Is there any point producing a well researched history/period drama if the casting is 21st century inclusive?

@Bumbles I found myself inexplicably loving that show, with its wildly inaccurate casting and its use of modern pop music rendered by 19th century orchestras.

@LordShadowfire Sure, if they make it just a big fun spectacle, why not. Not sure where else I've seen it where it may be retro PC stuff. It works in Hamilton, too. It's not intended to be taken literally.

@Bumbles I'm trying to think of an example, but I just woke up, lol.

@LordShadowfire I would have liked Idris Alba as 007, although don't like Bond movies in general. It's not as if they are set in the 50s now.

@Bumbles I don't know why, but reinventing any character that's been established for that long with a dramatic change like that bugs me. Doesn't matter what the character originally was, either. Like if they decided to cast Ryan Gosling as Blade, I would find that just as annoying. People say it's about racism, but I just don't care for remakes in general, and it particularly drives me nuts when they do a race or gender swap of a character that's been established. The one exception is Aquaman, because it actually makes more sense that he'd be an islander type.

@LordShadowfire Fair enough!