HBO Max Doesn't Understand Velma (A Response Video)
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- čas přidán 10. 10. 2022
- I didn't expect to make another response video so soon, and I certainly didn't expect it to be about Scooby-Doo or Velma. But...I got so tired of it. Every article and think piece these last few days has been on Velma being lesbian or Velma's new TV show where she's Indian now, and how this is all so progressive and creative, and in no way pandering or manipulative. I watched the trailer and it just felt like one big insult with nothing substantial at all. I couldn't resist taking a stab at the creators for their BLATANT insulting attitude.
I do hope you enjoy. - Hry
Ok so, I’m no film writer of an kind, but after seeing the trailer and all of the controversy I thought of a story where they could keep their diverse cast and not upset fans. Instead of a prequel, what about a sequel. In this, the mystery gang is retired. One day, a group of kids (what will become the new mystery gang) find the mystery machine old, and abandoned. They decide to fix it up and drive home, but an old man stops them and tells them that the van is special. It is then revealed that this old man is Fred. The kids explain how they have an interest in mysteries, so Fred tells them about the van and old mystery gang, and says that if the kids can solve a mystery he sets up then they can be the new mystery gang. This would be the first episode
You know, you might be onto something. Good thought
So half of the plot to ghostbusters after life?
Okay, see the problem is that you actually have respect for the source material. Hollywood has no respect now adays.
It's almost as if people would accept the narative continuing in a fashion that respects the canon and would not be bothered by "the new generation" as much as the current method of just "re-imagining" and "modern audiencing" the canon so much it feel like violation.
@@thomas777803 Exactly.
She didn't want to be Velma, she wanted Velma to be her.
That’s actually scary when you put it that way, almost psychotic, but it is true! If she can’t be Velma, the Velma must be her!
The only thing I'll say to what HBO is doing to Scooby-Doo is...this is some of the weirdest self insert fanfiction I've ever seen
Actually it's pretty vanilla as far as self-insert fanfics go. Which isn't a compliment mind you
@@Someguyhere111 i can tell you are a reasonable man...that has seen unreasonable shit
Is it just me or did the Zombie island slap harder than it ever needed to be?
Hell yeah it did. It's terror time baby!
It sure did. Awesome mystery.
Yeah naw great movie
@Duncan Struhan
No it's not just you. Like take the chase scene when Terror Time started playing. It left me with conflicting emotions as a kid. I didn't whether I should've started head banging or be scared out of my mind.
They could have easily taken scrappy and have him make his own mystery team knock off with black jack and hookers.
Scrappy was such a badly-written character it gave the name to a whole set of tropes.
That being said I'd rather take a Scrappy spin-off rather than this HBO reboot
In fact, forget the Mystery team!
@@Shiftinggers I'm probably gonna get my butt kicked in for expressing an unpopular opinion. But i honest don't get why Scrappy gets as much shit as he gets. I get that he can be annoying, but i don't get what makes him especially hateable compared to other characters out there, heck, even ones from the same series.
@@austinlawrence6987 I think it's a bit of a rabbit hole.
From what I know and remember(so take this lightly), Scrappy was incredibly overconfident, always willing to put up a fight with any monster regardless if they were way stronger and meaner than him. Most of the time when Scrappy was around, Fred, Daphne, and Velma were completely absent. Fans genuinely didn't like the character, as a result, Warner bros and directors started writing him off as an antagonistic asshole in their commercials and movies. Hell the only live action movie he premiered in he was the main villain.
I’m ignoring this show when it comes out. It’s not worth my time.
I gotta be honest, one of my favorite movies as a kid was Where’s My Mummy, and I was deeply saddened hearing about this new thing. Thanks, Raven, for speaking what we’re all thinking!
fun fact the band that played what's new Scooby-Doos theme song is simple plan and a canadian band lol not sure how many people knew that and I'm sorry as well but still one of my favorite cartoon songs 😅
I actually learned that recently. Which is awesome, since I like a few Simple Plan songs!
All this does is make me want to rewatch Mystery Inc. I enjoyed that far more than I'm gonna enjoy this.
Hands down one of the worst reimagining. There is no I in team and they were always a team when it came to their investigations. Each brought something to the show. To remove Scooby from the picture is just arrogance.
As to the actors statement, she proved how shallow the series will be. I would imagine Fred as the jock, not white jock.
