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INFINITE PLAYLIST’s Kat Dennings To Play Human In THOR!!
I am – Hercules!!
Kenneth Branagh has cast as "Thor's" second human the fabulous Kat Dennings (“The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” “Charlie Bartlett,” “The House Bunny,” “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist”).
She’ll play Darcy, full-lipped pal of another human named Jane Foster (Natalie Portman). Jane will come to like Thor. A lot.
A third human, Nick Fury (Sam Jackson), hasn’t yet been announced for the cast.
I think everyone else in the cast so far play gods, among them Chris Hemsworth (“Star Trek”) as Thor, Tom Hiddleston ("Cranford") as Loki, Anthony Hopkins (“The Wolfman”) as Odin, Ray Stevenson (“Punisher: War Zone”) as Volstagg The Valiant, Stuart Townsend (“The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen”) as Fandral, Tadanobu Asano (“Mongol”) as Hogun the Grim, and Idris Elba ("The Wire," "The Office," "RockNRolla") as Heimdall, guardian of Asgard.
Kenneth Branagh ("As You Like It," "Sleuth") directs the Marvel Comics saga from a screenplay by Mark Protosevich (“Poseidon,” “I Am Legend”) and Zack Stentz & Ashley Miller (“Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,” “Fringe”).
Filming gets underway in January in anticipation of Paramount's May 20, 2011 release.
Find all of Variety’s story on the matter here.
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I can't believe I'm posting this.
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but one main person still left out. who is getting cast as donald blake? its not going to be hemsworth playing both roles probably. at first I thought there wasnt going to be a donald blake character, but the fact that jane foster is in it...
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The yams on this chick! And she's pale-skinned, just like Raimi enjoys!
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on that note,id like to bend her pasty ass over the counter as well
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never heard of this chick, but portman is one of the worst actresses working anywhere in actressdom. i hope thor shoves his hammer all up in her mouth so she can't say anything.
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Idris Elba is playing some guy who guards a bridge (sorry Thor-hards, never read it.) Also, the character is apparently a white guy in the comics, so get the whaaaambulance on standby.
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and no story?
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Who cares
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FUCK YEA
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Jake - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qyl2Vt9seM Neytiri - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY_RTaKbSiE Dr. Augustine - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4mJUkGVKlI Selfridge - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2kUOrr7zZM Chacon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyeTXZ6NcKk Thanator - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2FAVxbXWRI AMP Suit - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzyC_66id_I The Scorpion - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM-DR8itsCw
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This girl has some mean yabbos look for her to be the Next Christina Ricci.
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She really needs to back the fuck off of genre pictures and stick to the "dead hamster" cinema of Zack Braff, etc.
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I made out with a girl that looked like her...it was eh.
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Saw some ranting about that on some websites last week. It was fun.
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Her acting in 40YOV is easily the worst thing about that film. Granted, she's been better since then, but still...
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I've seen quite a few pictures of the lovely Kat on various board on the intertubes, and one thing I have noticed is that she seems to have a dominate right boob. If you look at some pictures of her, even when the shot is straight on, her cleavage always follows her right boob, not centered. I'm just saying, it's weird. I'll continue my intensive studies....
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Sam Jackson already!
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A black guy as a Norse god? PC casting sucks. I loved Elba on The Wire and The Office, but this is just stupid. I can't wait for the Jamie Fox as Elvis remake.
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with golden locks WHO cruises the RainBow Bridge is going to be HUGE in the Gay community..... Thor will have a cult following, like Twilight has among the female populace--only for this will be for men ...GAY men,
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There I got it started for you.
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with golden locks WHO cruises the RainBow Bridge is going to be HUGE in the Gay community..... Thor will have a cult following, like Twilight has among the female populace--only for this will be for men ...GAY men,
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Yeah. This is slightly more than non-news
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But yes they're a shit load of folks lined up for this one. I still wish they would have went w/ the dude from True Blood in the leading role though.
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No Black Norwegiens Doesn't mean that none of there gods aren't Black. ALthought That Guy from Harry Potter might have been a better Choice from a aesthetic stand point.
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Thanks, that was really nice! Heimdall is sometimes called "The white Aesir. Someone wanna comment? For the record: I really like this Heimdall casting. If you know the myth it kinda makes sense.
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MCD as Wilson Fisk in DareDevil besides Him and Colin F That movie stunk to High Heaven.
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and Nora's Infinite Playlist wasn't even that bad. The soundtrack was decent........when does Inception come out?
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Will MoonKnight be Jewish?
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She seems to give off a "Scarlett Johansson" vibe, from back when Scarlett was a fresh new bombshell, and we weren't all disappointed by her. Lush, young, sensuous...
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...how can I creep out even basement-dwelling virgins? Oh, I know!
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"Would have went?" Jesus. Oh, and "GQtaste?" Jesus!
