Why I Think Short Round Not Being in Death Note 2017 Was A Big Mistake?
Now it comes to Death Note 2017. I hate it. I hate the story, I hate the acting and the only thing I actually enjoyed in the film was Willem Dafoe as Ryuk because his scenes were the best parts of the movie. But the big problem with him is that he's barely in the movie. He only has 10 minutes of screen time and that was really disappointing. But the biggest problem is not actually him. The problem is no Short Round. Now if you don't know what I'm referring to. I do make this joke a lot where if Short Round is like in a movie with an MCU actor. I make the joke like oh look Short Round has meant Kang The Conqueror and Loki season 2. Or him bonding with the Red Hulk in Indiana Jones and the temple at Doom because they were in the same movie together. Now with this film they cast the wrong actor as Light they cast Nat wolf but what they should have cast is Ke Huy Quan as Light because it'll be more accurate to the anime. Also I have to say not putting Short Round in the film as the main character is really bad. But not only is it bad. But this was just a big missed opportunity because you could have had one of the best MCU villain Interaction of all time that being Short Round and The Green Goblin because you could have had Ruyk manipulating Light AKA Short Round because Ke Huy Quan would play the character. But due to him not being the main character this was the worst thing that Netflix did. Not only was it bad. But it is disgusting. It is so disgusting that Netflix used the Green Goblin who's one of the best Spider-Man villains in the MCU and screwed him over by giving with very little screen time. Again not having Short Round in this movie is disgusting. But not only is it really disgusting, it was racist It is so racist in fact because they didn't cast Ke Huy Quan as Light, who is Asian American, they decided to cast an American actor to play the main character. Also if they did get Ke Huy Quan to play light it went in the movie a lot better and also think of all the funny but really disturbing interactions that Short Round and The Green Goblin would have had and if they did that. If I ranked all of Short Round's MCU villain Interactions this would have been probably at number two because again his Interaction with the red Hulk started it all and started the whole Short Round Interacting with MCU villains. Now the big question is why? Why did they not put Ke Huy Quan in this film? It's because he retired because there were enough opportunities for him because he didn't want to be cast as the same character over and over again. I can understand why he stopped acting. But imagine if he did act in 2017 and if Netflix picked him up to be in this movie as light then this movie would have been a lot better and you would have finally gone that MCU villain Interaction which was of course Short Round and the Green Goblin. Also I think Ke Huy Quan and Willem Dafoe would have had tremendous chemistry with one another. Also I would have given the movie a 10 out of 10 if they got everything right from the anime and had these two actors along with Lucy Liu as Misa and Tony Leung as L then the film would have been perfect. But they didn't do that because they chicken out. You know to quote Short Round from Indiana Jones and the temple of doom. No fun, the film was not fun. It is just so disappointing because again you could had Short Round's best MCU villain interaction of all time being Short Round and The Green Goblin. So in conclusion this was really fun to discuss the frustrating and disappointing opportunity of not having Short-Round in Death Note 2017 because again him and Green Goblin would have been cool to see them interact in the film together. But Netflix didn't do that and makes this movie even worse than already is because of the wasted potential that this film could have had with Short Round and Green Goblin Interacting. Also to quote Short-Round again they cheat. Netflix cheated it's fans by ruining the characters from the anime.
