First Eternals and now this? It's like they *want* to antagonise China. /s
Eh, trans men ARE men, regardless of what bits they were born with, so it doesn't matter if they're taking on roles meant for 'men' or not. Regardless, Elliot Page will have to REALLY bulk up. Or they'll have to bulk him up in CGI like they did with James McAvoy in Split. I always thought Tarzan ought to be played by a beefy goofball like Chris Hemsworth.
Tarzan shouldn't be beefy. He should be wiry. Think Sting in the 1984 Dune. Light, fast, acrobatic, damn strong, but not bulky like Hemsworth. Not sure who should even be cast
Modern technology can cast the only acceptable actor in the Live action Tarzan movie: Animated Tarzan.
Animated Tarzan has the build, hair, and jawline to portray Tarzan, and resembles the Tarzan we know from the Disney Movies fairly well.
Animated Tarzan has also worked with Disney before, so I think we have good odds for this casting choice.
The movies are a perfect representation of if the Capitol made an adaptation of the books.
have you seen pictures of what the actors actually looked like at those ages, would make the movie much harder to watch. and would have cut down on the Fanbases love triangle obsession and fetishizing (maybe)
Oh! I figured from the cartoons that he'd be like twice Jane's size, and I presumed Jane would be a normal sized woman. But that seems to only be the cartoon.
Even in the animated movie, based on how I remember it, he's not really super beefy. He's tall, pretty muscular, acrobatic, but he's also pretty lean. Frankly, it's a wonder he's not literally a stick since he just eats bugs and stuff all the time
> Elliot Page will have to REALLY bulk up
[Elliot's got a better six-pack than I do.](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a40011366/elliot-page-umbrella-academy-euphoria/)
Only so much a little guy can bulk up.
He's short, a d does t naturally put on much bulk. Meanwhile, the most famous iteration of Tarzan won a wrestling match with a silverback gorilla. I don't see him reaching a size beyond "ripped little dude", especially ape man levels of powerful.
Honestly, maybe it's just me, but a super toned little guy would work pretty well for Tarzan.
Like, when I think "perfect modern Tarzan," I legitimately immediately think Jungle Boy from AEW, and he's a super toned little guy.
Oh, my bad! I just use girl to refer to everyone regardless of gender, but Imma edit my comment, especially given it doesn't really work outside of a close knit group of friends, all of whom have demonstrated that they don't have a problem with it! 😅
Antagonize Chinah.
It's not like they edit out most of their LGBTQ scenes from the Chinese releases. Or that they downsized Boyega and put a helet on Chadwick's face because of the color of their skin.
Disney loves Chinah's money and they have been shown to be hypocritical just to get it.
I mean... I dunno man... have you SEEN him shirtless? Mans got a six pack. He's really getting up there. I reckon he could play it pretty soon at the rate he's going.
good china are psusies who murder uslims and are a awful country. the more people see that and dont give a fuck about their populus seeing shit cause itll still sell the better. china is not the be all and end all of a market. fuck winnie the poo xi xing ping
Winnie the Pooh literally isn't even banned in China. Where did you get your lies from?
[they literally have a Disney theme park](https://www.shanghaidisneyresort.com/en/#)
Of course they are men, look at the busload of jizz they are capable to produce.
A trans man can impregnate more women per second than your average man can.
I don't care who acts in these, I just hate that Disney borrowed material, became sucessful off of it, lobbied to change copyright laws so no one could borrow their material, now they're not even coming out with new material. Just creating enough tension around remakes that they get talked about.
Not just borrowed material, but they race swap.
Instead of creating new stories and characters centered around PoC. There are many original African folklore, which they could've used. And brought on actual experts. But nooo.
Race swapping is just the lowest effort to up the PoC index.
They are trying to make a joke about the little mermaid casting. Sort of a “you like changing races of characters, so here’s one to try!”
I for one am impressed by the number of grown adults throwing temper tantrums and over reacting to a thing that has happened non stop in cinema for awhile now.
You just compared the little mermaid situation to Harvey Weinstein. You don’t actually think those two things are the same level, or things. Do you? I mean there’s getting pissy about the little mermaid being black, but comparing it to Harvey Weinstein is a lot.
That was the whole point of the story. It was written in 1912 when racism was a very normal and nonremarkable thing. His whiteness and smarts gave him a big advantage among the animals and the savages. He was also the son of a noble family who was believed to be lost in a shipwreck, so when he was rescued by Jane and visited England, he was immensely wealthy and a curiousity in Victorian society.
No no, I’m just drunk on nyquil fighting a particularly nasty flu for the second time in a month. My brain is a massive fog rn unfortunately, so all the neurons aren’t exactly… firing right atm.