I hate race swaps and I hate sexuality swaps. It is not bigoted to criticize these studios when they fuck up beloved franchises
Funny enough the first use of the: "The killer is calling inside the house" line in horror movies actually came from the original Black Christmas movie from 1974
What I hate the most is how the author self insurt herself in to Velma and than compliment herself.
And than creates a mery sue story that nobody would like, wasting money and time.
It only shows how narcissistic and childish, the content creators are today.
You keep proving yourself a man of culture Raven. Also loves Terror time again...... and photo in the background... was that Daphne with Xs over her eyes?
Dayum this was really good to just address all the issues with this new show I’m just flabbergasted at the unnecessary changes and all that and good to see you perfectly talk about it and expose the creators
Actually, about Shaggy, canonically his name actually _is_ Norville. Shaggy is a nickname.
Even so...why take the nickname away?
@@RavenKnightYT Wasn't saying they should. Merely correcting an error in your information.
@@Lobomaru02 I don't think you understood the question
Yes but Norville (ugh... disgusting) hates his name.
True, but canonically Shaggy HATES his name.
I think I’m different from most people. Some don’t wanna watch it because its obvious and poorly done brownie points level representation and self insertion. I don’t wanna see it cuz it doesn’t have Scooby-Doo.
Why not both?
@@HaughsCausedit Both is good.
This should've been an entirely different series, or could've been a spinoff series in the same universe as Scooby-Doo but, with different characters and a different story.
You know there was like a 2010 reiteration of scooby doo called "Scooby Doo!-Mystery Incorporated" and it made all the characters three dimensional, but I guess they won't continue that amazing series.
Thank you for being a CZcamsr openly talking against these identity politics.
I was pissed for hours, hell im still pissed about this. I think this shit actually made me realize that Scooby doo is my favorite show of all time. The old shows mind you not the new shit ones. Mistery inc was good tho. I felt like these later shows were kinda insulting to me and probably to other fans of the show. And then there is this abomination...This was a direct slap to the face. Just bc that Indian lady wants a self insert they shouldnt have made this shit. THEY TOOK OUT SCOOB FOR NO REASON! I think this will flop harder then the last two brain cells of that woman when they try to decide what show to ruin next. Fuck modern "writers" bc they cant think let alone write for shit! Thank you for talking about this Raven.
Given all the changes I feel like they should have just changed the names and outfits and made an adult cartoon parody of a kids' franchise, ala the Venture brothers, but then they couldn't trade on name recognition which even the producers of this show are aware is probably the only appeal.
Modern media disgust me nowadays, I remember when the purpose of cartoons was to entertain you and teach life lessons with easy to grasp themes, now cartoons serve a political agenda to appease an audience who only wish to see everything once held dear by our youthful self and turn it into woke trash
Which wouldn’t be bad, except the root of the problem is how modern media reacts to criticism and their childish behaviour. The media will twist and pervert the truth so much that they will make any reasonable statement or criticism and turn into some bigoted, racist, sexist statement. They fear if the truth gets out, then their empire crumbles, and they do not want that!
Probably my least favourite change will likely be Fred. He's actually my favourite of the gang, and an incredibly underrated character. Mystery Incorporated completely ruined him, and I don't expect this show to do any better, given the creator's comments on what kind of character Fred supposedly was.
I think the reason they feel that it’s integral for Fred to be white is because of some versions making him a jock stereotype (off the top of my head is the live action movies).
Which doesn’t make sense because all the characters were white. As a trope, Velma being a nerd practically demands she be white because if she isn’t she falls into a different trope. Shaggy, if they hadn’t changed everything about him, would have also needed to be anything but black due to that falling under a stereotype.
18:02 i just want to add that velma had another man love interest in a lego crossover special... Yeah a freaking lego velma version
Velma I think has been shown to have many male but also female interests. They were dumb to proclaim her gay when she's more bi I think.
@@lightdarksoul2097 female? There’s been exactly ONE example pre-Velma of her having a female love interest, and that was in a show in its own timeline.
I guarantee this show is gonna be an entire mocking train to the fanbase and the criticisms against the show. I really wish someone would retaliate and make a movie or show about filmmakers being too woke to the point of self segregation and bigoted to anyone that is white, straight, male or all three.
I genuinely love this channel. Raven isn't afraid to say his take on things and I love it!
Making a Scooby Doo show without the character it's named after it makes literally no fucking sense
Adult swin did better making a scooby doo at camp crystal lake yeah we know how that ended
On Scooby Do Mystery Incorporate her belives are changed a lot because you know Monsters.
