Why I HATE Race Swapping.
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- Опубликовано: 11 окт 2024
- Why I HATE Race Swapping. - It May Not Be Why You Think...
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@@Demigah bro rly said "get pinned" as it was a bad thing 💀
@@Baconman212fr like these pinned comments have been wild recently
AND I PUT THAT ON GAHD
I don’t understand why they’re unwilling to adapt actual black characters like Spawn or Static Shock. Spawn would make such a fucking badass movie.
Spawn would do so damn well on Amazon Prime as a show or a movie
Isnt micheal b jordan doing a static shock movie
@@philipblaise5166 He’s way too old to play Static Shock
@@Enigma75614no he was gonna direct the movie not play Static
@@Demigah There is a Spawn movie, as well as Blade, Black Lightning, and Luke Cage. They're unwilling to adapt more black characters is coz hollywood prefers white people.
In fact, Static Shock and Painkiller were supposed to get there own shows after black lightning, but there were too many angry white people screaming "Woke! Woke! Woke!" That's another reason they won't adapt actual black characters.
For me, as a Puerto Rican and black man, I would rather see an original character who happens to be Puerto Rican or black, instead of taking a white character and race swapping them. Like my GOAT Spawn for example, I love Spawn
Spawn the goat fr
Spawn is the 🐐
Spawn is cold as hell
Spawns amazing.
As a Puerto Rican i 100% sgree with everything said also spawn is the best black character in comics for me. 100% de acuerdo con los puntos hechos 🇵🇷
To me, things feel more authentic when characters are created and kept as is.
That's absolutely fair, my man
@@DemigahI have the ideology that ANADAPTION CAN CHANGE a lot of things from the source material as long as
1. In result they make something equal good or even better
2. Kept the core elements from the source material(because then why bother to adapt said material in the 1° place)
@@ArcTrooperRod-269 It's about upgrading the building's utilities, not tearing it down to the foundation & destroying it
@@maskedsaiyan1738 facts
It’s not the early 2000s either where people were on more understanding terms in regards to race. Today, any race swap coming from these studios nowadays is all for malice and propaganda. Race swapping is all fine and dandy until they see their favorite character suddenly race swapped solely for the lack of creativity to innovate. Watch when cyborg gets changed to some random middle eastern person, then race swapping ain’t gonna be all that to the ones saying it’s ok in any way.
The thing that bothers me about raceswaps is that why the fuck would you wanna raceswap certain characters when your already have well established characters that are already black, asian, japanese, haitian etc
They don't want to market it them for the most part.
@@kermitgotthesickkicks4265 True. A lot of it is either laziness, not willing to take a risk on a niche name, or just complacency
@@Demigah Pretty much.
@Demigah the media industry mostly Video Games and Movies are allergic to risks nowadays when alot of the GOAT'ed franchises we still keep going back to today were result of said risks....
Aka, disney.
Honestly I grew up with black Nick fury and I was surprised when I found out he was white this whole time
That's fair, I didn't know for a while either
@@JustinByrd-p4z same
I just imagine that the nick fury we see in in the mcu is nick fury jr who is the son of Nick fury. Also Nick fury jr looks very similar to Samuel Jackson.
@@JustinByrd-p4z ehhhhh that one was based on Ultimate Nick Fury.
Earth 1610 apparently.
Wow I'm shocked that most comic acentrics are new generation. But it should put things in perspective for you. These characters are fictional. It does not matter. You don't have the right to tell a different artist that they have to draw a fictional character the same way as everyone else. That's Communistic and non American
"Batman falls into a depression" You say that as If he isn't already depressed
A DEEPER depression 😂😂
At this point depression falls into a Batman.
@@oliveragag8576 HAHAHA 😂😂😂
@@Demigah the long waited sequel depression 2
"Superman should give man hope"meanwhile Demigah uses injustice Superman in the background 💀
Look, we have more games where he's a bad guy rather than a good guy 😂😂 You want me to use DC Universe Online footage?! 😭
@@Demigah Is that game even still a thing? I haven't heard about it in YEARS.
@@Lance.Gardenhiresurprisingly yes.
@@Demigahnah you gotta dig up OLD OLD superman game footage 😂😂😂
Hope he doesn't give you a new hole 😂
As long as black Jason doesn’t have that kill monger cut I’m all for it
Bruh, don't give WB any ideas
im gonna be real. Im having a vision here. I really want a large ass scar across his face with a short curly fro. I have no idea why but It flashed in my head multiple times.
