Mahershala Ali will be playing Black Manta in James Wan's

cool!

>>89482011

black men cant swim, white men cant dance

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BASED COTTONMOUTH

>>89482062
All the most famous dancing styles except hippity hop were invented by whites

>>89482011
Isn't Michael K Williams playing Manta though?

>>89482011
>cant get away with making a guy called black manta black
>cant get away with NOT making a popular existing black character black
theyre fucked either way

>>89482243
They'll probably have to go with Ocean Master.

>>89482243
>cant get away with making a guy called black manta black
Why? Black Panther says differently.

>>89482243
Then how can Marvel get away with Black Panther?

Alternatively, they can just call the character "Manta."

>>89482243
Just call him "Manta".

>>89482140
And they're all shit.

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>>89482243
Time for Devil Ray to come back.

>>89482148
No. He just threw his name on the ring, violating one of Hollywood's cardinal rules: "If you ask, you're not getting it".

Great actor he'd be good casting.

>>89482368
Devil Ray is kind of a cooler name anyway.

>>89482366
t. Tyrese DaShawnius Jefferson

Didn't Chris Rock have a comedy bit about how he hates Aquaman? He'd be good.

Damn, I really want Michael K Williams or Michael Jai White
Then again, I want another Spawn movie

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>>89482011
>it's another inside DCEU scoop episode
That JL Trailer was suppose to be out yesterday according to the last scoop we were told.

>>89482317
They never call him Black Panther in the movie.

>>89482011
Why would we hear it here first?

And why would he want to join a trainwreck just when his carreer is starting to take off?

>>89482925
>"The Black Panther has been the protector of Wakanda for generations. A mantle passed from warrior to warrior."

>>89482950
>why would he want to join a trainwreck just when his carreer is starting to take off?
>he thinks Luke Cage did anything for his career.

Niggas got to be paid & DC pays better.

>>89483040
He's probably talking about Moonlight and all the critical acclaim he got from it.

>>89483040
He's about to win an Oscar and you speculate him to join a franchise hated both by audiences and critics.

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>>89483108
>Ben Affleck
>Viola Davis
both were award winning actors and still get work. Not every actor turns into a Nicholas Cage/Brendon Frasier.

>critics
lol

>>89483235
Affleck has always been in dumb shit, and that's because he's a mediocre actor with no real range.

Davis is by no account a big name or an upcoming big name at least.

>lol
Their opinion matters more than the opinion of a loser who spends his life defending a company no matter what shit they throw at him.

>>89482317
black panther is the name of a black-supremacist terrorist organization. no risk there. anyone who claims to be bothered by it gets labeled a kkk, you're all set.
>>89482458
the problem is that sounds like a redneck name

>>89483425
>Affleck has always been in dumb shit, and that's because he's a mediocre actor with no real range.

Gigli is a long time ago anon. He's made a name for himself since then and his awards suggest otherwise.

>Their opinion matters more than the opinion of a loser who spends his life defending a company no matter what shit they throw at him.

Hilarious coming from an anon who suggests thinks they're the authority in acting. L-O-L!

Also actors will star in pretty much anything for a check. Movie 42 emphasizes this.

>>89482011
He's better in House of Cards

>>89488845
Why did Gigli get reamed so hard by critics, anyway? We extol way shittier movies nowadays. Hell, if it came out today it'd probably be praised as "a serious conversation about how labels can hurt people" or some shit like that. Was it just meme'd to death?

>>89488988
We had films like The Matrix at the time.

>>89482925
They never called him Captain America: Civil War, either

>>89483020
>THE Black Panther
>not Black Panther
why is marvel ashamed of black people and panthers? Maybe they should call him Bagheera

>>89482243
But Black Manta was always black.

>>89488988
I think at the time it was seen as little more than a Bennifer vehicle. Probably because it probably was.

>>89482722
>Michael Jai White
Fucking why? He's awful in everything.

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>>89489272
Who /co/ thinks will play Black Manta will be played by
>Idris Elba
>Digimon Honsu
>Michael Jai White
>Michael Kenneth Williams
>Denzel
>50 cent
>literally any A list black actor.

Who WB might pick
>David Oyelowo
who was in Rise of the Planet of the Apes & Selma

>>89489387
That's the short list for John Stewart too!

>>89489416
Remember when Black Panther didn't have a director and how it seemed every black director behind a positive received film got "rumored" to be in talks into directing it? Ranging from Selma to Straight out of Compton?