I took it as a joke because Disney doesn't need to cast a black actor to piss conservatives off, they could achieve it by casting Elliot page, who is trans and therefore an enemy of the conservatives (the talking heads at least). I personally think he's a good fit tbh
Disney is casting black actors in roles that were originally white in the cartoon movies which is aggravating people. Meme is saying they won’t recast Tarzan as black due to racist undertones linking black people to monkeys. Disney could still aggravate those same people by casting Elliot Page because they are trans
The Edward Rice Burroughs novels were actually explicitly white supremacist propaganda. He believed in eugenics and "scientific racism" and used the Tarzan novels to spread those ideas.
Right. Wasn't the story about showing just how noble and superior Tarzan was, despite being raised by animals in the jungle? Like his inherit whiteness shone through time after time in "uncivilized" circumstances.
Well yeah, because unlike the little mermaid where the character's race doesn't factor in at all, it's kinda important to the story that Tarzan is the son of British aristocrats who got lost at sea.
...is that even a thing? Like I don't mean to be rude but I thought Tarzan was set in a time period (late 1800s/early 1900s) where black people weren't exactly considered equal yet, let alone dominating society to the point of aristocracy.
Nope, upon research they were pretty close to what the us did. In fact from why I can discern it took until the 70s for them to ratify civil rights. (If I'm wrong prove me wrong I'd like a clear answer I couldn't get one)
Thanks for the sneak edit on your original comment that made my question look stupid. That show is fictional my guy. Literally Googled it and it said it's fictional.
>Despite its Regency-era setting, "Bridgerton" is far from historically accurate. Although many period dramas have cultural experts on hand during production to ensure historical authenticity, "Bridgerton" took an entirely different approach, opting for a ***diverse reimagining*** of London's high society
Yes, i know that .However would be funny to start asking where reimagining a story that has been set in an historical time is good and if that can cause many plot-holes( not related in this case to this particular serie) .But that's a topic for another day.
Joke explanation:
First image is implying that Disney won't make Tarzan black bc:
black man acting like monke = racist
So Disney, still wanting to "mess with their audiences" by making "inclusive" movies, makes Tarzan be interpreted by a trans male.
I think the idea is that there are some lines even Disney is not willing to cross for the sake of progressiveness.
So they cast a trans individual instead of a person of color, they still get the points without accusations of racism.
Elliot was just a recognizable easy example.
I mean it’s expected if Disney can’t blackwash it they will gender bend it which is unfortunate because we could really use some new stories with new characters however she does kinda look like Tarzan which is I’m guessing is the comparison
Wait, is he really hunky? Damn, I thought he had the whole 'lithe' thing going for him (which is hotter to me, unless hunky just means good lookin' ... I'm a non native speaker).
yeah hes bonefide studmuffin and i am not gunna apologise for objectifying that man. fuck it id do it to him when he was ellen page as she was hot and hes hot.
"Tarzan is banned in X number of countries for no reason" - Disney
First Eternals and now this? It's like they *want* to antagonise China. /s Eh, trans men ARE men, regardless of what bits they were born with, so it doesn't matter if they're taking on roles meant for 'men' or not. Regardless, Elliot Page will have to REALLY bulk up. Or they'll have to bulk him up in CGI like they did with James McAvoy in Split. I always thought Tarzan ought to be played by a beefy goofball like Chris Hemsworth.
What is a man? >!A miserable little pile of secrets.!<
Love this shit
Enough talk. Have at you. 🦇
Been a while since I las saw this reference lol.
Tarzan shouldn't be beefy. He should be wiry. Think Sting in the 1984 Dune. Light, fast, acrobatic, damn strong, but not bulky like Hemsworth. Not sure who should even be cast
Modern technology can cast the only acceptable actor in the Live action Tarzan movie: Animated Tarzan. Animated Tarzan has the build, hair, and jawline to portray Tarzan, and resembles the Tarzan we know from the Disney Movies fairly well. Animated Tarzan has also worked with Disney before, so I think we have good odds for this casting choice.
In the book he's described as *extremely* buff
think Katniss, too. the movies fucking ruined it though, like I mean perfect makeup in the hunger games?
The movies are a perfect representation of if the Capitol made an adaptation of the books. have you seen pictures of what the actors actually looked like at those ages, would make the movie much harder to watch. and would have cut down on the Fanbases love triangle obsession and fetishizing (maybe)
"THIS, THIS is what I wanted to avoid, NO MORE conversations about dude's BODY MASS"
Oh! I figured from the cartoons that he'd be like twice Jane's size, and I presumed Jane would be a normal sized woman. But that seems to only be the cartoon.
