Zoe Saldana’s ‘Nina’ Gets First Poster, More Online Backlash

[Figo]

level of profiling is to damn high

 

[playmaker88]

I think we can all agree that their is 50 shades of gray and blue black between her an Nina Simone.. she not only doesn't look like her .. but even if you squint stand up side down on your head and wear them thick glasses that Red foxx wore in Harlem Nights she doesn't even slightly resemble her

 

[Copper]

and i still don't get how "looking like" someone is the only reason you should be cast as them.....

It should be taken in to account to a certain degree...along with acting ability

Zoe lacks both in this case

 

[AP21]

dwo made a terrible comparison

young ray charles and jamie foxx as RC were pretty damn close to me

but thats not the point

the point is they didnt get terrance J to be RC then airbrush him

 

[Copper]

same with ray,

other than being dark skinned, these niggaz looked nothing alike....it was just a good performance

You having a old ass pic of ray next to Jamie might have something to do with it

 

[blackrain]

India Arie should be Nina Simone

She already played her

 

[Dupac]

man, i read books alot, in walter mosely's easy rawlings series his best friend raymond alexander is describes as a short lightskinned brother with light grey eyes...

but this is how he looked in the movie

now fans of the novels coulda outraged saying that because the description was fucking terrible and just dismissed the whole shit due to simple appearances....but instead all you gotta do is watch the first damn scene to know that chedle bodied that damn role so much that even reading future novels, no matter how much they descibe mouse as light skinned you still see cheadle...

also

 

[_Goldie_]

Du's back drinking again smh

 

[playmaker88]

Nope doenst look like

Jamie Foxx

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

Yaaaaaaawn....

"Why they do this, Why they do that"

Niggas need to shut the fuck up, and stop complaining.

Its time we start our own shit. That we actually control. That's exactly by blks and for blks... and niggas need to actually support shit that are for them, and by them...

Niggas always complaining, And never not doing.

How are we suppose to do that when everytime there's a successful black business made they sell it to a white corporation?

I made a thread a few days ago asking if it was smart or selling out to sell a successful black business to a white corporation and nearly 70% of the IC thought it was a smart move.

lol because it is... take Jay-Z. .. which was better keeping rockawear until it folded... or selling it then having the time and money to start other businesses..

any person not matter the color will sell if the money right if not you dumb... do you think if dr.dre and Oprah teamed up to buy Tommy Hilfiger dude would sell it?

And this mindset is why blacks as a whole will never get ahead.

lol jews sell companies to who ever will buy all the time...

companies get bought... it's apart of business... hold on to something "failing" because I want this company to "stay black" is a bigger down fall...

also being honest... unless you talking mom and pop corner stores... how is selling something like "fubu" directly effecting the black community? I'm sure they had plenty of non-blacks working for them...

Tidal doubled in profits, how is that a "failing" company. Beats by Dre was a successful company (ik he didnt fully own it, just an ex), etc.

How it effects the community? Lets take Tyler Perry's Filming studio for ex. He's in a position to create a real "black hollywood" right now. Giving opportunities to the many black film directors,writers, actors etc, which would create new stars and businesses. I'm sure there's a corporation out there right now who would offer him a nice amount for it, but he can make triple that in a few years if he played it right. This shit is chess not checkers, you cant play the game the same as mfs who are already winning.

Same for Jay, he can have a monopoly in the music game if played right, but niggas are just looking for that quick check and not willing to play this shit out for the future.

market value....not profit but carry on.....

 

[blackrain]

and i still don't get how "looking like" someone is the only reason you should be cast as them.....

C.s. Denzel was darker and didn't look like Malcolm, yet he killed the role tho.

But lets play devil's advocate.

Zoe has on a prosthetic nose, and a tan... They going this far for Zoe, while they could of gotten an actress who didn't need all of that to play Nina.

Also add the fact that, Hollywood phased out actual Blk women, in favor of racially ambiguous "blk" women. And this is another example of that.

Yet this is why blk ppl need to have and support our own shit...

Denzel and Spike Lee caught flack for the casting initially because some black folks felt like he didn't look like Malcom X...then the movie came out and people shut the fuck up

 

[MARIO_DRO]

man, don cheadle don't look shit like miles davis...

as long as she takes the role serious, and it's a good movie, i can give a fuck less who plays her...just do a good job....

DON CHEADLE IS ALSO PRODUCING AND PUTTIN HIS MONEY UP FOR THAT MILES DAVIS PROJECT DOE

 

[MARIO_DRO]

same with ray,

other than being dark skinned, these niggaz looked nothing alike....it was just a good performance

BRUH, JAIME GOT THE SAME HAIRLINE, TALK, WALK, ACTIONS AND THE WHOLE 9..

 

[AP21]

man Dwo tripping

Angela Bassett IS Tina Turner neegah

 

[Copper]

Du reaching like a mufucka

 

[MARIO_DRO]

LET LAUREN HILL PLAY HER...

 

[Dupac]

man, don cheadle don't look shit like miles davis...

as long as she takes the role serious, and it's a good movie, i can give a fuck less who plays her...just do a good job....

DON CHEADLE IS ALSO PRODUCING AND PUTTIN HIS MONEY UP FOR THAT MILES DAVIS PROJECT DOE

yea i know that, but i'm just saying niggaz gotta chill with that "but they don't look allike"

denzel don't look like malcolm, jamie don't look like ray, angela don't look like tina... but if they take the role serious and study their mannerisms, and realy get into the role the movie can turn out fine....

we ain't even seen one scene yet, and people already dusting shorty...

now if she does a horrible job, that's one thing... but give shorty a chance first.... she been working on this shit for years..i think she's taking it as seriously as she possibly can...

but niggaz love to complain about shit

 

[Dupac]

man Dwo tripping

Angela Bassett IS Tina Turner neegah

tina turner ugly as fuck, i used to get mad as shit at the end of the movie when they showed the real tina....

 

[LUClEN]

Denzel looked like Malcolm because of how well he got the mannerisms down

 

[Already Home_17]

how many of you whiny niggas even listened to nina sinone?

jus stfu

they heard kanye sample her voice in blood on the leaves and famous

now they think they're experts