>>89488988
The acting was really fucking bad, the comedy was bizarre and pointless, and the whole movie was basically a gimmick based on a popular actor marriage at the time.

>>89489705
And poor Martin Brest hasn't made a movie since.

>>89489543
I dont doubt Marvel was looking for black directors who were hot shit as a show of good press.

>>89482397
Bullshit. If this were true then nothing would be getting done in hollywood.
>examples include windus purple saber, ridley scotts stoppage of blomkamps alien movie, afflecks allowance to rewrite the BvS script, etc

>>89489543
They actually almost hired the Selma director though befor she decided against it.

>>89482397
Please no, I like the guy, but he only knows to play his typical "slick talking coon" shit. Let another no-named brother have a whack so we don't have to fancast the same 3 niggas for any type of fiction. Someone like >>89489387
would be a breathe of fresh air for once. Idris Elba was a mistake.

Love the actor, love the character, but you know what? Dont even try. WB has fucked up left and right with this universe, and I cant even imagine nor want to see their fucked up version of Manta.

>>89490435
Im more interested in his backstory.

>>89490566
Its going to be the "you killed my father" bit and you know it. But it really doesnt matter how or why Manta hated Arthur, and never has. Best case scenario Manta is presented as a notorious pirate that is described as a sea monster among sailors, and we never really get hard evidence as to why Manta started the feud with Aquaman. But this is the DCEU, so its going to be a bastardization

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>>89482062
>white men can't dance
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2lz4j_fred-astaire-puttin-on-the-ritz_music
White men can dance, white women can't dance, and neither can dunk.

>>89490435
Boohoohoo stop liking what I don't like!

>>89490828
Its hardly worth it but, (You)

>>89490734
It usually boiled down to "Autistic boy who loves freezing cold water + evil science = INSAAAAAAANE, but smart!" The other answers were Literally "Revenge on the white man" (later retconned) & "He's pretty much just evil." This is what happens with Bob Haney. He created Ocean Master & Black Manta issues apart, are basically the same character & Black Manta's backstory in his first appearance is "Ah! My most dangerous nemesis, the Black Manta!"

>>89490972
This is how I understood black manta
>Black Manta pretended to be a Black Rights Activist so Aquaman could appear like a racist
>Black Manta later pretended to be Autistic so Aquaman would be hated for bullying the mentally handicapped

>>89491088
No no, the origin implies that the evil science "fixed" his autism, but in exchange made him EEEEEEEEEEVIL!

>>89490972
>>89491088
I just think its more interesting leaving his origin/source of his hatred vague. Its a conflict thats gone on so long that neither remembers who threw the first stone, and its consumed Mantas life. His hatred for Aquaman is the only reason he has to live

>>89488845
>his awards suggest otherwise
>the awards that mean nothing except that you were in the foty movie
>hollywood, ie more talented people made a name for him, not he himself
>leached off matt damon
>leached off jlo
>leached off jen garner
>leached off the muslims
>leached off the jews

The guy is a talentless leach.

>>89491166
>leached off kevin smith

>>89491166
Its "leeched" you illiterate

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>>89491166
>Hollywood, ie more talented people made a name for him
>jlo

>>89490734
How can the DCEU mess up a an already convoluted story tho. Like others said, the reason for his hate is highly debated wat youve said is best case

>>89491160
Therein lies those Bob Haney issues, he just introduced him w/ no background & just pretended like he was Aquaman's greatest foe. His only REAL motivation seems to slide from piracy & revenge for unspecified means. That or they just borrow the Scavenger's origin of "I was on a ship when pirates killed my dad & Aquaman didn't stop them cause he was busy" (either fighting the pirates farther away or just WASN'T there at all.)

>>89491266
>implying Jlos star power didn't help propel him into the limelight

Maybe you were still in diapers when she was a big name in the music industry and when she acted.

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>>89491394
>>89491166

>>89491255
>Its "leeched" you illiterate
No, it's leached. Specifically because Afflecks leaches the talent out of the walking piles of ash that are the jewish elite of hollywood.

>>89491464
Doesn't sound like backpedaling at ALL!

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>>89491438
>cm punk reaction image

Ill see you one mma loser and up you anime which is manlier than that cry baby.

>>89491464
......you're and idiot

>>89491339
What they'll probably do is have Black Manta's origins be that his crew/family/whatever were murdered by The Trench or some other rivaling kingdom that had nothing to do with Arthur Curry. Seems to be the most sensible way to go about it without making it messy.

