I don't think that accusation is being made. I realize how I mighth ave implied it. I did say Hollywood has a history of yellowfacing meaning that many studios in Hollywood are guilty of doing it and having done it. Although they have done it and are doing it, it does not mean they are a "faceless, racist, corperate evil." Although, the Hollywood industry is a collection of movie studios so I understand how it can be implied as "faceless" because the term "Hollywood studio" is a generic term. So you are right. And I assure you this petition is not simply blaming "hollywood." It is aiming our protest towards a specific studio, that is Paramount, that has allowed for directors and casting directors that do not realize the implied yellofacing and other issues caused by the development of the film so far. Most of us are not being willy-nilly, I promise

This is not the case as far as I have seen. The Casting of Dev Patel "reeks of tokenism," meaning he was put in there to make things look more multi-ethnic. There was a large outcry from the fans that this casting change caused just as many issues as it tried to solve.

As it stands now, the cast is indeed quite multi-ethnic and hard to accuse anyone of racism beyond the original casting call for "Caucasian or any other ethnicity." However, there are many issues that still stand. The genocidal Fire Nation is now represented by "brown" people and when considering that in relation to the continuing conflict in the Middle East, intentionally or not it adds the subtext terrorism and terrorist being the "brown" enemy.

In addition, the heroes are still white (though I have heard some rumors of Noah being half-Asian). Though in the movie, if they are to still be Inuit-influenced characters (which it appears they are) they will have to be yellowfaced, an embarrassing pactice still done in Hollywood long after blackface had been deemed a racist act. Unless it is the case that we are to believe white people are living as Inuits or the Water Tribe is now Scandinavian-influenced.

The nation that is being subjugated and needs to be saved, the Earth Kingdom, is now represented by "Asian" people. This in part perpetuates the idea that East Asian people (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc) are docile, indecisive, meek, and submissive.

People have not stopped complaining (I feel there are more of us that are debating than complaining.) There are issues brought to light from this movie that go beyond just a movie based on some childrens' TV show.

What I said in my OP is if you do like the casting or have no objections to it then I have no objections with that and you are free to argue against me. I didn't say keep quiet if your opinion differs. Neither am I shoving this down anyone's throat. If you have no issues with this movie then see it. If we are just a noisy minority then a large Hollywood studio will have no problem ignoring us and will not feel the pain of much profit lost.

Trust me when I say that this train of thought will never enter the mind of the average viewer since they go to see movies for entertainment, not receive subliminal messages about the inferiorities of minorities.

And I don't know about you, but I remember the Earth Kingdom from the show to be quite mighty and more powerful than the 'white water tribe' who are on the brink of extinction and are in need of more urgent assistance than their earth brethren.

okay, i didnt mean that, im just bustin' chops today.

but seriously, its the actor's ability, not his color, that matters.

Well I don't know if that's part of your sarcasm button or not but I highly doubt you will get this. And that comment isn't me being whiny about the casting or anything, this is knowing how piss poor a writer M. Night is.

Well I don't know if that's part of your sarcasm button or not but I highly doubt you will get this. And that comment isn't me being whiny about the casting or anything, this is knowing how piss poor a writer M. Night is.

You are right that that train of thought will not enter the average and even the above average viewer's mind because they are going there for entertainment. No one is going to go to a movie thinking "I'll go to this movie and look into all the subtexts and absorb subliminal messages." The fact of the matter is that these messages will be converyed. It is not this movie alone that will drive people to think the lighter their skin is the better. That is a rediculous notion. It is, however, a part of all the media people, especially children, will absorb and get these notions and not know just how it is they came by them.

Asians and Native Americans are still under-represented in the media and because Avatar was so laregely influenced by Asian cultures, this movie would have been a great opportunity to give Asians a little more "face time" rather than having them as just the one nation of the Earth Kingdom. Like casting director Deedee Ricketts said "our world is multi-ethnic and the 'Avatar' world will be multi-ethnic." I really do understand how our multi-cultural/ethnic world is being represented in the fantacy world of Avatar. The earth Kingdom is diverse and so are the East Asian countries that were represented in Avatar. It only saddneds me, and maybe this is just me speaking as "a fan that will never be satisfied," that as it stands now, all the East Asian influences that were represented throughout the entier world of Avatar are now compressed down to just one part of it so the story can be related to our real world. I honestly just feel the fantasy world of Avatar can stay the way it was and doesn't have to related to "our world" because it was that "East Asian" fantasy world that was so appealing.

You have me there on your second point though. Kudos, really. That shut me up good.

And just to make sure I address the other comments, I'm not here to tell people not to see the movie. It your perogative. It's not going to make me any less vocal.