't get me wrong, I think he's a terrific actor. I'm just not a fan of color blind casting.

 

Did anyone ever ask them (producers/writers/directors) why they chose him for the Mandarin?

 

Not specifically.

 

But Kevin Feige, (President of Marvel Studios) had this to say; essentially downplaying the ethnic background angle.

 

Kingsley is not, of course, Chinese, but Feige says they wanted to blur the background of this version of The Mandarin. “It’s less about his specific ethnicity than the symbolism of various cultures and iconography that he perverts for his own end,” Feige says. From his samurai hair, to his royal robe, to his bin Laden-esque beard, and the AK-47 he keeps at his side, Kingsley’s interpretation is a hodgepodge of various warrior motifs.

 

They are obviously portraying more of a terrorist, instead of the Mandarin we grew to know from the comic books.

 

Just read that on ET. Sounds a lot like diarrhea of the mouth, and a lot like politically correct garbage to keep people from thinking we're casting the Chinese people as the bad guys. I guess this is what we get in a society where we have to obsess about not offending people's sensibilities and not being able to call women "broads" anymore.

[TupennyConan]

instead of the Mandarin we grew to know from the comic books.

 

This should be enough to open this thread wide.

[Ogami]

 

Gweneth is hot, thou not well liked by the women on the set.

 

 

This sentence contains redundancies.

[Dr. Balls]

 

Gweneth is hot, thou not well liked by the women on the set.

 

 

This sentence contains redundancies.

 

And some Thor-speak.

[Ogami]

 

Gweneth is hot, thou not well liked by the women on the set.

 

 

This sentence contains redundancies.

 

And some Thor-speak.

 

And some M. Buber.

[TupennyConan]

 

Gweneth is hot, thou not well liked by the women on the set.

 

 

This sentence contains redundancies.

 

And some Thor-speak.

 

And some M. Buber.

 

lol

 

Jewish mysticism!

[Dr. Balls]

 

Gweneth is hot, thou not well liked by the women on the set.

 

 

This sentence contains redundancies.

 

And some Thor-speak.

 

And some M. Buber.

 

[Ditch Fahrenheit]

 

Gweneth is hot, thou not well liked by the women on the set.

 

 

This sentence contains redundancies.

 

And some Thor-speak.

 

And some M. Buber.

 

lol

 

Jewish mysticism!

 

I and Thou.

[TupennyConan]

 

Gweneth is hot, thou not well liked by the women on the set.

 

 

This sentence contains redundancies.

 

And some Thor-speak.

 

And some M. Buber.

 

lol

 

Jewish mysticism!

 

I and Thou.

 

That's all he wrote. Done.

[Ogami]

I've missed you guys; I've popped in long enough today to see you frolicking like the symbolically relational otters that you are and I have been both saddened and joyous at the thought.

[Ditch Fahrenheit]

 

Gweneth is hot, thou not well liked by the women on the set.

 

 

This sentence contains redundancies.

 

And some Thor-speak.

 

And some M. Buber.

 

lol

 

Jewish mysticism!

 

I and Thou.

 

That's all he wrote. Done.

 

He should have written about Golems.

[Ogami]

 

Gweneth is hot, thou not well liked by the women on the set.

 

 

This sentence contains redundancies.

 

And some Thor-speak.

 

And some M. Buber.

 

lol

 

Jewish mysticism!

 

I and Thou.

 

That's all he wrote. Done.

 

Damn internet. I was quite proud of my critique of internicene feminine squabbling and you guys miss the lead and note the index.

 

[Ditch Fahrenheit]

I've missed you guys; I've popped in long enough today to see you frolicking like the symbolically relational otters that you are and I have been both saddened and joyous at the thought.

 

You're just trying to get a hug aren't you?