So, while the idea of a black Red Hood/Jason Todd sounds cool, there's no way that you'd be able to cast a black dude in that role and not expect everyone involved in the decision to get cancelled. It'd be "promoting negative stereotypes about black people", "not all black youth are criminals with loser parents", etc. We live in an age where the colour of your skin determines everything - backstory, character, values. I can't see a world where that'd work.
Also, can we get some Asian representation up in here? I'm not Asian and yet I feel like they're pretty much invisible in media these days.
Ay, if we can get Eric Kripke behind it, we'll be aight 😂😂 And YES! I want Asian Hulk to be utilised more
Oh yeah i forgot how snowflake everyone was these days
Is cancel culture still a thing? Genuinely asking, the last person i heard got cancelled was scott cawthon
@@elctrn3311 it's hit or miss honestly
@@elctrn3311Scott didn't really get cancelled, there was just some recent drama that he wasn't even the main perpetrator of
@@ultradeathboy yea he was receiving a bunch of death threats and shi for supporting some political parties that had anti lgbtq+ stuff going on right?
I know right? When I’m halfway through a race they just change the whole location, now I gotta run another full race again.
My brother 😂😂
Fun Fact: Nick Fury in the MCU is based on the one from the Ultimate marvel comics.
He was actually made with Sam Jackson in mind
@@Demigah& he even tried to sue them for using his likeness without his conscent
@@Demigah No wonder. It makes more sense.
@@ArcTrooperRod-269no he didn't. They went to him and got permission. Hell he was told he would get to be Fury if they ever put Fury in a Marvel Movie.
@@SamuraiKnight This is the story I heard, too
agreed Superman should be a symbol for everyone
Thank you!
The issue I have with race swapping establish characters is because they never give black characters who are originally black or any other race in the comics a chance and they take the easy way out by race or gender swapping them
I really wish we would go back to those times because all this inclusion is sickening
Nah fax and it feels wierd and outra place like they tryna reinvent the charsceter or something and its usually minor heroes thay dont have that much history or coverage that get raceswapped
Facts, reminds me of an native American version of ghost rider from a comic I saw once. It made the pre-existing character unique, made sense with the lore, and added a different perspective. That's what these characters should be about. Adding things of value, not just adding for the sake of looking "Cool".
THERE WE GO! That is how it is supposed to be done
Same with the Crow as well. Multiple people came back from the dead but had different back stories. For example, Iris Shaw was a pregnant female cop who was murdered but she didn't go on a killing spree like Eric when she became the Crow, and stayed true to who she was.
Like you said, adding to the lore. I don't know why these people take things like this away.
And ghost rider could be different people too. They can just do the miles morales on ghost rider and it still would make sense
@@Demigah W Demigah
How Jason get Batman’s tires off with a basic old tire iron lmao
Must've been before he let Lucius build it 😂😂
gave it a lil hawk tuah
I also heard they orginally tried to cast Will Smith as Superman , but he said no, and that's how we got Hancok
True, which is freaking wild to think about, cuz even he knows that Superman should stay white
Kinda similar but Marlon Wayans was cast as Robin in a 2 picture deal for Batman Returns and Batman Forever but ended up getting cut from returns bc there were too many characters and then 3 was directed by Schumacher(instead of Burton) who decided to recast Robin.
Making Aqualad black in young justice is one of my favorite race swaps (granted it was a completely separate character from OG Aqualad but let's be honest Kal is way cooler then Garth)
He was strong, he was natural born leader the other characters good look up too, had cooler powers then Aquaman (electricity and water constructs hell yeaaaah!) and to top it all off, he was the son of pre existing villain, Black Manta! Which adds stuff to the lore and what not.
Aqualad was so damn cool in that show. Also getting to become Aquaman in season 3
But him being black wasn't an aspect of his personality. It was just a design choice for the best version of that character.
I didn't care because kid sidekicks as a whole is fucking dumb idea. Always hated them, the worst part in any Batman story used to be fucking Robin, now it's race swapped lesbians drinking coffee and talking about feelings.
1:15 Jason JERMAINE Peter Todd got me dying!!!😂😂😂😂
I am against ANY race swaps. ANY. You can always create new characters with new names and interesting abilities.
And how do you suggest that these new characters grow, get popularised in the modern day and get more adaptions along the way without it being blatantly thrown in out=r faces? Sounds aggressive, but it is a genuine question.
@@Demigah 1. Wdym by "blatantly thrown in out=r faces"? I don't understand.
