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Title: Ben Stiller, Jack Black and some token black guy in new war movie.
Post by: GmanJoe on March 07, 2008, 03:31:22 PM
Tropical Thunder.

Apparently, this is causing some black folk\'s emotions. They feel the black guy should be played by someone else.

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Title: Ben Stiller, Jack Black and some token black guy in new war movie.
Post by: Phil on March 07, 2008, 03:36:01 PM
tsk tsk, post the story and neglect to include the punch-line.
Title: Ben Stiller, Jack Black and some token black guy in new war movie.
Post by: Sara on March 07, 2008, 03:55:59 PM
The guy in the middle is Robert Downey Jr.
Title: Ben Stiller, Jack Black and some token black guy in new war movie.
Post by: Cerberus on March 07, 2008, 04:55:52 PM
someone fill me in
Title: Ben Stiller, Jack Black and some token black guy in new war movie.
Post by: Luke on March 07, 2008, 06:55:28 PM
Yeah saw this today.

Seriously....



why?


I know downey is a good actor and all but if you want a fuckin\' black guy there are plenty of fucking good black actors.


I really think this is a fucking joke.
Title: Ben Stiller, Jack Black and some token black guy in new war movie.
Post by: Jumpman on March 07, 2008, 07:34:08 PM
He\'s not playing a black guy.

He\'s playing a white guy dying his skin in the actual movie. No big deal.
Title: Ben Stiller, Jack Black and some token black guy in new war movie.
Post by: clips on March 07, 2008, 08:08:47 PM
I didn\'t even know that was downey,....i was about to say "well as long as they don\'t kill him first it\'s all good!..:thumb:"....but i don\'t know,..is this supposed to be comedy or a serious war flick?....if it\'s the latter, then yea i think they could\'ve found a decent black actor,....it\'s no big deal, but it\'s just kind of puzzling if they went that route....
Title: Ben Stiller, Jack Black and some token black guy in new war movie.
Post by: Luke on March 07, 2008, 08:54:32 PM
Geez, I dont know if I coulda used the word "fuck" more in my previous post if I tried.
Title: Ben Stiller, Jack Black and some token black guy in new war movie.
Post by: Samwise on March 07, 2008, 10:09:59 PM
Obviously Jack Black should be the black guy. It\'s in his name for Gods sake!

And it\'s also a comedy... I wouldn\'t want to watch a serious movie with JB and BS. *shudders*

From IMDB: Through a series of freak occurrences, a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying.
Title: Ben Stiller, Jack Black and some token black guy in new war movie.
Post by: Jumpman on March 07, 2008, 11:10:17 PM
Quote from: clips
I didn\'t even know that was downey,....i was about to say "well as long as they don\'t kill him first it\'s all good!..:thumb:"....but i don\'t know,..is this supposed to be comedy or a serious war flick?....if it\'s the latter, then yea i think they could\'ve found a decent black actor,....it\'s no big deal, but it\'s just kind of puzzling if they went that route....

Did no one read my post?

Or see Ben Stiller?
Title: Ben Stiller, Jack Black and some token black guy in new war movie.
Post by: videoholic on March 08, 2008, 04:48:23 AM
Quote from: Jumpman
He\'s not playing a black guy.

He\'s playing a white guy dying his skin in the actual movie. No big deal.


Well then they should hire a black guy and paint him white...  Fucking racists.  :fro:
Title: Ben Stiller, Jack Black and some token black guy in new war movie.
Post by: Luke on March 08, 2008, 08:23:11 AM
Quote from: Jumpman
Did no one read my post?

Or see Ben Stiller?




I thought you were kidding....
Title: Ben Stiller, Jack Black and some token black guy in new war movie.
Post by: Jumpman on March 08, 2008, 11:17:39 PM
Do I look like the joking type?
Title: Ben Stiller, Jack Black and some token black guy in new war movie.
Post by: Raz The Friggin Grea on March 09, 2008, 06:01:37 AM
I :> Rdj.
Title: Ben Stiller, Jack Black and some token black guy in new war movie.
Post by: Titan on March 09, 2008, 09:49:11 AM
Quote from: clips
I didn\'t even know that was downey,....i was about to say "well as long as they don\'t kill him first it\'s all good!..:thumb:"....but i don\'t know,..is this supposed to be comedy or a serious war flick?....if it\'s the latter, then yea i think they could\'ve found a decent black actor,....it\'s no big deal, but it\'s just kind of puzzling if they went that route....


It would be like the 1920s all over again.
Title: Ben Stiller, Jack Black and some token black guy in new war movie.
Post by: Titan on March 09, 2008, 09:52:59 AM
Jumpman said it earlier that he\'s supposed to be a white guy playing a black guy. I did a quick wiki search. The whole premise of the movie is they are actors who are filming a war movie. Their director gets fed up with them and just leaves them in an actual war zone. They are acting as being actors in a war situation. Its actually kind of a funny plot. I may have to check it out.
Title: Ben Stiller, Jack Black and some token black guy in new war movie.
Post by: Bobs_Hardware on March 09, 2008, 03:14:24 PM
Sounds a little like this..

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Title: Ben Stiller, Jack Black and some token black guy in new war movie.
Post by: Unicron! on March 09, 2008, 09:13:03 PM
Almost. But I like the concept of Tropical Thunder more.
Title: Ben Stiller, Jack Black and some token black guy in new war movie.
Post by: GmanJoe on March 10, 2008, 04:37:43 AM
He\'s more black than quddus (who really isn\'t black but pretends to be).
Title: Ben Stiller, Jack Black and some token black guy in new war movie.
Post by: Evi on March 11, 2008, 12:07:18 AM
Quote from: videoholic
Well then they should hire a black guy and paint him white...  Fucking racists.  :fro:
The movie White Chicks showed that doesn\'t work very well.
Title: Ben Stiller, Jack Black and some token black guy in new war movie.
Post by: Titan on March 11, 2008, 09:36:54 PM
Quote from: Evi
The movie White Chicks showed that doesn\'t work very well.


Yeah but that was just a ridiculously stupid movie.