Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

[KiramidHead]

Elba? But Batman is white.

So is Heimdall, and he rocked that role.

[Aspie]

I'd like to see Elba get the role, but considering that this Batman seems to be the one that will star in the JLA films and so forth, Warner Brothers probably isn't going to experiment with the character.

[DoomRulz]

Elba? But Batman is white.

So is Heimdall, and he rocked that role.

Heimdall isn't as culturally significant or as well-known as Batman. You can't possibly begin to equate both roles.

[KiramidHead]

Elba? But Batman is white.

So is Heimdall, and he rocked that role.

Heimdall isn't as culturally significant or as well-known as Batman. You can't possibly begin to equate both roles.

But I just did.

I'd rather see Elba play Gordon, though.

[Magegg]

I don't see there could be any reason why Batman could not be black.

The only problem could be the Ultra-Racists. Otherwise, I think we could have a blonde Batman or a black Batman with no problem at all.

[Tangakkai]

Elba? But Batman is white.

Fact is the world is changing, the average american is no longer white, films should reflect that. So there's nothing wrong with a few iconic figures looking different than 40 years ago...

If you say batman should only be white and no black actor should have a chance for a casting, you're basically saying we're allowing our lead roles to be frozen in the time of 1960...

I'm not saying every superhero has to be brown or anything... I'm just saying demographics are to be taken into account if the movie isn't about the time 40 years ago...


and most important: a good actor, is a good actor... period.

[Magegg]

I'd be way MUCH more interested in seeing Elba as Batman, becuase of his acting, than any other actor mentioned in the last 5 pages of this thread.

He is completely AWESOME 


Too bad WB is that conservative with their characters, specially Batman and Superman.

[Local Trouble]

I'd like Elba as a Green Lantern that doesn't suck.

http://jezebel.com/idris-elba-as-green-lantern-makes-us-feel-feelings-880718299

[Nightmare Asylum]

Give Elba the James Bond role he wants

[DoomRulz]

I don't see there could be any reason why Batman could not be black.

The only problem could be the Ultra-Racists. Otherwise, I think we could have a blonde Batman or a black Batman with no problem at all.

Meh, guess I'm just a purist. I wouldn't want to see a white guy playing Luke Cage because Luke Cage is black.

[Sexy Poot]

Ugh this seems to be to new trend. Make Batman black! Make Spider-man gay!

What you don't want those characters changed? RACIST!!! HOMOPHOBIC!!!

It never friggin ends...

[Magegg]

Ugh this seems to be to new trend. Make Batman black! Make Spider-man gay!

What you don't want those characters changed? RACIST!!! HOMOPHOBIC!!!

It never friggin ends...

It's a very different case, because unlike homosexuality, blackness doesn't define your potential relationships with other people (or at least it shouldn't). There's simply not a reason why Bruce Wayne could not be black.

[SiL]

Heimdall isn't as culturally significant or as well-known as Batman. You can't possibly begin to equate both roles.

... he's a freakin' Norse god. From real world mythology, that people lived and fought and died over, not a damn comic book character.

Give Elba the James Bond role he wants

Yes please.

[Sexy Poot]

Yes but Doom is talking about the character as in relation to the "Thor" universe.

[DoomRulz]

Heimdall isn't as culturally significant or as well-known as Batman. You can't possibly begin to equate both roles.

... he's a freakin' Norse god. From real world mythology, that people lived and fought and died over, not a damn comic book character.

Like Sexy Poot said, in terms of a comic book character, he isn't. Batman will always be more well-known in that sense.