2. Just make good character development, advertise the characters, and you will see a growth in popularity.
@@Demigah”how do these characters grow” just like how any character grows by being well written
@@Demigah the same way the popular heroes did it. By having compelling stories and good characterisation. After all, the established heroes have had decades to build their popularity because of the writers behind them. All a new character needs is a writer who actually gives a dam about making them the best they can be and giving them good stories to feature in.
Same, just feels weird. Can't people just keep the appearance the same
Yeah Jason Todd is 100 percent an honorary black man and invited to the cookout
Oh, absolutely. Feel like that man can throw down on the grill, too
He was probably the dude that grilled burgers and hot dogs last night at my house
@@JustinJohnson-vc1gr lmao
Cringe
@@thealchemist5653 Shut up
While I agree with you on the idea of Jason, I still rock with white Fury.
That man was a menace in the comics, even whipped a congressman.
I'll give you that, that man was a savage
Sam Jackson gave Fury new age swag, but he ain't got that grit Old Fury had.
That man had all of Marvel in a chokehold after he popped the watcher.
@juniorjunior5884 that's the Marvel Max Nick Fury. Not classic Nick
@@Demigahhey duke Thomas exists
Ikr. I WISHHH They could both exist in the same universe. Kind of like one of those overdone war buddy tropes.
Man just wants to be live action Jason Todd 😭
I didn't even know Nick Fury was white
Exactly 😂 See how his colour makes no impact?
@@Demigahnah they just want people to forget about it
@@ultradeathboy not hard to make people forget when he wasn't really remembered in the first place. He was always kind of insignificant until the last two decades
@@NoCluYThe was there in the 90s even Spider-Man I think he was in the incredible hulk show aswell
Because Nick Furry is not Samuel Jackson.
The thing with Miles is that he isn't just a black Peter but his own person
Wait, isn't Damian Wayne and Talia al Ghul from the middle east? So technically wouldn't that mean they could have a slightly darker skin tone?
I've been saying this for years! How is Damian as white as Bruce? His genetics gotta be STRONG
@@Demigah Bat-genes
Depends on what part of the middle east, and even then Ra's is part chinese.
Well in many more recent interpretations they have been giving the little murder child some tan but it varies from tan to back to pale white @Demigah
@@Demigah that's probably it honestly the idea was he favors Bruce In appearance as child he's basically his twin
I feel like Nick Fury is one of the only race swaps that actually worked. Samuel L Jackson is a great actor.
It's definitely one of the best
It's because Jackson is incredibly charismatic during a time when Marvel was being a major hit with audiences that had no idea what Marvel even was beforehand
It worked far too well given that ever since Iron Man 1, monkey Nick Fury is the only one people seem to think exist
It worked too good because black Nick Fury is the only one that shows up outside the comics now
@@MarvNARKDavid Hasselhoff was Fury in the `90's.
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That Nick Fury is based on Nick Fury Jr from the ultimate comics, which is the son of the original Nick Fury, technically it is not a raceswap.
But black NF was created with Sam Jackson in mind
@@Demigah Yes… that was in the Ultimate comics.
They wanted the Nick Fury of that reality to look like Samuel L Jackson, so they invented a character who is the son of the original Nick Fury, Nicholas Joseph "Nick" Fury Jr and I think, *I THINK* that a deal was made with the actor but I don't know if it's real or is just a rumor.
Technically they are adapting that version of the character although the JR part is not mentioned and his father is Jack Fury and not the original Nick Fury, possibly they did it to simplify the family tree and not confuse casual fans.
@@thismandoesntexist7814do Nick Fury in Ultimate Marvel is Nick Fury senior in the context you're using. That one doesn't have a son
Race swapping in media can be pretty ridiculous, especially when it feels like it's being done just to push a certain agenda. It's one thing for fans to have their own interpretations of characters, but when it's forced on you, it's just cringeworthy. And when they start race swapping real historical figures, that's a whole other level of absurdity. Just imagine being remembered for something important even after 100's of years, only to have your legacy overshadowed by a completely different version of yourself made by some hate all men karen.
Why I hate race swaps is because not only it is lazy, it's racist because they only see legitimatcy in classic white characters (youngrippa59) and every time they create a "new" character and it's terrible they fall on racism
I don't think the way to go is making a BUNCH of black heroes, cuz what's the difference from having a bunch of white ones? We KNOW why you made 'em all black, it's goofy.
@@DemigahThe answer should be to give already established black characters better stories and more prominence. But race swapping gets more attention apparently so that’s what we get.