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to Poseidon and I Am Legend. So full of drama and character.
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and then the terrible pics that followed. sexiest woman, my arse.
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What do you mean "if you know the myth"?I mean "the white Aesir" seams a tad ironic dosnt it? And isn't Heimdall Sif's brother?
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Norse dosnt mean norwegian. The Aesir mythology includes Denmark, Sweden and Island as well. So, it would have been pretty perfect casting with swede Alexander fucking Skarsgård!
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...as really who ever, but preferably as Thor, obviusly...
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that is all. . . .
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Well... Loki suggests that the name "the white god" comes from the color Heimdall turn when he sees his biggest fear, giants. I don't remember Heimdall being Sif's brother. I guess in the comics?
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Heimdall, under the name Rig (Rike, Kingdom) walked Midgard, taking many women. His offspring became the basis of civilisation, modern man. Where did "modern man" first appear? I think the most common answer is a certain continent where people are a bit darker in skin tone?
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Heimdall is the son of 9 (nine!) mothers. Giant daughters of the sea god. He doesnt have to look like most people in Asgard.
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...looks like a waxwork that's been left too close to a radiator.
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Well, I belive the Loki/white Aesir thing is from the danish Valhalla comic and not actually from the original mythology. Heimdall is however called the white Aesir by Snorre Strulasson, but i'm not sure why... Becuse of his honesty, purety prehaps? You do have some good points, but Heimdal isn't the biological father of mankind, he however reised them, teaching them about fire and so on. Ask and Embla (the first humans) were carved from a pice of wood (pressumably Ash?).
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I'm glad you brought up the gold teeth :) Well I guess some of Heimdall's features "rubbed off" on his "students" somehow ;)Yes I think you're right about the Valhalla comic! The white Aesir thing is a bit strange, since Balder is called "the whitest aesir" and Snorre is kinda late. Anyway, fun to getting to recap all this stuff.
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Did you say in the other talkback you're from Jämtland?
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Well, I sort of did :)
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Apparently Verne Troyer is portraying the handsome Norse god.
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all over the map in terms of acting talent, age, and country of origin.
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Luke Skywalker, whitest spaceman alive, had James Earl Jones as his father. Until you know how the gods will be portrayed onscreen, you can't really bitch about casting making "no sense". Ultimately though, I admit that I doubt their is any way that they'll portray the gods that would have me bothered all that much by them appearing as a mixed collection of races. The fact that they're not all the same skin color would hardly be the least logical thing about them.
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Nov 25, 2009 6:17:07 AM CST
I love that bit in "Overnight" where Troy Duffy...
by richard_gere_raped_my_gerbil
..attempts to get Kenneth Branagh to star in Boondock Saints but Branagh doesn't return any of his calls. He goes from thinking Branagh is a top guy to saying something like "Fuck that fag, Branagh!" LOL
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But I admire your effort.
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and the topic is big natural milky tittays! I hope this elevates Kat Denning's career so there will be more appearances which means more cleavage which means more photos which means more whacking off from me. Got, those things are great! And those big DSL clown-lips! Mmmmmmmmm.
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...has as many curves and sweet, sweet flesh in her face as the average woman has in her entire body. I like it.
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... And that's not a difficult feat, really.
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I've never read any of the comic adaptations, but do also remember references to Heimdall's being called the "White God" as well, although I always thought the connotation was more symbolic than racial; since taking the time to identify a Scandinavian mythological figure as "white" would be greatly unnecessary and terribly redundant if interpreted literally. Wouldn't "whiteness" be a given? Incidentally not all of the Aesir/Vanir are the same color though, Loki's (daughter was it?) Hel, for instance, is often described as being half black/half white (not racially, but chromatically).
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...in a big, fake, Norbit-esque, rubber fat suit like they did with that Martin Keamy dude who played that bastardization of the Blob in Wolverine. Actually, Harry would make a great Volstagg as long as that lapband hasn't done all its work yet. (Kidding, big guy!) Really though, I would think John Rhys-Davies would be a better fit this role than the guy from Punisher: Warzone. Everyone involved in that one, right down to and including the caterer and the guy who drove the port-a-let truck, should be banned from the industry for life!
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You mighta missed 4 out of 6 of the Star Wars movies but as it turns out Vader had a voice modulator in his helmet and when the helmet comes off he's actually a white guy underneath just like Luke! Crazy huh? Yeah most people missed episodes 1-3 and 6 so don't feel bad for not noticing. The movies were pretty obscure.
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...I guess the rest of you guys have it covered. Kudos.
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...goofy clothes and such. Besides, she doesn't strike me as all that hipstery.It's all irrelevant though. Doesn't change the fact that watching her talk is like a burlesque show.
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His resume looks like a high school summer reading list.
