Hahaha. Nah. I'm really bad at writing ficton. And what I have written wouldn't suit what I want to convey with her. I just really like her, and I really like that the scenes we saw from the trailer wasn't indicative of her character at all.
I AGREE completely. I think they should have used an original character for the role. Hell, in my head I'm still referring to him as John Harrison. I just don't get why they had to use Khan, it didn't really add anything to it, except the emotional resonance from a popular culture osmosis vantage that EVERYBODY has heard of Khan, and this is $200 million summer block buster, and of course the weren't going to have a villain name 'John Harrison'. Casting BC (or anybody that's white) has caused nothing but backlash (Internet audience wise). I really like BC in this, I just wish I didn't have to feel like I have to justify why I liked him in it, because it is really difficult to not be aware of the problematic casting in relation to race, yet, he is so good in it. And the makes me fricking annoyed.
Sorry for venting on your journal, but like, I said, you have had one of the most even handed review, and it feels like I can actually have a discourse about why loved the film, but why it was also problematic.
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Date: 2013-05-14 11:30 am (UTC)I AGREE completely. I think they should have used an original character for the role. Hell, in my head I'm still referring to him as John Harrison. I just don't get why they had to use Khan, it didn't really add anything to it, except the emotional resonance from a popular culture osmosis vantage that EVERYBODY has heard of Khan, and this is $200 million summer block buster, and of course the weren't going to have a villain name 'John Harrison'. Casting BC (or anybody that's white) has caused nothing but backlash (Internet audience wise). I really like BC in this, I just wish I didn't have to feel like I have to justify why I liked him in it, because it is really difficult to not be aware of the problematic casting in relation to race, yet, he is so good in it. And the makes me fricking annoyed.
Sorry for venting on your journal, but like, I said, you have had one of the most even handed review, and it feels like I can actually have a discourse about why loved the film, but why it was also problematic.