@@ceaser2124 That's a good point. Duke Thomas, for example, deserves more time in the spotlight.
I am split on race swap. I hate it when a preexisting character is changed but I have zero problems if it’s a new universe and the character is different in that as that makes a lot more sense.
I don’t see Red hood being black. At least not the Pattinson-verse. I could see him in the DCU though. The reason why I feel like him being white is better is because he’s was designed to look like one to one Bruce Wayne except the fact that he went down the opposite path. The Pinnacle of Batman who kills. He in fact resembles Bruce Wayne’s face the most out of the whole family aside Damien Wayne.
I don't think a RH in the Battinson movies would even work in general
Pattinson gonna be like bucky in wakanda if the next robin is black💀
Bro's gonna have a black catwoman, a black Gordon and a black robin/red hood🤣
@@Demigah according to Matt Reeves, his plan is to work on the Nightwing storyline right now. and way back when the Batman first released, Matt Reeves was talking about having the ambition of doing the whole batfamily saga for Pattinson. However, he never discussed further about what members of the bat family to be included
Don’t want Red Hood to be black. Here’s a bright idea. How about we make Mr Terrific, Cyborg, Vixen, Black Lightning, Static Shockajd the many other amazing DC characters and make them awesome and mainstream? Of better yet, make a new original character and make them as compelling as Red Hood? Hunh?
It's hard when nowadays they make new black characters for the purpose of them being a hero for minorities. I don't want a black Jason Todd, I want a Jason Todd that just happens to be black
@@Demigah it became hard because of the recent forced diversity and aggressive pandering alongside predictable and drab storytelling that has turned off the audience. But I really believe that if they try it once with an original black character and if the story is great, people will sing it’s praises. Black people and people of other races. I’ve seen it before.
@@DemigahStan Lee made a black batman in the past who outfit looks like man bat and he made him black not for a race swap he just thought it would be interesting and it was a rags to riches thing and if I remember correctly he was a boxer before hero DC labeled him and the others Stan created as from earth 6
I mean there’s duke Thomas. I don’t think he’s well known tho. I learned about him from death metal, his name was The Final Knight
4:30 "Superman is why the innocent feel save, but batman is why the criminals feel fear"
I just want it to be authentic. No DEI or companies using race as a shield for criticism. A character being developed. A character we can see as a person and not just companies pulling something.
My point exactly. Blend that thang like a taper fade, don't make it egregiously stand out
There’s easier ways to say you’re a bigot bro 😂
That unfortunately won't happen for some time my friend.
@@LuckyOuijaBoy17Victim Mentality
@@CosmicIsStoned bigot mentality
Dr.Voodoo kicks so much ass. He’s sorcerer supreme level strong. If they ever put him in a movie I know people are gonna love his ass.
We already had a black Superman character his name is Icon and his sidekicks name is Rocket they're both from Dakota like Static shock
Well at least they are different persons
Race swapping already well established characters is the definition of "Stop touching shit!"
Speaking of Black Red Hood, that reminds me of John Boyega saying he wanted to play Red Hood in a live action film, I think he could pull it off very well
I remember that!
Too be fair to Brother Voodoo, he was a character on his own. He just happened to become sorcerer supreme at one point and time like other characters in Marvel.
As a white guy, I am all for a black Jason Todd, and I agree that it could work way better than him being white. And to be honest, I don't mind if any character has their skin color changed as long as their purpose and personality aren't affected by it. I love characters for who they are, not for what race they are portrayed as. But I absolutely hate when characters are changed to minorities in the name of diversity when the only real reason is to get appeal and hopefully make more money (which never works, idk how they haven't learned their lesson)
Your examples comparing the likes of Nick Fury to Deadshot and Velma are perfect. We want our heroes to be real people, not political statements.
The issue is each Robin has to look like the last one, to confuse others to think there's only one Robin, instead of having spares.
In some cases I think they try to do this to push some sort of people pleasing agenda.
Oh, absolutely
Most cases. That's why half the characters are also gender swapped and gay. And lame.
I’m neutral, To race swapping I don’t mind it when make sense , but I don’t like it because just to race swap the character just because
Agreed
It only makes sense to me if they're their own character like a Miles Morales, but I wouldn't like it if they just made Peter Parker black
Ur Val Zod point is huge. U rlly put that into words well. Superman is the hero for everyone. And honestly I think alot of ppl hate on Superman growing up but once we get older we realize why he is such a great character. He’s the most human of all the heroes and he’s an alien with immeasurable strength.