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I'm the quarterback of the Redskins (Although with the way they're playing I may have a shot at that)
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But "Dick Suck Lips anus" doesn't make sense!!
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...a liberal sprinkling of Christina Ricci. Blend to a smooth, creamy consistency.Serve warm.
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It's a real dream part.
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Nov 25, 2009 8:12:25 AM CST
THE NEW FREDDY KRUEGER LOOKS FUCKING TERRIBLE!!!FACT!!!
by tehcreepythinman
http://shocktillyoudrop.com/nextraimages/freddy-full-look.jpg
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40yr old virgin was worth sitting through. i mean it wasnt a terrible movie but the second she popped up, i kept counting the minutes til i'd see her again.
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...But she's on the border of it. And those goofy, hipster thrift shop clothes smell like mildew... ya just can't wash out the scent of 30 years in a cardboard box in a damp garage, and hipsters need to discover this fact!
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How could you when she is standing next to Faris?
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...and those tit-tays!
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Uh, I think that's a toy or figurine. Granted JEH isn't much taller than the average action figure, but still...
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...store threads as quickly as possible. And funky thrift-store undies are a deal breaker.
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Even IMDB already reported this.
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http://tinyurl.com/nwjxd8
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...this flick won't be out for years, so if AICN reports that Kat Dennings was cast in THOR a week late...eh, it's cool.
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Nov 25, 2009 8:46:17 AM CST
It's kinda funny she was on MTV begging to be cast in a comic b
by dreadlock holmes
And now she is in one! Plus my girl reads Hack/Slash. I think i'm in love. <3
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Fucking word limit.
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I don't know how much more stupidity I can put in a subject line about this poor excuse for a mythology film. I guess Dennings' involvement will make it even worse than I expected. Not even a rental for me at this point. Every night, I pray for vengeance and that the Captain American film actually has some good casting choices. Otherwise, fuck that noise too.All they've been casting for this film is a spectrum of "it" actors for different market groups, in an attempt to generate interest in the subject material across the board (since Marvel and investors have probably been reaming anyone working on the film on a daily basis - MAKE IT MARKETABLE!!). Unfortunately, Thor in Marvel comics is far from the rich mythological heritage of the figure and the film will therefore blow goats. Pseudo-Shakespeare, I soon learned maybe 10 issues into the old comics, was NOT how Norse gods spoke. I used to read all of the Thor comics, mainly for Loki, but once JMS started I got the hell out of there. I'm happy I did, as every time I even try catching up, I am so disgusted I have to step away from it again. Keep looking forward to this film, bozos, but I won't be, and I've been a fan of Thor for years. Half of you probably called the comic "gay" or asked who reads it before JMS touched it or Branagh. Fuck ye merrily.
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http://tinyurl.com/yblo57n
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Nov 25, 2009 9:04:22 AM CST
A movie about Norse Gods and all the chicks are Jewish?
by rev_skarekroe
I'm not sure what that says, but it probably says something.
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They actually have, y'know, personalities.
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Valient? WTF? Try "Voluminous" assholes. If Titus Pullo isn't covered in fat suit prosthetics in this then they've really fucked up.
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Loved Kat in CHARLIE BARTLETT, THE HOUSE BUNNY and NICK & NORAH, though I thought she was completely wasted in SHORTS.
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Like a rubber band, the fact Idris Elba is chosen to play Heimdall is stretching it more than a bit. Equate it to T'Challa being portrayed by say Russell Crowe or Daniel Craig
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It doesn't make sense cause I didn't write it.
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talent.
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do we get to see her boobs?
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I was aware of all of the casting in this movie except for him..No idea he was in it, been following him since the Wire.. Stringer Bell A character I absolutely loved to HATE..It also threw me off when Idris started speaking in his natural British accent.
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Big fan of the girl... glad to see her show up in what I hope will be a quality comic movie.
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Kill yourself.
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First off, i love Katt, she is definitely my type and and has some very nice breasteses:P But down to the meat now, i am NOT racist not in the slightest and i dont mind race reversals in modern movies or what not , but i am sorry a Black guy should not be playing Heimdall, he is a fine actor, but i want my Heimdall to look like he does in JMS's recent run on Thor, Massive and Red Bearded.
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Kinda ironic in a movie ostensibly about Germanic mythology. Wagner would flip his lid.
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The worst thing from Israel since the ten plagues.
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to do fuckin' porn. Or at least be a half-naked savage in a fantasy film like Thor or Conan.
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so does that make me racist?
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Don't fuck with Ray Stevenson! Punisher War Zone was indeed a piece of shit, but I don't hold him responsible.
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As a black guy who reads Thor comics, Heimdall barely even speaks. This is mountain=molehill territory. Stringer Bell FTW!
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No your not racist, its just not right for a black guy to be playing a Norse god. An Asguardian of sorts a la Hogun sure, but not one of the main Gods.
