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[–] kaputter_Aimbot@feddit.de 40 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Where was that "historically accurate" crowd when Keanu starred in 47 Ronin?!

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or Jake Gyllenhaal in Prince of Persia. Or Finn Jones as Iron Fist.

Or Ben Affleck as Antonio J. Mendez in Argo, ffs. A role practically made for your Pedro Pascal type actor.

Hell, Tom Cruise pretending to be Irish in Far and Away was awful enough just because of the bad accent.

[–] PotatoKat@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Iron fist is a white dude in the source material unlike the other examples.

Oh they were there lol.

[–] Crack0n7uesday@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Keanu is half Japanese. Tom Cruise as the Last Samurai though...

[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Uhm Tom's character was never the last samurai. Did you watch it?

[–] Crack0n7uesday@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I've seen it, I'm just making a point that Keanu is actually half Japanese so he should be able to play a character of somewhat Asian descent without complaint, especially when the character he played in 47 Ronin was only half Japanese and all the characters shit on his character because of that. It wasn't a ground breaking movie and there are plenty of reasons to shit on it, but the race card isn't one of them.

[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But tom played an American soldier stationed in Japan.

[–] Crack0n7uesday@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He was already retired from the military in the movie, he went over as a mercenary to train the Japanese how to use guns more effectively.

[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Crack0n7uesday@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We were originally talking about this "Keanu is half Japanese. Tom Cruise as the Last Samurai though..." You got off track.

[–] Crack0n7uesday@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Yes, Keanu is half Japanese, so him playing a half Japanese character in a movie makes sense. Tom Cruise being associated with the last Samurai of the shogun era makes no sense, this is Chewbacca, Chewbacca is a wookie, why would he hang out on the planet Endor with a bunch of ewoks? It makes no sense.

[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So you're saying is Americans shouldn't have been in Japan at that time? I'm really struggling with you last samurai argument here. He's a former American soldier hired to train japanese soldiers on modern warfare. He got captured and got close to his captor who happens to be the "last samurai". I really don't get how he doesn't fit in the story the way Keanu playing a half Japanese half Caucasian because he is one.

[–] Crack0n7uesday@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They both fit in the respective story line, that's the point...

Aside from the fact that Tom Cruise is one of leading members of the Scientology Cult, but that's a completely different story.

[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You've officially lost me, I don't think I will ever understand our convo.

[–] Crack0n7uesday@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's the point of the Chewbacca defense...

[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Fuck! I get it now.

[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm also baffled by your ewoks and wookie analogy, can't Chewbacca come visit endor to hangout with the ewoks? And why doesn't it make sense?