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Mhora
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 Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 4:34 pm
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Good news! Sexy beast of a man!
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Wandering Samurai
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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 1:59 am
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Is it just me or is Ken Watanabe becoming the stereotypical Japanese man to cast in an American made movie that has some kind of Japanese reference?
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CurseTheSky
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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 2:15 am
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| Wandering Samurai wrote: | | Is it just me or is Ken Watanabe becoming the stereotypical Japanese man to cast in an American made movie that has some kind of Japanese reference? |
Does it really matter, when that person is the awsome Ken Watanabe?
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MrSatyre
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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 7:42 am
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Ken, have you no pride? Did you squander your savings or something? Hoping none of your fans will see this movie? Yikes! This is going on your resume, y'know!
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BodaciousSpacePirate
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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 11:45 am
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| MrSatyre wrote: | | Ken, have you no pride? Did you squander your savings or something? Hoping none of your fans will see this movie? Yikes! This is going on your resume, y'know! |
The guy has a bunch of grandkids who are probably really excited that their grandfather is going to be in a Pokemon movie.
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MadHi
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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 12:29 pm
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| Wandering Samurai wrote: | | Is it just me or is Ken Watanabe becoming the stereotypical Japanese man to cast in an American made movie that has some kind of Japanese reference? |
No, I was thinking the exact same thing. Ken Watanabe is the go-to guy if you want some real Japanese in your non-Japanese version of a Japanese product because idiot fans somehow think it give the movie more cultural authenticity.
Personally, if it's gonna be the same guy over and over again, said authenticity becomes a gimmick.
It's bad enough some idiot though getting Ryan Reynolds was a good idea to play Detective Pikachu.
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Lord Oink
Joined: 06 Jul 2016
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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 7:52 pm
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It's bad enough some idiot though getting Ryan Reynolds was a good idea to play Detective Pikachu. |
Someone's got to capitalize on the 14 year old Deadpool audience
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Tempest_Wing
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Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 2:15 pm
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To be completely honest the dude's probably the only Japanese actor from a handful of actors that both knows english proficiently and has Hollywood connections. So of course they'd cast him.
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BadNewsBlues
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2018 12:19 am
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| MadHi wrote: | |
It's bad enough some idiot though getting Ryan Reynolds was a good idea to play Detective Pikachu. |
Given you had people actually expecting them to cast Danny Devito in the same role for no other reason besides "It would be funny" that's a bit hypocritical.
| MrSatyre wrote: | | Ken, have you no pride? Did you squander your savings or something? Hoping none of your fans will see this movie? Yikes! This is going on your resume, y'know! |
The guy had a role in the Legendary Godzilla movie that of course some Gen1ers hate for reasons he'll be fine unless we're talking about his American fanbase.
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BlueCatMage
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Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2018 12:02 am
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Honestly, the first thing I thought was, "This ridiculous movie idea seriously still exists?"
Second thought, "Damn, now that Ken is going to be in it, I kind of have to go see it don't I?" -____-;
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bleachj0j
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Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2018 4:02 pm
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| Tempest_Wing wrote: | | To be completely honest the dude's probably the only Japanese actor from a handful of actors that both knows english proficiently and has Hollywood connections. So of course they'd cast him. |
Sad, but true.
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KH91
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2018 11:42 pm
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Don't worry Wandering Samurai. I had the same thought. It is what it is.
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