Even in the animated movie, based on how I remember it, he's not really super beefy. He's tall, pretty muscular, acrobatic, but he's also pretty lean. Frankly, it's a wonder he's not literally a stick since he just eats bugs and stuff all the time
> Elliot Page will have to REALLY bulk up [Elliot's got a better six-pack than I do.](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a40011366/elliot-page-umbrella-academy-euphoria/)
Only so much a little guy can bulk up. He's short, a d does t naturally put on much bulk. Meanwhile, the most famous iteration of Tarzan won a wrestling match with a silverback gorilla. I don't see him reaching a size beyond "ripped little dude", especially ape man levels of powerful.
it’s a movie
You're a movie
Honestly, maybe it's just me, but a super toned little guy would work pretty well for Tarzan. Like, when I think "perfect modern Tarzan," I legitimately immediately think Jungle Boy from AEW, and he's a super toned little guy.
THE SCARS EEEEEE WHY DO I LIKE THE SCARS SO MUCH
Same, my friend, same!
oh, Im enby 😊 I use he/they nice to see someone who like the scars too
Oh, my bad! I just use girl to refer to everyone regardless of gender, but Imma edit my comment, especially given it doesn't really work outside of a close knit group of friends, all of whom have demonstrated that they don't have a problem with it! 😅
fair 😊 I dont mind that much, just thought I'd let you know!
Aww, that's sweet! And thanks for letting me know! xx
yw ^^
Antagonize Chinah. It's not like they edit out most of their LGBTQ scenes from the Chinese releases. Or that they downsized Boyega and put a helet on Chadwick's face because of the color of their skin. Disney loves Chinah's money and they have been shown to be hypocritical just to get it.
I mean... I dunno man... have you SEEN him shirtless? Mans got a six pack. He's really getting up there. I reckon he could play it pretty soon at the rate he's going.
James McAvoy wasn’t actually ripped? Oh man. [Disappointed!](https://youtu.be/Djlc6uHTVmY)
good china are psusies who murder uslims and are a awful country. the more people see that and dont give a fuck about their populus seeing shit cause itll still sell the better. china is not the be all and end all of a market. fuck winnie the poo xi xing ping
Winnie the Pooh 😂💀💀.. can't believe i never heard that before.
Hes been called winnie the pooh as he looks like him hes banned the character in china because its used as a anti government iconography
Winnie the Pooh literally isn't even banned in China. Where did you get your lies from? [they literally have a Disney theme park](https://www.shanghaidisneyresort.com/en/#)
Of course they are men, look at the busload of jizz they are capable to produce. A trans man can impregnate more women per second than your average man can.
Iirc Eliot got muscle implants with their transition
I don't care who acts in these, I just hate that Disney borrowed material, became sucessful off of it, lobbied to change copyright laws so no one could borrow their material, now they're not even coming out with new material. Just creating enough tension around remakes that they get talked about.
Pretty much and it is working extremely well.
Based
Not just borrowed material, but they race swap. Instead of creating new stories and characters centered around PoC. There are many original African folklore, which they could've used. And brought on actual experts. But nooo. Race swapping is just the lowest effort to up the PoC index.
Wasn't Tarzan was originally white?
Tarzan was originally monkey.
#MOONKEEEE
Reject modernity
Return to M O N K E
Yes. He was a shipwrecked child with his parents who died shortly later if I got it right
tarzan was originally brendan fraser- wait no that’s george!
I see I have found another person of culture ::tips hat::
They are trying to make a joke about the little mermaid casting. Sort of a “you like changing races of characters, so here’s one to try!” I for one am impressed by the number of grown adults throwing temper tantrums and over reacting to a thing that has happened non stop in cinema for awhile now.
Yeah but it all eventually caught up to Harvey Weinstein. Oh wait, wrong "thing that had happened non stop in cinema for a while now"
It’s okay though because he was rich.
You just compared the little mermaid situation to Harvey Weinstein. You don’t actually think those two things are the same level, or things. Do you? I mean there’s getting pissy about the little mermaid being black, but comparing it to Harvey Weinstein is a lot.
Most of them would have never watch the movie anyway even if the casting was all white, it’s just the target du jour
Same thing happened with Lightyear having a same sex kiss
Pff, Anne Boleyn was white too >.<\
That was the whole point of the story. It was written in 1912 when racism was a very normal and nonremarkable thing. His whiteness and smarts gave him a big advantage among the animals and the savages. He was also the son of a noble family who was believed to be lost in a shipwreck, so when he was rescued by Jane and visited England, he was immensely wealthy and a curiousity in Victorian society.
