Racists boycott Thor movie because of Idris Elba playing a god
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Wow.. had to laugh for about 10 mins when I read what these people were pissed off at about, seriously anyone who really believes that a black man can't play a "made up white Nordic god" has way to much free time.
Honestly? I hate that they made him black. Not because they made him black (it's annoying to the fans, but otherwise perfectly fine to change a character's appearance if you feel it should be something else) but because of what appears to be their reason behind it: to appeal to minorities. One should NEVER let the offense of another person get in the way of creative freedom.
It's one thing to put a race down for no reason. But it's just as bad to raise any one race up for no reason. Every race is just that - a race. No better or worse than any other, they just look different. And skin color should have no more effect on cast - positive OR negative - than eye color.
EDIT: if i happen to be wrong and they picked a black man because he's a good actor for the role, hey, more power to em =)
It's one thing to put a race down for no reason. But it's just as bad to raise any one race up for no reason. Every race is just that - a race. No better or worse than any other, they just look different. And skin color should have no more effect on cast - positive OR negative - than eye color.
EDIT: if i happen to be wrong and they picked a black man because he's a good actor for the role, hey, more power to em =)
D'oh! Ninja'd!Redlin5 said:
Well, needless to say, I agree with Redlin. While we're on that note, why would a God even bother with race? Your an all powerful being from a dimension outside all comprehension, why are you gonna show up in one colour or another based on present company's expectations? Y'know, Hades, Greek God of the Underworld, was described as being Black.
Concerning the film, I have no qualms with Idris Elba as an Aesir. Man obviously won the part on his own merits and I'm a big enough fan of Kenneth Branagh and his movies to trust any decision he makes. On a whole, this is just stupid.
Honestly, I don't really care. Maybe I would if I were invested in the whole Thor comics. And I wouldn't be upset because they had the nerve to make a character black, but rather because they screwed up his appearance (totally different). As it is, I couldn't care less. I'll probably go see this movie because it does look pretty good, and I probably won't care that one guy is black in it. As long as he plays the part well, I couldn't care less.
I just have one other thing to say. We should all boycott the CCC. Just ignore them. Like any good troll they feed off your attention. And keep this in mind: Being called a racist is an insult. Even actual racists think it is an insult. So we gotta be making some progress.
I just have one other thing to say. We should all boycott the CCC. Just ignore them. Like any good troll they feed off your attention. And keep this in mind: Being called a racist is an insult. Even actual racists think it is an insult. So we gotta be making some progress.
I'm gonna call you out on this for 2 things:-Kenko said:
1) It's a Marvel film connected to Iron Man and will be connected to The Avengers, and is being made after Marvel learnt from their mistakes before
2) How the fuck can you honestly say it'll be a shit film? Seriously, it's still being made, there has been, what, 1 trailer and a teaser at the end of Iron Man 2?
It's absolutely fantastic when my religion gets "helped" with "good press" because of such "reasonable" actions. All it means is that I spend most of my social time explaining to everyone that just because I'm a strong believer in Jesus that I'm a close minded fool who loves Hitler.icame said:
Did anyone raise a stink when the Daredavil movie had Kingpin as a black dude? Just wondering. Not that I had a problem with it, I like the guy that played him, it just bothered me more for continuity than anything else. Same reason I didn't like the fact that they changed Stark's buddy in Iron Man 2. Continuity is all wrong. >.>
Last I checked, the gods of the Scandinavian poeples were not superheroes. Thor is not THOR. He's just a superhero using that name. If Heimdall is black in this movie, then so be it. He isn't the Heimdall of antiquity.
No problem. We all slip up. I read the post, and it was a little bit of an ad hominem argument. These groups are definitely racist, judging from the other quotes from their site. That's why they're taking issue with this casting decision. Just because a racist says a casting decision is weird, however, doesn't automatically make the casting decision logical.MrFluffy-X said:
well... umm...
weren't all the vikings white? I dont have a problem with the actor, but the norse god would have originally been imagined as white
weren't all the vikings white? I dont have a problem with the actor, but the norse god would have originally been imagined as white