*slow clap*

*golf clap*

Let’s get to the point. I’m not going to use my adult dollars to watch X:Men Apocalypse just to feed childhood nostalgia. I’m going on strike from here on out.

My platform? If they don’t look like me, or my friends, then I am keeping my green in my wallet.

Despite Angelina Jolie’s heart wrenching tale, A Mighty Heart, I did not see it due to straight up principal.

I watched ‘Breakfast at Tiffany‘s’ with disdain and because I was forced to in school. I will say I wrote two sentences on my essay about the film and it was the only ‘F’ I was proud of. They were: ‘The cast and crew of Breakfast at Tiffany’s is jacked up. Mickey Rooney is, and forever will be, an asshole.‘

I sneered at ‘The Ridiculous Six‘. I sneered at ‘White Chicks‘ equally. I refused to see Inside Out.

So when the X-Men series started, I was chilly towards Halle Berry being Storm for being the obvious: She was not African (you’re telling me none of these actresses would’ve worked…smh). Hell…I was the same way towards Ian McCellan playing Magneto for the obvious: he was not buff and Magnus was.

So when the news came out about X-Men: Apocalypse, I was truly excited; truly. This was one of the series where one of my favorite characters of all time, Storm, was going to take center stage; mohawk, leather duds and all. Genosha is a big deal in comics, a huge deal. Apartheid and race fueled violence was a major topic in comics in the 80s. HellBlazer talked about the Brixton and Broadwater Farm Riots. Northstar married his husband

But when I saw the new pictures of the new Storm and Psylocke, I just gaped.

 

In before #teamlightskin vs. #teamdarkskin. In before #pure vs. #hapa. What is going on with mainstream nerd culture? Hercules is now straight? Spiderman can’t be black? Batwoman can’t be gay? What’s next? Aquaman can’t be Hawaiian? Oh. I’m not even going to go on a tirade, because all the internet will do so.

Question: Why can’t you put a real face to the imagined face? Do you not want money?

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Answer:  You don’t want my dollars, and that’s cool. I’m glad to give them to someone else who does. I am tired of entertainment that does not reflect me but wants my dollars. It’s been going on too long, and it’s old: old, tired and tacky.

 

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