Hapa means of mixed race.
I’ve liked Keanu in a couple of films, like The Matrix (only the first installment), and The Little Buddha, the only time I know of that he ever portrayed an Asian, Siddartha(sp?), the Buddha.
Yesterday I saw The Day the Earth Stood Still. Not great, but IMO the role fits Keanu perfectly. Alien being with mechanical personality who speaks in monotone.
Gene:
Gene pools like mixing
Is that a pun, SimonM?
I’ve always thought the Tilly sisters are pretty obvious, so I’m always surprised when people don’t realize that. Meg & Jennifer. Then again, I always thought Keanu was obvious too.
LOL Would I resort to punning?
Well… yes, yes I would.
And I wasn’t aware that the Tilley sisters were of mxed ancestry but having been told that I can sort of see it… 
[QUOTE=Kansuke;901827]NO, not “whatever,” don’t do it and there will be no need to discuss it.[/QUOTE]
dude i stated that i wasnt aware of it, i apologized and i moved on stop trying to stat a fire where there’s no need to start a fire.just keep it moving.
as for the tilly sisters i have no freaking idea who the hell the tilly sisters are. not one **** clue. kristen kruek is obviously mixed its noticeable, keanu reeves on the other hand, not so much. i wonder if they are gonna put him in yellow face, which would be ****ed up.long live Pinocchio aka keanu reeves
ok i just remembered who jennifer tilley was. duh
I always could tell about the Tilly sisters, esp. since Meg bears a huge resemblance to a cousin of mine (not a hapa, though).
I don’t know if they’d yellow-face Keanu, but I could see them using eye makeup to ‘slant’ his eyes up, even though (1), Keanu’s eyes are such he doesn’t need that; (2), lots of Japanese, myself included, are as round-eyed as most non-Asians.
I’m more converned how he’d fit into the acting and storyline. If he speaks, do they dub his voice over?
IMO The Last Samurai would have been a great movie if it had been without Tom Cruise, but of course, unfortunately he’s the reason it was as successful in the U.S. and internationally as it was. And people get the impression that his character WAS the ‘last samurai’, which he was not.
Jimbo you will get no arguments from me about the Last Samurai.
Tom Cruise’s role in the story can basically be reduced to “hey, look, a white protagonist”.
Then again Tom Cruise is like the anti-Depp… in that he takes otherwise interesting movies and makes them awful… as opposed to Depp who has frequently taken otherwise awful movies and made them work.
Just saw Sweeny Todd the day before yesterday. Best…
Musical…
Ever…
But it really was carried by Depp and Bonham Carter.
[QUOTE=Jimbo;901994]I always could tell about the Tilly sisters, esp. since Meg bears a huge resemblance to a cousin of mine (not a hapa, though).
I don’t know if they’d yellow-face Keanu, but I could see them using eye makeup to ‘slant’ his eyes up, even though (1), Keanu’s eyes are such he doesn’t need that; (2), lots of Japanese, myself included, are as round-eyed as most non-Asians.
I’m more converned how he’d fit into the acting and storyline. If he speaks, do they dub his voice over?
IMO The Last Samurai would have been a great movie if it had been without Tom Cruise, but of course, unfortunately he’s the reason it was as successful in the U.S. and internationally as it was. And people get the impression that his character WAS the ‘last samurai’, which he was not.[/QUOTE]
I liked the Last Samurai, in spite of Tom and I don’t know anyone who thought that HE was the last samurai.
His swinging the bokuto and katana like a baseball bat was priceless, LOL !
A pretty good one that is not very well know is “The last Warrior” with Cary Tagawa and Gary Graham ( of the Alien Nation TV series).
i liked last samurai as well. and yeah everyone knows tom wasnt the last samurai. but when the posters were released in japan with tom on the one-sheet, it made it seem like he was the last samurai which i remember there was this big uproar causing the studio to change them.
i think the last samurai was a really good film over all.
part of what I liked the most was the costumes, and the bokken scenes.
I wasn’t that into the Last Samurai…
…and I notice there’s no thread on that here, or I’d redirect y’all. I’ve seen way too many chanbara flicks for the Last Samurai to work for me. And I’m not a Cruise hater. I’ve always had a fond spot for Risky Business. But back OT, I can see Keanu as one of the 47. A lot depends on who the other 46 are…
keanu will be his wooden self as always, but im sure he’ll do a good job in the action department, he hasnt stopped his training since the matrix and he was pretty good in those films. my concern is the screen writer chris morgan. he writes alot of trash. i mean cellular, wanted fast and furious god. 47 ronin is a steve zaillian or david mamet job, leave it to universal to take something that could be epic and turn it into action trash. this is the studio that only does franchises mind you all, so somehow thy are going to work out a 47 ronin’s two. this is a movie where all the hero’s are suppose to die. doubtfull thou.