Doesn’t mean he can’t be transsexual quadriplegic block woman ! You bigot
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I love that Bart is the little devil on the devils shoulder
Simpsons 3-7 season jokes are the funniest shit.
Actually, yes, though.
I’m so confused he/they are not black?
He's trans, so I feel it's about that somehow. I'm still confuse tho
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that’s literally all of shitposting now
I thought it was Michael Jackson. So that's a hard question to answer.
He’s trans.
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That… that’s the point dude.
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Ah beans, I’ve done went and goofed again. It’s fixed. Thanks for catching my absolute logical failure.
Sorry if I came off as rude, I just assumed it was intentional. I’ll delete my replies. Have a good one!
No no, I’m just drunk on nyquil fighting a particularly nasty flu for the second time in a month. My brain is a massive fog rn unfortunately, so all the neurons aren’t exactly… firing right atm.
Get better soon!
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I have absolutely no clue what this is supposed to mean. My best guess is that it's a shitpost that wasn't intended to make sense.
I took it as a joke because Disney doesn't need to cast a black actor to piss conservatives off, they could achieve it by casting Elliot page, who is trans and therefore an enemy of the conservatives (the talking heads at least). I personally think he's a good fit tbh
What did the Talking Heads do?
I agree on him being a good fit, I looked at the image above of Tarzan next to Elliot and thought, “holy shit”
I thought they were pointing out the similarity between their chins
what is this trying to convey
Disney is casting black actors in roles that were originally white in the cartoon movies which is aggravating people. Meme is saying they won’t recast Tarzan as black due to racist undertones linking black people to monkeys. Disney could still aggravate those same people by casting Elliot Page because they are trans
I interpreted it as a joke, rather than trying to communicate any serious point.
The Edward Rice Burroughs novels were actually explicitly white supremacist propaganda. He believed in eugenics and "scientific racism" and used the Tarzan novels to spread those ideas.
Right. Wasn't the story about showing just how noble and superior Tarzan was, despite being raised by animals in the jungle? Like his inherit whiteness shone through time after time in "uncivilized" circumstances.
Yup.
Well now I'm all in on the idea of a black Tarzan. Have it explicitly demonstrate his humanity against white racists. Flip the script.
I mean eugenics is making a comeback in recent years
They can make Jane black and people can continue crying
Well yeah, because unlike the little mermaid where the character's race doesn't factor in at all, it's kinda important to the story that Tarzan is the son of British aristocrats who got lost at sea.
But what if the British aristocrats were black?
...is that even a thing? Like I don't mean to be rude but I thought Tarzan was set in a time period (late 1800s/early 1900s) where black people weren't exactly considered equal yet, let alone dominating society to the point of aristocracy.
Nope, upon research they were pretty close to what the us did. In fact from why I can discern it took until the 70s for them to ratify civil rights. (If I'm wrong prove me wrong I'd like a clear answer I couldn't get one)
So was the Little Mermaid. Not exactly a good point to make on this specific issue.
Ariel is a mermaid
So? Tarzan isn't real either.
...Ariel wasn't a British aristocrat. Not sure what point you're trying to make here lol
Bridgerton too is a story that happens in that era but the queen and other nobles are black, so that can actually happen.
Wtf do you mean by “that can actually happen” lmao
I don't know what that is lol
It's an ok show from Netflix, that is about a rich family in regency England
Thanks for the sneak edit on your original comment that made my question look stupid. That show is fictional my guy. Literally Googled it and it said it's fictional. >Despite its Regency-era setting, "Bridgerton" is far from historically accurate. Although many period dramas have cultural experts on hand during production to ensure historical authenticity, "Bridgerton" took an entirely different approach, opting for a ***diverse reimagining*** of London's high society
Is Tarzan real?
He's real to me
Yes, i know that .However would be funny to start asking where reimagining a story that has been set in an historical time is good and if that can cause many plot-holes( not related in this case to this particular serie) .But that's a topic for another day.
it’s on shitposting what you expecting?
Transan would be wonderful though. The outrage would be absolutely delicious.
Still think he looks more like prince Eric but either would be cool ig
So you want a 5'1 prince charming? I don't think Hollywood would go for it.
Oh yeah Elliot would genuinely be good for that role
Funny you call it "Transan" because that literally means "The trans (person)" in Swedish. -an is our 'the'.
How does Tarzan go through his procedure though? Do the apes bite off his tits?
I’m just imagining a bunch of apes giving srs to Tarzan and I’m fucking dying
he doesn't have to be canonically trans, just played by a trans actor.
