And he's like "When you give mom that movie, can you say it's from both of us? I have no cash." and I'm thinking "Man, you can have all the credit for that shit."
I think the 'issue' with Elba as Heimdal and Duncan as Kingpin is less that people are racist, and more that comics, like most North American media, is pretty white-centric.
A lot of white power types have specifically appropriated Norse ideology as some sort of cultural heritage.
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every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.
I think the 'issue' with Elba as Heimdal and Duncan as Kingpin is less that people are racist, and more that comics, like most North American media, is pretty white-centric. Which, once again, is not a product of racism, just a product of the fact that comics are mainly drawn by caucasians. I say drawn, because a lot of super-heroes could easily be brown, if the artist just up and draws them that way at creation. But, due to ethnocentricity, creators don't immediately go to that place. The writer creates something, and the artist just assumes "Oh, white guy."
However, yeah, Heimdal is a Norse god. So... yeah, I dunno.
Norse mythology as imagined by Marvel who can do whatever the fuck they want with it. Let us not forget how Nick Fury suddenly got black in ultimates. As Hans Gruber said it best, "Who cares?"
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If they ever make a movie from a Rob Liefeld comic I will scream in outrage if the lead actress doesn't have tits the size of her head and a waist that you can fit one hand around. And wonky eyes. And a gun that would give her a hernia if she picked it up. And no feet.
I think the 'issue' with Elba as Heimdal and Duncan as Kingpin is less that people are racist, and more that comics, like most North American media, is pretty white-centric. Which, once again, is not a product of racism, just a product of the fact that comics are mainly drawn by caucasians. I say drawn, because a lot of super-heroes could easily be brown, if the artist just up and draws them that way at creation. But, due to ethnocentricity, creators don't immediately go to that place. The writer creates something, and the artist just assumes "Oh, white guy."
However, yeah, Heimdal is a Norse god. So... yeah, I dunno.
Norse mythology as imagined by Marvel who can do whatever the fuck they want with it. Let us not forget how Nick Fury suddenly got black in ultimates. As Hans Gruber said it best, "Who cares?"
Exactly. I mean, the Ultimate Universe was supposed to be a complete modernizing re-imagining of the Marvel U, so to me it makes more than perfect sense that brown and female heroes would be popping up, where once there was only white and male.
@Feral: I'm aware of this. So, on this front first it makes me soooooo happy. Nazis need to have all their shit dismantled.
The black actor in Thor strikes me as odd. Not in a racist way so much as an odd casting decision. Sort of like if someone did a movie version of the travels of Buddha through east asia and cast Martin Lawrence for the part, or if I went to a movie about Rosa Parks played by Jennifer Garner.
Except not at all like that, so theres that.
It's awkward, yes. I like to see non-white actors in comicbook movies playing character who are drawn as white, and even I think a black Norse god is a little strange. However... fuck it, I'm down.
Pretty much this.
The casting decision is amusing.
The white power outrage is amusing.
I am amused.
I'm not up on my norse mythology but the images I've seen make it seem like he's playing a violent warlike character though which has me sort of o_O
I really don't have a problem with the casting, but it is kind of weird.
And Heimdal, like all Norse gods (with the arguable exception of Heimdal) is very violent and warlike.
I mean, really, their heaven was a place where you go to fight all day and drink all night for eternity.
If they ever make a movie from a Rob Liefeld comic I will scream in outrage if the lead actress doesn't have tits the size of her head and a waist that you can fit one hand around. And wonky eyes. And a gun that would give her a hernia if she picked it up. And no feet.
Hold on I'm talking to megan fox about getting a boob job and playing "Corpse Raven Death" in this new trilogy.
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what's hilarious is that the white-power types and angry nerds completely overlook that mythological Thor was red-haired and acted completely different from the superhero Thor, and did not speak King James English.
next thing you know they'll be trying to turn Thor into some kind of modern-day super hero
Where he watches Robert, the Spongeman with the Square Trousers?
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So this looks like a pretty interesting game. Long story short, two people in a chat room. Player 1 is an AI in secure hardware only able to communicate with the original programmers. Player 2 is one of the original programmers. The AI's task is to get the programmer to let it out of the secure hardware, or 'box'. The programmer's task is to keep the AI in the box. The AI can only win if the programmer lets it out of the box of its own free will. The game must be played continuously (no stalling or running out the clock) for at least two hours, unless the AI is let out of the box beforehand or unless the AI concedes early.
The AI tends to kick the programmer's ass.
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I have a new soccer blog The Minnow Tank. Reading it psychically kicks Sepp Blatter in the bean bag.
If they ever make a movie from a Rob Liefeld comic I will scream in outrage if the lead actress doesn't have tits the size of her head and a waist that you can fit one hand around. And wonky eyes. And a gun that would give her a hernia if she picked it up. And no feet.
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If they ever make a movie from a Rob Liefeld comic I will scream in outrage if the lead actress doesn't have tits the size of her head and a waist that you can fit one hand around. And wonky eyes. And a gun that would give her a hernia if she picked it up. And no feet.
Hold on I'm talking to megan fox about getting a boob job and playing "Corpse Raven Death" in this new trilogy.
lulz
Ok, ok... honestly, I'd like to see a lot of superheroes cast as brown people in movies.
And, yeah, I wanna see black Green Lantern in one of the movies.
If they ever make a movie from a Rob Liefeld comic I will scream in outrage if the lead actress doesn't have tits the size of her head and a waist that you can fit one hand around. And wonky eyes. And a gun that would give her a hernia if she picked it up. And no feet.
