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From: "Martin Baxter" <truthseeker...@lycos.com>
> Keith, odds are that Nickelodeon will air an Avatar marathon the day of the
> movie's release, so we can get our kicks there.
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------[ Received Mail Content ]----------
>
> Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Re: Shyamalan's Avatar Cast Gets Colorful,
> Finally
>
> Date : Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:59:24 +0000
>
> From : keithbjohn...@comcast.net
>
> To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
>
>
> I don't think I'll pay to see this either. I just can't believe the studio
> wouldn't cast all Asians in these key roles. What is this: the '70s? The only
> good thing we can all say is that at least we have the cartoon. So often, you
> watch a cartoon and say "That was okay, but i wonder what they could do with
> a
> full length animated movie, or a live action movie" (well, actually, I rarely
> desire live-action versions of animated classics). At any rate, if this movie
> sucks (it well) and i don't see it (I won't) i really don't feel it'll be a
> great loss because the cartoon itself is already excellent.
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Augustus Augustus
> > i cosign with Martin.
> >
> > --- On Mon, 2/9/09, Martin Baxter wrote:
> > From: Martin Baxter
> > Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] Re: Shyamalan's Avatar Cast Gets Colorful, Finally
> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Monday, February 9, 2009, 7:40 AM
> >
> > Keith - yes, yes, yes and neither am I.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------[ Received Mail Content ]----------
> > Subject : [scifinoir2] Re: Shyamalan's Avatar Cast Gets Colorful, Finally
> > Date : Mon, 09 Feb 2009 05:55:59 +0000
> > From : keithbjohn...@comcast.net
> > To : "Tracey de Morsella"
> > ,
> > ,
> >
> > Is Patel playing Ang? Isn't he both too old and too tall for that role?
> > I'm just not feeling this movie.
> > -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > From: "Tracey de Morsella"
> > >
> > > Shyamalan's
> > >
> > > Avatar Cast Gets Colorful, Finally
> > >
> > >
> > > By Graeme McMillan , 7:30
> > > AM on
> > > Tue Feb 3 2009, 4,499 views
> > >
> > > http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2009/02/dev.jpgStop the
> > (internet)
> > > press! A non-white actor has been cast in M. Night Shyamalan's
> > adaptation of
> > > Avatar: The Last Airbender! Have the internet protests been having an
> > effect
> > > on the embattled production after all?
> > >
> > > We first reported on the outcry over
> > > the all-white
> > > casting of the distinctly non-white animated characters in December, and
> > > since then, fans have continued to deluge the movie's producers with
> > reasons
> > > why the casting is unfair. So, does the news that Slumdog
> > Millionaire's Dev
> > > Patel will be taking over the role previously thought to belong to Jesse
> > > McCartney represent a victory for the fans? Well, yes and no.
> > >
> > > On the one hand, it is a refreshing sign to see Patel take over from the
> > > none-more-white McCartney, but on the other, this change doesn't have
> > > anything to do with fan reaction; as Shyamalan explained, it's all to
> > do
> > > with scheduling:
> > >
> > > Jesse had tour dates that conflicted with a boot camp I always hold on my
> > > films, and where the actors here have to train for martial arts.
> > >
> > > So, while the victory wasn't won by the fans, at least they can take
> > some
> > > solace in the fact that McCartney was forced off the film by the pop
> > career
> > > that they so hated. That's something, surely...?
> > >
> > > Shyamalan
> > > cast
> > > floats on 'Air' [Variety]
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
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Keith, odds are that Nickelodeon will air an Avatar marathon the day of the movie's release, so we can get our kicks there.
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Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Re: Shyamalan's Avatar Cast Gets Colorful, Finally
Date : Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:59:24 +0000
From : KeithBJohnson@comcast.net
To : scifino...@yahoogroups.com
I don't think I'll pay to see this either. I just can't believe the studio wouldn't cast all Asians in these key roles. What is this: the '70s? The only good thing we can all say is that at least we have the cartoon. So often, you watch a cartoon and say "That was okay, but i wonder what they could do with a full length animated movie, or a live action movie" (well, actually, I rarely desire live-action versions of animated classics). At any rate, if this movie sucks (it well) and i don't see it (I won't) i really don't feel it'll be a great loss because the cartoon itself is already excellent.
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Augustus Augustus
> i cosign with Martin.
>
> --- On Mon, 2/9/09, Martin Baxter wrote:
> From: Martin Baxter
> Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] Re: Shyamalan's Avatar Cast Gets Colorful, Finally
> To: scifino...@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, February 9, 2009, 7:40 AM
>
> Keith - yes, yes, yes and neither am I.
>
>
>
>
> ---------[ Received Mail Content ]----------
> Subject : [scifinoir2] Re: Shyamalan's Avatar Cast Gets Colorful, Finally
> Date : Mon, 09 Feb 2009 05:55:59 +0000
> From : KeithBJohnson@comcast.net
> To : "Tracey de Morsella"
> ,
> ,
>
> Is Patel playing Ang? Isn't he both too old and too tall for that role?
> I'm just not feeling this movie.
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Tracey de Morsella"
> >
> > Shyamalan's
> >
> > Avatar Cast Gets Colorful, Finally
> >
> >
> > By Graeme McMillan , 7:30
> > AM on
> > Tue Feb 3 2009, 4,499 views
> >
> > http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2009/02/dev.jpgStop the
> (internet)
> > press! A non-white actor has been cast in M. Night Shyamalan's
> adaptation of
> > Avatar: The Last Airbender! Have the internet protests been having an
> effect
> > on the embattled production after all?
> >
> > We first reported on the outcry over
> > the all-white
> > casting of the distinctly non-white animated characters in December, and
> > since then, fans have continued to deluge the movie's producers with
> reasons
> > why the casting is unfair. So, does the news that Slumdog
> Millionaire's Dev
> > Patel will be taking over the role previously thought to belong to Jesse
> > McCartney represent a victory for the fans? Well, yes and no.
> >
> > On the one hand, it is a refreshing sign to see Patel take over from the
> > none-more-white McCartney, but on the other, this change doesn't have
> > anything to do with fan reaction; as Shyamalan explained, it's all to
> do
> > with scheduling:
> >
> > Jesse had tour dates that conflicted with a boot camp I always hold on my
> > films, and where the actors here have to train for martial arts.
> >
> > So, while the victory wasn't won by the fans, at least they can take
> some
> > solace in the fact that McCartney was forced off the film by the pop
> career
> > that they so hated. That's something, surely...?
> >
> > Shyamalan
> > cast
> > floats on 'Air' [Variety]
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
>
>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
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