Redcuban1959 comments on MCU Projects that have been scrapped

[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 57 points 1 month ago (3 children)

When Don Cheadle replaced Terrence Howard as War Machine for "Iron Man 2", then-Marvel CEO Ike Perlmutter said nobody would notice because black people all "look the same".

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[–] Manalith@midwest.social 26 points 1 month ago (2 children)

To be fair, it was an upgrade. Also his first line is "it's me, I'm here, deal with it" fully calling the fact that it's a different actor so Perlmutter is just a racist piece of trash.

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[–] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago (1 child)

I liked Terrence Howard as Rhodie more, him and RDJ had a better chemistry as buddies imo. I fully acknowledge that Don Cheadle is probably a better person and I seem to be in the minority with this opinion, though.

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[–] ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago

100% liked his portrayal more but I think it’s also me missing the initial vibe of the first movie. It was a comfort movie for a while a decade ago.

Then again I was basically a child and I liked that the desert villain greets Tony Stark with a cheerful Arabic hello, not quite having it sink in what it means. I read it more like Arabs are being put in movies and isn’t that neato and not “ah shit this is me to a lot of people”.

Mostly though I miss the novelty of nerd bullshit being made into big productions. I followed the marvel stuff semi religiously and then just suddenly couldn’t care about any of it

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