Bevendre
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Harry Potter spinoff 'Fantastic Beasts' began filming today -- without casting a single actor of color. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the upcoming Harry Potter spinoff movie written by J.K. Rowling, is finally underway.
With an Oscar-winning actor (Eddie Redmayne) in the lead role and Rowling in charge of the story, we were optimistic about this film living up to the Harry Potter legacy. Unfortunately, there’s one serious issue marring this otherwise exciting news: Everyone in the main cast of Fantastic Beasts is white.
The Harry Potter series is all about fighting back against bigotry and discrimination, so this lack of diversity feels worse than your average all-white Hollywood blockbuster. Not only does Fantastic Beasts exclude people of color from lead roles, but we know these characters were created by J.K. Rowling—a role model to a generation of fans across the world.
HA HA HA YIKES
How disappointing :(
Is there any other source? Cause this seems to be just people complaining without any proof. It also depends on where in 1920s NY its set, and a shit ton of other stuff…
The article states that the lead roles are all white, which was the case for the Harry Potter series itself. People of color are present, but are usually secondary or tertiary characters rather than lead roles. Besides, this is principal photography they’re talking about, not every extra, side character and speaking role in the movie, just the lead actors in a time and area where not being white was a HUGE setback in most fields.
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Bioware how dare you have me up here early on this Saturday morning with tears in my eyes. I was not even prepared for this.
-bursts into actual tears-
(via sunnysundown)
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You know what the world needs? A LotR musical.
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Papi’s inbox is empty! Fill it please!
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Can changelings turn into plushies? Or look like plushie anyway
Yes and no. They can’t turn into actual plushies, but they would be able to mimic a plushie for at least a short time. It would be a different form of shapeshifting than normal, and one on top of the typical method of disguising oneself. Not practical, or really necessary in general, but certainly possible.
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Papi’s inbox is well over 150 messages. Methinks it’s getting to the point where it should be heavily cleaned.
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If I was a fictional character, how would the fandom misinterpret me?
Okay, THIS is a brilliant question.
Holy cow, that’s neat?
(via travelererrant)
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the reason the series gets so much hate is because ubisoft has really stopped trying.
I wouldn’t say so. Each entry in the series provides a new, massive and accurate representation of a city or area as it was in the time period. The story can seem disjointed but is still there as it has been set up since the beginning of the series. Gameplay can feel repetitive, but each iteration adds more for variety and refines the old to make it different and more suited to the game’s character. If anything, Ubisoft is trying harder each year to appeal to an audience that is increasingly critical not because it’s bad, but because it’s familiar.
Then you figure in how many other major titles Ubisoft puts out regularly, and the quality that they still put into Assassin’s Creed, and it becomes rather impressive, even for a major company. They may not deliver on people’s hopes 100%, but then neither does any company ever in the history of humanity.
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After finishing Assassin’s Creed Syndicate I am yet again confused at why the series gets so much hate.
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I’m convinced that Donald Trump is really just a giant Troll doll that was left in the sun and given life.