That Jason Todd idea is actually really good. But yeah typically I don't care about race or gender swapping (I used to but nowadays I don't care as long as it's done right) but typically it's done to shield from criticism. Like Rey is basically gender swapped Luke Skywalker in all but name and is written incredibly poorly. But instead of acknowledging it, Disney just writes fans off as "woman haters"
2:02 "me-la-nin", with each part sounding even more intense then last one, lmfao
That's a view point i also share, i dont really care about race swap as long as they don't: A) Change the character completely into something they're not or B) Make their skin color their *entire personality.* And unfortunately most change of the color palette is usually one of these two things which is why i like if not love characters like Miles Morales and Val Zod whilst also not liking what they do with characters like Velma for example
Bro that fucked up joke of Tim Fox was hilarious, you'd make a great writer on the boys 😂😂 this is Kripke levels of social commentary and im here for it.
Bro, I'd love to be a part of that show in any way
White and black deadshot are so different that i be asking if either of them are deadshot 💀
They should make a animated red hood show voiced by demigah
Yes they damn should
Only problem is id be expecting jason to make a comment about someone's aunty or instead of guns just roast them to all hell with the african accent🤣
Now that i think about it itd make the show 10/10 automatically
to a certain extent, i kind of hate creative liberty haha
these stories like the hbo harley quinn show. DON'T change the characters, just give us more of what we already love
John Stewart is so fucking cool. So glad he’s coming with James Gunn DCU. I’m gonna need him to get Static on the phone immediately tho, he needs to be here. Also as a white guy, black Red Hood sounds awesome. Being honest though, most race swaps are just downright lazy and are given to characters who absolutely don’t need to be.
All I wanted to say is that I have never had any problem with relating to fictinal character just bcs they don't look like me. Idk if anyone could have this problem...
Same. It's not about relating to them, I just think it would work in some cases
Only these narcistic activist hacks need to see "themselves presented", by their logic, as a white man I shouldn't love Snipes' Blade or any Denzel Washington role but if I say I don't like or care they gonna say that I'm a razzzist which is just fuxking funny. Same with women.
One of my problems with race swapping nowadays is that often times they alter the characters personality as well or not bother writing a character for them because they think it would appeal to those who want more representation, with one of the worst examples being that shitshow called "Velma"
"HE'S REACHING!" 😆
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@@Demigah*(BANG)*
At first I was like "Black Jason... Alright that's a little hard to imagine." but as Demigah went on I was like "Ok I'm starting to see it. That makes a lot of sense, I can see that being pretty cool if they did something like. Red Hood with waves and scars. Or something like that."
I mostly hate that a lot of race swaps take the place of already existing black characters
We got so much more to offer than electricity but they don’t have a big name to them and writers don’t feel like building a big name
And it’s hard to push for the og black characters cause weirdos will scream woke over anything with melanin on it 💀
Accurate
What we need isn't some black revolution, they just need to start small. Involve static, Green Lantern Jon Stewart ETC in more projects to do with bigger heroes, then let them get a comic based on the events that transpired with them. With good writers and a heavy storyline, the characters will popularise themselves
@@Demigah completely agree. It’s why the spider verse movies were unaffected. The art spoke for itself.
I hate those tiktok mfs that scream woke whenever someone who isnt white or straight is on scene, once it doesn't affect the story its fine, atp the word woke is only used as an excuse for them to be freely racist
@@thedeed8740 Perfect example. W Conversation
Dick Grayson, Scarlet Witch and Doctor Doom are Romani, but they are still depicted white
Duke Thomas, Firestorm, John Stuart, and Batwing exist, but DC doesn't want to use them that much
Thalia and her father are Middle Easterners are depicted white, but it depends which region in Middle East so I don't know.
People might have a problem with Jason Todd becoming black, because it'd seem like Batman is his "white saviour".
Spin the narrative in a way where it doesn't make him adopting a black kid seem like he did it for such reason. A child is a child. I doubt he'd be thinking about a child's colour when they need saving
@@DemigahYou're right, it'd be really cool. I just thought of The Boys' 'Training A-Train', lol.
@@viktorzahariev2485 Training A-Train lowkey went hard on Vought+ tho 😂
@@Demigah Yeah, they could simply maintain the story exactly as it is, changing only the color of his skin. I don't know why the guys at Disney never thought of doing that to their race swapped characters.
