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If you make Spider-Man black, then by definition, you are changing the character.

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No, you're not. You're changing the COLOR of the character. "Character" - in the narrative/cinematic sense - refers to personality traits. In other words, "character" is what makes a person tick. In the case of Peter Parker, his "whiteness" isn't a definitive characteristic of his personality. Not in any way, shape, or form. For some characters, sure, the fact that they are black or white absolutely defines who they are as a person and how the world sees them. But not in the case of Peter Parker. Having him be a skinny black kid in high school does not change - in any way - anything about his personality. He can literally be the exact same character, just with a different skin color.

Besides, insisting he be white for NO OTHER REASON than he's always been white, and you want him to remain that way, IS a somewhat offensive stance to take. To prefer a white Peter Parker, just because you want him to be white, by its very definition, means you DON'T want to watch a darker-colored Peter Parker on screen. It means, by your own admission, you'll get less enjoyment from watching a darker-colored human being on the screen than you would from a white Parker. And that's messed up. Plain and simple. I know it's coming from a place non-racist innocence - I totally get that - but you can't argue that it's sound reasoning. Saying, "I just want to see the white Peter parker I grew up with" - ESPECIALLY after you've already seen that version TWICE before - whether you mean for it to be or not, is a form of discrimination. If, traditionally, Uncle Ben was in the KKK, or Parker was somehow defined by his whiteness in high school - then sure, changing him to be black would be stupid. But Peter Parker's skin color does not affect the way he operates as a character. That is an inarguable fact.

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No, I'm using character in the sense of "a person in a novel, play, or movie." The character of Peter Parker aas portrayed in the comic books is a white guy, and to change his skin color makes him a different character...a black guy.

I'm a white guy. If you portray me in a movie with Will Smith, that ain't me because I'm white and he's not.

I'm still not getting how that's racist.

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• keep Parker white
• kill him off in "Infinity Wars: Part 1"
• Sony makes new origin movie with Morales
• Morales is in "Infinity Wars: Part 2"

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- Have Donald Glover play Parker
- Have Ansel Elgort play Morales
- ???
- Profit

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I have no clue who Blade is, so Lady Gaga can play that character for all I care.

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I have no clue who Blade is

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We've already seen two iterations of Spiderman and neither have done the scientist aspect justice. They briefly hit on some of these in 2004 & 2012 movies, but it wasn't the central to his character. Now, a bunch of politically correct neer-do-wells want to double down on the mistake and make Peter Parker black which will inherently insert minority related themes and distract from the scientist aspect.

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I have no clue who Blade is

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Ahh, thought it was some different comic book character that y'all were talking about.

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I don't really have a stake in this argument, but I have been reading a bit about the character Black Panther lately. Mostly because he will be appearing in Captain America 3, and then in his own movie in 2018. He's most well-known for being the first black superhero in major comics.

If there was a shortage of black characters in the MCU, I could see a reason for changing Spider-Man's ethnicity. But as of Captain America 3, there will be Nick Fury, Cpt. James Rhodes, Falcon (who we can assume to be prominent again), and the ethnicity-is-100%-tied-to-his-character Black Panther. And in the other studio, the black Johnny Storm.

So it's not entirely like we're hurting for black heroes, which is surprising because 3 years ago we only had Rhodes, and Samuel L. Jackson in a few cameos (until Avengers). Maybe none of them have the franchise potential that Spider Man has, but again, there IS a solo Black Panther film set for 2018.

Maybe a stronger case could be made for a need for more diverse heroes than white and black.

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Ahh, thought it was some different comic book character that y'all were talking about.

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He is a different comic book character that we were talking about.

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Maybe none of them have the franchise potential that Spider Man has, but again, there IS a solo Black Panther film set for 2018.

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Maybe none of them have the franchise potential that Spider Man has, but again, there IS a solo Black Panther film set for 2018.

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If they do it right, Black Panther is gonna be epic

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Why does Black Panther HAVE to be black?

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Blade is a marvel comic book character which first appeared in the early 70s. The later movies were based on that character,

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Blade is a marvel comic book character which first appeared in the early 70s. The later movies were based on that character,

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Yeah I know. I don't know what Big Rob is talking about with him being a different character.




Also, 70's Blade is funky:

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Is this the first time they have stated (rumored?) that MCU characters will appear in the Spidey solo flicks? I know that obviously they would exist in the same universe now, I just dont remember having heard that Marvel Studios characters would guest star in Spider-man movies as well.

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