Not really. They show up everywhere in the non-mutant Marvel Universe. Wikipedia Link and Marvel Wiki Link. Short version- they're power incarnate and if used properly can make the user omnipotent. Bad juju. Re: Red Skull + Loki being the main villains in the Avengers movie: If you look at the recurring big hitters on Earth in the Marvel Universe, many of them are the mastermind type. They don't necessarily need to have their own power because they use other means to achieve their goals. Brains over brawn.
Here is the scene at the end of the credits if you left early like me.... Spoiler <iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rbVOtBXD_Y0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
^What he said... pretty cool stuff...I really enjoyed the movie...Went to Cinemark in D off of Webb Chapel and the movie messed up twice...Finally started working, someone complained and we ended up getting a free pass...woohoo!
Black Thor Actor Talks About Racist Comic Book Fans Magic and monsters are fine, but a black guy playing a Norse god? That's taking things too far. Idris Elba, who plays Heimdall in Marvel's Thor movie, has spoken about the backlash caused by the casting of a black actor as a Norse god. Elba's casting has infuriated a number of groups who feel it is insulting to have a person of color playing a figure often referred to as the "Whitest of the Gods." Elba indicated that complaints about his casting came in two types: There were the purist comic books fans who were upset about the changes made to the canon - Heimdall is depicted as white in the comics - and then there were others whose complaints were solely motivated by race. He was reluctant to speak about it too much though, as he didn't want to fuel the issue. Ultimately, he said, if people didn't like the casting decisions, they should just stay at home and not see the movie. Sadly, the fan backlash against Elba's casting is not a new phenomenon - Penny Arcade tackled it in a comic late last year - and it isn't the first time that Elba has talked about it. Just over a year ago, he said that Thor had so many fantastical elements that he was amazed that anyone would pay attention to the color of his skin. He acknowledged that he didn't really look like the traditional image of a Scandinavian, but said that in future there would be more diversity in Hollywood casting. "I was cast in Thor and I'm cast as a Nordic god," he said. "If you know anything about the Nords, they don't look like me but there you go. I think that's a sign of the times for the future. I think we will see multi-level casting. I think we will see that, and I think that's good." Unfortunately, that's not an opinion shared by his detractors. Some of the Elba's staunchest - although ostensibly not racially motivated - opponents accuse Marvel of left-wing social engineering, noting that it attacked the Tea Party movement in a recent issue of Captain America, and that Stan Lee is known to support left-wing politicians. Other complainants, who are more directly racist, talk about the "filthy culture of judaism [sic]" and how Elba's casting is an attack on "White Culture." While the latter accusation is both disgusting and ridiculous, the former - that the left wing is using the media, and especially Hollywood, as a vehicle for propaganda - is not new. It was also leveled at DC Comics following the news that Superman was going to renounce his US citizenship. Although Elba doesn't look like a typical viking, it's not as if he's playing a historical figure, and it's hardly the only liberty that Marvel has taken with the Norse pantheon. As insults go, saying that the Norse gods were actually aliens with some really advanced technology - which is actually true in the Marvel canon - would seem to be much worse than casting a black actor as Heimdall, but strangely, no one seems to be bothered about that fact. All joking aside though, race in the media is a delicate and difficult subject, whether you're talking about the accusations of "whitewashing" in The Last Airbender movie - which is the casting of white actors as characters of color - or the accusations of racism in Resident Evil 5. It's an issue that people need to keep talking about though, because like any serious issue, it's not going to go away if we just ignore it. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/109754-Black-Thor-Actor-Talks-About-Racist-Comic-Book-Fans
I would go with Dennings as well. Don't get me wrong, Portman is a beautiful woman but I'll go with Dennings. She seems very smart.... Spoiler
I don't give a dang if it's a white/black/Asian/Indian/Hispanic actor complaining about this, or why people give it so much thought. I believe that if the story depicts a certain character as "white" or "black" or "brown", the director should try to stick to that. If the non-race actor does a good job, then that doesn't matter anymore. If the actor delivers and you're not thinking about it, then it's cool with me. Who the heck ever reads the cast at home and checks race before going to the movies? I haven't seen the movie, and now this is going to be in the back of my mind... but I will try to forget reading the story above and try to enjoy watching the movie without thinking "race" crap.
Comic book nerds are just like everyone else and like everyone else, they needs a good ass-whoopin.. So come this year's ComicCon I'm coming for you nerds!!!!
Since this is all fantasy and all... why deprive yourself of both? I would go with a 5-some with 2 Dennings and 2 Portmans.
Fantasy?! I'm pretty sure I could gig Dennings if I met her in real life. Portman is probably too cool for school or married or something stupid.
Yeah man, just give her some roofies and she's yours for a few hours... But I do think you're right though, Dennings would probably date an average joe. Portman is knocked up. Someone from Black Swan.
They aren't still doing Ant-Man are they? Whats the current movie strategy for Marvel & the Avengers? Are there 2 Avengers movies planned? Hulk 2 is out right? Iron Man 3 was a go? Someone link me to something.
The second Hulk movie isn't a sequel. It's more of a different slant on the Hulk story, as if the first never happened. They retell the origin in about five minutes, and it stays very close to the TV series....good movie with a real villain, much much better than the first Hulk movie, which was an atrocity without a real villain. Iron Man 3 is definitely a go. IM has become Marvel Studio's top franchise (Sony owns the Spider-Man movie rights, Fox owns the Fantastic Four and X-Men rights). There's some confusion on the Avengers movie- the Captain America movie is called The First Avenger, and is the last standalone character movie before the big combo flick. I don't think they're doing a Lord of the Rings style 'film several movies together' thing. If the Avengers makes big bucks, there will be a sequel.
