it seems like if it was made today there would be more outrage over the fact that everyone speaks some chinese, there ar
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Lightsaberboy — 9 years ago(November 29, 2016 11:52 AM)
it seems like if it was made today there would be more outrage over the fact that everyone speaks some chinese, there are chinese elements throughout the show, yet none of the cast are chinese and are mostly white >_> XD
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preachcaleb — 9 years ago(November 30, 2016 06:27 AM)
Yeah. I remember some people mentioning that when the show first aired. I myself find that the one true flaw of the show. No Chinese in the main cast. Heck, very few Chinese at all.
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acrazyman-02078 — 9 years ago(December 01, 2016 12:21 PM)
A random language that was easy-ish to speak for all actors on the odd one off?
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Dust_Indotex — 9 years ago(December 23, 2016 10:00 AM)
Taken from the Trivia section:
The Alliance's full title is the "Anglo-Sino Alliance." Joss Whedon intended for it to be the merger of USA and China, the last of the world's superpowers. That's why many characters sometimes speak Chinese. The Alliance flag, seen in the original pilot, is a blending of the US and Chinese flags. -
jimmybigtime — 9 years ago(January 02, 2017 06:22 PM)
If I had to change anything I'd have Shepard and Zoe both be Chinese and maybe change one other character to be Chinese. Basically space would be America and China and the likelihood of a lot of black people being chosen for the escape from Earth is pretty small. Go ahead and call me racist if you want but it'd probably be like 90% white based on who was investing and working on the space programs for NASA. The chance for two of the nine crew members to be black would be much smaller than for them to be Asian.
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DaytonaBob — 9 years ago(January 31, 2017 07:19 PM)
The cast was perfect.
WHAT is it with you people all whining about not enough characters that are non-white?
Sorry but it would have sucked changing the characters.
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SkynetWhistleblower — 9 years ago(January 28, 2017 06:04 PM)
If I'm not mistaken, Gina Torres is Cuban American, not African American. So, there is one African American, one Cuban American, and 7 white crew members. But yes, more Asian characters would make sense even if they were not crew but characters met in the 'verse.