Netflix's "Lupin" - The French equivalent of Sherlock Holmes gets the Netflix treatment (has nothing to do with his grandson)

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Justtocheck dijo:
Oh, seems fun. Like the actor's smile. Dunno If I'll watch it dubbed tho
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Omar Sy is a great actor, but I feel like all the internationally released films that feature him always have him cast as the same type of character. Samba, Les Intouchables, etc. all have him in rather similar roles. Then again, I guess he really enjoys playing those 'underdog' characters. His performances are generally pretty fun.

It's worth noting that the description says this;
Inspired by the adventures of Arsène Lupin, gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family.
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He's not playing the character of Lupin, he's playing a guy who's inspired by all the media he's consumed to copy Lupin. I guess the 'Lupin' brand is how they're drawing attention to the film. My guess is that he takes up the alias of Lupin in the film.

edit: I'll admit that I initially confused it for that 'Lupin the 3rd' Japanese franchise at first, but it's clearly not related to that at all.
 
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Bland Crumbs dijo:
Well it cannot be worse than Death Note...
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I still can't get over the fact that they took L, a character known for being very pale... and cast a black actor, because yeah, that makes sense right?

I wish that Death Note movie they talked about in the late 2000s had happened, that would have been cool.

Sackity dijo:
Omar Sy is a great actor, but I feel like all the internationally released films that feature him always have him cast as the same type of character. Samba, Les Intouchables, etc. all have him in rather similar roles. Then again, I guess he really enjoys playing those 'underdog' characters. His performances are generally pretty fun.

It's worth noting that the description says this;


He's not playing the character of Lupin, he's playing a guy who's inspired by all the manga and anime he watched to copy Lupin. I guess the 'Lupin' brand is how they're drawing attention to the film.
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This begs the question why not just make it their own "gentlemen thief" character instead of trying to piggyback off another franchise?

They act like diversity is so great but yet they sure don't seem confident that diverse characters can stand on their own and instead they always replace pre-existing characters or franchises.
 
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Dom Cruise dijo:
I still can't get over the fact that they took L, a character known for being very pale... and cast a black actor, because yeah, that makes sense right?

I wish that Death Note movie they talked about in the late 2000s had happened, that would have been cool.


This begs the question why not just make it their own "gentlemen thief" character instead of trying to piggyback off another franchise?

They act like diversity is so great but yet they sure don't seem confident that diverse characters can stand on their own and instead they always to replace pre-existing characters or franchises.
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I can't wait for Netflix's remake of Dolemite with Dustin Hoffman in the title role.
 
Sackity dijo:
edit: I'll admit that I initially confused it for that 'Lupin the 3rd' Japanese franchise at first, but it's clearly not related to that at all.
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Yeah. This isn't related to the Japanese Lupin at all. I was confused at first too.

This is inspired by the French novels about Arsene Lupin from the early 1900s (he was still white). Arsene is Lupin III's grandfather. Don't know how the Japanese got away with that because the Lupin novels were still under copyright in the 60s. Leblanc's estate has never acknowledged the Japanese series.
 
Dom Cruise dijo:
This begs the question why not just make it their own "gentlemen thief" character instead of trying to piggyback off another franchise?

They act like diversity is so great but yet they sure don't seem confident that diverse characters can stand on their own and instead they always to replace pre-existing characters or franchises.
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They could create standalone black/trans/whatever characters and sometimes they do, but:
A) Producers don't like to create new intellectual properties in general because they prefer the less-risky easy money that comes from working with more established IPs
B) As you said, they probably have reason to be less confident in the lucrative-ness of "diverse" characters if recent events in comics and video games are anything to go by. How much of an influence this has on their decision making in this area I am not sure.
C) Most importantly, I think the (((entertainment industry))) often deliberately targets European-looking characters for "blackening" as a means of psychological/semiotic assault against Whites. Popular characters in media franchises can be powerful symbols of self-identification that help reinforce positive identity. By slowly erasing positively-portrayed characters with whom Europeans could identify, one erodes an important pillar of White self-image/identity. What is one of the most common psychological techniques conquerors use against a subjugated people? Change the names, symbols, language, etc with which they are surrounded. Just look at colonial and post-colonial name changes in Africa or the destruction of pre-Islamic monuments/statues/artifacts in the Middle East and Afghanistan to see a more extreme manifestation of this same phenomenon in action.
 
Liber Pater dijo:
C) Most importantly, I think the (((entertainment industry))) often deliberately targets European-looking characters for "blackening" as a means of psychological/semiotic assault against Whites. Popular characters in media franchises can be powerful symbols of self-identification that help reinforce positive identity. By slowly erasing positively-portrayed characters with whom Europeans could identify, one erodes an important pillar of White self-image/identity. What is one of the most common psychological techniques conquerors use against a subjugated people? Change the names, symbols, language, etc with which they are surrounded. Just look at colonial and post-colonial name changes in Africa or the destruction of pre-Islamic monuments/statues/artifacts in the Middle East and Afghanistan to see a more extreme manifestation of this same phenomenon in action.
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Lol, but what if it's actually because he's a good actor?
 
Justtocheck dijo:
Lol, but what if it's actually because he's a good actor?
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Dude if you're taking an established franchise, you at least have to have the people look the part of the established characters.

he isn't even wearing Lupin's blazer.

This is like remaking Star trek and casting literal who's and having everyone on deck wear frumpy normal clothes instead of star fleet uniforms. It's so divourced from the source material at that point, it might as well be it's own thing. You could have framed it to be Oceans 11's Part 4 and nobody would have known the difference.
 
Marissa Moira dijo:
Dude if you're taking an established franchise, you at least have to have the people look the part of the established characters.

he isn't even wearing Lupin's blazer.
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Jesus, it's called character design. It varies through time to better fit the time. Red in Shawshank redemtion was also supposd to be white, but Morgan Freeman nailed the role.
 
Justtocheck dijo:
Jesus, it's called character design. It varies through time to better fit the time. Red in Shawshank redemtion was also supposd to be white, but Morgan Freeman nailed the role.
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Except nothing fits at all, nothing that makes up Lupin's universe is in there. They just shot a generic heist movie and slapped the name on it.
 
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