Yeah, they filmed in Reading and Philadelphia, the two cities I live in. in Philly they filmed in an abandoned warehouse, and they did some scenes at the pagoda in Reading.

i cannot tell if you are joking earl

do you really like this stuff? i mean im sure it's as good as any anime or whatever but it's on nickelodeon right? do you actually watch nickelodeon?

I download the videos or watch them on Veoh.

So, I went to Asian American Comicon today and they had a table devoted to The Last Airbender and a bunch of people ranting about the movie. They had pictures, articles, fliers, all laid out. If it matters at all 3/4 of em' were Black American.

The website http://www.racebending.com/

What's interesting is that one of their FAQs lists a series of arguments, some of which have been mentioned here. http://www.racebending.com/racebending.php

Seriously, I don't understand why people are talking to me like I'm some stupid idiot with a dumb opinion when it's pretty much universally acknowledged by not only Asian American people, but um, people.

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Just throwing it out there, it also pisses me off when people say "WELL WHAT ABOUT THE MEXICANS YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT ANYONE ELSE EXCEPT ASIAN PEOPLE" even though I do, very much care for my fellow minorities in the States and have often argued "for them" (bad terminology etc)

This is just like when Jake was cast as the Prince for PoP.. only there are more Asians to be vocal about the perceived racism than Persians. I don't mean to sound insensitive, but these kind of things happen all the time. You can be angry about the casting choice, but until the movie is out and you can critique that actor's performance I don't think its fair to be so judgmental. Granted, I don't know a lot about Avatar and how important racial lines are, so I'll be watching this film from a fresh perspective with no preconceived notions. Maybe diehard fans are by and large upset, but I think this film is going to be marketed to an older adult audience. The preview certainly didn't look like a tween affair. I can see this appealing to the sort of crowd that enjoys the adventure film genre.

This is just like when Jake was cast as the Prince for PoP.. only there are more Asians to be vocal about the perceived racism than Persians.

1) yah and Persians were not angry about 300. I definitely agree people aren't as vocal

I don't mean to sound insensitive, but these kind of things happen all the time. You can be angry about the casting choice, but until the movie is out and you can critique that actor's performance I don't think its fair to be so judgmental.

2) And yes, these things DO happen all the time, and that makes it acceptable how??? That's like saying, okay, black people in America can't get married. That's been going on for a long time. It happens all the time, who cares? This isn't about the actor's performance, it's about the fact that they're white. (Except Dev Patel who was later casted and he's a villain) Seriously, what does their acting ability have to do with the argument?

Granted, I don't know a lot about Avatar and how important racial lines are, so I'll be watching this film from a fresh perspective with no preconceived notions. Maybe diehard fans are by and large upset, but I think this film is going to be marketed to an older adult audience. The preview certainly didn't look like a tween affair. I can see this appealing to the sort of crowd that enjoys the adventure film genre.

3) They're important, and blah blah more. And no, diehard fans are not the only ones upset. There are much more people than just "diehard fans" that are very upset.

I don't think The Last Airbender is going to be marketed primarily to an older adult audience, the trailer seems much more like a big adventure flick that kids can watch.. Meaning, for all sorts of audiences.

Hey, come to think of it, the white community should be pissed because robert neville was cast as a black man, and all the villains were white.
Racism.

The Last Airbender was a clear cut opportunity for a Hollywood film to have positive Asian heroes, etc. etc. I don't know about you, but myself and many other minorities in the States do/did not have heroes just like them on television in our youths, and we all know how much influence television has on children. And not Jackie Chan.

So don't try to talk about how the white community should be pissed because they get all the attention in Western media.

All I'm saying is that there's a BET, but if we made a WET (White Entertainment Television) it'd be considered racism.
What the heck is up with that!?

Ya'll got TBS, CBS, Fox News, you got all dat shit so don't play me. Plus UPN got shut down.

Stop trying to talk like the white man is oppressed, because I am tired of people who play that shit.

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Just saying, don't think I am trolling because of how I type here, sorry fuck man.

The Last Airbender was a clear cut opportunity for a Hollywood film to have positive Asian heroes, etc. etc. I don't know about you, but myself and many other minorities in the States do/did not have heroes just like them on television in our youths, and we all know how much influence television has on children. And not Jackie Chan.

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Okay, I've gotten so much fucking bruce lee jet li jackie chan shit in my life, fuck that. I didn't care at first, but it's really annoying now.

Okay, what about the mortal kombat movie?

Psyburn did you even bother to check to see if maybe asian actors actually tried out for the part or contacted about it? But then again I might not know how finding actors work. Do you?

I'm not even going to reply to this dude. Sorry.

Really, Mortal Kombat has nothing to do with anything in this topic.

Last I checked a fair bit of the main cast was asian.

Okay. I don't think that film would be considered um, positive portrayal of Asian Americans but okay.

i like bruce lee though. i mean he was like you, psyburn, he really hated how hollywood made asians the "dum de dum dum ching chong" trash. and he changed it, but now everyone thinks asians are "HIIEYAAAAAAAHA" *jump kick* type of peopl

As long as we are on the topic of Asian actors, I really like Robin Shou (Liu Kang from Mortal Kombat) and I think he could have had a really good career, had he developed a 'straightman' type of character, if he had branched or been branched out more. Its sad that martial arts actors never really get the chance to flex their acting chops. Its something I've heard Jackie Chan complain about on a couple of occaisions.

This is a pretty big thread for a stupid movie probably no one here will even watch.

But if they did cast an Asian person to play the lead, it would have been the same thing with the Asian person meditating and performing martial arts, which really is a stereotype because that’s pretty much what the role of the airbender involves so really they prevented another Asian person being portrayed as some kind of monk who spends all day meditating and is amazing at martial arts.

Nobody should be looking at this movie as racist but every other movie which has an Asian person who does all that shit.

Boyz in the Hood is a racist movie because it portrays black people as gangbangers and stereotypes so we should have had Shia LeBouf play Ice Cube's part instead.

if only Boyz in the Hood was based on a fucking anime then that statement might actually mean anything.