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Yoo Jae-myung, animation director of The Legend of Korra, discusses Nickelodeons initial hesitancy to accept Mike and Bryans proposal of the show… and Korra. [Cont.]
“When you take a look at protagonists in American animations, they are male. There are rarely any female protagonists.
The creators and our studio demanded Nickelodeon that they change their mind since we had already decided on a female character with an androgynous appeal.
We wouldn’t take no for an answer and we finally got their approval.
It’s rare, having a a heroine, right?”
“Maybe that’s why it became so popular.”
“I’m not sure. Everyone had doubts and was worried at first. But as the series gained more popularity, we realized that having heroines could actually work.”
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It’s shit like this that makes me hate Nick with a burning passion.
I really enjoy LoK because there’s a PoC Heroine, but I wish the storyline had more depth like ATLA. I’m really hoping that the next season will give Korra more character development.
Casting appreciation gif.
This seriously pisses me off because TWO men of the “correct” ethnicity/race were asked to play the role of Khan. I don’t remember their names because this back when Into Darkness was in casting yo but they BOTH DECLINED.
So there’s a HUGE difference between “well, we asked the best in the business and they both said no, so we should go with another actor of the ‘incorrect’ race who is also very well suited for the role” and doing what the Hunger Games did which is literally only let white girls audition for Katniss.
When actors decline there is fuckall you can do. It’s shitty, no doubt, that Khan ended up being white, but BC did a great job in the role, while knowing he was third choice. I won’t begrudge him for taking it, and I won’t begrudge the casting crew for going with him after their best actors declined.
^ Bless.
Thank you for pointing this out, because I am so sick of people accusing the casting director and JJ Abrams of intentionally “white washing” the role of Khan. It’s such utter bullshit.
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i’d like to applaud crowley for making the worlds most british hell
no one likes waiting in line
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my entry for Kay’s OC contest!
This is incognito firebender Vesta from our A:tlA DnD campaign! I’m not sure if she counts for the contest, but I don’t really care, either!
“We needed Jack to be our guide into the world of the Guardians, so he became our protagonist – a boy who doesn’t know his place in the world.” Christina Steinberg, producer
Concept art by Paul Lasaine
Still one of my favorite early concept art.
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Reese, i’m sorry, but your husband has been asleep for eight days straight, I think he might be dead.
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