One thing I forgot to mention is that I feel like this show is gonna be another Teen Titans Go crap. Mock the original show, mock the audiences by pulling strawman fallacies left right and centre and just being oblivious while also being subtly bigoted to white straight males.
The worst part for me was that I first saw this in a meme and I thought it was satire.
13:55 shaggys real name has always been norville
Yes but he never goes by it, it's the man's name man ha
@@aaronrowell6943 exactly so it was never changed
Sure. I’ll concede that. I just think it’s funny they want to remove his nickname. Why?
@@RavenKnightYT Because it's the
insert of his voice actor and not Shaggy
"Fred is more defined by his whiteness than any other character."
Okay so I guess that all those times that Daphne had family reunions with Clan Blake mean absolutely nothing.
...Also unrelatedly: to be entirely fair as to why everyone's kinda ignoring Velma's hooking up with Shaggy in the Mystery Inc incarnation in particular... It may have to do with the shifting perspective towards viewing her behavior towards Shaggy as controlling and abusive. I'm not a shipper, but even I got a bit.. *Uncomfortable,* with that arc.
The sad thing is, I think an adult cartoon centered around the Scooby Doo formula could work in theory, just… not like this. What I probably would’ve done is create a new cast with some of the base traits of the Mystery Gang, but also enough distinctions to help them stand out, and see how they would manage through actual horror environments reminiscent of franchises like Silent Hill, Fatal Frame, or Resident Evil.
I mean Mystery Incorperated would be a fun adult idea if say the scooby gang actually made it a business and we got a different gang learning to solve mysteries together under mentorship of the original cast. They could have ghostbusters and say this is a mystery gang from a different place but they work for the original gang.
One minor correction: as far as I know, Shaggy's name was always Norville.
It was. He still goes by Shaggy. Getting rid of the nickname kind of gets rid of the character.
@@lightspeed7312 Eh I think it's a bit much to hinge a character on a nickname. That said I have no faith this show will do anything good, I'm more so arguing on the general principle.
@@EmberBright2077 Is Bat man Batman if people call him Bruce all the time?
@@lightspeed7312 I mean typically in Batman media, people who know his secret identity call him that all the time when they won't be overheard.
I still don't understand how WB didn't let Shaggy into the mortal kombat tournament. After him getting his ultra instinct powers. But it's ok to make this trash of a show.
HBO doesn't understand cartoons at all
What’s scooby Doo without Scooby lmaoo 😂
Mystery Incorporate Scooby-Doo, is more slightly more mature than than Velma. End of story.
They don't just misunderstand Velma, they completely misunderstand the concept of entertainment.
The only question I have is Who is this show for ?
Now that's a GREAT question.
My thing is, the self awareness doesn't work, because it's a direct fuck you to the people the show is saying it's for. And it just annoys me how it makes people with valid opinions and critiques of the show, be portrayed as gas lighting unreasonable jerks. And it annoys me. No one can critique the show without looking like a total over opinionated jerk. It's gas lighting the very audience they said this show is for, by saying if they don't like it, they are just over reacting neck beards. And it's horrible.
Thoughts on Scooby Doo: Mystery Incorporated? Loved the video.
I honestly never watched that many episodes of it. I was more into Scooby Doo, Where are You, What's New Scooby Doo, and the various movies that came along afterwards. I didn't get as into Mystery Incorporated because I never really got into the new animation style. I didn't see anything necessarily wrong with it though.
@@RavenKnightYT I can understand. Though I think it's more gritty and slightly darker in tone than other Scooby Doo renditions. Would you consider rewatching to learn more about the story. It's quite interesting.
Like, with her being lesbian in Mystery Inc at least had buildup
She's darn good at hiding it ha XD
There was no build up
@@milliondoller06 Well, fair, and she's arguably bi anyway. Plus I liked it. I do remember seeing a vid about her evolution throughout Mystery Inc.
Great video and I agree 100 percent.
To think WB's animation studio probably had to can Primal for this... Sigh... Long may it burn... VIDAR!
this is the worst disgrace ever created and i drink out of a airpod gatorade cover
Well, the only thing I'd like to comment on, is shaggy is a nickname from my understanding of the show, just like Freddy's nickname is Fred, and scoob is Scooby Doo. Shaggy's name has been Norville Rodgers since 1969, and apparently the reason he is called shaggy is because of his hair.
That's fair.
