And regarding Ripcord and Scarlett, Evan has it right – Snake-Eyes and Scarlett are supposed to be the couple. That's far more interesting. The year is 2009, few people are still shocked by interracial relationships. That's a toss-away. But having an energetic and independent woman pursue a relationship with a silent assassin, someone who never speaks, thats tough to do and interesting. It's a better story. Ripcord is a comedian. Everyone loves a joker. Plus, Snake-Eyes and Scarlett is a mainstay through the comics. Some of the best stories involve those two. Perhaps the best Snake-Eyes story happens after ))) comic spoilers ((( Baroness shoots Scarlett in the head. Snake thinks she's dead so he agrees to go off on a bad-ass kill everyone suicide mission. Cue the action. Further, the Snake-Eyes of the comics wears a mask because of traumatic injury to the face. So he's not all that handsome, depending on the era. His face has been either completely burned off or had deep scars across it. That's a good love story.

It seems to be a lost art in our culture, but the act of reeling in an audience and giving them a subtle message that they don't normally want to hear is always awesome. Like my mom listening to the Dooby Brothers and getting a whiff of drug culture simply because the music “sounds wholesome.”

Part of me is confused that the idea of interracial relationships on film can still be a shocking one, but but I suppose we don't see that many of them. And if Joe can play the relationship naturally without making a big deal of the skin color of the sexy participants, more power to them.

Next up, Duke makes out with Snake Eyes. Subtly.

Marlon Wayans is like a minstrel for the the 21st century; he doesn't represent a progressive image of an african-american man, he milks stereotypes for easy laughs without irony in movie after movie he and his (Wayans) brothers make. I think he's not the star you would want to pick to step up as a token for affirmative action movies.