Judy Judy Judy!
Where did you come from?
Lost in Space
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Where did you come from?
The Berean
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Why does this matter?
The Berean
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I'm sure we will find out! I'm curious, too. My bet is that Judy was adopted.
The Berean
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By the way who has seen the 1998 "Lost in Space" film? I thought it was ok.
genuineoriginal
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I asked if the change in race was done to make the reboot "darker" than the original that had an all white cast.
This does bring up the question of why two white parents have two white children and one black child.
Genetically this makes no sense.
If the only reason for this change was to blackwash the series, then that is too stupid of a reason to let it go without protest.
Urban Dictionary: Blackwash
When an established character is turned black for no reason other than to diversify the cast. It is the opposite of whitewashing, and is normally not ever complained about.
When an established character is turned black for no reason other than to diversify the cast. It is the opposite of whitewashing, and is normally not ever complained about.
Fantastic Four 2015 changed the Storm family into a black family that adopted a white girl.
The decision to have Susan Storm as a white girl in a black family was a stupid idea, she should have been a black girl who was the biological daughter of Franklin Storm and the biological sister of Johnny Storm.
In the same manner, the decision to have Judy Robinson as a black girl in a white family is also a stupid idea.
They should have made either Dr. Maureen Robinson or Dr. John Robinson as a black person and the three children as mixed race instead of making Judy Robinson the only black child in an all white family.
genuineoriginal
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I agree.
The movie captured the basic experience of the original series without becoming a mockery of it.
The Berean
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Or it could be Judy is adopted? Lets wait and see if there is an explanation given. In the end who cares? I've never seen the Fantastic Four film.
genuineoriginal
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It would have been better to have rewritten Judy so she was not one of the Robinson family instead of trying to force diversity by writing her as being adopted.
In the series, Judy never really seemed to be part of the family, making her both adopted and of a different race just makes that problem worse.
People that think it is stupid to force diversity into remakes will care.
If they wanted to make the cast diverse, there were better ways to do it than to make a single child a different race than the rest of the family.
Dr. Smith's gender was changed, Major West's race was changed, nobody cares.
Judy being the only adopted child and the only black child of a white family will be objected to because it is obviously done for no reason other than to force diversity into an all white family.
The Characters of Lost In Space
Judy Robinson is the eldest child in the Robinson family and is in love with Major Don West.
The adopted black girl is in love with the Hispanic man?Judy Robinson is the eldest child in the Robinson family and is in love with Major Don West.
These are the only non-white characters of the main cast?
It was a stupid decision.
If they wanted to have one of the children as adopted and a different race, it should have been Penny Robinson or Will Robinson or both, not Judy.
Penny and Will got more screen time in the series than Judy did because they were interesting and Judy was boring.
Will shoulda' wished Dr Smith into the cornfield!
The Berean
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Why is this a problem? It's not a problem to me.
And and those tend to be people who look for things to offend them.
Again, since we do not know the new Judy's background story maybe we shouldn't jump to conclusions just yet.
Don West's race was not changed. "Hispanic" is not a race. Besides the actor portraying Don West is from Argentina and is very much a white man. Here are the three Don Wests. They all look pretty white to me.
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Obviously? I think you are jumping to a premature conclusion. Even if that were the SOLE reason so what?
Again, the new Don West IS portrayed by a white man.
I guess we'll have to see how this character dynamic plays out.
The Berean
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I will say the re-imagining of the Robot is very clever. It looks very alien, imposing, and kind of scary. I get the sense that the family, other than Will, will not warm up to it quickly because they do not know anything about it; where it comes from, what is its true intentions, is it dangerous, etc.
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The Berean
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The trailer from the 1998 film.
genuineoriginal
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Some idiot was offended that the entire Robinson family were white, so they changed the race of one of them from white to black.
The idiots that do things like that are the ones that are looking for things to offend them.
The people that object to the stupidity of changing race for no other reason than to make the cast meet some idiot's standard of "diversity" are not the ones looking for things to offend them.
I don't believe that 'reimagining' a movie or old TV show is necessarily a guarantee the 'new' version will be a success. Look what they did to 'The Wild Wild West,' wasn't that a real mess and a half? Not to mention what destruction they did to 'The Avengers.' What they did to 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' is nothing less than, criminal.
The Berean
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Yes, those were terrible films. Will Smith was completely miscast in "The Wild Wild West". I may be biased because I really like Robert Conrad as an actor. There have been some successful updates to shows. The new Battlestar Galactica was brilliant.
Wonder which will be gay?
A lezbo Dr. Smith?
Don't forget at least one 'TRANS.'
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Ewwww!
The Berean
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The robot was the main reason I watched the show.
What do you think of the new Robot, Tam?
I agree, I loved the original robot! His verbal sparring with Dr. Smith was hilarious!