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Old 12-29-2011, 08:54 PM
 
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I'd love to see #1 son again.
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Old 12-29-2011, 11:08 PM
 
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They would be considered insensitive and racist. Actually, I think it would be more likely that they would remake the Mr. Moto pictures, that starred Peter Lorre as an early prototype to James Bond.
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Old 12-30-2011, 02:14 PM
 
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Assuming they could figure out a non-racist way to do it, can you think of any major box-office Asian actors today?
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