Seems like this show just came in late and hot. They dragged ass on developing it and had to rush through production with too little time for good writing or choreography while settling for a lackluster showrunner.
I have no idea why Inhumans was rushed though. Seems like that could have waited a year. I don't think Marvel TV has to settle for a guy like Scott Buck when the brand is so strong.
They could have kept him white while not writing him as a white savior. That's what the book did - it subverted the mighty whitey bullshit by making the hero a guy whose saving grace was that he'd always get up and keep fighting even though he constantly got his ass kicked by superior fighters.
I have no idea why Inhumans was rushed though. Seems like that could have waited a year. I don't think Marvel TV has to settle for a guy like Scott Buck when the brand is so strong.
You know as a black guy that honestly has no dog in the fight here I got to say that this is a very weird situation. Either you change Danny and make him asian and risk being called racist because he is a Asian guy doing martial arts. Or stick with the source material and keep him white. Well clearly keeping him white wasn't the right answer but idk what you would do in this situation. They kinda wrote themselves into a damned if you do. Damned if you don't situation.
Maybe the best answer was to make a good show lol. I'll watch it either way because marvel has me by the balls but I worry for my sanity watching this one.
They could have kept him white while not writing him as a white savior. That's what the book did - it subverted the mighty whitey bullshit by making the hero a guy whose saving grace was that he'd always get up and keep fighting even though he constantly got his ass kicked by superior fighters.