My Main Problem is when it's Done to Check a Box
I grew up with white nick fury and it was wierd for me at first when I saw that he was black in the mcu(I didnt know about the ultimate comics)
He's white in a motion comic Imma be a part of soon
Oh good
@@Demigah
About Nick Fury being black, he wasn't based on the white Nick Fury. He was based on the Ultimate Nick Fury in the Ultimate universe who the MCU looks identical to.
There's also another comic showing that Black Nick Fury is the son of the white Nick Fury.
Same here. I'm African-American and I'm sick to death of all the race swapping. At first I found it amusing and flattering but once they started doing it too much to other characters then I started getting annoyed and insulted. Example Jimmy oslen a red head white guy in the comics and in Superman TAS. Now they flipped him from white to black. All in the name of useless diversity
Man, almost all redheads on Disney became black by now, and WB started doing it too with Starfire and Batwoman on the live action
Yeah @@davigraciotto7893
@@davigraciotto7893”They can’t keep getting away with this” I saw an entire chart of all the erased red heads.
@@Enigma75614 and if you think about it, redheads are also a minority, so what's their excuse?
@@davigraciotto7893 I guess people red heads are white
Id rather have our own characters our own franchises. Race swapping characters is usually a scapegoat to mask past racism with these franchises
I always hated the implication that a non-white character had to be carried by the legacy of an existing and beloved character.
Everyone is too scared and insecure to try to stand on their own.
Cough Mile Morales cough. I really wish they’d have him form his own identity like Nightwing did, instead of just riding Peter’s coat tails.
That's basically a sidekick
@@Enigma75614 he does have his own identity his own villains powers personality
@@NoahRoss-yn2hw His villains suck. His powers don’t make him any less of a derivative character.
@@Enigma75614 see saying he sucks as a character is different than saying he isn’t his own character
The problems are 1: The people being *racial swapped are rarely ever simply that, they're often also given a trait or more normally associated with the racial ethnicity they've been changed to.
2: Only probably 40%, at most, still look like the character but with a different racial ethnicity. Like Hugo in Gotham, Wilson in Ben Affleck's Daredevil and actually Johnny in Fant4stic.
And 3: The people behind the *Racial swapping sometimes do it with the wrong character. Like look at 2015's Fant4stic movie, it would have made more sense to turn Ben black instead of Johnny due to the fact that he's got Hood Life, had a rough life growing up and is already the token minority of Fantastic Four in general with him being Jewish (Cuz for some reason now, that's been legally turned into some kind of racial ethnicity instead of just a religion)
2:54-2:56
Well it's not, because Jason Todd's troubled childhood is not exclusive to us black folks. I grew up in mixed low income neighborhoods, and I knew many white kids who came from broken homes. I knew white kids who could probably steal the hub caps off a car to get some cash, if they haven't already.
Although in the end this validates what you said earlier in the video about his race being the sole aspect of his character. Because Jason's backstory could happen to anybody. So writers doing it for DEI reasons would be stupid.
I know it's not exclusive, I don't think any lifestyle fully is, but I'm saying if he was black, it would work
Nah I would have to disagree with you on that and I'm black and wanted Jason todd to be black is kinda cringe
I remember when race swapping bit someone in the cheeks
A twitter user race swap a character in the manga (or adult manga, i dont remember which), saying that representation matters... the person was had a response from someone who said "Congratulations! You made a sex slave black!"
What we learn children? Dont race swap a character unless you have a good reason
That's also the reason Tarzan is probably safe from a race swap.
I remember hearing about that it was the funniest thing because the person was so proud of themselves for doing this and someone had to quickly remind what they doing is not it.😂
The only 50/50 way I don’t mind race-swapping is if EVERYTHING in that fictional world changes.
I know I'm a bit late to comics and superheroes as a whole - hell, my first superhero movie was the 2012 Avengers movie (damn was it good) and I didn't really get into superheroes until 2016/2017. But for me, my one big issue with race swapping is that I want to see an as comic accurate portrayal as possible. That means, how the character looked in the comics should be as similar, if not on point to the actor in live action. It's not that some actors can't pull off some characters (Nick Fury played by Sam Jackson is the only Nick Fury I know, Will Smith playing Deadshot was just cool - he made that movie for me and even Dwayne Johnson as Black Adam had its moments too), but unless the actor is that good and the potential is there, it's always a struggle for me personally to accept, especially when there are some darker skinned heroes who absolutely should take a greater center stage - like Static Shock, John Stewart's Green Lantern, Luke Cage just to name a few examples. I'd even go as far to say new original heroes could be created, because while the classics are always classic, there's nothing wrong with throwing something new into the mix just to spice it up.
