Be excellent to each other!

just saying...and save the world...because (in case Bill and Ted haven't noticed) we need saving.

This is turning into the worst hatchet job in Hollywood that I've ever seen. Unbelievable.

It really needs to be underlined and spread widely - yeah, we can do this - that the allegations of "racism" are bullshit and have zero to do with this film. there is NO racism. Some producer (and not, I'm quite sure, Keanu) made some lousy editing decisions that gutted the story and its (potential) coherence. That person is trying desperately to lay blame on Keanu, and I doubt that will go well for them.

Man, spreading rumors about Keanu and then calling for a boycott because of those rumors? Wow. That's amazing.

New note: there is some SERIOUS hating going on around this, and nothing that has to do with "whitewashing" - somebody is desperate to sink this film and Keanu.

I've seen it and all this noise is just so much bullshit. Just saying.

Thank you, Anakin. Guest #1, John Constantine is happy to point you in the right direction ->

Thank you, LucaM and Anakin. I do think that in previous years, there was more variety in Hollywood - before, as you say, the last decade or even two. Is that because independent films were really independent, without the studios playing much of a role? When I compare the bland, repetitive crap coming out of Hollywood, starting with endless and absurd remakes (Point Break? seriously?) to the really interesting stuff that's happening on TV, even network TV in some cases , Hollywood had best get its act together. When you see the Wachowskis and Keanu doing episodic TV, you'd think that Hollywood would pay attention.

I'm also still bothered by the fact that, despite a lack of real information about what's happened with this film - information which may or may not EVER be available - some anonymous sources are blaming Keanu. Given what we DO know about production and the historical record of Keanu's influence or lack thereof on films, the smirching seems very odd and rather pointed. almost like someone's got an axe (maybe an imaginary axe) to grind.

Yes, I'll watch it anyway, since the facts are not clear in the least.

Uh huh.

Who is "Meye Audemus Enterprises" and how would they know the reason for the change?
I'm familiar with that quote, but am not at all sure of its relevance or accuracy. That's a rumor.

So is the "problem" with the film:
1) the proposed original title sparked religious "controversy"?
2) Keanu wanted a bigger / movie star role?
3) the studio, after reading the script and buying it, decided that it was "too ethnic"?
4) all of the above?
5) some of the above?
6) none of the above?

This stinks to me.

Comments don't appear to be working for the FB page article, that might be why there's some crap, I mean STUFF, here.

If it were me, I would want a publicist to address the apparent "Exposed / Daughter of God" fiasco. But it isn't me, and there may be many reasons to not do so, reasons to which we are not and need not be privy. I'm constantly amazed and a little freaked out that "fans" will say "he NEEDS to address this..."

No, he does not. You may WANT him to address it, but he owes that to neither you nor me nor any other fan. Get over it, grow up, get a more interesting hobby.

Sticking your lower lip out and pouting "he's not exactly the way I WANT him to be!" is frankly juvenile. I really hate (yes) Knock Knock, but my reaction is just that I don't like it and don't care to see more in that same vein - but it's entirely up to him - I may see something or not, and that's my choice.

I remember when there was a rumor going around that "Exposed" - then "Daughter of God" - was going to be changed because the title supposedly freaked some fundamentalists out. That appears to have been bullshit as well. So...unless I hear credibly that Keanu worked actively to get it changed to a Big Movie Star picture for him, and willfully minimized any African-American and Latino parts of the story, yes, I'll see the movie. I need facts, not rumors from Page Six or a disgruntled producer.

Again, I'm not at all sure that one "Producer" carries more weight than 17!!! Executive Producers! That's an extraordinary number, isn't it? That says "studio meddling" to me.

And letting Keanu take the blame? assuming of course that it isn't his fault - and yeah, past relevant history? And Keanu? taking the blame? what?

I'm tiptoeing around the thought of boycotting when more facts become clear. At this point, they aren't clear at all.

And since Lionsgate is involved in both John Wick 2 and Rain, how does that play in? and they've got several projects with 87 Eleven, and I'd really like to see Chad and David be successful. Grrr.

and Merry Christmas/Hanukah/Happy Kwanzaa/Solstice holiday time to all!