To me it didn't because he's a villian and ppl don't relate to villains, so I wouldn't care if he was green...then again he'd be like a fat Hulk.
2007-03-15 06:31:16 · 10 answers · asked by Big Man 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Comics & Animation
Not to me. Makes no difference what color the character was. And I love Michael Clarke Duncan. He is a fine actor and was excellent in "The Green Mile" also. He played Kingpin very well, with just the right touch of menace and humor. And if you watch the outtakes of Tim Burton's "Planet of the Apes", you can see that he can also be a very funny guy.
2007-03-15 06:44:54 · answer #1 · answered by Dr. Quest 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think the actor did a great job at bringing kingpin to life, so no, I guess in that light it did not matter.... the characters/actors impressed me a lot... thought it was actually well cast... considering, when I heard the line up and saw the commercials? I remember thinking... no... no.. wrong wrong all wrong again...
the story impressed me some...
ANY movies of comics I love, and grew up with, I don't want to see changes in the continuity, the characters...the creative team that originally imagines, draws, writes the lives of any story, in my opinion, have done so for their reasons.... included is the way the character is presented... looks, personality.... down to clothes... when there are changes made? I go in with a chip on my shoulder.... and watch a movie with "ok, impress me... " attitude.... if I find I am enjoying it rather than pointing out all the changes, flaws...? I know they did "well enough" eh... maybe sometimes a little better than that....lol
so, I guess my personal take is? although I do not like the fact that the character was changed so drastically; the actor did an awesome job and by the time the movie was done... I had forgotten that he was changed....
thanks for taking the time to read this
thanks for the op. for me to share my opinion as well
have a good one
smile ;)
2007-03-17 19:48:51 · answer #2 · answered by elusive_001 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It mattered to me but only becuase I'm a purist when it comes to comic books. I think they asked Michael Clarke Duncan to play it because they couldn't find a white man large enough to really match the Kingpin look as well as have the build for it (Kingpin is actually not fat, he's just built like a tank). Duncan did a good job playing him so that wasn't an issue at all either.
It bugs me that now when people see Kingpin in the comics who didn't know the character before will think that the comics has changed him, rather than the movie (and it wasn't a very good movie anyway).
2007-03-15 13:56:19 · answer #3 · answered by Battousai 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no it did'nt matter i think they did a fine job with the character, but when hasn't hollywood changed something that was from a different media (ie the last two batman movies, not batman begins, X-men, silience of the lambs trilogy)
But in terms of the character if they was looking for size the could have got a pro wrestler most of them guys are big the one that stands out is a guy called King Kong Bundy
2007-03-15 18:34:20 · answer #4 · answered by rockystar0623 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. it didn’t bother me. Most big villains like him feel justified or they just don’t care anymore, and feel that they deserve what they steal (cheat, kill for, whatever) because they have suffered so much. The typical excuse starts, “If you only knew how much I have suffered….” And then fill in the rest depending n the villain.
The only part I don’t like is something that is not Marvel’s fault. American blacks have a cultural burden. It is an artificially inflated sense of anger and selfishness due to past slavery.
American ‘liberals’, having failed to keep blacks as actual slaves, have made them psychological slaves by convincing them that some mythical stereotypical white person, representing all white persons everywhere, is secretly acting against the blacks’ interest to keep them poor, ignorant and ineffective.
It is actually this false belief that keeps blacks poor, ignorant and ineffective.
African blacks who immigrate to America quickly find loads of opportunity and make the most of it. How is this possible when they are ‘subject’ to the ‘same’ supposed oppression from whites? The answer is that the oppression is mythical, a self-fulfilling prophecy, an excuse not to have to try, so there is a built in excuse for failure. African blacks have not yet bought in to the belief that they must feel sorry for themselves, instead of rejoicing in the opportunity to do as well or even better than whites or anybody else.
Many (not all) American blacks resent African blacks for their success, because it shows up the falsehood of the excuses they keep using. If they would just stop feeling sorry for themselves, that psychological boost would eliminate half their problems. The rest would be easily eliminated with a little elbow grease.
The person cast as Kingpin did a fine job.
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2007-03-15 17:40:29 · answer #5 · answered by cdf-rom 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Not really, but I just can't imagine any other actor being able to portray such a character as well as Michael Clarke Duncan did.
2007-03-15 13:43:21 · answer #6 · answered by stickymongoose 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Obviously not, because he was white in the comics. If his race had any relevance to the story, they would have cast a white actor.
2007-03-15 13:35:35 · answer #7 · answered by Lisa A 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It didn't bother me, but a black co-worker of mine (a comics fan) told me that he wasn't pleased. It would've been hard to find another actor of that build, I think.
2007-03-15 15:04:04 · answer #8 · answered by comicards 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Political Correctness is everywhere.
2007-03-15 13:39:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Not at all!
2007-03-19 01:09:20 · answer #10 · answered by phantom stranger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