TV Talk!

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^ Oh, I read Wilson Fisk say himself that he was only 4% body fat in a comic short. TV Tropes states that he once said 2%, which is impossible.

Yeah, you are right. I actually forgot about that detail about the Kingpin. Dude is supposed to have a powerlifter physique (or so he claims). My bad.

As for the Ben Urich being played by an African American, I like the diversity. I mean, too, too many fictional characters are white.

The audiences do not deserve anything if their enjoyment hinges on the skincolour/gender of the character.

I mean, when I'm experiencing a piece of entertaiment media, I focus my atention on the world-building, the core of the characters, the gameplay (if it is a videogame) and so forth. Woulnd't trying to put things as superficial and meaningless as that into the spotlight... I don't know, isn't that exactly what you're not supposed to do?

In other words: it isn't racist to make everything about race? It isn't sexist to make everything about gender?

Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that you are racist/sexist/any other negative connotation, I'm just.... leaving some "food for thought".

EDIT: Now, some of you could argue that sometimes this is a side effect of the "waiting to identify with a a character you like" sindrome. But even them, it doesn't really make sense. I mean, I do not identify myself with characters like Okuyasu Nijimura (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) or any of the GTA IV protagonists yet that doesn't stop me from enjoying them!

But still, are there really people out there who cannot identify with a character unless they are from the same group as them? Are there people out there who are so lacking in empathy that they cannot relate to people outside of thier own group (race, etcnicity, ect)? 'Cuz if that's the case then... Damn!

I know we have Cyborg and Luke Cage, who was the first "black" comic book protagonist in the Blaxploitation era, and some others, but not enough.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_black_superheroes

Sure.

Dr. Who is finally getting a female Dr (I've not watched the show)

This pretty much proves what many people have been saying: the ones who are most excited about this change do not even watch the show.

I've only seen Lex Luthor as being white in live action DC films and black in the Superman animated series and it does not change who he is as a villain

Lolwut? Lex Luthor in the DCAU isn't black, just tanned. Just because he has dark skin doesn't mean he's black.

Miles Morales is Spiderman now in the comics.

The funny thing about this part of your post is that Miles Morales himself HATES being called "The Black Spiderman". Dude simply wants to be THE Spiderman.