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That would give me nightmares if I went to see it and I don't think that's what Disney is going for.
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Peter Dinklage can get seriously fucked for being directly responsible for this nightmare. Way to pull the ladder (and the stack of books you used to reach the ladder) up behind you, Pete.
Are you fucking serious right now?
I fail to see how this is Peter's fault... Especially with the article you've linked...
He is in no way responsible for a movie he criticized. His entire point is that negative stereotypes are a thing and Disney should be improving in more areas than just skin tone.
Sorry I don't understand how the article you linked implies what you're saying. Is there some context I'm missing?
From my understanding, Peter blasted Hollywood for wanting to use little people to cast as dwarves. The little people actors in Hollywood were pissed at Peter because that's like the only roles they ever get. Now instead of using real people they use CGI, so Peter basically stole seven roles from real actors in Hollywood.
When they went CGI they also took 6 roles from any actors because they are having one person do all the motion capture.
This is entirely Disney's fault for missing the point about steretypes and making it about casting so they could hire fewer actors.
See Defunctland’s recent video addressing why Disney was so obsessed with animatronics…
I would, but Defunctland has a habit of making videos twice as long as they should be.
The Cliffs Notes version is that Walt thought actors were too unreliable and inconsistent. With perfected animatronics, who needed actors? Obviously it’s more nuanced than that but that’s the gist.
So instead, they just... CGI'd dwarves? How is that any better?
I remember seeing promo or set photos of actual people that still didn't seem much better.
Edit: Ah, this was the image.
WTF? There's one actual dwarf there.
Also, this looks like cosplays from a ren faire.
Even if they insist on using CG for the dwarves, maybe don't make them horrific nightmares?
Yikes, thanks for clearing that up.
As i remember it, Disney announced the movie, Dinklage ranted about "backwards fucking stereotypes," Disney backpedaled to Snow White and the Seven Magical Creatures which was massively ridiculed, and so they settled on CGI dwarves. That's seven roles for LP that just evaporated to soothe one guy.
The link wasn't the best and I'll need to wait until after coffee next time.
do you have the same issue with the Lord of the Rings movies and TV show?