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supersnoop

Major
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Um, Lt. Sulu was a major supporting character.

But I think that’s the point right? Sulu is one Asian, Spock is one alien, so somehow the number of aliens and Asians is equal. It’s not really logical.

I never saw it to be inclusive with how hard they tried to please the Chinese and get it unbanned. They tried catering to the Chinese first before anything else and when that failed, they cried how it was China's fault they couldn't get into our market. Ignoring the stupid things the lead actor has said and the history of said characters they are playing as. If this is what the Asian Americans look up to then I pity them.

I can't say too much about the banning and inclusiveness because frankly I don't know too much about it or over think it. If you think of the father as the real hero, then I think people wouldn't hate it as much. Also notable is that Tony Leung has never chased Hollywood, so he never cared about pleasing western audiences. When they came to him with this role, he said he could not turn it down.
 

Bellum_Romanum

Brigadier
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where do you see that the Majority of mainland Chinese think Simu Liu is ugly? Lol please provide evidence. Also if China's censorship board is banning movies because the actors are ugly then they are even more ridiculous than I thought.
Bro, it's the case based on social media reaction on Weibo, WeChat, and talking to my Chinese friends here in Toronto which was quite surprising to me and disappointing to hear at the same time. It's a cultural preference and since I have been living in North America for some time now my mindset has been Americanized in certain ways so I have a polar opposite view on Simu Liu than our brethrens in China.
 

Bellum_Romanum

Brigadier
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Yes I've read Weibo and various online chats, and I'm not going to interpret some online comments as the opinion of China as a whole.

For the banning comment, yes that was my mistaken read. However, I still don't think yellow peril was really a thing in the movie. They in fact addressed it directly in the movie.


my wife thinks he's cute, so there. :)
Perhaps your wife isn't Chinese but Anglo-Saxon westernized which is also answers why
 
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