Killer Queen
Banned
None of this makes him wrong, just that you don't agree with his opinion. Ignoring his thoughts on the "politics" behind it, sure she could have been Asian, but in this adaptation she's not, and it doesn't hurt the character or property any, because it's entirely in line with the source material, as evidenced by the director of the original film who's opinion holds far more weight than yours considering its his work that's being adapted and why this movie even exists in the first place. You're free to dislike it and to have preferred something else, but that doesn't change the fact of the matter. Especially since the character's ethnicity has no importantance to the story or character.He's wrong because his subsequent examples are dated and shows a gross misunderstanding of Asian-American representation in Hollywood. Your same reasoning can also apply had they chosen an Asian actress over another White-lead in a sci-fi film. Further considering that the property is from Japan, it would have been very easy and still thematically appropriate per the source to cast an Asian woman.
because she's a cyborg