courageous postingSome of the stuff said in this thread has been ridiculous
Just copped a Funko of Killmonger to sit on my desk for my govt job... Im wildinIf you took away from this that Killmonger was crazy then
The cac cia guy even said he was doing what the CiA’s been doing for 100 years. But he’s crazy
When did that happen?
They just hit him with the Jesus motif?
Lupita has to be offered the role for Shuri (T'Challa's sister, who in the comics becomes a Black Panther herself). Easiest casting decision, imo
Not crazy. It was selfish..greedy. Very deliberate..not crazy at all.
While I think your movie opinion was shytty, you are 100 on AAs. They have so much social power, they understate their influence in the world.Didn't care for this movie. My expectations were low going in but somehow it fell below that. Typical safe comic book movie with dull action (though the AA/African conflict is one of the most interesting ideas for a movie in a long time)
I'm happy the movie got made and I support the movement. Hopefully it'll lead to more Black big-budget films being made. If it doesn't, then we failed.
I was saying this shyt to a sista I went to see the movie with. But she's AA, and she responded with what Lord Chief Rocka said.
As an African, it's kinda surreal to hear AAs say that they don't really have any power when I think they're the most powerful Black people on the planet. Y'all are right in a way but in another way, it's some low self-esteem shyt. And I'm not saying that as a diss to y'all - it's totally understandable how centuries of insane oppression and living among white people can lead to low self-esteem. I'd feel the same if I were in your boat.
I have said this MULTIPLE times in the past lol.
Teyonah Parris and/or Nicole Behari would be SLAM DUNK casting for the love interest.
HOWEVER
I am not entirely angered at the prospect of Lupita being the love interest IF they are going to go about it the right way..
1). Lupita would NOT be cast as any incarnation of Monica Lynne or any foreign born character. She would have to be Wakandan and she would HAVE to be formidable in her own right.
2). Cast her as either a high ranking Dora Milaje who T'Challa comes to value as a respected ally and eventually fall in love with. Basically the love story would be the reverse of Thor, where Lady Sif was obviously his perfect match but the movie followed the comics Thor/Jane Foster shipping . Or you can cast her as a Wakandan scientist who invents a lot of Black Panther's high tech gear and weapons. Whichever they go with, she HAS to play a crucial role within Wakansa and T'Challa's life OUTSIDE of the love interest
3). Cast a younger unknown African actress to
Play Shuri. If they signed Lupita as Shuri right away then fans would be expecting such a high profile actres yo immediately take center stage, which would come at the cost of further developing Chadwicke as T'Challa. If they cast an unknown that can GROW into role (as Shuri herself did in the Comics) then it would make sense within the larger narrative. Shuri probably shouldn't have the huge of a role until the second Panther film either way.