Do you care about race-swapping characters?

I'm biased towards my favorite characters but if it's done well, I'm not complaining.

What was your issue with them? The race/ethnicity of the people that portrayed them?

The actor chosen for a role needs to not only act the character but look as closely to the character as can be. That includes gender/sex, size, musculature, movements and posture, and yes - skin color.

Now, it's almost impossible to find a perfect fit for a character so it's understable if one or two characteristics are wrong.

So I can forgive the changing of race/skin color privided the actor has most of the other characteristics of the character. Example: Michael Clarke Duncan as Kingpin. He was pretty much perfect for Kingpin, just the wrong skin color. So that's fine. To me that's about as bad as casting a 6'3" Jackman as Wolverine. No big deal.

However if the actor is of a different race and doesn't really have any major resemblance to the character then that's when I get pissed. Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie and the lady (forgot her name) for the Ancient One are good examples of this. And as much as I like Idris Elba, casting him as Heimdall also doesn't make sense.

There already is a black Green Lantern and he's called John Stewart. So need to make Hal Jordan black. 


But in general, I prefer the races to be kept the way they are in comic books. That's the way we have known them and that's the way they should be, ESPECIALLY main characters.

If the filmmakers want to bring diversity, why not create new characters with their own original backstory? 

I hate it when a character's race is changed for no apparent reason, like Johnny Storm. That was one of the dumbest moves ever! And it's not just about races, but also genders and sexual orientation. 

I suppose it depends on the character and the circumstance.

I had no issue with them making Wally West black in either the New 52 or The Flash.

Ever since the Superman Animated Series, I have been saying that Lex Luthor should be re-envisioned as black. (I actually thought they did just that the first episode I saw with him, just light skinned, and have liked the idea ever since.)

I also would have no issue with them making a black Superman. But I might not want them to make Clark Kent black.

But then again, why the hell not?

If there is some base material I generally prefer the appearance to be similar.

So for example id rather Hal Jordan be white...and John Stewart be black...etc. 

But usually there are far more important aspects of the character that need to come across correctly first. I can deal with visual inconsistencies rather than a departure from the characters essence. 

NOT... ONE... BIT.

A character's essence begins with their identity, and unless the race-swap is done for the greater good o the character I stand firmly AGAINST IT!!

Like when Johnny Storm was changed to black solely because Michael B Jordan wanted to play him. Was that good enough? NO! Did it improve the character? NO!

What about all the crying to change Superman or Peter Parker into black just to meet some bullshit ethnicity quota? fuck no!

And the HYPOCRISY is that the same people that want these changes cry like a little bitch with a skinned knee and shit about "white washing". Especially when the character IS white like Stephen Strange and Danny rand, yet the Social Justice Brigade wanted both characters to be Asian, why?

When the Marvel Ultimate Universe made Nick Fury Jr to the likeness of Samuel L Jackson it was amazing as he is one "bad mother fucker" (If you didn't understand that reference you should delete your account and don't tell people you like movies), and yes Mordo was great.

But in general Comic Book characters should remain as they were created.