People would throw a sh*tstorm if they made Blade white.
So, why would they make Spiderman, an almost stereotypical nerdy white-guy type, a different race?
I would not want Blade's race to be changed...same goes for Spidey. Their race doesn't define them, I guess, but it's just not the same. It's the blankey syndrome I preach about, for sure.
Yeah agreed. I mean there is nothing wrong with a black man portraying spider man, don't get me wrong on that, it just doesn't fit the actual character of Spider Man.
It would be the same if it were the other way around, if Spider Man was a nerdy black guy, a white guy just wouldn't be able to play the part correctly.
why is this relevant at all? Spider-Man's character has never been tied to his racial identity (something that unfortunatly cannot be said for most black characters [which is why white versions of them wouldn't work]), so it wouldn't make a lick of difference.
Unless of course they do what we all know they would do, and just ebonic up Spidey and make the whole thing a parody of the character, like they did with Kingpin in Daredevil.
EDIT: just to expand, its not that I think its a good idea, just to shake things up. Even from the article above, we can see that people are proposing this as a total gimmic. However, if a director legitimatly opened up casting to people from all races, and it turned out that a black/hispanic/asian guy got the part, I think it could work, if handled in a mature way (not just blacksploitation spiderman, which is almost certainly what is going to happen in the current scenario)
Originally posted by Liberator
it just doesn't fit the actual character of Spider Man.
which part?
poor young adult, parents abscent, loner, discovers he has a responsibilty because he is powerful, everything he loves falls apart because of his "destiny" to be spiderman.
"white and nerdy" is easily done as "black and nerdy"
Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
Taye Diggs as Wolverine.
actually, as long as it wasn't pandering to the audience, a black wolverine wouldn't be outrageous
Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
Nic Cage as Blade.
Blade doesn't work because he is a specific blacksploitation character. His blackness is part of the identity of the character much more than whiteness is for Spidey or Wolverine.
Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
Will Smith as Superman.
This wouldn't work because of Supes character. He is the myth of the archetypal American, much like the Blonde haired and blue eyed German. Changing his race would have a major impact on this.
Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
Sam Jackson as Batman.
In this case, it wouldn't work because of Wayne. He "hides-in-plain-sight", and a black millionaire playboy is going to attract more media attention and investigation than in some loner white millionaire. He delibrately sticks to a steryotype that makes people leave him alone, which wouldn't work if he were black (at least not as well). However, the character of Batman could easily be played by someone of any race, or by a woman.