Tariq Nasheed on 'After Earth'
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Rapmastermind
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#1 . Jaden is only 14, he's STILL A Child star who's transitioning, it's going to take years before he's an Adult. It's odd how someone can "ACT" for 3 straight movies and now he can't "Act" anymore.
#2 . How many Summer Movies have a Black or Minority in the LEAD? There are going to be atleast 25 Blockbusters this summer and only 2-4 movies have minority in the LEAD. What does that say about Hollywood?
#3 . There doesn't need to be any goal post moved. The point is Tariq made some great points about Hollywood and how Blacks are treated on film. "After Earth" underperforming may or may not be a racial thing. It could just be a movie that didn't connect. But when you read the reviews you clearly see there is some hating going on especially with Jaden.
The last thing I'm going say is this. "After Earth" had to be one of the few if any Sci-Fi Blockbuster where Both of the Leads are Black. "Fast 6" also proved something about diversty. It's time for Hollywood to stop hiding behind racism to continue this lack of diversity in major films.
Dude spoke on a lot of real shyt in that video....on to the topic at hand I think its complicated. On one hand I predicted After Earth was gonna flop tho I don't get any satisfaction from that prediction coming true....I based my prediction mostly on M. Night and the fact the trailers didn't do it any favors. On the other hand theres no question that the outrage and hate against this movie has gone way far beyond what it deserves. Its sitting at fukkin 12% on RT. Am I supposed to believe this movie is on the same level as shyt like Epic Movie which can barely even be considered movies or worse than The fukking Happening which is at 17%? Nah there's def something deeper at play. He pretty much covered the possible reasons....the critics getting together to put Will in his place, people suddenly being all against Nepotism when Hollywood is run on nepotism 
, the insane amount of hate Jaden and M Night get (alright M. Night deserves a lil bit but they act like he's Uwe Boll status 
).
I ain't gonna sit here and act like After Earth was a classic or anything...truthfully it was a 5-6 maybe 7 if u wanna get REAL generous. Would getting a fair rating have prevented it from flopping? Probably not....but that don't make it right to give it a 1 or 2/10 and shyt on it for reasons beyond the actual movie either
, the insane amount of hate Jaden and M Night get (alright M. Night deserves a lil bit but they act like he's Uwe Boll status ). I ain't gonna sit here and act like After Earth was a classic or anything...truthfully it was a 5-6 maybe 7 if u wanna get REAL generous. Would getting a fair rating have prevented it from flopping? Probably not....but that don't make it right to give it a 1 or 2/10 and shyt on it for reasons beyond the actual movie either
Rapmastermind
Superstar
The "Bad Boys" franchise was the 1st Action Franchise to star Two Blacks in the Lead in Hollywood History. So Will have broken down barriers in Action and Sci-Fi when it comes to Black Cast/Leads.
The Message
Lex with tv sets the minimum
lol Yall actually dont realize ya'll are making Tariq Nasheed's point.
Mr. Somebody
Friend Of A Friend
I wasnt trying to own him but if you're going to stand on an intellectual soapbox and demean people who listen to Tariq Nasheed because it lacks intellectualism while simultaneously being apart of Lil B's demonic task force cult whos sole purpose is to protect Lil B, what am i supposed to assume about this individual intellectually. I mean, Lil b has some ok songs but good heavens friend, dont be a Lil b stan and claim intellectual superiority over Tariq Nasheed fans.
Its so demonic, friend.
Stone Cold
Superstar
Lets not act like Bad Boys 2 didnt get terrible reviews tho
nikkas came out to see it anyway because it was Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in the same damn movie
with promotion from Nelly was the hottest rapper at the time
and Diddy who was dropping exclusive Biggie songs on the soundtrack
how could it not do numbers?
the thing about the pursuit of happyness is that its still a struggle movie...
it still has a element of fukked up 'ness that white folks like to see
the black character still has to come from the bottom to the top
the black character still had to get approval from his white superiors/supervisors
to get a job and ultimately rise up in society
and these are just some of the trademarks of racial dynamics that I remember...
because I haven't seen that movie in years...
and ofcourse that entire movie could fall under the category of "one n*gga at a time"
cause white folks will make exceptions and concede to the one "super n*gga"
it still has a element of fukked up 'ness that white folks like to see
the black character still has to come from the bottom to the top
the black character still had to get approval from his white superiors/supervisors
to get a job and ultimately rise up in society
and these are just some of the trademarks of racial dynamics that I remember...
because I haven't seen that movie in years...
and ofcourse that entire movie could fall under the category of "one n*gga at a time"
cause white folks will make exceptions and concede to the one "super n*gga"
they're not ganging up on will smith, they're ganging up on the movie theme/social dynamics
Kid McNamara
'97 Mike Bibby
This nikka is so lame and corny. Denzel sasaugeton?floss scandalous? You have to be intellectual dumb to listen to this dude
fukk kind of grammar is this?
Stone Cold
Superstar
What kind of grammar is this?:smugcheeseeyes:
bigbadbossup2012
Biggest baddest boss
All this is negated by the fact that his PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS was working for cacs and walking down the street clapping and crying about the achievement
Where will I ever find something like that?
Worldwide: $307,077,295
Will Smith in the lead role? Check
Strong father? Check
Guiding Son? Check
Positive father character? Check
Positive role mode? Check
Black guy outperforming white guys? Check
Black guy succeeding? Check
Let me guess though. The reason it did well is because Will Smith is homeless for a portion of the movie? White people love seeing that right?