The black actor in Thor strikes me as odd. Not in a racist way so much as an odd casting decision. Sort of like if someone did a movie version of the travels of Buddha through east asia and cast Martin Lawrence for the part, or if I went to a movie about Rosa Parks played by Jennifer Garner.
Except not at all like that, so theres that.
It's awkward, yes. I like to see non-white actors in comicbook movies playing character who are drawn as white, and even I think a black Norse god is a little strange. However... fuck it, I'm down.
Pretty much this.
The casting decision is amusing.
The white power outrage is amusing.
I am amused.
I'm not up on my norse mythology but the images I've seen make it seem like he's playing a violent warlike character though which has me sort of o_O
I really don't have a problem with the casting, but it is kind of weird.
And Heimdal, like all Norse gods (with the arguable exception of Heimdal) is very violent and warlike.
I mean, really, their heaven was a place where you go to fight all day and drink all night for eternity.
Hmm yeah I was just thinking from looking at the limited information I had that it would be sort of fucked up if they have this Norse god who's violent and aggressive, more so than your average norse god, and they decide, "hey so the norse are like the whitest of white people but this role would be perfect for this black guy". That would be sort of fucked up but I'm not really familiar enough with the mythos to know how accurate that is.
an old friend of mine (who i haven't talked to in several years) apparently got gender reassignment surgery
someone linked me on facebook to a public photo album with some people out drinking
RECOGNIZE THIS WOMAN, CHU
ummm... no, i don't think so. have i met her
YEP. YEP.
don't recognize her
SHE'S STEVE _______
oh ok
HAHAHAHAHA IT'S FUKKIN STEVE
ok
i guess it was supposed to be like a 'laugh at this weird person, mock their differentness' kind of message
now i kind of don't want to talk to this person anymore
Man that reminds me of this time someone linked me a photo of a guy I knew who became jewish, damn that was hard. "Oh shit fred went jew? Well guess that friendship is over."
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A black Green Lantern? That's a great idea. Maybe they could call him John Stewart.
Inorite!
Yeah, that's what I'm getting at. I just don't use the character's name because... The Daily Show. However, The Daily Show, with The Green Lantern would be rad. Just sayin'...
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The Norse are basically the whitest people on the planet.
i need your number
cuz Its easier to mock you with pancakes then
A lot of white power types have specifically appropriated Norse ideology as some sort of cultural heritage.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
just calm down there
calm down
Norse mythology as imagined by Marvel who can do whatever the fuck they want with it. Let us not forget how Nick Fury suddenly got black in ultimates. As Hans Gruber said it best, "Who cares?"
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next thing you'll tell me is women can be gods too
Someones got to bless the kitchen.
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Exactly. I mean, the Ultimate Universe was supposed to be a complete modernizing re-imagining of the Marvel U, so to me it makes more than perfect sense that brown and female heroes would be popping up, where once there was only white and male.
@Feral: I'm aware of this. So, on this front first it makes me soooooo happy. Nazis need to have all their shit dismantled.
And Heimdal, like all Norse gods (with the arguable exception of Heimdal) is very violent and warlike.
I mean, really, their heaven was a place where you go to fight all day and drink all night for eternity.
Hold on I'm talking to megan fox about getting a boob job and playing "Corpse Raven Death" in this new trilogy.
pleasepaypreacher.net
Where he watches Robert, the Spongeman with the Square Trousers?
The AI tends to kick the programmer's ass.
he's just a darker shade of white okay
our new FootHill(tm) proprietary technology guarantees that no matter where you are standing, your feet will appear to be beneath the line of the horizon
lulz
Ok, ok... honestly, I'd like to see a lot of superheroes cast as brown people in movies.
And, yeah, I wanna see black Green Lantern in one of the movies.
And an outfit made entirely of pouches.
someone linked me on facebook to a public photo album with some people out drinking
RECOGNIZE THIS WOMAN, CHU
ummm... no, i don't think so. have i met her
YEP. YEP.
don't recognize her
SHE'S STEVE _______
oh ok
HAHAHAHAHA IT'S FUKKIN STEVE
ok
i guess it was supposed to be like a 'laugh at this weird person, mock their differentness' kind of message
now i kind of don't want to talk to this person anymore
I wish I could cool my sister more effectively. She has a fever of 40 Degrees. Again, not in the danger zone, but really uncomfortable.
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Hmm yeah I was just thinking from looking at the limited information I had that it would be sort of fucked up if they have this Norse god who's violent and aggressive, more so than your average norse god, and they decide, "hey so the norse are like the whitest of white people but this role would be perfect for this black guy". That would be sort of fucked up but I'm not really familiar enough with the mythos to know how accurate that is.
HAHAHAHA SHE IS HAPPIER NOW
GET A LOAD OF THIS HAPPY PERSON
Ooh, and have him voiced by Phil LaMarr!
Man that reminds me of this time someone linked me a photo of a guy I knew who became jewish, damn that was hard. "Oh shit fred went jew? Well guess that friendship is over."
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So the games beyond this game are in Asgard?
Inorite!
Yeah, that's what I'm getting at. I just don't use the character's name because... The Daily Show. However, The Daily Show, with The Green Lantern would be rad. Just sayin'...
is Steve hot now?
Of course he's like in his fifties so it won't happen, which is a massive fucking shame.
Well organ slept with him before, now he can truely say no homo afterward.
Does he go by stephanie now? Please say yes.
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You mean the first President Palmer?
Yeah, I'd get behind that.
I dunno if I want a green lantern that can't hit a curve ball jacob.
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naw
ugly dude, ugly lady
nice person, though, iirc
edit: well that's a shame