There is a Hispanic Spiderman in the comics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man_2099
Also, Danny Glover is hilarious, he'd be more like Spiderman than Tobey Maguire, aside from looks.
Originally posted by inimalist
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"
No, no I mean how he was originally portrayed.
I mean in the comics he is white.
I have nothing against a black person portraying him of course, I'm just saying he won't fit the original character.
Should be interesting though, I like getting new takes on a familiar story.
Clearly this isn't going to be seriously considered. However, there's no reason a fair number of characters can't be played by various races, depending on the character. I actually think Spidey would make a smoother transition to an Asian than a black man. And if they wanted to remain in stereotype, his power set lends itself to anime-style kung fu action more than most.
Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
Will Smith as Superman.
Sam Jackson as Batman.
The first actually happened and was kinda cool. The 2nd is pure win. You didn't really make your case with these examples.
Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
Figured 🙄Denzel as Professor X.
A pink Hulk.
Also awesome on the first, and just give Loeb a few more years...
Originally posted by DigiWhy asian?
Clearly this isn't going to be seriously considered. However, there's no reason a fair number of characters can't be played by various races, depending on the character. I actually think Spidey would make a smoother transition to an Asian than a black man. And if they wanted to remain in stereotype, his power set lends itself to anime-style kung fu action more than most.The first actually happened and was kinda cool. The 2nd is pure win. You didn't really make your case with these examples.
Also awesome on the first, and just give Loeb a few more years...
Originally posted by Liberator
No, no I mean how he was originally portrayed.I mean in the comics he is white.
I have nothing against a black person portraying him of course, I'm just saying he won't fit the original character.
Should be interesting though, I like getting new takes on a familiar story.
you would be correct if we were assuming that the only people black people could play are those who follow black steryotypes, else, there is nothing in Spidey's original character that wouldn't also be just as relevant if Parker were black.
There is no reason he couldn't be is what I'm saying.
Originally posted by dadudemon
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.
Aside from that, is there any purpose to it? Not really...
From the article:
"In this day and age, why does Spidey have to be a white guy?"
That's just retarded. By that logic, in this day and age, why do we bother making movies with white people in it...
Originally posted by lil bitchinessI assume you read the whole article and know why the question was raised.
Aside from that, is there any purpose to it? Not really...From the article:
That's just retarded. By that logic, in this day and age, why do we bother making movies with white people in it...
If so, I don't see how your logic is the same as his at all.
Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
Because Professor X was created by Stan Lee as being a white guy. If he is portrayed in a movie as a black guy, they are not staying true to Stan Lee's vision. And what DDM said about Blade as a white guy, same thing.
Professor X today is very different from Stan Lee's original vision of him, unless "bald, white, psychic" is supposed to be his entire character.
Originally posted by dadudemon
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.
my point exactly!
Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
Stan Lee created X as being white. Therefore he should stay white. I don't see why that is so difficult to grasp.
Stan Lee created him as a cripple. He's no longer crippled.
Stan Lee created him as the leader of the X-men. He's no longer in charge.
Stan Lee created him with the power to telekinetically deflect marbles. He can no longer do that.
Stan Lee created him as a morally pure person. He's been revealed as kind of a dick.
Originally posted by Symmetric ChaosBut all that aside he's still the same 😛
Stan Lee created him as a cripple. He's no longer crippled.
Stan Lee created him as the leader of the X-men. He's no longer in charge.
Stan Lee created him with the power to telekinetically deflect marbles. He can no longer do that.
Stan Lee created him as a morally pure person. He's been revealed as kind of a dick.
Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
Stan Lee created him as a cripple. He's no longer crippled.
Stan Lee created him as the leader of the X-men. He's no longer in charge.
Stan Lee created him with the power to telekinetically deflect marbles. He can no longer do that.
Stan Lee created him as a morally pure person. He's been revealed as kind of a dick.
So that justifies changing his race, yeah?