Operation Monster Force

OK, skill definitely always trumps look, BUT I definitely agree that The Movies often default to whatever look is currently designated “in” for casting, and that’s lame. Models/musicians/wrestlers/“celebrities” and such, and yes THAT is a situation where the ACTUAL “look” of a fictional character should take precedence over “this human has been designated ‘hot’ by the internet”.

I guess ultimately I am looking for authentic talent over “this human is ‘sexy’ or ‘popular’”. Casting as a popularity contest is the absolute bottom of the barrel.
 
10000000%.

Also, we need to find the contact information for Maestro Union/Fresh Monkey Fiction, and start NICELY bombarding them with requests to keep the werewolves in stock/rotation, and to make new ones. 🥺
 
TENIME said:
10000000%.

Also, we need to find the contact information for Maestro Union/Fresh Monkey Fiction, and start NICELY bombarding them with requests to keep the werewolves in stock/rotation, and to make new ones. 🥺
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Yeah, we need to tell them this immediately. I'd buy like one in every single color they produce, just make them available and take my money. I'm easy. Give me werewolves. If I'm doing well on book sales in a given month I'll even buy two so I can have one in pants and one bare-assed werewolf on the shelf.

TENIME said:
How are we not best friends already!? 😅

And yeah, I didn't think that was as funny as everyone else, either. Proof that Jackman is the wrong casting, even if he were "short enough." (I have also never liked his portrayal, either. And I like him quite a bit as an actor.)

I want a thick, ugly motherfucker who looks like he could tear down a building IN REAL LIFE, NO SUPERPOWERS, despite his stature, if you piss him off.
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THIS! Is my only casting hill I'll die on. And honestly, I think Hugh worked his ASS off playing Wolverine and I respect that. But for a reboot with the MCU, I want someone like if you threw Tom Hardy in a dryer too long and shrank him (and Hardy's only five nine!), and also a bit ugly, but in a "kinda like it" way. I want 1978 Bob Hoskins to time travel to 2025 and play Wolverine, frankly. And anyone who makes a Danny Devito joke will get a punch in the dick from me. I don't mean short is funny, I mean have you ever been in a bar fight with the short hairy ugly guy? They are the meanest fucking bastards on earth and I want one to play Logan. Logan should look like the guy you don't fuck with because he literally doesn't care if you break his face, it's broken already.
 
TENIME said:
I love John Cho, but Hikaru Sulu is Japanese, not Korean.
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The thing that pissed me off just as much was them giving him a KATANA and then having him refer to his "fencing". Because apparently modern audiences just can't accept that an Asian guy would study classical fencing... y'know... the way George Takei did...

It felt more racist to pin him to an eastern martial art while still referring to it by the name of the western one the original character used.
 
docsilence said:
Yeah, we need to tell them this immediately. I'd buy like one in every single color they produce, just make them available and take my money. I'm easy. Give me werewolves. If I'm doing well on book sales in a given month I'll even buy two so I can have one in pants and one bare-assed werewolf on the shelf.
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I already publicized that I want one body for each headsculpt they give us, lol. We absolutely need a black one. A blonde would be cool. Different fur color patterns. I don't care if it's not "real-wolf-accurate," I'll take the mold with stripes or spots, lmao.


docsilence said:
THIS! Is my only casting hill I'll die on. And honestly, I think Hugh worked his ASS off playing Wolverine and I respect that. But for a reboot with the MCU, I want someone like if you threw Tom Hardy in a dryer too long and shrank him (and Hardy's only five nine!), and also a bit ugly, but in a "kinda like it" way. I want 1978 Bob Hoskins to time travel to 2025 and play Wolverine, frankly. And anyone who makes a Danny Devito joke will get a punch in the dick from me. I don't mean short is funny, I mean have you ever been in a bar fight with the short hairy ugly guy? They are the meanest fucking bastards on earth and I want one to play Logan. Logan should look like the guy you don't fuck with because he literally doesn't care if you break his face, it's broken already.
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😂 EXACTLY.
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Oh oh oh! And I'm actually not done with that previous complaint. When Sulu does use his Katana, he's not doing anything that looks even remotely like Kendo or Iaido either. It doesn't even look like classical fencing. He's doing cartwheel shit and using reverse grip as I recall.

Can you tell this took me out of the movie? CAN YOU TELL!?
 
I get like that with some, and Sulu definitely was one. Yes Cho is great but that was something that really stuck out to me. I did let Pegg slide as a Scotsman though.

One that I think I always let slide is Cliff Curtis. Look up all his roles and you'll see he has played soooooo many ethnicities.
 
Ru1977 said:
I get like that with some, and Sulu definitely was one. Yes Cho is great but that was something that really stuck out to me. I did let Pegg slide as a Scotsman though.

One that I think I always let slide is Cliff Curtis. Look up all his roles and you'll see he has played soooooo many ethnicities.
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I have a friend who knows Cliff (grew up in the same part of New Zealand - she's always quick to claim any Kiwis who get famous because she's proud, especially if they're Maori). She's like "that's our power, Hollywood producers have no idea what we are so they let us play anything on film."
 
Awesome. I think I noticed him first in Bringing Out The Dead, or maybe Three Kings, or Training Day... He's a serious powerhouse though, just acting chops alone. Blow, even The Insider.
 
I saw a couple of pages added to the Monster Force thread and I got all interested that something was happening with the line, but I should have known it would be conversation about MCU and Star Trek casting choices and Cliff Curtis appreciation
 
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