capcom went full woke with ada va

[R.O.K. SEOULDIER]

its the liberal agenda.
black actors must play black characters
asian actors have to play asian characters
latinos play latino characters
arabs play arab characters
indians play indians
etc.

this is like the whole simpson, cleveland show fiasco. i guess people forgot about apu from simpsons and cleveland show both non minorities who were axed due to the liberals cries that "the characters race should coincide with the actors race" instead of you know selecting people for their actual talent and skills. notices it only for america audience that the va was changed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I65Z0rnaogs

all of ada va were white and sally did the best job. instead to fullfill the liberal audience needs they just picked a asian female who was horrible in the movie AND the game.

[illgib]

Publicado originalmente por Darkgamester301:

Publicado originalmente por illgib:

I know that i shouldn't and i'm gonna regret, but seriously, how hiring an asian girl to dub an asian character it's considered "woke" and so wrong?

The reasoning of the argument isn't so much outrage about an Asian actress being hired to play an Asian character, but rather the notion that Capcom hired her based solely on her ethnicity versus talent as an actress.

That does, however, ignore the fact of what is likely the real reason, which is Capcom's policy of not hiring actors/actresses who are unionized.

I know the union stuffs, i'm legitimatelly asking to all the "woke mongers" what's the actual problem about matching racial voice actors? If i want a black man voice i hire a black man not an asian portraiting ones, no matter how good he is.
It's the most logic things that should come to mind.
It become impossible when you can't have a famous actor and you have to relay on impersonificator, like Scarface, or when the original actor it's dead, but whenever it's possible i really don't see the problem, the first choice should be a related racial actor.

[SunfireKnight86]

Publicado originalmente por Choke me Nemesis:

Publicado originalmente por Alyx:

I mean... in my work, i've had black guys step into my hotel and tell me I should give them a free room cuz they are black and I owe them since i'm white for me to then just get called a racist cuz I said no.

Yes this definitely seems very believable, obviously this thing happened and you would never make that up

This dude has been following me around this forum screaming "RACIST! REPORTED!" since then lol

[Saltylicious]

Imagine being upset by an Asian actress portraying an Asian character in a video game.

[Mögbär]

So ... in order to not be accused of being woke — are people still using this word seriously? — what's a company to do? Make sure nobody they hire fits the character they portray? "Oh no, the gamergaters wíll call us woke! Whatever shall we do?"

(Though this is just silly. If you have a character of a certain background, hiring a voice actor from that background is a pretty good way to have the character sound authentic, especially when dialects etc. come into play.)

I'm sorry you are not happy with the voice actress they chose to perform as Ada here, but you should focus your complaints on her actual performance then, not her race or ethnicity as if that had anything to do with it. I mean, it sure seems like it does, just not on their part. Even if you assume someone actually gave a damn about whatever weird form of political correctness dictated they let an Asian woman lend Ada her voice, it's so silly to think their only choices were "hire this horrible actress that cannot do it right, but what can we do, the wokeness demands her" and "let some non-Asian miracle voice actress deliver the perfect performance and show everyone what a rotten bunch of unwoke monsters we are".

It's also not like they hire some woman as a voice actress and are then somehow at her mercy as she storms into the recording room, utters her lines with her completely unsuitable voice and insufficient skills while the people at Capcom can only stare in horror as they are forced at gunpoint to copy and paste those recordings into the game and release it.

Love or hate her voice acting for Ada, but the idea that it is not at least very close to what the directors and other relevant creatives behind the game envisioned and decided on how Ada should sound like is ridiculous. Yes, circumstances other than "top voice of our choice" may very well have played a role in Ada's voice actress' hiring, like availability or union memberships etc., but if the deciding factor really was "we need Ada to be played by an Asian woman", then there was no reason to choose one that couldn't do it well.

So what does that mean, then? The voice actress they chose performed her role just as the people making this game wanted her to and that they were happy with the results. I mean, this is such a prestige project for Capcom that the wild fever dream they somehow would let some Asian woman ruin part of it with a poor performance just because she is Asian cannot be described as anything but borderline asinine.

Furthermore, the world of videogames is teeming with bad voice acting performances. So many white men and women doing horrible jobs performing as white men and women over the centuries ... and yet, surprise, surprise, zero complaining about how they were only hired for the job because of some nebulous only people of ethnicity X may act as people of ethnicity X agenda to be found. But as soon as an Asian woman allegedly performs poorly it's "only hired for her ethnicity instead of actual talent".

