He even uses the 'fake news' hashtag in the comments. Like, goddamn Reuben.
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Reuben Langdon (Dante of DMC) blames sexual harassment victims; thinks MeToo and BLM"goes too far" UPDATE: Regrets nothing; Capcom never investigated
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No. But that's not quite the objection I have. In fact it's crazy to compare unjust civil right laws and drug use law in Japan. Unjust civil right laws are waaaaaay worse.
The question I had had more to do about what Capcom should do vs what Sega did. As much as I don't understand Japanese culture and their drug laws I can see why they would fire someone for breaking the law. That's what Japanese society agreed on. So in Capcom's case I think I'm also OK with Capcom firing the actor if they make the case that he misused the social platform... But we kind of need to be clear what is expected here.
Reuben is probably done for. Dante as a character will be fine.
Effing LOL at the "arrrghhhh it's out of context!!" boneheads. No, his victim-blaming tirade was pretty fucking clear to anyone with eyes and ears.
(I also like the narrative we apparently "destroy the lives of people we don't agree with." That they find a liberal-minded forum more troubling than 8chan is telling.)
(I also like the narrative we apparently "destroy the lives of people we don't agree with." That they find a liberal-minded forum more troubling than 8chan is telling.)
You'd also have to boycott Smash Ultimate (Reuben is Ken) & Spider-Man PS4 (Reuben did mo-cap work for the game).
He's a conspiracy nut, but from a different angle. More like a...traditionalist...
Maybe? Depends on the drugs. Depends on how it was sold. People would probably disagree with each other. That's not the situation though.
You're basing your argument on a lot of false assumptions.
- Youre assuming that an employee can only be fired if they break the law
- You're assuming that everyone who breaks the law must be fired
- You're assuming that a petition on a video game forum is a call to legal action
The most likely outcome following that response (which was pretty much everything I was hoping he wouldn't say).
I agree that from a pure acting perspective, Reuben is the best Dante. However, this shit cannot stand and I'm glad that Capcom's looking into it (& will hopefully boot his ass going forward).
Nobody is saying Sega doesn't have the right to fire someone. They are just saying it's stupid.
Again, Capcom can do whatever they want, that doesn't mean we have to approve of it.
What do you NOT understand? What point are you trying to make right now?
Plenty of people with great voices to take on the mantle of Dante
I can do whatever I want. Being realistic isn't being defeatist. It's not like I said to do nothing.
But deciding to not buy the game isn't enough. The alt-right does the same stuff with things they don't like and it never works out in their favor.
Uh, thanks for your dumb opinions. I'm actually saying that we need to go farther than not just buying Devil May Cry V if you want things to change.
You don't usually look at a voice artist's social media stuff or personal opinions when you book them - and even if you do, they don't usually pipe this stuff out in blatant ways.
Well, this fucking sucks. Way too many shitty people in this industry.
In order to truly achieve change, you need to scold people on social media that they're wasting their time by trying to do the right thing.
I suppose it was too much to hope this would be a rare case of someone admitting they were ignorant and wrong.
Nope, doubling down on stupid.
Straight up, if you think BLM is "doing harm," you are a racist.
Nope, doubling down on stupid.
Straight up, if you think BLM is "doing harm," you are a racist.
lmao someone actually PMed me to try and tell me OP took everything out of context when I posted the first time in this thread.
There are some valid discussions to be had about cancel culture and mob mentality, but when you're streaming with people known for inciting harassment, believe in conspiracy theories that can cause legitimate harm to people, and decry social movements meant to uplift people who normally don't get the time of day from courts or law enforcement... that's not a simple disagreement. But the people pushing that narrative know that.
And no one has said that just boycotting the game is any sort of ultimate long term solution. You are the 'only one making the conclusion that those posters' activism simply stops at their boycotting when that isn't necessarily true. People do the big things and the small things because it all adds up in the progress toward change. If you want to consider boycotting useless that's your own prerogative.
Reuben been Dante for more than a decade. Of course the character will still exist, but I was obviously talking about Reuben's portrayal of Dante being done for.
YIIIIKES that response. hopefully Capcom make the right decision and give Langdon the boot for future games.
I know nothing of their views, but Bosch (Nero) and Southworth (Vergil) and keeping their heads fucking down for this lol
I suppose they are allowed but, the other guy said/did very offensive shit, and it doesn't reflect good on the company's values to hire a racist white man to voice a black character, Reuben is just another on the pile of DMC 5 controversies after the lead singer and the trophy, if fans express loud enough this isn't acceptable then Capcom would be forced to respond and make changes for the better
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Man, JYB been my boy since the FIRST season of power rangers. I've loved him my whole life. If he turns out to be trash, man, I just don't know anymore.
He needs a fucking reality check. To stop living in alien VR simulators
I'm not.
In the last few years bigotry has become emboldened. The bigots have realized there are enough of them that they can find safety in numbers. Why wouldn't they shout out to each other in the open?
You can if you want, but the THQ Nordic situation is very different (THQN's director of business and product development took part in that AMA).
The fairest analogue would be to boycott any games Reuben Langdon worked on (DMC, Street Fighter, MvC, Smash, The Last of Us, etc.).