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The main issue with Heimdall being played by Idris Elba is that in myths Heimdall is described as albino. He’s the “Whitest of them all”…
I thought Idris did a great job playing the whitest of them all. There ARE records of black vikings so they were around…but still…Heimdall wasn’t one of em. *lol*
I note the “whitest” description of Heimdall is sometimes translated as “brightest.” The “light elves” of Alfheim and even Baldur sometimes get similar terminology applied to them. This is because the Norse associated light and by extension a bright shade of white, with both a good personality and physical beauty. You have to rely upon any provided context to try and determine which version they mean. The line about Heimdall is from the epic poem “Thrymskvitha,” which is mainly about Thor. The line is provided with virtually no context except that it compares Heimdall to the Vanir, a group of gods strongly associated with the sun.
In other words, it could just as easily apply to Heimdall’s bright armor. In fact, he is described else where as having gold teeth, so maybe it just meant his glittering chompers. It most likely, however, had nothing to do with the shade of his skin.
Then what I thought I saw in the trailer for Captain America was true. The Howling Commandos are going to be in the movie? Woot!
(Geek attention to detail would have a fit if Private Gabe Jones wasn’t in the Howling Commandos.)
Now I wonder if Nick Fury in the movie universe was alive during WW2 or just the Howling Commandos without him.
Check out the imdb page for the guy playing Dum Dum Dugan (Neal McDonough). Dude’s been in so much geek stuff, it’s unreal. He was a helmsman on Star Trek, Bison in Street Fighter (the one with Lana Lang), voice of the Hulk, voice of Green Arrow…
And he was kind of the Tin Man once, if Oz counts as geek stuff.
Well, Ryan Reynolds is scaling that mountain too, what with him being Hannibal King, Green Lantern and soon Deadpool (soon, he’s never, ever played that character before, SHUT UP!).
The biggest joke in this entire strip is the idea that you can actually find the Heimdal figure anywhere! (Yeah, I’m a bitter toy guy, what can I say? Release Series 2, Hasbro!)
May 24th, 2011 at 4:12 am
Poor Gabe:(
May 24th, 2011 at 5:06 am
He went on to defeat Reb Ralston and served forty-seven years in the Senate. It’s all good.
May 24th, 2011 at 7:47 pm
The main issue with Heimdall being played by Idris Elba is that in myths Heimdall is described as albino. He’s the “Whitest of them all”…
I thought Idris did a great job playing the whitest of them all. There ARE records of black vikings so they were around…but still…Heimdall wasn’t one of em. *lol*
May 24th, 2011 at 7:53 pm
If I’d had any guts, I would have centered the joke around that whole “whitest of them all” bit. But I did not.
Maybe we’ll do a director’s cut one day. 🙂
May 24th, 2011 at 8:51 pm
who really cares, its the thor comic book version if it was about the original thor that would be a different matter
May 24th, 2011 at 10:18 pm
I note the “whitest” description of Heimdall is sometimes translated as “brightest.” The “light elves” of Alfheim and even Baldur sometimes get similar terminology applied to them. This is because the Norse associated light and by extension a bright shade of white, with both a good personality and physical beauty. You have to rely upon any provided context to try and determine which version they mean. The line about Heimdall is from the epic poem “Thrymskvitha,” which is mainly about Thor. The line is provided with virtually no context except that it compares Heimdall to the Vanir, a group of gods strongly associated with the sun.
In other words, it could just as easily apply to Heimdall’s bright armor. In fact, he is described else where as having gold teeth, so maybe it just meant his glittering chompers. It most likely, however, had nothing to do with the shade of his skin.
May 24th, 2011 at 11:35 pm
Then what I thought I saw in the trailer for Captain America was true. The Howling Commandos are going to be in the movie? Woot!
(Geek attention to detail would have a fit if Private Gabe Jones wasn’t in the Howling Commandos.)
Now I wonder if Nick Fury in the movie universe was alive during WW2 or just the Howling Commandos without him.
May 25th, 2011 at 3:24 am
I think it’s going to be like the cartoon where Nick Fury’s grandfather was a Howling Commando.
And Heimdall had some of the best moments in the movie, even when he wasn’t on screen.
Volstagg: We can’t talk like that! What if Heimdall is watching?
Messenger: Lord Heimdall wishes to speak with you.
Volstagg: We’re doomed.
May 25th, 2011 at 3:25 am
Check out the imdb page for the guy playing Dum Dum Dugan (Neal McDonough). Dude’s been in so much geek stuff, it’s unreal. He was a helmsman on Star Trek, Bison in Street Fighter (the one with Lana Lang), voice of the Hulk, voice of Green Arrow…
And he was kind of the Tin Man once, if Oz counts as geek stuff.
May 25th, 2011 at 3:48 am
You could be right, GBH. But personally, I’d much prefer to see a young Nick in WWII, with his age slowed down by something or other.
The way I see it, if you didn’t fight Hitler, you don’t deserve to be the world’s top super spy in the present.
May 25th, 2011 at 7:17 am
that was damn funny! great comic guys!
May 27th, 2011 at 12:23 pm
Still, the king of geek movies has to be Hugo Weaving. Agent Smith/Elrond/Voice of Megatron/Red Skull…He’s a walking comic convention!
May 30th, 2011 at 9:15 am
Well, Ryan Reynolds is scaling that mountain too, what with him being Hannibal King, Green Lantern and soon Deadpool (soon, he’s never, ever played that character before, SHUT UP!).
Also, hilarious comic.
June 7th, 2011 at 10:13 pm
The biggest joke in this entire strip is the idea that you can actually find the Heimdal figure anywhere! (Yeah, I’m a bitter toy guy, what can I say? Release Series 2, Hasbro!)
–yo
June 9th, 2011 at 12:13 am
You said it, yo go. This is a case where I really wish life imitated art.
May 14th, 2013 at 2:47 pm
People with mythological complaints should sooner start with Thor whose supposed to be a bloody redhead with a ginormous beard XD