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Guilty conscience much?
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Don't like people changing races because they think its the right thing to do, or hey we dont have any black guys/girls in the movie lets put one in. Its like in Spawn when they made his Best Friend Terry a White guy in the movie WHY?! :P
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Actually, Kont, JMS's Thor has been universally acclaimed as one of the best runs on the character in years, if not ever, from the critics right on down to the readers. It doesnt mean your wrong for not liking it, a few of the A$$holes over in the comics TB dont love it either (not because they think it sucks, but because they find it a little slow). However, to act like its ACCEPTED FACT that Thor started sucking with the recent JMS run is so far from the truth, it isnt even funny. Your pretty much in the 5% mionority with that viewpoint.
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Trust me, I'm the farthest thing from racist but it would be the equivelent of Matt Damon being cast as Black Panther.
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If just to see Ben Affleck as Storm.
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it took me a minute, but that was hilarious
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Wow, ummm, where to begin:P I have been reading Thor for years, and i am also into Old Norse Paganism or Asatru, and JMS's run on Thor is one of the best by far, its incredible, the art Obviously the best its ever been, and the Story is Beautiful(hopefully the Shakespearean talk is gone for good), it will be missed.
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screws with awesome creative teams.
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She's alright, (ok at best) Nothing to brag about.
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This is Marvel's Thor so it's not supposed to be 100% accurate according to ancient myth.
Get over it.
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So he's black in the comic?
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Has anyone actually seen that movie? It just looks like a movie that no one has actually seen, but everyone has. I don't know anyone that has.
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I have and its good, Devendra is in it, if anyone knows who that is:P
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I say thee NEIGH!!
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...Naw! That "brand-spankin' old, homeless-folk duds" thrift shop smell just sinks right down into the first several layers of skin. Even a tomato juice bath won't get it out.
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...but then they get married, have kids and become (gulp!) Jewish mothers. And then... your ass is fuckin' doomed!
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is it wierd that I think Sarah Silverman is hot?
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Nov 25, 2009 11:27:23 AM CST
Seriously, I want to fuck her harder than she's ever been fucked
by supercowbell5thecowbellhasspoken
before. Next time you guys interview her let her know I said that.
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but if you said you found her funny then THAT would be weird.
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But she'd probably drive even the sanest guy to commit brutal murder after a week or two. Jimmy Kimmel doesn't count, as he was already brain damaged and something of a 'tard even before they met. (Oh, and M.O.T. = Member Of the Tribes, as in tribes of Israel)
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She would start telling one of her long-winded ironic jokes and I would probably lose wood.
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Most inspired casting since Chris Reeve as Superman!
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Big ole tittays. And acting. She's got a big future in front of her. Also pale chicks are kind of hot.
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Nov 25, 2009 2:19:41 PM CST
Again, until you actually know how the character appears in the
by chewtoy
...why all the bitching about a black man playing Heimdall? For all anyone knows he's head to toe in furs and armor for all of a cameo appearance, or he's shrouded in special effects. Maybe he's wearing the Destroyer armor to kick some Giant ass, or perhaps he's disguised as a mortal to keep people on Earth from finding the Rainbow Bridge for the entire bit where he shows up. Hell, maybe he just answers the telephone when Thor tries ringing up Asgard. Or maybe he's stripped to the waist and unmistakably a black guy in Asgard, front and center. Regardless, why not wait until you actually know something about the role before you flip out over the casting?
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A look on Wikipedia's entry for Marvel's Heimdall:
"When Odin cast the Asgardians into the guises of mortals to protect them from a false Ragnarok, Heimdall became Donald Velez, and joined the other "Lost Gods" in attempting to rediscover who they were"
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"Thor traveled to New Orleans to start his journey of finding the missing gods. After a confrontation with Iron Man, he encounters a man named Ezra, keeping vigil over a bridge. Realizing who he really is, Thor releases Heimdall from within the mortal. Heimdall was drawn to Ezra due to them both feeling angry and helpless because neither of them could stop the destruction of their cities, New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina and Asgard during Ragnarok. Heimdall has now joined Thor in the new Asgard."
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BUT A CAPT.AMERICA MOVIE IS COMING OUT SO..... WTF
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Amazing stuff!
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If Idris Elba is just playing Hiemdall in his human guise i will be cool with that, but not if he is the full blooded norse god.
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being played by a black man: are you going to complain when the actors and actresses playing Gods and Goddesses in the CLASH OF THE TITANS reboot don't look like the stereotypical Greeks in a Nia Vardalos comedy?
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...being cast as a Norse god is the same as a white guy being cast as an African god. Do ya think their would be any outrage if when the Black Panther movie is made the Panther god turns out to be Hugh Grant? This PC shit is unbelievable. Next they'll make C-3PO gay or something.
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