OT: Let's talk about Movies and TV Shows, Part XXX (...how can this possibly go wrong)

[MXD]

And why would you post that? Book was written by a black man having black people in the series is fine.

Not to mention, if there's ONE place in Europe where there were definitely some black people in the 19th century, it was France. Also, there was at least one explicitly Black characters in the book.

Though I say that and if they made Albert black I'm stopping watching straight away.

EDIT : I saw who they made Black and that seems a like a f***ing terrible idea. Not "Albert-bad" of course, but not the greatest idea.

 

[BenchBrawl]

Idris Elba was a lost opportunity to play James Bond.

Some of the "diversity" casting are ridiculous, when they make historical figures look very different from how they looked IRL, but other than that who cares?

Northern Europeans are guilty of making Jesus looks like some rando French dude, he was from the Med, doubtful he looked like your typical Frenchman. Perhaps, he was truly Guy A. Lepage's twin, but the odds don't favor it.

 

[417]

Idris Elba was a lost opportunity to play James Bond.

Some of the "diversity" casting are ridiculous, when they make historical figures look very different from how they looked IRL, but other than that who cares?

Northern Europeans are guilty of making Jesus looks like some rando French dude, he was from the Med, doubtful he looked like your typical Frenchman. Perhaps, he was truly Guy A. Lepage's twin, but the odds don't favor it.

Could have stopped there and left it open ended lol

 

[MXD]

Idris Elba was a lost opportunity to play James Bond.

Some of the "diversity" casting are ridiculous, when they make historical figures look very different from how they looked IRL, but other than that who cares?

In that specific case, Albert is the son of two people who are not black and whose ethnicity at least has some relevance to the plot. That filiation is also a pretty big plot point.

 

[the valiant effort]

The day I give a shit who of what from where is cast in media will be my last.

 

[sampollock]

Andor was awesome

 

[Runner77]

I was finally able to locate one of my all time favorite films from France, "Les Tontons Flingueurs", a 1963 comedy starring Lino Ventura. Must have been a good 10 years since I've seen it. A lot of great one liners and scenes that have stood the test of time.

LINK: Les Tontons flingueurs 1963

Background:

Les Tontons flingueurs est une comédie franco-germano-italienne réalisée par Georges Lautner en 1963, sur un scénario d'Albert Simonin et des dialogues de Michel Audiard, avec comme acteurs principaux Lino Ventura, Bernard Blier, Jean Lefebvre et Francis Blanche.Ce film est une adaptation du roman Grisbi or not grisbi d'Albert Simonin, troisième volet d'une trilogie consacrée au truand Max le Menteur démarrée avec Touchez pas au grisbi, suivi par Le cave se rebiffe, tous deux également adaptés à l'écran. Toutefois, les trois adaptations cinématographiques sont indépendantes, et ne présentent pas ce caractère de trilogie comme dans les romans.

Au fil des décennies ayant suivi sa sortie en salles, Les Tontons flingueurs est devenu un film culte, notamment à travers ses dialogues et ses répliques qui sont entrés en France dans la culture populaire. Il s'agit de la réalisation la plus célèbre de Georges Lautner, la plupart des acteurs participant au film étant restés à vie des « Tontons flingueurs ».Dans ce film, le personnage récurrent de la trilogie d'Albert Simonin , Max le Menteur, devient Fernand Naudin, un ex-truand reconverti dans le négoce de matériel agricole et de terrassement à Montauban.

 

[Non Player Canadiens]

some of you guys are still

The day I give a shit who of what from where is cast in media will be my last.

can't believe some folks are still getting upset about diverse casting choices.

if you don't like it, you can always watch the original? it's not like it's being replaced there have been like 4 previous Counts of Monte Cristo mentioned in this thread

 

[OnTheRun]

some of you guys are still

can't believe some folks are still getting upset about diverse casting choices.

if you don't like it, you can always watch the original? it's not like it's being replaced there have been like 4 previous Counts of Monte Cristo mentioned in this thread

Let's make it 5.

Because there's Gankutsuou. Is it set in 5000 AD? Yep! And Edmund is still a sailor? Well yeah, duh! And he kinda live on the Moon? You f***ing bet he does!

 

[MD thaivuN]

Let's make it 5.

Because there's Gankutsuou. Is it set in 5000 AD? Yep! And Edmund is still a sailor? Well yeah, duh! And he kinda live on the Moon? You f***ing bet he does!

okay, wasn't expecting anyone to have watched Gankutsou here lol