But I still don't know why they'd want to take his nickname away. It's how everyone knows him.
@@RavenKnightYT that I can agree on, my guess is that it's because of the lack of the hair being shaggy. But still the nickname is iconic.
Mystery Inc. have the greatest synergy possible, a thing that can happen from teamwork and actual adhesiveness through action and words. Hell, this... "thing"... has a very basic look. With everything we're being assaulted with and what you've said, why are these nimrods always want to troll and namecall everyone else while being insanely racist, self-centered and extremely childish.
TBH, I wouldn't mind if velma Swang both ways, like- Bi, because she has been in it for girls in some interpratations- but yeah this is a dumpster fire.
What interpretations? The only examples I can find are the Mystery Inc show and a post-Velma movie.
@@John-fk2ky Mystery inc show, some of the middle- adventures- in the originals theirs some small "Hints" To her and daphne being a thing but nothing concrete, but that's true of most of the cast at one point or another....
Mind, most of it you require to want to see it, its not overtly bi or otherwise.
velma and fred are the only two that actually look like the original even though velma is now indian she actually still looks kinda like velma
Even before scream the movie Black Christmas with Margo kidder and the movie he knows you're alone did the same killer in the house as well as a TV movie called bad ronald and the moviesilent scream
n with Rebecca balding
I was kinda mad when they announced Velma to be lesbian.
Indian Velma is lesbian not actual Velma.
@@alejandromaldonado6159 technically it was originally intended for her to be a lesbian in Mystery INC, and that her relationship with Shaggy in that show fell apart do to her not actually being attracted to him and rushed into with lout understanding that it wasn’t for her. The character of Hotdog Water was supposed to be a love interest for her, but due to being cut off before they could finish the plot line the show ended before Velma could come out and find herself. The show runners have talked about a few times in the past. Just thought I’d let you know that this change isn’t technically coming out of nowhere, but I’m sure that this show doesn’t know/care about that and is just doing it because.
13:50 I hate to be the UH actually guy but shaggys name was norvle in scooby Doo mystery inc everyone just called him shaggy that's the only other time Norville has been used
0:16 so overly expensive?
In 1969 Velma was white in Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! which much way better than New Velma spin off series.
Black Christmas????? killer calling from inside the house 1972? Norville "Shaggy" Rogers
they could do an origin story WITH Scooby!! without scooby, it doesn't work! could it work with characters with the sawpd races? It depends! I believe if they don't focus on using the race sowp to promote the show and get people of color attention, it could work! but this show clearly just does this to appear "progressive", when honestly, i have to agree that not one of them needed to change their race! maybe just ONE of them and it didn't even have to be a big deal! like, just a little thing! but most of all, DON'T EXCLUDE SCOOBY!!
they might do a show that tells the gang's origin story WITH him! he doesn't need to cease to exist! I've seen footage of the show, and it doesn't look good at all! and i'm the type that's ok with race sawps! I don't think it's necessary all the time, but as long as the character's race isn't EVERYTHING about the character, I'd be ok! but not! they'll probably make the show all about her race cause that's what these types of shows are!! they don't care about minorities!!
I refuse to use the word "woke" because for me, that word has become a bad word against people of color, women and lgbts! i know its not what the word is supposed to be but most use that word to hide their biguity!
Other than that, this show is going to be awful!
Next on Velma: Velma had a kid with either Shaggy or Scooby, it was a wild night with lots of "scooby" snacks eaten. (Cue Rescue Rangers movie flashback)
Yeah the trailer it's all true
Where is scooby? Is he safe? Is he alright?
he is
sexual identity has no place in children's television
Scooby natural is the best
They made her Indian yet didn't change her last name. How many Indian people have the surname Dinkley? I'm guessing none.
Velma was never a 3d character at most 1.5
Yeah. What makes fred whiter than everyone else??
He wears an ascot?
@@SuperSwordman1 that's true.
When everyone talks about the scooby doo characters no one says “man, I love Fred for how WHITE he is. I like how all the main characters are white.” People like the characters because they’re likable. Sure you can make Velma Indian to make Indian fans happy but what about all the other races? By making race the focus you’re actively creating conflict among the audience because now it’s “oh I like this character because I relate to them” it’s “oh I like this character cause they’re the same race as me”. The race of the character shouldn’t matter in the first place. I would respect HBO if they just changed the races and never commented or made a big deal about it. Because that would make a point to say that those who had an issue with simply the change itself are the problem. But because they tried to excuse it by trying to fight back they now gave fans a valid reason to be mad because their intention was to point out race. If they just went “we did it because why not 🤷♂️“ I would agree with them because like I said, it shouldn’t matter.