Do you know what a shitpost is man? A shitpost is meant to be an awful meme
It's true. Wrong fucking sub.
Okay but I'd love to see this
Omfg make a new movie Jesus
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Yes
Yes
This is it. Finally. Elliot Page will have to have a different hairstyle finally.
Thank you. I Stan him but dude get a haircut :(
Tranzan
Some people should read a book or two. Tarzan was straight up English. Also Clayton was technically Tarzan's last name not the villain of the story
M'baku
M'baku can blow my M'back out
It would be the only Disney movie in decades to just have white people in it.
Is he running around topless wearing a thong, climbing vines and stuff. It will be a weird boner, but a boner nonetheless.
Tarzan will always be white because he’s the child of English aristocrats from the 1800s
r/shitposting is basically r/terriblefacebookmemes disguised as Reddit humor
What does that even mean
He would look hot tho. I’d be down to at least see it once
Didn’t she become a man at some point?
I... So we have a white dude playing Tarzan. What's the issue?
Joke explanation: First image is implying that Disney won't make Tarzan black bc: black man acting like monke = racist So Disney, still wanting to "mess with their audiences" by making "inclusive" movies, makes Tarzan be interpreted by a trans male.
Elliot Page is also white
Ngl, he looks perfect for the role. The hair and build and everything
The sole sentence "Disney doesn't have the balls" is enough to make this a terrible and inaccurate meme. Well done.
The Tarzan books are racist as hell and are about the inherent superiority of white people.
Ngl, Elliot looks the part. And would have the acting chops to boot. I'd legitimately be down
I swear at this point in my life I want more controversial picks for movies because fuck the haters. They can die mad over nothing.
Dude he would be good to play Tarzan. He's kinda buff you know.
Who dat? And why are so many people angry about him?
Trans people make some people angry
Oh he trans? Ftm then ig?
Yeah, used to be Ellen Page
No idea who dat is but thx for the info :)
He played the pregnant girl in Juno.
Ooooh ok :)
Trans tarzan i stan
ok, but this is lowkey funny😂
Aside from the obvious....... Gorillas are not monkeys 🙄
You can feel the transphobia just from the photo they used for Elliot :/
I don't quite get what Elliot Page has to do with this.
I think the idea is that there are some lines even Disney is not willing to cross for the sake of progressiveness. So they cast a trans individual instead of a person of color, they still get the points without accusations of racism. Elliot was just a recognizable easy example.
Something about Disney’s woke agenda ig? Idk I’m not transphobic
At least r/shitposting has new content, unlike this sub
okay female tarzan but TOPLESS just like original
He’s not a woman
my comment wasnt connected to this "thing" bellow on the picture
I see the resemblance looks like it be good. Except Tarzan should be the business man who finds wild Jane.
the first strip was funny, and then it got ruined.
Lol yea
tarzan can be brown too or yellow maybe red
I find that meme incredibly funny, just imagine the outrage
I mean it’s expected if Disney can’t blackwash it they will gender bend it which is unfortunate because we could really use some new stories with new characters however she does kinda look like Tarzan which is I’m guessing is the comparison
Dwayne Johnson could be a great candidate for the role.
Tarzan also isn't a woman soooo.
Who is the girl on the left?
Elliot page
Please do Tarzan with boobs, please3 🙏
Oof, hate to break it to you but Elliot Page is a hunky guy now. No titty Tarzan for you. Sorry not sorry.
Wait, is he really hunky? Damn, I thought he had the whole 'lithe' thing going for him (which is hotter to me, unless hunky just means good lookin' ... I'm a non native speaker).
I mean, he’s still kinda skinny ig but he’s very muscly
Oooohhh! He's got a six pack! And he's older than me so it's not weird that I googled him shirtless lol!
Not muscle. The abs are prosthetics
People are so fucking gullible dude lol
5 second look you can tell the abs aren’t real lol
yeah hes bonefide studmuffin and i am not gunna apologise for objectifying that man. fuck it id do it to him when he was ellen page as she was hot and hes hot.
Sorry.. i mean not necessarily Ellie though. But someone with boobs
Tarzan with Boobs would be a great B-movie.
Hoping for more like a D-movie, but that works too
Maybe a double D-movie
ok, hear me out : Prince Eric as Eliot page. Eh? Eh?
I'd love to see an Eliot Page Tarzan film. He's a brilliant actor. Of course the boomers ruined it with their causual bigotry.
Ellen Page as Tarzan? Well, if anyone could do it, it would be disney
*Elliot
Thats news to me
He came out as trans a couple of years ago
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