diversehighfantasy:

diversehighfantasy:

burnhamandtilly:

Attack The Block (2011) // Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) // Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) // Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)

@littleflyingfuckwits funny, I don’t see anyone trying to downplay Nathan Fillion or David Tennant’s role as a scifi icon to this day.

Fillion starred in one SciFi property. Two if you count the Halo game voice work. He’s been everywhere in cameos because one small franchise made him a scifi icon, and you’re bothered John Boyega is being pedestaled for starring in three sci fi properties?

Same with David Tennant. Starred in one major sci fi property, became a big name, has continued a prolific and respected career outside of the genre – he’s no flavor of the month as you imply.

If we’re comparing Boyega to white actors, why not Chris Pratt, one of the few other actors today who has starred in three sci fi properties, including two major franchises. Why not Harrison Ford, who led two major franchises in the ‘80s plus starred in Blade Runner? Why not Sir Ian McKellen?

And Will Smith (who “isn’t even a white dude”) is an odd oversight, considering he’s one of the few actors, period, to have such a sizeable scifi filmography. Naming Nathan Fillion, a one-scifi-hit wonder who wound up on a cheesy TV crime procedural with the occasional sitcom guest spot, and not Will Smith, Boyega’s obvious predecessor in breaking the scifi barrier, just looks bitter, like you’re rooting for John to be an actor who never really catches on as an A-level star.

@littleflyingfuckwits It wasn’t a lighthearted jab. A lighthearted jab doesn’t start with “I have to disagree” and end with “you never hear from them again.”

You know what was lighthearted? The original post celebrating John and calling him King of SciFi. It isn’t a meta asking for a counterpoint, it’s a tribute gifset. It’s pointing out that John has already done something few actors have done: starred in multiple scifi/fantasy franchises. That he’s still relatively new is part of it. 

Not to mention, “King” is a term of empowerment for men and boys in the Black community. John Boyega absolutely is a king who inspires people and breaks barriers while dealing with a hell of a lot more pushback than your microaggressive “it boy” examples ever did.

Also like… what if he is the flavor du jour who will soon be forgotten? I disagree with that prediction, but no one can see the future so let’s say that’s possible. What’s the harm in celebrating his achievements while his fame lasts? Why rain on someone else’s parade instead of making a new post or something? This is how you know @littleflyingfuckwits‘s comment isn’t about actually analyzing John’s status in the film industry or his future as an actor, but just crapping on other people’s fun. It’s insincere as critique and is nothing more than an asshole move with a veneer of intellectualism.