"Oh! So this is Velma."
-One of the Excs.
Velma was actually supposed to be gay originally in the movies. But it was changed because of beliefs of the times.
So that's not exactly identity politics, but the race stuff yeah was dumb af.
That was James Gunn interpretation of the character if you originally known that he wanted a R rated scooby doo parody you actually find that he intended for the character to be that way for certain reasons as a joke instead being progressive
@@milliondoller06 ok idk where you got the r rated stuff from it doesn't even make sense. And no Gunn wasn't gonna make her a parody character, he even said he wanted to write her as gay even saying.
“I tried! In 2001 Velma was explicitly gay in my initial script. But the studio just kept watering it down and watering it down, becoming ambiguous, then nothing and finally having a boyfriend.” ~ an actual tweet from him.
In the movies, perhaps. But the original creators of Scooby Doo expressed no such intention. Seeing as I care about the original intentions of the authors, I'll side with the creators Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, as well as directors Joseph Barbara and William Hannah.
@@RavenKnightYT well I mean the original show was entertainment for kids plain and simple. The original show didn't have deep character building or anything so of course she wasn't and of course the creators didn't think of any of that.
I mean even though Fred and daphine are usually a couple that only became popular because of fans, and so after that then they added it in later stores.
@@filthyfergus923 gunn wanted a Rated r parody of scooby back them there many reports of it. Even he alluded to it back then. Warner bros wanted the live action to be like the cartoon. Velma being gay was a inside joke in the community that he wanted to make reality
I actually headcanon Velma as bisexual.
horrible
Don't care if Velma is black. Keep her own identity original, and if you want diversity just include characters useful to the show audiences will enjoy.
If memory serves (WHICH IT LIKELY DOSENT) didn't the whole Velma is a lesbian thing originate from the Mystery Incorporated series back in like 2010/2016, With some of the side plots and what not? I don't really remember much of it so I'm probably just out of it. I feel like the biggest screw ups about this has to be what they did to Shaggy and Scooby though. Scooby, the show's namesake, is just no-where to be found. With Shaggy pretty much being gone to, I mean this new guy could just be a stand in or something and have NOTHING to do with Shaggy, maybe they're out doing something else and they just threw a random guy in with a green shirt to throw people off. That would follow the current trend of HBO's crappy self aware comedy.
Finally, it was revealed that velma is an lgbt!!! Totally not just randomly written by some hack!!!
Not to be racist or anything, but who's idea was it to remove Scooby-doo... from Scooby-doo. That's like watching Batman without Batman. They could have called it Velma, but they wanted to cash in on the dog.
The show is called Velma.
First
so what fake fan,did you even watch the video? oh that's right fake fans don't watch videos on youtbe at all,they only care about the first comment garbage
@@eeveefennecfox but...but I did tho
So just to make sure, this dude isn't prejudices? He just went off about a fictional character
I hope you realize the double standard inherent in that criticism.
The criticism you're making is basically: "Why are you making such a big deal about people reinterpreting fictional characters? That proves your prejudice."
But, let's actually reverse that: "Why are they changing a fictional characters race and sexuality and treating it like it's a big deal, as if such things are somehow important? That proves their bigotry."
Sure, go ahead. Call me prejudice for pointing out the obvious idiocy. As long as you recognize that my opposition is no more noble or innocent than I am.
Yeah, the teaser is clearly bad and made in bad taste. . and everything this is clearly nonsense. .but that last bit about her being a lesbian and it being "politicized" .. James Gunn originally intended on writing Velma as a Lesbian in the Scooby Doo movies, as part of his original idea about it being a more adult parody of Scooby Doo, and I'm not sure for how long its been, but its been a running joke throughout the fandom that Velma was secretly in the closet. . and possibly Bi. . I think specific scenes in Scooby Doo they picked out on. .I can't say for them, but that seems to be the most thing.
But here's the thing . . The race changing clearly feels like a move for diversity sake alone, but criticizing it just for the face it IS race-swapping, as well as criticizing Velma for being a Lesbian in one movie and calling it 'politics" . .just makes you sound like every other obnoxious, Anti-SJW, secretly trying to not show off just how bigoted and racist they are, youtubers that call themselves "real fans" . . There is nothing inherently wrong about a character being changed to a different color or a different sexuality. . so quit making it out to seem like it is.