>>89491529
Is it if you understand the difference between both words and make a joke about it when you've been called out?

Sounds more like owning your mistakes to me but how would I know, i'm only a lil lady on /co/.

>>89482243
They'll just call him "Manta". Fixed.

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>>89491564
>upset over a reaction image

>>89491684
or "THE" Black Manta

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>>89491692
>taking bantz so seriously

Can i play along?
Y-you're a fag that watches girly cartoons lolol

>>89491643
The long and short of it if anything is that Black Manta never really DOES have a "good" reason. It's usually misplaced vengeance for stupid reasons or just him being a pirate

>>89490779
And also this
https://youtu.be/4I-b_GJ4ltk

>>89482243
>>89491684
They'll do what they did with Panther and just stick "The" in front of it. Sailors will probably keep mistaking his submarine for some sort of monster like some Capt Nemo shit

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>>89491843
I can't read an image for ants

>>89490566
>Backstory
I don't they have ever given this nigga a background I can think of. And the fucker has been around a while. He's just a guy who archs White Fish and runs guns and that's it. Hell, his hate boner for Arthur is never explained at all.

>>89491316
So you're interested in a backstory.....that they'll never elaborate on?

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>>89491843
>>89491869
Seriously I was starting to get into you guys' little gay feud but I just can't read that shit.

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>>89482243
The funny thing is that it was like 10 years after the character was created that they showed him unmasked and revealed that he was actually black. Which means they just chose the name black manta because the suit was black not because the character is black lmao.

>>89491875
Are they going to man up and do that in the movie though?
I mean even the Joker has an origin for normies.

>>89491875
>>89491931
Just saying maybe movie writers can think of something.

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>>89491118
>the origin implies that the evil science "fixed" his autism, but in exchange made him EEEEEEEEEEVIL!

>>89491759
Seems fine, most villains don't have actually valid reasons to commit their unmistakebly evil acts, yet the "did nothing wrong" meme will live.

>>89492097
You're sidestepping. Do you want the vague hatred backstory or not? And you sir have more faith in WB writers than most

>>89492095
>>89492097
All I can say is if they do, it will be the most awful, facepalming, and cringe inducing backstory and 'muh reasons' ever given to a character since it's DC movie universe.

>>89491748
>taking bantz so seriously
said the person taking pictures on a Korean puppet show BBS. I didn't even know who the guy was.

>>89492369
So along the lines of "muh parents" then.

>>89492369
I mean the current Lex is bad but I'm guessing BM's will be worst because Hollywood can't write good black man villain.

>>89492588
When was the last well written Hollywood villain?

>>89482011
I'd be hyped for Aquaman if this becomes reality

>>89486300
>black panther is the name of a black-supremacist terrorist organization
That's some of the dumbest shit I've heard in a while. Turn off Fox News, stop listening to your racist grandpa and find out for yourself.

http://www.pbs.org/hueypnewton/actions/actions_platform.html
>WE WANT AN END TO THE ROBBERY BY THE WHITE MAN OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY. Wait a minute, that doesn't sound right. Not everybody ripping off the black community is white, A lot of them are black. We're not anti-white, we're anti-wrong. Let's do a little revision on number three and just say that WE WANT AN END TO THE ROBBERY BY THE CAPITALISTS OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY.

Back on topic, even Remy Danton ca't save the DCEU.

>>89482397
But didn't Hugo Weaving ask for Red Skull?

>>89492793
>That's some of the dumbest shit I've heard in a while.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther_Party

>>89486300
>black panther is the name of a black-supremacist terrorist organization. no risk there.
You can't think that's true. The "no risk there" part I mean.

>>89493138
>ctrl+F "terrorist"
>no results found

They provided services and support for black communities abandoned and persecuted by their state and federal representatives. Or does helping set up free breakfast, health-care, and clothing make you a terrorist?

They were open-carry socialists so Hoover got his panties in a twist and hit them with COINTELPRO.
Cyclops was Right? So was Huey Newton.

>>89493574
Calling the Black Panthers a terrorist group is a common tactic that white racists and supremacists like to resort to.

The New Black Panther Party, however, certainly is a hate group. But the original Black Panther Party was not by any means a "terrorist group".

>>89482272
Ocean Master's already been cast months ago, bro.

He was my favourite character in House of Cards and Moonlight, so I'm cautiously optimistic.