If never thought of Nick Fury as blind, but I guess he's missing an eye isn't he.
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whiskeyandtaxes3 points2y ago
Al Pacino in The Scent of a Woman
ratadeacero3 points2y ago
Here's a trailer about a blind detective series on Netflix. https://youtu.be/cb1GFEHhYr8
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bradley222 points2y ago
I have never not wanted to watch a show more so than I do now.
This is just horrible.
Blind person eats candy, blind person drinks a lot, blind person is detective, “comedy.”
I Wonder if the person playing the character is even blind.
MostlyBlindGamer1 points2y ago
I'm surprised that this trailer wasn't as bad as I thought.
For one thing, the show could still work if the main character weren't blind. She still half witnessed a murder and has no credibility. She's going to use the tools at her disposal to solve it.
A second point to consider is that blind people get to be terrible people too. There's a long standing tradition of treating disabled people as either inspiring heroes or helpless innocent cherubs - she's neither and that's a nice change of pace.
Otherwise, the finer points really missed the mark. She gets out of bed and starts flailing her arm arm around. Protective technique anybody? Producers routinely for firearms instructors to make their shows realistic, why not get an O&M instructor for this?
Also, I didn't notice this, but it was point out to me that the actors' names are worked out in Braille. Gee, thanks - that's very helpful.
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MostlyBlindGamer2 points2y ago
That's what I was thinking. Being blind doesn't make you all zen or whatever.
bradley222 points2y ago
Yeah you make some great points.
I won’t be watching it but someone will enjoy it.
MostlyBlindGamer1 points2y ago
To be fair, I didn't expect much from the CW anyway, but experimentation is important. Maybe next time they'll do better.
weirdlywondering11272 points2y ago
In the dark (the CW version) has a blind main character who basically gets thrown into a murder investigation and caught up in crime. It's a really fun watch
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Bobtownee2 points2y ago
Growing up Fisher was a fun short lived sitcoms starring JK Simmons.
Revenant6243 points2y ago
I believe that show was actually based on a real person. It sucked it was canceled rather quickly.
Bobtownee2 points2y ago
I'm pretty sure it was. Fun show.
Dark_Lord_Mark1 points2y ago
It’s not much of a character but the guy who’s Jodie Foster‘s buddy in contact is the one who actually hears the harmonics of the alien signal. He’s blind. He’s only in like two or three scenes. So there’s that
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DrillInstructorJan1 points2y ago
Title character in Jennifer Eight, played by Uma Thurman. Mainly a murder mystery. Andy Garcia's character is a detective investigating a series of murders and has to save her. The movie is OK but she's kind of helpless.
Madeleine Stowe's character in Blink. Gets her sight back as part of the plot but it's actually handled okay. Quite like her.
Alicia Witt's character in Mentalist.
Clea DuVall's character in an episode of Lie To Me. Bit helpless, not completely. Clea had prosthetic scar pieces over her eyes for some scenes, so she played at least some of it actually without being able to see.
Elizabeth Hartman's character in A Patch Of Blue. Okay for the time, really a civil rights movie.
And how can we forget Zatoichi!
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intellectualnerd851 points2y ago
Damn there was a good horror movie (late phases) where the protagonist was blind and had to uncover who the werewolf was terrorizing a retirement home. He was salty
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intellectualnerd851 points2y ago
Late phases was the title. The fact he was bit grumpy was a neat touch. What I liked was he loved his guide dog, fiercely independent, used his sense of smell and hearing to pick up on things. Used touch to load a gun. The only thing that bugged me was how he used the cane. It was sloppy.
throwawayshai_shai221 points2y ago
The Fault in Our Stars has Isaac, and he’s pretty funny.
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Winnmark1 points2y ago
There was a show back in the '90s about a guy who got a mysterious newspaper with tomorrow's headlines, I don't remember the name but one of the characters was blind.
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ConstantIncident1 points2y ago
Goro Majima from Yakuza. He's missing an eye, but hoo boy is he fun.
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