POLL: Skids, Mudflap. Racist?

[dirge]

I'm saying no. Sure there are elements of their mannerisms which are "black", but I don't see them being treated as inferior. Why? Because Bay's not that deep. They're comic, and the unusual nature of the characters is just a way to anchor that for a fairly shallow film.

I don't see them being ostracised or shown as wholly inadequate - they do their part for the Autobots' cause.

[roller]

In the late 21st century Prof. Roller proved that there is no such thing as race, we all have the same internal circuits and lungs.

I hate those 2 characters cause there really bloody annoying.

I wish the ice cream truck mode got more time, and skids is Blue damn it hollywood!

[STL]

Don't see an issue at all. Some people are way too sensitive. This is a heartless action flick, remember. If it even aspired to be more than that then maybe there could be cause for concern.

As it stands, they're two retards. Would we be having this conversation if two black characters had actually played the role in a similar flick? Just b/c they're robots people are trying to impute way too much into them and who they're supposed to represent.

[sifun]

i just voted yes because i just want to spite everyone who said no. hahahah
in actual fact my real vote would be no.

[turbonegro39]

nope... kids at gateway plaza in warrnambool hang there pants low and have there hats crooked talk like that.

[Golden Phoenix]

I voted yes

Lets face it, the are playing up a stereotype and making fun of it.
But I don't care. It isn't supposed to be serious. It's a joke.
I laugh and think little else of it other then "haha. That was funny"

[i_amtrunks]

I voted no, as I took the twins as being more of a stereotype of teens from "the street" (not Sesame Street), rather than being racist.

[SilverDragon]

I think one could call Skids and Mudflap more tryhards than anything else. That may be why they act the way they did.

Also, I don't think they'd be THAT negative, given that Mudflap punched his way out of Devastator. In my view, if he really was supposed to be a racist stereotype, he'd be crapping himself and having to be rescued by Bumblebee.

[Beast_Wars_Superior]

They are playing a racist stereotype, but it doesn't actually bother me. Why? Because the Autobots learned how to talk through the world wide web, and if some of them just happened to pick up a stereotype being shoved down our throats by all the top 40 rappers, who can blame them?

I think as someone mentioned, it's more 'making fun of the stereotype' than 'making fun of the people attached to that stereotype'.

That said, I did find them pretty annoying.

[autobreadticon]

the American - "I'm surrounded by donkeys"

Judith - "that's nasty" after eating snail