The show is a self insert that is using a beloved property for the producer's own fanfiction. The lesbian stuff is just marketing to cater to the lgbt group
@@milliondoller06 I wouldn't expect anything less from a closed minded typical "fan" when it comes to stuff like this. Velma is a lesbian, DEAL WITH IT. I don't give a shit if she's a lesbian or not, its something that seems to be talked about non-stop when it comes to the Scooby Fandom, least from what I've noticed. I don't care, its still Velma, plus at least James Gunn can at least smile himself to sleep knowing that his dream of making Velma gay sort of came true, or whatever.
@@milliondoller06 "Lol Self-Insert" low-key and unengaging response. You can make that criticism all you want, its still not a good one. The teaser is clearly bad, and from what I've read, the show is indeed mind-boggling. . I'm just waiting in the wings to see what the show is. I could end up being surprised, maybe not, either way I'm curious to see how everyone reacts to it.
@@thedarkestnightmare616 it's a self insert they even admitted velma personally is based off Mindy traits. They even rewriting the characters for their own agenda. Shaggy is not himself, Daphne might be gay for velma on how empowered she is, and fred is a toxic white male I thought race didn't mattered to these people. They can't even respect the source material actually keep it close the material.
Read through your first paragraph, and that was fine. I know nothing about James Gunn's intentions, and if it was his intention to make her lesbian in the movies, so be it. However the original Scooby Doo was created by William Hannah and Joseph Barbara, alongside Joe Ruby and Ken Spears. They did not make Velma lesbian. They actually kept romantic interest out of most of the series of "Scooby Doo, Where Are You," which I'm greatful for. I wasn't even fond of the constant 'will they won't they' with Daphne and Fred. This should be a show about mystery solving and comedic entertainment. It should remain that way.
_"The race changing clearly feels like a move for diversity sake alone, but criticizing it just for the face it IS race-swapping, as well as criticizing Velma for being a Lesbian in one movie and calling it 'politics" . .just makes you sound like every other obnoxious, Anti-SJW, secretly trying to not show off just how bigoted and racist they are, youtubers that call themselves "real fans""_
Wow...okay. Firstly, I did not criticize them JUST for the fact that it's race swapping. I pointed out the reason. The voice actress herself admitted the reason was to self insert herself as Velma, which indicates they didn't do it for the sake of bettering the character or the show itself, but just to virtue signal and to invoke wish fulfillment. I pointed this out. If you're going to race swap, I'd hope it would at least be for a reasonable reason or for the sake of more than just 'diversity.'
Secondly, you think I'm trying to hide my bigotry and racism? Friend, I've dated three girls from Asia. I work with Latino and Black individuals every day. I've gone through two different school districts where I taught underprivilged and at risk students of EVERY racial background, and one of my BEST was a young black student who was smarter than half of my class put together, and I intend to move to Japan to teach English. I'm sorry dude, but if you know ANYTHING about me you know I'm not a racist, and I'm disgusted you jumped to such a conclusion just because I pointed out the idiocy of this choice to make Velma Indian for literally no reason other than: so she can be a self insert.
_"There is nothing inherently wrong about a character being changed to a different color or a different sexuality. . so quit making it out to seem like it is."_
You're right. There's nothing inherently wrong with it. But the question must be asked 'why?' Why do it in the first place? Who does it serve? What does it improve? What does it benefit? You're right there's nothing INHERENTLY wrong with it, but when you start to understand the reason for the choice, you start to understand the REAL motives behind the creators and the story itself. They aren't making Velma Indian because they CARE about Velma, the show, Indian people, or the audience itself. They're doing it for the sake of self insertion, and to be 'diverse.' Which is a poor motivation when creating ANY project. Diversity for diversities sake is POOR priority.
Oh and......on that note. If there really isn't anything wrong with changing a characters skin color or sexuality, then I'm sure no one will mind a remake of Black Panther with an all white cast? Maybe a remake of Steven Universe where all the gems are male? Or perhaps we could make a MLK movie where Dr. King is played by a white man? You think no one will mind that? You think less bigoted people will just overlook that choice? Or do you think the side that preaches this very dogma will turn into hypocrites at the first sign that their own standards will be reversed on them?
Friend, I did nothing to offend you. Your first paragraph was polite, cordial, and well met. There was no need to insult me.