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NEWS: Oscar Winner Mahershala Ali Has 2 Roles in Alita: Battle Angel




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PostPosted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 10:15 am Reply with quote
Will be curious to see what his second role is. He looks physically perfect for being Vector.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 11:08 am Reply with quote
Love the casting for this movie. Damn! Even Jennifer Connelly is in this movie. They are putting more talent and money on these adaptations now! GREAT!
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 1:01 pm Reply with quote
So they can add another "Oscar Winner" tag to the marketing. At the very least the film has a great cast.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 2:46 pm Reply with quote
This cast is legitimately impressive, so far so good. The bigger surprise is that a few of them look the part too. I don´t think though that Ali was most deserving of his supporting actor Oscar though.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 3:00 pm Reply with quote
Somehow, I'm not convinced that him winning best supporting actor is for the right reasons. I wouldn't be surprised if it was just just a facade to make the Academy Awards look progressive, accepting, and politically correct considering the current political situation and social pressures in the USA. And now this recognition of winning an Oscar is the PC bandwagon everyone in the film industry would want to get on if it helps sell tickets.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 3:08 pm Reply with quote
JoeOfTomorrow wrote:
Somehow, I'm not convinced that him winning best supporting actor is for the right reasons. I wouldn't be surprised if it was just just a facade to make the Academy Awards look progressive, accepting, and politically correct considering the current political situation and social pressures in the USA. And now this recognition of winning an Oscar is the PC bandwagon everyone in the film industry would want to get on if it helps sell tickets.


So all the white people who won awards last night all earned their win fair and square, but when the black Muslim dude wins, he didn't really earn it, it's just political correctness at work?
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 3:13 pm Reply with quote
Februarist wrote:
when the black Muslim dude wins, it's political correctness at work?


It's not impossible.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 3:31 pm Reply with quote
JoeOfTomorrow wrote:
It's not impossible.


Okay, so all the white people who won awards, you'd also agree that it's not impossible that they won due to white supremacy and racism, right?
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 4:08 pm Reply with quote
I'm curious to know how this film is going to present itself. Good to see him as a cast member.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 6:53 pm Reply with quote
JoeOfTomorrow wrote:
Somehow, I'm not convinced that him winning best supporting actor is for the right reasons. I wouldn't be surprised if it was just just a facade to make the Academy Awards look progressive, accepting, and politically correct considering the current political situation and social pressures in the USA. And now this recognition of winning an Oscar is the PC bandwagon everyone in the film industry would want to get on if it helps sell tickets.


The man did astounding work with very little screen time. That deserves recognition. And it's not like its just the Academy Awards that have taken notice of how well he did in Moonlight.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:15 pm Reply with quote
Let's stay on topic folks.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 10:22 pm Reply with quote
I can't believe they actually finished Battle Angel Alita! It's been in production hell for so long I didn't think they'd ever film it. Guess (Hollywood) miracles can happen. What's next? Akira? Cowboy Bebop?
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