Board Thread:Movies/@comment-4651179-20140124221431/@comment-61022-20140228001933

Uhg. Seriously people, how can you judge how good a movie is by the cast? Even a speculated one at that? Seriously. What is wrong with waiting for the movie to come out, going out and watching it before you pass judgement? I am tired of close minded people poo-pooing on a project before the final product comes out. Seriously you guys need to calm down.

And any if any single one of you starts off with a "I'm not racist but..." comment about Michael B. Jordan being the Human Torch because he's black, you deserve a huge smack upside your ignorant head. Yes, the original Johnny Storm is a white person, but does that mean every iteration of the franchise has to follow the comic book to the T? I don't think so, and frankly if you have a hard time wrapping your head around how Johnny Storm COULD be black, I think you need to open your mind a little. Especially when they haven't actually named someone to play the role of Sue Storm. And even SAY they did cast a white woman in the role of Sue Storm, thinking it's impossible that Sue couldn't have a black brother? Does the concept of interracial families sound too impossible? How about a child from another marriage? Or an adopted child? Why does Johnny's genetics have to do with the story anyway?

Frankly, I think racial diversity in the FF movie would be a good thing for the story. They are Marvel's "First Family" for a reason, so why not a first family with the times, one that represents the multiculturalism that is prevalent in our modern society?

I wager to bet the reason why the Fantastic Four were all made Caucasians back in 1961 was likely due to racial intolerance of the time, this was during the tail end of the Civil Rights movement... And what did Marvel eventually do? Introduce a lot of African-American characters because it was less taboo at the time. I bet Stan Lee would have loved making an interracial cast for the FF back in the day, but had to bow to societal pressures to do otherwise so the book would sell.