A desegregated unit in WWII?
That doesn't seem accurate.
shareHonestly that bugs me too. I know it is being done to appease hollywood liberals these days, but it immediately struck me as just that. It isn't about racism, but about accuracy. If this took place after desegregation, I'd have no problem with it, but because it takes place during WW2, I don't buy it.
I did look it up to see if there were any black paratrooper units, and there was one, but they never saw combat or left the US.
There's also zombies/monsters so it's not like they're going for accuracy. For a horror movie like this it doesen't really matter what color the cast is, even if it is set in ww2.
That being said the trailer looked pretty bad ass. Something like Robert Rodriguez could do.
To a point, I agree, and I will see it, though not in theaters (I rarely go to to theaters). But still, it does annoy me. I get it, it is a fictional film, but they could TRY to make it plausible fiction by getting the other details right. It is the color of skin, but only for history's sake. I would be just as annoyed if AK-47s showed up in a WW2 film. It is also why I didn't like the first Captain America film (there were no laser guns in WW2). I understand that it is fiction, but I still prefer that they get all of the details correct that they can, as to me, it makes the fiction more believable, or at it makes it easier to suspend my disbelief.
shareYou are completely wrong, which is why I stopped reading after that first sentence: It could be a movie about zombies, lightsabers, magical fairies, but remember these two words: INTERNAL CONSISTENCY. The story must comply with it's own rules. They should not have used WWII as the story's setting if they can't get it right! They should have set it in some made-up conflict, or a more imaginary setting.
shareIf this was a ww2 story based on actual events I'd agree. But it's a supernatural horror movie set in ww2, I just see it as an alternate reality or whatever. I really don't see what's the big deal about this.
shareThe big deal is that the audiences must believe/suspend disbelief about the story. Historical inaccuracies don't help. Please read this article: http://www.whiteworld.com/technoland/reviews-techno/reviews2009/TWT-internal-consistency.html
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It's a silly (hopefully awesome) horror movie, just go with it.
My family knew a black man who served in the United States Navy during World War II as a member in the submarine fleet, participating alongside predominately white sailors. I don't know how he managed to achieve his position considering the rampant segregation still existing in the military at the time.
Perhaps the submarine branch was more socially lax than others, with greater emphasis on merit, particularly math. That, or he did everything he could despite barriers and somehow persevered. The possibility of a black man being able to serve outside segregated units was incredibly unlikely but not entirely out of the question. Keep in mind too what I share occurred in the southern U.S., where Jim Crow era laws were still in effect in most places.