[Sunsetter]

The amount of incoherent nonsense one can read in this topic is fascinating.

[Καελισυς]

It undermines the legitimate arguments on this topic when people whinge over absolutely nothing. I swear posts like this are a psy op.

[Tr0w]

Publicado originalmente por SunfireKnight86:

Publicado originalmente por Choke me Nemesis:

Yes this definitely seems very believable, obviously this thing happened and you would never make that up

This dude has been following me around this forum screaming "RACIST! REPORTED!" since then lol

You've been following everyone around forum screaming "BIGOT!!" for not liking crap voice work.

[Alyx]

Publicado originalmente por Choke me Nemesis:

Publicado originalmente por Alyx:

I mean... in my work, i've had black guys step into my hotel and tell me I should give them a free room cuz they are black and I owe them since i'm white for me to then just get called a racist cuz I said no.

Yes this definitely seems very believable, obviously this thing happened and you would never make that up

When you got a biased belief that someone couldn't have done a thing or that couldn't have happened, Nothing can happen outside of your personal beliefs.

Like when some cop has to tell the parents of a murderer that ther child did infact murder someone. Clearly, ther perfect child couldn't have done that.

I could also mention I have dated 3 black guys but that's up to you to see if that could happen or not as well.

[Alyx]

Publicado originalmente por SunfireKnight86:

Publicado originalmente por Choke me Nemesis:

Yes this definitely seems very believable, obviously this thing happened and you would never make that up

This dude has been following me around this forum screaming "RACIST! REPORTED!" since then lol

You've also been chasing me around the forums literally stating racism is bad but then posting your own racism all over the place and meanwhile calling everyone else who didn't agree with you a racist...

I'm sorry, did that come back on you like every other of your posts tend too?

[Moogal™]

Publicado originalmente por SunfireKnight86:

Publicado originalmente por Alyx:

Not even giving points to that low as ♥♥♥♥ effort at trolling.

At least read the entire post first before replying next time? Not just the first part and at least read it properly as well?

I will never give you or anyone who uses an anime avatar on a Steam forum more than ten seconds of my time.

Fair enough.

[TheMetalCorpser]

Publicado originalmente por Moogal™:

Publicado originalmente por SunfireKnight86:

I will never give you or anyone who uses an anime avatar on a Steam forum more than ten seconds of my time.

Fair enough.

I'll be honest I never understood that line of thinking. It's like you're saying you hate Japanese production of cartoons or those who like entertainment from Japan. It may not be for everybody but attack someone's actual point not what they like or what they're into. Doing so just means you have a pathetic stance in the first place.

[Moogal™]

Publicado originalmente por TheMetalCorpser:

Publicado originalmente por Moogal™:

Fair enough.

I'll be honest I never understood that line of thinking. It's like you're saying you hate Japanese production of cartoons or those who like entertainment from Japan. It may not be for everybody but attack someone's actual point not what they like or or into. Doing so just means you have a pathetic stance in the first place.

I mean, it is not like i never watched anime. I know all about it and i hate it.

[Rambit]

Publicado originalmente por TheMetalCorpser:

Publicado originalmente por Moogal™:

Fair enough.

I'll be honest I never understood that line of thinking. It's like you're saying you hate Japanese production of cartoons or those who like entertainment from Japan. It may not be for everybody but attack someone's actual point not what they like or or into. Doing so just means you have a pathetic stance in the first place.

its true. in fact its probably one of the main things a person learns when going to gaming/movie/tvshow forums. if the person is using a anime profile. the person its going to have very low iq and barely understand what they are talking about.

[george.atkinsontm]

What a nerd. Is this your priority in life? Crying over a voice actress in a videogame. It's cringe twerps like you that give gamers a bad name. Like you sweaty geeks would say "Waaaah stop politicising everything"

[TheMetalCorpser]

Publicado originalmente por Moogal™:

I mean, it is not like i never watched anime. I know all about it and i hate it.

It's just cartoons made in Japan bud. It's barely different than the stuff made in the USA except different styles and what is presented because of cultural differences. Hating something like that is just as weird as those who worship it.