[quote=@Dynamo Frokane]
[@IceHeart][@mdk][@POOHEAD189] also for the sake of consistency, I'm guessing you all have the same issue with whitewashing characters in movies too?[/quote]

[quote=@mdk]Haven't seen it yet. Haven't even read much about it -- trying to preserve some movie innocence -- so this is more of an in-general response. I'm not bothered by racial-bending casting choices. Like I had [i]zero[/i] interest in the Dark Tower movie until I found out Idris Elba was starring -- but that pisses off my (super liberal) coworker because "HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE WHITE." I don't care. I don't care at all.[/quote]

Most of these were terrible movies because they were terrible movies and it has nothing to do with whitewashing. To reiterate: I care exactly 0% about the race of an actor. 

EDIT: GiTS note. People got so wound up about "MAJOR" being some white chick that they didn't even seem to notice Batou was turned human. See THAT'S what bothered me most about the movie -- Batou's character was totally fucky. 

DOUBLE EDIT: y'know what though, they also made the villains in GiTS white. Funny. I never heard a single complaint from anybody about whitewashing the BAD guys. Gosh I wonder if there's a double-standard in play.