>"What issue could there possibly be with casting her?" Oshii told IGN by e-mail. "The Major is a cyborg and her physical form is an entirely assumed one. The name 'Motoko Kusanagi' and her current body are not her original name and body, so there is no basis for saying that an Asian actress must portray her. Even if her original body (presuming such a thing existed) were a Japanese one, that would still apply."
>"In the movies, John Wayne can play Genghis Khan, and Omar Sharif, an Arab, can play Doctor Zhivago, a Slav. It's all just cinematic conventions," he explained. "If that's not allowed, then Darth Vader probably shouldn’t speak English, either. I believe having Scarlett play Motoko was the best possible casting for this movie. I can only sense a political motive from the people opposing it, and I believe artistic expression must be free from politics."
The race changing isn't really an issue, the real problem is Scarlett Johansson is a terrible actress.
Tyler Cooper
>The Major is a cyborg and her physical form is an entirely assumed one. The name 'Motoko Kusanagi' and her current body are not her original name and body, so there is no basis for saying that an Asian actress must portray her. Even if her original body (presuming such a thing existed) were a Japanese one, that would still apply."
Except that her cyborg body is based on a Japanese model. It's like saying its fine if they casted a black guy as superman, because superman is an alien so he doesn't have to be a white guy.
Leo Cruz
>I believe artistic expression must be free from politics. The rest of what he said was not wrong, but this fucking retarded. Art is often the political made tangible - To say that it should be free of such things is a gross misunderstanding of art, politic, or more likely, both.
Grayson Sullivan
>live action Who gives a shit, fuck off.
Jonathan Brooks
Nobody cares
Joshua Diaz
what's wrong with that? black green lantern was dope. static shock is one of my favorite superheroes...
Ryan Diaz
>Even if her original body (presuming such a thing existed) were a Japanese one, that would still apply."
The answer to your post is literally on what you've quoted.
Michael Morgan
this was obvious to anyone with a fucking brain
Landon Stewart
I actually have more with the other characters not being japanese than a the major, that said, the changes done to the major is still pretty dumb, as is the changes to everything in general.
If the spoilers are true and the major was originally japanese but thought she's white after being robocopped, that would be retarded as fuck.
