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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

I Think It's Marvel-lous


What recent, unnecessary controversy in the film world is referenced? Also, of course, identify.

6 comments:

Kaushik said...

A white supremacist group joined in a boycott of Thor because the Marvel Studios film cast a black actor Idris Elba as the Norse god Heimdall

Pranav Santurkar said...

the potrayal of idris alba(1st pic) a black man as the deity heimdall(2nd pic) in the movie thor

Siddarth Pai said...

Edris Elba

Thats Heimdal, Norse god

Elba would be paying Heimdall, who guads the ranbow bridge to Earth, Sounds the horn that will start Ragnarok, will be the last god standing along with Loki at the end of it, etc etc

So, were they against a black guy playing Heimdall?

doc said...

the above pic is of Idris Elba and he is slated to play the role of Heimdall, the guardian of Rainbow bridge between Asguard and midgard in the movie Thor.

dernhelm said...

Yeah, they were against a black guy playing Heimdall in the movie*, as you put it. They totally know Heimdall of the Golden Teeth personally. Meet him for tea and crumpets everyday at 5 PM I suppose.

* Which is based on the comic book "Thor" which doesn't even claim to be an accurate representation of Norse myth (it has aliens etc).

Prateek Shrivastava said...

heimdall is 'the white god' in norse mythology.

Controversy: black man playing the white god

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

I Think It's Marvel-lous


What recent, unnecessary controversy in the film world is referenced? Also, of course, identify.

6 comments:

Kaushik said...

A white supremacist group joined in a boycott of Thor because the Marvel Studios film cast a black actor Idris Elba as the Norse god Heimdall

Pranav Santurkar said...

the potrayal of idris alba(1st pic) a black man as the deity heimdall(2nd pic) in the movie thor

Siddarth Pai said...

Edris Elba

Thats Heimdal, Norse god

Elba would be paying Heimdall, who guads the ranbow bridge to Earth, Sounds the horn that will start Ragnarok, will be the last god standing along with Loki at the end of it, etc etc

So, were they against a black guy playing Heimdall?

doc said...

the above pic is of Idris Elba and he is slated to play the role of Heimdall, the guardian of Rainbow bridge between Asguard and midgard in the movie Thor.

dernhelm said...

Yeah, they were against a black guy playing Heimdall in the movie*, as you put it. They totally know Heimdall of the Golden Teeth personally. Meet him for tea and crumpets everyday at 5 PM I suppose.

* Which is based on the comic book "Thor" which doesn't even claim to be an accurate representation of Norse myth (it has aliens etc).

Prateek Shrivastava said...

heimdall is 'the white god' in norse mythology.

Controversy: black man playing the white god