White People.....why can't you watch movies starring non-white characters?

[Malik]

Blacks, Indians, Arabs, Chinese, Japanese, Hispanics, etc. We go to watch movies like Iron Man, Star Trek, The Hangover and eventhough the characters are mostly white, we have a good time. It doesnt bother us. Why cant you do the same?




Whenever the script calls for black characters or other non-white characters, it has a hard time being green lit. If those scripts had white characters, shyt would be cool. It took George Lucas 23 years to find financing for Red Tails because no studio wanted to touch it and then when it finally hit theaters, it bombed. White people...I know some of yall on the Coli....is is really that hard for you to watch a movie starring somebody other than yourself or are you really that selfish?





I really want to understand your thinking here. Why is it that we have a million movies/shows about Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece....300, Alexander, Troy, Immortals, Gladiator, Rome, House of Borgia, Spartacus but, nothing on Egypt? You can't possibly think that's okay. All these shows on ancient civilizations yet there's nothing on Egypt Or Persia for that matter. One stinking movie. Prince of Perisa. And instead of hiring Arab/Middle Eastern actors, yall cast Jake Gyllenhaall...

 

[Master Teacher]

same reason they didn't want blacks playing QB
or running for office

whites are afraid to lose what they have. Its a fear in their mind, because thats how they think.
they think if others start to shine they will be less significant and lose their place

I'm not talking about the white consumers
I'm talking about in the industry

white people are not going to enable, blacks or any group of people to outshine them
as long as they have a grip on this industry thats hows it gonna be.

Black film makers need to seek funding from foreigners and build relationships with people outside America

 

[ugksam]

jewish people run hollywood, you need to ask them

 

[chemicalsword]

great discussion potential.....
*awaits theories from a white perspective*

 

[KingDanz]

You won't see a black Ancient Egypt in Hollywood... if you do black people will be depicted as invaders.

 

[SoulController]

your giving us way too much credit acting as a unified front, white people are all over the place we dont plan shyt out to bring down minorities. most people are just trying to pay rent they aint worried about black media

as for the topic, i love a Denzel/Forest/Fishburne led film. 3 of my favs, Blood Diamond was awesome even tho it had Leo too. Amistad was raw but its a great film, list goes on. Jamie does some bullshyt but i love when hes in a great film

as far as Red tails, hate to be the one to break it but most people just dont care that much. it sat unfinanced for years for a reason

 

[Malik]

Hell, gangster movies are another example. How many mob movies are there? A shytload. Can't think of any modern, mainstream movies on the Triads or the Yakuza. You could have a Chinese-American or Japanese-American go back to their home lands and get caught up in the life. That shyt would be dope as fukk


White people wouldn't watch it though

 

[Data-Hawk]

Blade?
After Earth

 

[Dank Hill]

I've always wondered this as well. I sit there and watch whites be the main characters/saviors in movies and play as white characters in games, and yes I know its because most of america is white so it caters to that demographic for monetary reasons. But why when you have black main characters in movies or games white people like to cry "but I cant relate to this person" (gta:sa, crackdown, prototype 2) instead of just enjoying the movie or game for what it is (if its good that is). There are exceptions like Blade and Spawn, but I've seen a lot of people bytch about them being black as well.

 

[Mr. Somebody]

I remember the uproar from the protagonist in GTA San Andreas.

Still i think a big problem is that often times films with non-individual of european descent leads in hollywood dont get the same attention to detail in terms of production value outside of the heavy hitters like denzel/will smith.

 

[MR. SNIFLES]

HERE'S A BETTER ONE FOR US BLACKS. HOW COME WE CAN'T PUT MONEY TOGETHER AND MAKE THE MOVIES WE WANT TO SEE? STOP DEPENDING ON WHITE PEOPLE TO CATER TO US. THEY DON'T WANT TO AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO SO STOP IT. MEXICANS HAVE THEIR UNIVISION/TELEMUNDO AND THEY SUPPORT THEIR OWN shyt. ASIANS HAVE THEIR CHANNELS AND THEY SUPPORT THAT shyt. ARABS HAVE THEIR OWN SATELLITE PACKAGES AND THEY SUPPORT THAT. THE ONE MAJOR CHANNEL WE HAD WAS BOUGHT OUT BY WHITE PEOPLE AND HAS BEEN A TRAVESTY EVER SINCE.

 

[Sad Bunny]

yall are being too mean to white people.

cacs love will smith and athletes

 

[RJY33]

It doesn't bother me at all. I'll watch anything that looks interesting to me no matter what race of actors are in it. Life of Pi stars an Indian but that movie would have appealed to me if he was white, black, or asian or even female.

I've never once thought to myself "that movie looks good but the lead actor is black I think I'll go watch Anchorman again "

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Hollywood knows what has a better chance of selling. They know there r more white viewers and they know
White people would rather see whites in lead roles.

My supervisor at my prior job was a big movie buff but anytime I referred a movie with a black lead even if it was denzel, dude wouldn't seem interested at all. He was probably racist actually I'm sure he was. CAC.

 

[STAN JONES]

yall are being too mean to white people.

cacs love will smith and athletes

Naw they have been low key happy that Wills last couple movies have flopped and we all know they dont love athletes...they love to hate on them but they damn sure dont love them