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« Reply #150 on: January 06, 2011, 03:19:25 pm » |
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The forthcoming film 'Thor' based on the Marvel comics super-hero is set (mostly) in Asgaard, the home of the Norse Gods..and the part of Heimdale, gaurdian of the Rainbow Bridge, is played by Idris Elba!!!!  C'mon!! A black Norse god!!?  WTF??? Well, Hel was half black.  Oh very good (nobody likes a smart arse ) But that's literally half black half flesh coloured..as in divided down the middle..not 'of mixed race' Heimdal is described in Wikipedia as: ".. a god who possesses the resounding horn Gjallarhorn, owns the golden-maned horse Gulltoppr, is "the whitest of the gods", has gold teeth, and is the son of Nine Mothers". It just irritates me whan ethnic and black characters are crowbarred into period stories where they simply would not have been at that time just to appease the PC crowd. It is based on the Marvel Comics rather than the Edda, its hardly the first liberty that Marvel have taken with the old tales. If memory serves, Marvel have the Asgardians as a race of extra dimensional aliens with advanced tech at one point in their "history" though I haven't read them in quite a few years - the endless reboots and constantly changing "canon" being a large part of the reason I gave up on them. Personally I'd like to see films based in the Edda tales, though I suspect Marvel would be trying to assert copyright over the characters, so it is probably a non starter. |
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« Reply #151 on: January 06, 2011, 05:29:19 pm » |
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Thor being black is a very interesting twist I think you may have mis-read my post. It's Heimdall who's black in the film..not Thor. Anyway..after a bit of Googling and Wiki-ing I came across this: "In Thor: The Mighty Avenger #6, Heimdall, much like his Marvel Universe incarnation, appears as the guard of the Bifrost bridge, sports a goatee and wears a horned helmet that casts his eyes in shadows. Unlike the Marvel Universe version, however, this Heimdall is black." So this is clearly the version of Heimdall Kenneth Branagh has chosen to go with in the upcoming film. Marvel have also tweaked various other characters over the years with various 'Universes' (Like Nick Fury who went from a one eyed white man to a one eyed bald black man) in order give their characters a more mixed ethnicity. Still think a black Norse God is wrong though.... Anyway..let's move on, eh? |
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« Reply #152 on: January 06, 2011, 05:37:51 pm » |
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Ah right.
When I read about it in Penny Arcade a month or so ago it was thought Thor would be black – unless I misremember.
Back to the topic in question.
Things that make me go WTF.
Well, the question on my mind right now is WTF am I having for dinner?
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« Reply #153 on: January 06, 2011, 05:40:47 pm » |
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« Reply #154 on: January 06, 2011, 05:56:09 pm » |
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Well, the question on my mind right now is WTF am I having for dinner?
Known hereabouts as blind venison - blame the other half, when I responded to the what's for dinner question with "no idea" she replied "But I don't like venison" |
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« Reply #155 on: January 06, 2011, 08:44:27 pm » |
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Oh very good (nobody likes a smart arse ) Crikey! There must be a good number of unpopular folk on BG then! But that's literally half black half flesh coloured..as in divided down the middle..not 'of mixed race' Hmmm... sort of right. 'Colour' words in Old Norse didn't really work as they do nowadays. Blár could mean variously black, blue, dark, shadowed, bruised and other things besides. Hel's dark half was really the sort of dark purpley-blue-black of a two-week old corpse that's been worked over with a steak mallet and then left out in the rain for another fortnight. But you're right, she wasn't half-caste; I was just being a smart-arse. It just irritates me whan ethnic and black characters are crowbarred into period stories where they simply would not have been at that time just to appease the PC crowd. I have to admit I agree with you on this. Scott Wegener's 2007 movie Beowulf: Prince of the Geats is, to my mind, the worst possible example. A black prince (and later king) in early 5th C Scandinavia? Oh, come on! That really made me say "WTF?" So far as I recall, it's the only movie that has ever been the cause of an article in the academic Old English Newsletter. What made it even worse - it was a shite film. |
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« Reply #157 on: January 07, 2011, 07:31:56 am » |
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Oh very good (nobody likes a smart arse ) Crikey! There must be a good number of unpopular folk on BG then! Sirs, I will have you know that my arse is no smarter than the rest of me. *thinks back over that statement* uh-oh... |
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« Reply #158 on: January 07, 2011, 09:20:47 am » |
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Oh very good (nobody likes a smart arse ) Crikey! There must be a good number of unpopular folk on BG then! Sirs, I will have you know that my arse is no smarter than the rest of me. *thinks back over that statement* uh-oh... What the hee-haw? (My WTF? moment of the day!) |
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« Reply #159 on: January 10, 2011, 03:58:43 pm » |
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Just Googled WTF: World Taekwondo Federation! For real!!!
A way to do some swearing without hurting anyones feelings.
My WTF of the day is people with those police radar detect devices in their car. If you want to drive fast, go to a race. It doesn't matter if you drive 120km/h or 180km/h, you won't save time. Traffic moves at a certain speed, so speeding don't help. Leaving earlier helps. My wife's brother in law has one of those devices. A tomtom navigation with the radars mapped, giving a signal when he's about to pass one. But heaven forbid when some chav goes to fast on the street he lives. "I have two kids playing here!" he would say. I don't see the difference, but in some weird way, he does.
