FenrirIII@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWhat 'bad' movie could you fix with a simple casting change?message-squaremessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down11
arrow-up164arrow-down1message-squareWhat 'bad' movie could you fix with a simple casting change?FenrirIII@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square106fedilink
minus-squaretheywilleatthestars@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 days agoHaven’t seen Star Trek: Into Darkness since before I watched the actual show, so I can’t really say if it would fix it, but it would be improved by removing the Cumberbatch of it all
minus-squareEndlessNightmare@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 days agoCucumber was not the right casting choice for Khan. But then Ricardo Montalban’s portrayal of Khan is a tough act to follow.
minus-squareLastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoHe could have been literally anyone else from the Botany Bay sleeper ship and you wouldn’t have to change a thing in the movie.
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 days agoYeah. That was a really, really bad choice, especially considering how race-based casting became a huge issue around that time.
Haven’t seen Star Trek: Into Darkness since before I watched the actual show, so I can’t really say if it would fix it, but it would be improved by removing the Cumberbatch of it all
Cucumber was not the right casting choice for Khan. But then Ricardo Montalban’s portrayal of Khan is a tough act to follow.
He could have been literally anyone else from the Botany Bay sleeper ship and you wouldn’t have to change a thing in the movie.
Yeah.
That was a really, really bad choice, especially considering how race-based casting became a huge issue around that time.