That's just my opinion I wanted to share. Love your take as always, Demigah.
The main issue with RS is that a lot of the times, its pointless. They tend to choose ginger characters to be black and what started as a coincidence is now a pattern. Personally I'd love to see more inclusion of established/new black characters like they did with Bloodsport in the new Suicide Squad. Duke Thomas is also a good character to look more into as he's one of the memebers of the bat family.
Making Jason black is a risky concept, not many writers would know how to go about portarying the character correctly as DC has shown they have no idea what to do with Jason anyway. Its a good idea I'd personally would love to see fleshed out, but I doubt we'll see it anytime soon.
3:29 BRO I AM FUCKING DYING LAUGHING😂😂
So is Batman without the laughing 😂😂
@@Demigah 😂🤣
5:16 That "Anymore" lip syncing was actually really smooth!
That was an accident but I noticed that, too 😂
My thing is why do you have to change characters that are white for no reason instead of actually using characters of that race and making a good movie,tv show or game about them. Making them popular and well liked.
What the fuck? 8 minutes and 3 seconds?
How much fucking time do you think I have?!
7 mins and 43 seconds? 👀😂
@@Demigah We have deal.
Actually, the reason Nick Fury is black in the MCU is because he’s based off of Nick Fury Jr.
Actually, Nick Fury Jr. (comics) was created (2012) based on Sam Jacksons performance and the MCU character, due to his popularity and recognizability.
I agree with this. Every point made
Just dont agree that characters like miles morales, or Falcon captain America, are considered to raceswaps.
They are "side kicks" who take on the name after the main
They are they're own characters entirely
Its not the same as like wallace west or how every redhead is turning black in DC *cough* jimmy olson * cough*
Bro wants the one Robin that stole for a living, prior to being adopted by Batman, to be black! YOU CANNOT MAKE THIS SH*T UP 😂
Ain't nothing wrong with that. Every culture has stolen. It's like you're looking for the stereotype in it, while I'm looking for the realism in it.
This is why they’ll never make him black
the issue though is why take an existing IP and outright race swap the main character? why not create something new? or take the OG IP and create a story line that leads to the a new character taking their place and then they can be of new race. but just outright switching the character and saying deal with it is wrong.
I don’t think that any characters should be race swapped. Just be original and make new characters instead. It just makes characters less recognisable and is an unnecessary change just to be more inclusive.
If you voice Jason, I'm watching.
Ngl I don't mind race swapping for certain characters but I hate making characters LGBT when they never have been before for not even a good story or no story at all they just wanna make them LGBT for the sake of it instead of using actual gay characters😂😂💯💯
The problem with the LBGT one is that it actually changes the story so unnecessarily
@@Demigah there are so many lgbt characters already that are cool they don't need to turn characters into that for no reason especially when it made the character have a worse story. DC has done this to big heros
@@thegloveofficial3838no, there are not a lot of lgbt heroes, that’s a complete lie.
@@Strive_Higher there literally is tho? DC and marvel have a lot
Ion gon lie jason has the black part already played out His dad left moms dead he was a criminal when he was young all u need is some dark skin and for him to be called JT short for Jason todd
We need ORIGINAL black heroes, why change falcon into captain America, he is THE FALCON. Also Bucky was the one who should have been the new cap. They should focus on Spawn, Static shock and even Batwing
I would call him Captain falcon
If you really feel that way about falcon becoming captain America, then I fear you missed the point of that decision entirely.
@@Marie-ys7dl i mean Bucky has his life already destroyed by hydra so Sam seems that he fits to be the new captain america
@@ntinosaggelopoulos6718 Exactly, you get it. 👍🏾
The Milestone universe is LOOOOONG overdue for any sort of mainstream recognition. We need Static, Icon, and the rest of the crew on the big screen. So many original Black American IPs get swept under the rug for crazy reasons.
i hate how DC would rather race swap the popular characters than actually use the black characters they have like all the milestone media characters john Stewart vixen black lightning steel cyborg etc
edit also the racist fans under the aforementioned video are most likely synder fans not true fans because true fans politely disagree
I think people will complain if Jason Todd was black. He has the toughest backstory, rocky relationship with Bruce, died horribly and by popular vote and a killer. People will think they wrote him like that because of prejudice. I’m all for it, but you know how people are.
1:39 what about signal ?
What about signal? You didn’t even call Batwing.
I’m lucky enough to know that I’ve haven’t seen any leaked Wolverine gameplay with one exception of seeking it out myself, and I quickly forgot about what I saw.
