William the White Washed Shredder: Why We Should Learn Not to Assume

[Forneus]

Originally Posted by IndigoErth

It's wise of them to recognize that maybe it was a misstep that should not be made and for their own good to correct it.

I am sorry but I don't understand this. I mean, yes Eric Sacks (Oroku Saki lol) wasn't Shredder. But somehow I don't think adding a completely nameless man without any character in the film as Shredder was better.

Just because the Shredder I always knew was asian, doesn't mean that adding a completely random asian man as Shredder is better than having an actual three-dimensional character as Shredder, even if it is Sacks.

It's all appearances. Like characterization and depth is not important, as long as it's vaguely feels like our childhood memories. Oroku Saki, the real Shredder WAS a Japanese ninja and the head of a ninja clan. Eric Sacks isn't any of that. But he felt like a character. He had a story. A meaning to him.

No-name man in the shadows, was nothing. Just an extra. No meat. No depth or soul, no meaning. It's like everything on the surface level, is more important than writing and depth IMO.