ConnorMc1eod
ConnorMc1eod t1_iudvwvl wrote
Reply to comment by sambalaya in Opinion | ‘House of the Dragon’ and ‘The Rings of Power’ Both Use Diverse Casting. One of Them Does It Better. by Solid_Rice
No problem my dude
ConnorMc1eod t1_iud2az0 wrote
Reply to comment by sambalaya in Opinion | ‘House of the Dragon’ and ‘The Rings of Power’ Both Use Diverse Casting. One of Them Does It Better. by Solid_Rice
?
Black Americans are ~12% of the US, presumably half of them are male.
What statistic did I make up?
ConnorMc1eod t1_iubjbfh wrote
Reply to comment by Chlodio in Opinion | ‘House of the Dragon’ and ‘The Rings of Power’ Both Use Diverse Casting. One of Them Does It Better. by Solid_Rice
Agreed, not even close even.
ConnorMc1eod t1_iuaw82t wrote
Reply to comment by WordsAreSomething in Opinion | ‘House of the Dragon’ and ‘The Rings of Power’ Both Use Diverse Casting. One of Them Does It Better. by Solid_Rice
I mean, in the context of the adapting an existing story sure.
If we had a movie about Yoruban deities I would not expect there to be any white people because that'd be kind of dumb.
ConnorMc1eod t1_iuav7tn wrote
Reply to comment by DaveInLondon89 in Opinion | ‘House of the Dragon’ and ‘The Rings of Power’ Both Use Diverse Casting. One of Them Does It Better. by Solid_Rice
Eh, disagree. If anything the Southlands makes slightly more sense than Numenor.
Numenoreans are exclusively descended from one race and keeps the same appearance due to their isolation as an island. They certainly went out and conquered/colonized but they are still all described as 7 foot tall, fair skinned bodybuilders. The Southlands all being connected by land allows much more effortless migration and mixing of populations.
ConnorMc1eod t1_iuatr9u wrote
Reply to comment by AbsurdlyClearWater in Opinion | ‘House of the Dragon’ and ‘The Rings of Power’ Both Use Diverse Casting. One of Them Does It Better. by Solid_Rice
Ehhhh the black Valyrians makes sense, how does it not?
They are a different blood line than the Targaryens also from Old Valyria. Old Valyria is much more racially diverse than Westeros especially with the lands beyond the immediate coastline where the Free Cities and Old Valyria are.
ConnorMc1eod t1_iuasx55 wrote
Reply to comment by BuddyBroDudeMan in Opinion | ‘House of the Dragon’ and ‘The Rings of Power’ Both Use Diverse Casting. One of Them Does It Better. by Solid_Rice
>gigantic, billion dollar show from beloved IP is kind of a stinker
>whine that a television board keeps talking about it
ConnorMc1eod t1_iuasprj wrote
Reply to comment by GenericAustin in Opinion | ‘House of the Dragon’ and ‘The Rings of Power’ Both Use Diverse Casting. One of Them Does It Better. by Solid_Rice
I mean, every single show/ip in the US has a black dude in it these days and they are ~6-7% of the population. It's not just a UK thing. Working with a lot of East Asians many of them are surprised when they come here and find so many more white people.
ConnorMc1eod t1_iuascg2 wrote
Reply to comment by MulciberTenebras in CNN Cuts Back on Original Series and Films by scuczu
I can guarantee that most far right people have a very, very good grasp on history. History is one of the few academic subjects that actually has some Republicans teaching it.
ConnorMc1eod t1_it06g2r wrote
Reply to comment by dont_shoot_jr in Return to Gotham: In Its Scariest Episodes, Batman: The Animated Series Went “Over the Edge” by PetyrDayne
Bless up thanks Batman
For real though, it's leagues better than it was when I was a kid.
ConnorMc1eod t1_isyd6wa wrote
Reply to comment by MulciberTenebras in Return to Gotham: In Its Scariest Episodes, Batman: The Animated Series Went “Over the Edge” by PetyrDayne
That's... the entire point of Batman. In the 80's and 90's police corruption was so ridiculously rampant Batman turned into the caped crusader. A complete vigilante power fantasy that frequently saw himself in the crosshairs of dirty politicians, journalists, criminals AND cops. He was a one man force for good against a completely rotten, immoral society.
ConnorMc1eod t1_iujl81z wrote
Reply to comment by yoaver in Opinion | ‘House of the Dragon’ and ‘The Rings of Power’ Both Use Diverse Casting. One of Them Does It Better. by Solid_Rice
But are "races" defined by the same parameters we define races in current year Earth? Valyrian being an ethnicity is irrelevant because we don't know exactly what defines that ethnicity.
All I remember was blonde, fair hair and purple eyes being indicative of Valyrian blood. Nothing specific to skin color.
Regardless I am glad you and I (and basically everyone else) agrees it's superior to how RoP handles it with no attempt to even hand wave it away with a goofy explanation.