Originally posted by UCanShootMyNova
Good for them. Doesn't change the fact that important details of a character being altered will often upset longtime fans like the Joker being portrayed as a tatooed gangster when in the comics he finds people like that to be laughable.
Yeah, but here's the thing: that's changing a part of Joker's core character. Joker isn't just any edgy insane lunatic, he's a charmer with class and poise. Yeah he's insane, but he's a tasteful kind of insane that often borders on a tamed nihilism.
Which is why Jared Leto did an awful job. However, if you change the colour, sexuality or gender of a character... well that doesn't matter. Unless, of course, that's a core aspect of the character. If, say, Pearl was turned into a heterosexual character in an adaption that would suck since her love for Rose is a core part of the character. If Luke Cage goes from black to white then that doesn't make sense since his background is very race-related and it's a core part of his character. If someone like Wolverine suddenly became gay that'd also wouldn't make much sense.
Originally posted by UCanShootMyNova
I don't have to work out anything Wolf. I have no issue with either race or sexuality. I take issue with people adapting stories not doing all in their power to be accurate to the original source material. If I disliked either diversity in race or sexuality I never would have bothered reading the Dark Tower let alone have it be my favorite series.
I'm glad. This then really shouldn't bother you.
Originally posted by UCanShootMyNova
Because adaptions are supposed to be accurate to the original source material. Sometimes they're not whether that be due to limitations of budget or technology and this I can accept. When they actively seek to alter details for no apparent reason other then "diversity" I'm going to be mad.
Like I said, if the core aspect of the character is there then that doesn't matter. The thing that made the Ancient One so appealing is his wisdom, knowledge and ability to teach. The Ancient One in the MCU is also exactly like that, only a woman. And so I forget that she's a woman.
You have to be flexible with this sh!zz, honestly. I didn't see the film so I cannot comment, but was the character being portrayed by a black actor still true to the core principles of the original? Did he act like the original would act? Did he interact and react as the original would have? If so, there's no biggy. If he didn't, well that's another problem altogether.