Great post. But I think you've got the wrong idea about mythological accuracy.
Tim Send a noteboard - 12/05/2011 09:22:07 AM
You're acting as though the writers started with a premise that everything in the Eddur is canon, and then were too lazy to get it right. But their premise is that these guys from another part of the universe visited Earth 1000 years ago, flashed a little thunder and lightning, and were worshipped as gods. That means you can have any amount of stuff from mythology be "the bit that the ignorant humans got right", and the rest can be crazy stuff they just made up round the campfire. Thor and Sif, for example: maybe they've been to Earth before, and people just assumed they were a couple. Or maybe they were dating at the time but are now friendly exes. Maybe she changed her hair.
The point is that this isn't a Neil Gaiman or Terry Pratchett story, where the gods are the products of human minds and therefore our myths are correct by definition. These are aliens who've been doing their thing for millennia – if a bunch of primitives got their facts wrong, it's not their fault.
This also means there's no reason (given that they are so inexplicably humanoid in the first place) why there shouldn't be black or Asian Æsir. They don't have to take their physical characteristics after a bunch of dumb humans who told stories about them.
The point is that this isn't a Neil Gaiman or Terry Pratchett story, where the gods are the products of human minds and therefore our myths are correct by definition. These are aliens who've been doing their thing for millennia – if a bunch of primitives got their facts wrong, it's not their fault.
This also means there's no reason (given that they are so inexplicably humanoid in the first place) why there shouldn't be black or Asian Æsir. They don't have to take their physical characteristics after a bunch of dumb humans who told stories about them.
Vigilantibus non dormientibus jura subveniunt.
—Nous disons en allemand : le guerre, le mort, le lune, alors que 'soleil' et 'amour' sont du sexe féminin : la soleil, la amour. La vie est neutre.
—La vie ? Neutre ? C'est très joli, et surtout très logique.
—Nous disons en allemand : le guerre, le mort, le lune, alors que 'soleil' et 'amour' sont du sexe féminin : la soleil, la amour. La vie est neutre.
—La vie ? Neutre ? C'est très joli, et surtout très logique.
So. Thor.
12/05/2011 06:34:16 AM
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Wow, multiple posts on this movie, but nobody comments on what I noticed.
12/05/2011 07:29:58 AM
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I hope they'll be smart enough to re-use the best combat morphs
12/05/2011 12:51:47 PM
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The whole point of that was that the Howler's weren't that deadly! Come on, man. *NM*
12/05/2011 04:00:28 PM
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I thought it was that the animorphs were idiots and Rowling realized she couldn't play zoologist....
12/05/2011 08:28:04 PM
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Great post. But I think you've got the wrong idea about mythological accuracy.
12/05/2011 09:22:07 AM
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Re: Great post. But I think you've got the wrong idea about mythological accuracy.
12/05/2011 09:23:48 AM
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Amusing, but like so often, you are over-analyzing things
12/05/2011 11:35:34 AM
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Well, I am fairly certain that even Bruce Banner could take the guy from Kids Are Alright,
12/05/2011 12:54:59 PM
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I'm a fan of the Blood Ravens reference. A genius stroke, sir! *NM*
12/05/2011 02:10:53 PM
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Good to know someone got it, Lord Solar. I guess there's no Heinlen love on this site. *NM*
12/05/2011 08:22:41 PM
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Re: Good to know someone got it, Lord Solar. I guess there's no Heinlen love on this site.
13/05/2011 01:44:35 PM
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Hemsworthy: a Thor review (my post from Marvel forums)
12/05/2011 04:27:03 PM
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I loved it too - I was surprised!
21/05/2011 05:42:50 AM
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Oh, by the way, this is pretty much my view as well, in case I maybe buried it in my ramblings *NM*
22/05/2011 04:18:58 AM
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