Pajiba

The idea of black and Asian Asgardians tickles me, though Hogun always struck me as Mongolian, but I can dig it.

I get it, and I think it's great. He's a great and powerful warrior, so he goes to Asgard.

Do they have people at the front gate saying "Hey yo man, you're like, a great warrior and shit, but you're still black. Get the fuck out."

You are right in that the IMDB boards are awash with micropeens screeching about how Heimdall can't be black. Thankfully I haven't seen the same reaction on the comic book sites I (shamefully admit that I) usually frequent.

Here's my baseless and irritating complaint: this movie is so full of stars that if Idris Elba even gets more than a couple of lines, I will be shocked to my core.

I can't help but be amused that Hollywood is eager to crowbar non-white actors into white roles (Elba here, Alba in Fantastic Four, blahblahblah) but would sooner chop off their own feet than actually cast non-white actors in non-white roles (Prince of Persia, anyone?).

EVERYTHING IS BACKWARDS IN THAT CRAZY TOWN.

Me too, Nadine, me too.

RACE GOTTERDAMERUNG.

Or something.

Noooo they need to save Brian Blessed so he can be Beorn on The Hobbit!

At least Idris is letting up on TRYING TO BREAK MY HEART!

Ah, becks, the creator of that joke never met my friend John in Texas. He could not have been whiter, and 10 inches was just a mild chubby for him.

Tadanobu Asano was awesome as Temudjin in "Mongol." I wonder why pajiba never reviewed it.

Fuck all...
Am I the only one that's still pissed that fucking Chris Helmsworth is playing Thor? He's going to have to bulk up bigger then shit if he wants to impress. A tiny Thor? What's next, is Captain America going to be under 6'4" and older than 40?
James Preston Rogers should have got that motherfucker.
*sigh*
And the gods can be whatever fucking color they want to be. After all...they are an alien race. Besides, think of Norse times. What would have been more frightning, a white guard or a black guard? I'm leaning towards black. What else to intimidate some pasty white motherfuckers who had probably never even seen a dark skinned person?

I could complain about this casting choice if it had gone to a bad black actor, but Idris Elba was awesome in The Wire, so I have even more hopes in this movie now.

Hahaha, Drake I think those may actually be the lyrics to a L'il Kim song.

As often as casting directors can "shoehorn" Idris Elba into productions, it should be done. If you would like an equalizer, I suggest Chow Yun Fat. For what? For everything. Just think about it.

See how it rolls off of the tongue:

Chow Yun Fat.

I kind of doubt that, like, Surtur's fire giants really gave a crap what color the guy guarding the bridge was.

Here's the thing: Hopkins is a very good actor, most of the time. Especially when the role calls for creepiness and whispering (and I will admit that everyone liked Silence of the Lambs WAY more than I did, which is to say, not at all, but it's all subjective, and I don't reject a film because he's in it, necessarily).

However, the AllFather does not whisper and should not be creepy. He should be big and stentorian and commanding. That is not something I like Hopkins for, because then you get his Van Helsing. And I am not looking forward to that, in any way, shape, or form. Yay for folks that do, but boo for me.

But who knows? Branagh had Keanu doing Shakespeare, so anything is possible, right? :)