Also it crazy how the X-Men Origins Wolverine pre renders still hold up.
do get me wrong demigah i like you also as another person who has redhood as there favorite dc character i disagree with race swapping him
That's fair
As someone who’s black myself, I’ve got my thoughts.
I just feel that race swapping is unnecessary in general in comparison to just making a new character (preferably with a different identity and name, we don’t need “Two characters named Spiderman situation again”). With a new character, even if it’s inspired by a legacy character, you have the freedom to tell the story that you identify with and relate to better than you would a legacy character.
1. It diversifies the pool of characters so we don’t rely on the same ones we already have multiple stories with and know about to a fault, killing any potential over saturation.
2. It doesn’t cause *nearly* as much uproar as switching out the race of an iconic character for the sake of *looking* diverse
That said, while it’s unnecessary I don’t think it should never be done. Fiction is still fiction at the end of the day, so it feels stupid to enforce something just because it might get backlash from detractors. I mostly agree with you in saying that changing a race shouldn’t really dictate their character as well. Batwoman is a good example. However, my only hang up is Red Hood (Sorry XD). I personally don’t see a good reason for him being black at all. You mention his backstory involving his parents as a reason for the change, but despite it being recognized as a black struggle we aren’t the only ones to come from broken homes and families. Drug dealers and overdoses have always been an all round issue for just about everyone in America, both back then and nowadays. But I digress, if a character’s race isn’t *that* integral to the plot or their story/background then it seems relatively harmless to change it around. Nick Fury is a good example and a good way to look at it.
All and all, it’d just be better to make more original characters or better utilize the minority characters owned by the specific I.P. rather than workshop it into a pre established character that doesn’t fit the mold. That’s ultimately my opinion on the matter.
Cool video nonetheless, nice work Demigah.
When it comes to minority superheroes, I think you can either make a new superhero who is originally a minority or if you want to see a superhero that already exists, have a different skin colour, it makes more sense for it to be a different person with a different origin to take the mantle of the superhero like miles morales for Peter Parker or John Stewart for Hal Jordan who came after their white counterparts(both, who are goated characters btw). In my opinion, it doesn’t make any sense to replace the skin colour of a hero who or character who exists, like rebooted deadshot having the same name and background and the only thing changed or different about him is his skin colour? Makes no sense to me tbh. Makes more sense for someone else not named Floyd Lawton to take up the mantle of deadshot.
One definitely had a problem with Iris West being black. Two I would much rather there just be original black character rather then shoehorn stuff in because people NEED to feel special and see themselves in everything.
Ngl Demigah playing Red Hood is legitimately perfect, I swear he can act, go check out the rest of his videos if you’re new to
Thank you for the plug! Hahaha, nahh, I can outdo myself and do much better if it's serious
The second i saw the title i instantly thought of what they did to my boy jimmy olsen in adventures with superman. They literally took his style and turned him into a generic black guy. Im not egainst race swapping or anything but if ur going to make my boy black ATLEAST MAKE HIM STAND OUT, why the FUCK is his hair not red
That was some tragic work
Speaking of jimmy olsen, u should definitely watch smallville after ur done with superman and lois. Its a very great show with a rly good arc on lex and clark and Rosenbaum to me is BY FAR the best lex luthor.
@@seynpurrp I watched it as a kid! Such a nostalgic feeling to it
@@Demigah u should watch it again, it still holds up after so many years
I mean Jimmy was just a generic white guy with red hair so I don't think they changed much lol
Mans has some good points. I feel like Red Hood will show up in live action next in the DCU, just because it's already an established universe. But I could definitely see you voicing him in animation at some point.
To the people who are in favor for race swap imagine if they race swap Black Panther and cast Ryan Gosling yall would have wanted the man's head for that
That goes against what I said in the video, bro. I said if someone is iconically a certain colour, it shouldn't change, such as Superman, Batman, Black Panther
Fun fact there actually is a bat family member that’s black, his name is Duke Thomas/The Signal and Batman employed him to fight crime during the day since bat man only works during the night
I’d kinda have a bit of a problem if they race swapped Jason Todd although I understand he’s basically a black guy at his core but like as white guy that didn’t really have a easy upbringing I find him very relatable like more relatable then all the other superhero’s since I think he has that kinda anger n feels sorta like an outcast amongst the people he grew up around and even around the people he’s adopted by do to him being white and also having that background from his youth which turns him into a bit of loner in his red hood days
interesting perspective