EDITORIAL: What The Cast For the FANTASTIC FOUR Reboot Says About Fox and Josh Trank

Yeah, boring editorial about an overused argument that brings nothing no or any new opinion whatsoever.

The question was "are Johnny and sue brother and sister? Or was that changed"
He meant it's a minor change as in, instead of being biological siblings, they're adopted siblings. Not that the race change was "minor".
He's right, it is a very minor change. Adopted siblings can have just the same bond as blood siblings can do, as long as that aspect of their relationship, the sibling bond is still intact then that's all that matters.

Of course I'd prefer it if they kept Johnny white but at the end of the day, the race of Johnny and Sue doesn't matter as say, Black Panther's race does.

Shit editorial.

umm millions of black & white couples have 1 black baby & 1 white baby....

Here's where you lost me:
"That's racist, saying that because Sue is pretty she can't be black."

Not that it isn't possible, but (just to begin with) it's like saying that the 2005 Fantastic 4 movie was a bit racist when they cast the ever so lovely Kerry Washington(a black woman) as Alicia Masters(who is usually white in the comics). What I'm trying to say is that Fox and Trank are making lifelong decisions that they believe(and possibly are) efficient to the company when casting people to portray the characters. This means(similar to the black Alicia Masters) that they are solely casting based on who has the acting chops to portray these characters good(which would make MBJ a great pick for Johnny, not considering race).

And just because they chose a white person to play Johnny's sister doesn't mean that they have to fully explain in the movie whether one was adopted or not or if they are even related at all(which would be a major blow to the source material imo). But even so, biracial families(if it happens to be in the movie) really shouldn't be a racist thing, a la that cheerio commercial with the biracial family(which received a strong backlash by racist society btw). Whether Johnny and Sue are brother and sister or not, it most likely does not mean that they swapped the races just beacuse a black lady can't be pretty, but because it matters how well they can act.

And agreeing with what CherryBomb said, at the end of the day, the only thing matters is that the relationship between the characters are fully established and respected by people, for the most part. It's just how the company wants to represent the characters that they are approaching, whether they want good actors to embody the characters that are from the source material, or bad ones.

Also, the title was very misleading, as many have already said ;P

This is a weak analysis or argument or whatever you're calling it. Not to mention it is in response to a tweet from a fake account. The funniest thing about all of the backlash is the faux outrage over Sue not being black now. Nah. We know what you're really upset about.

So does anyone else know there's such a thing as "mixed twins." It's when multiracial families have twins that are born with different color skin (ex: one black, one white). Maybe that's the route Trank is going for?

@AlphaDog notice how you said "best for the role" and not "best for the character" because lets face it, they weren't chosen for their looks. Josh Trank even instructed Kate Mara not to read comics and just go by the script, his script. I think that tells us a lot more about what kind of film to expect than this garbage editurdial.

Actually forget what I said above HyperExMachima. You're right about the movie being very different from the comics but I myself don't really have a problem with most adaptations divianting from the comics as long as they are good. There is something that you consider though which is that this like many other adaptations is going to explore different things than the original material. They're exploring the origin and the popular demographic's relationship with these archetypes.

Maybe its a satire of Marvel's The Avengers

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fantastic_four/news/?a=90099

I'm just waiting to see some footage or even a trailer. The Thing looks great, i don't mind Jamie as an actor and Toby Kebbell as "Koba" in Dawn of the Apes was amazing, i loved his performance.

All i care about is if the Fantastic Four is going to be a good movie even though the film could be different from the F4 comics.

@Alphadog

Whoa big boy here. Why don't you come over to my place, and I'll show you what a good night is all about.

@Scorpion8125 No it's guys like you who allow any jackass to insult people on the internet and disturb intelligent online communities. The guy insulted a guy for his work when he already obkectably proved to be good and has been aknowledged by many people. He called Jamiw Bell a hipater proving that he has no understanding of the word or that he is a troll. These are the lies that he told I call him out and you say that I'm the one who acted badly? No you are defending aomeone just because of the political correct mentality that has infested Americ.

Try to read my other comment in a way that it makes sense by ignoring the part about you defending someone and adjusting the rest acordingly.