[QUOTE=Lucas;902142]i think the last samurai was a really good film over all.
part of what I liked the most was the costumes, and the bokken scenes.[/QUOTE]
I agree. I liked the movie as well. I dont remember a ton from it, but I do remember coming away thinking that the clothes they wore looked extremely comfortable. I wanted to buy a kimono to wear around the house.
And about the language thing… why would a movie being made in the US for a US audience (primarily) staring US actors, where everyone is speaking the same language speak in any language other than English? Schindler’s list wasn’t filmed in German and dubbed over in English. The Hunt for Red October wasn’t filmed in Russian (except the first few minutes).
Call me crazy, but I dont want to have my movies subtitled if it isn’t necessary (and I don’t mean dubbed either - would rather have subtitles).
[QUOTE=Jimbo;901801]up 'til now, Keanu and/or Hollywood has done everything possible to hide or de-emphasize his ‘Asian-ness’. Now all of a sudden he’s Asian enough to play a Japanese samurai in a historical account. But this always happens when Hollywood ‘attempts’ to make movies about Asians. [/QUOTE]
Exactly how does one de-emphisize one’s asian-ness? Please enlighten me as to what it means to be asian.
With a name like Keanu, he wasn’t doing a very good job of hiding his “pacific-islander-ness.”
I like subtitles…
I especially like BAD CHINGLISH subtitles.
[QUOTE=golgo;902181]Exactly how does one de-emphisize one’s asian-ness? Please enlighten me as to what it means to be asian.
With a name like Keanu, he wasn’t doing a very good job of hiding his “pacific-islander-ness.”[/QUOTE]
When, besides in The Little Buddha, has Keanu ever played anything other than a white guy? If you can inform me of any, please do so. Obviously, being “Asian” does not mean having to play in Asian-themed films, or the stereotypical bowing and scraping and speaking in broken English. But other than the above film, everything I’ve seen him in he’s played white characters with European surnames.
[QUOTE=doug maverick;902172]keanu will be his wooden self as always, but im sure he’ll do a good job in the action department, he hasnt stopped his training since the matrix and he was pretty good in those films. my concern is the screen writer chris morgan. he writes alot of trash. i mean cellular, wanted fast and furious god. 47 ronin is a steve zaillian or david mamet job, leave it to universal to take something that could be epic and turn it into action trash. this is the studio that only does franchises mind you all, so somehow thy are going to work out a 47 ronin’s two. this is a movie where all the hero’s are suppose to die. doubtfull thou.[/QUOTE]
Is Chris Morgan the guy who co-wrote the early X-Files episodes?
Maybe if Universal plans a franchise, they will have all 47 ronin riding off into the sunset at the end? Maybe they’ll draw the story out into 2 or 3 films, the last installment having the final revenge and suicide scenes.
[QUOTE=Jimbo;902236]When, besides in The Little Buddha, has Keanu ever played anything other than a white guy? If you can inform me of any, please do so. Obviously, being “Asian” does not mean having to play in Asian-themed films, or the stereotypical bowing and scraping and speaking in broken English. But other than the above film, everything I’ve seen him in he’s played white characters with European surnames.[/QUOTE]
Well, given the fact that Keanu chooses the roles he portrays, I would have to chalk that up to personal choice and not a vast Hollywood conspiracy to suppress his Asian-ness.
Not to mention he didn’t even grow up with his father (who was Portugese, Chinese, Hawaiian and English).
[QUOTE=Jimbo;902237]Is Chris Morgan the guy who co-wrote the early X-Files episodes?
Maybe if Universal plans a franchise, they will have all 47 ronin riding off into the sunset at the end? Maybe they’ll draw the story out into 2 or 3 films, the last installment having the final revenge and suicide scenes.[/QUOTE]
no, he’s the guy who wrote cellular.
[QUOTE=Lucas;902142]i think the last samurai was a really good film over all.
part of what I liked the most was the costumes, and the bokken scenes.[/QUOTE]
…unbelievable