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« Reply #160 on: January 10, 2011, 05:09:45 pm » |
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Blind venison.... oy.
My hat is off... don't want to hurl on the pavement, y'know.
Well done, Mnemoria. Well done indeed - I have actually used the basic pun, and STILL got suckered by your lead-in.
And I have been called a Prince of the Invertebrate Punsters - those spinelessly unable to resist a good pun!
Cheers
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« Reply #161 on: January 10, 2011, 06:49:30 pm » |
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. If you want to drive fast, go to a race. But heaven forbid when some chav goes to fast on the street he lives. "I have two kids playing here!" he would say. I don't see the difference, but in some weird way, he does.
Bicycle builder I voluntarily gave up my driving license after my stroke three years ago- I had been a delivery driver and had seen too much of the violence and irrationality of drivers, ....thing is, cars bring out the worst in many a person, and the worst is often totally illogical. Drivers all too often behave in a way that if you did it to them they would be blowing off steam. There is something about an enclosed vehicle as opposed to a bike, that removes social responsibility from the shoulders of many. |
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« Reply #162 on: January 10, 2011, 08:22:34 pm » |
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Something that made me go WTF!!!???!! today:
A motorcycle with a handicapped liscence plate. ummmm.....
Also, the warnings on coffee cups from fast food restaraunts: "Warning, the contents of this cup may be hot!" riiiiigggghhhttt....
(Sorry if those are repeats, I just skimmed)
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« Reply #163 on: January 10, 2011, 08:32:35 pm » |
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Today's WTF ... in the theme of dastardly drivers.
(our roads are icy and shiny ... but it's cold enough for traction)
The car in front of me skulking along at 15 mph on the highway (if you are that nervous, take a bus) and the A-hole behind me who is sooooo close I cant see the front of his car (leave earlier, drive smarter, dipsh*t).
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« Reply #164 on: January 10, 2011, 09:10:28 pm » |
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Why today I sat through a Level 2 exam in Maths, when I required a Level 3 Maths qualification to get on the course I'm studying!?
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« Reply #165 on: January 10, 2011, 09:12:45 pm » |
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A thing that makes me go WTF- when it snows in the Southern US, people run out and frantically buy milk, bread, eggs, and toilet paper...okay, I get the food supplies, but toilet paper? How long do people around here think the snow is going to last?
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« Reply #166 on: January 10, 2011, 09:28:31 pm » |
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A thing that makes me go WTF- when it snows in the Southern US, people run out and frantically buy milk, bread, eggs, and toilet paper...okay, I get the food supplies, but toilet paper? How long do people around here think the snow is going to last?
While I see your point, I just want to note...that's definetly not something you'd want to take a chance on. You know, just in case. |
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« Reply #167 on: January 10, 2011, 11:01:02 pm » |
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Blind venison.... oy.
My hat is off... don't want to hurl on the pavement, y'know.
Well done, Mnemoria. Well done indeed - I have actually used the basic pun, and STILL got suckered by your lead-in.
And I have been called a Prince of the Invertebrate Punsters - those spinelessly unable to resist a good pun!
Cheers
Chas.
What is worse, the tale given above is true, which denies me the chance to claim the pun. (And my other half claims to hang on my every word) It may not help that I often refer to steak as a prime hunk of dead cow. |
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« Reply #168 on: January 11, 2011, 06:19:31 pm » |
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A thing that makes me go WTF- when it snows in the Southern US, people run out and frantically buy milk, bread, eggs, and toilet paper...okay, I get the food supplies, but toilet paper? How long do people around here think the snow is going to last?
While I see your point, I just want to note...that's definetly not something you'd want to take a chance on. You know, just in case. EXACTLY. And at $5/12 Jumbo Roll pack at my local The Walmart? Yeah BUDDY! Of course, I've got something like 50 rolls on hand at any given time... |
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« Reply #169 on: January 11, 2011, 06:25:07 pm » |
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A thing that makes me go WTF- when it snows in the Southern US, people run out and frantically buy milk, bread, eggs, and toilet paper...okay, I get the food supplies, but toilet paper? How long do people around here think the snow is going to last?
While I see your point, I just want to note...that's definetly not something you'd want to take a chance on. You know, just in case. EXACTLY. And at $5/12 Jumbo Roll pack at my local The Walmart? Yeah BUDDY! Of course, I've got something like 50 rolls on hand at any given time... Yeah, I've got to say...I'd rather look silly on that one than the alternative. |
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« Reply #170 on: January 14, 2011, 08:47:53 pm » |
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Today's WTF moment is brought to you by the retarded tax system of the USofA.
The state I live in has somehow decided that my DH owes them money for a year (several years ago) when he 1)lived in another state, 2)worked in that state, and 3)paid state taxes to THAT state.
So they have "commandeered" our tax return for this year as payment for that year.
WTF!!
W.T.F.
ARRRRRRGGGGHHHUUGHGHHG! We sent them a copy of his effing taxes that he filed in the other state , as well as copies of EVERY.SINGLE. paystub he got while in that state, AND a copy of the drivers liscense he had in that state...they are saying that this is not enough proof he didn't live here.
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« Reply #171 on: January 14, 2011, 09:52:39 pm » |
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I'm led to believe that under unexpected attack or incoming fire, the US military personnel in Iraq used to make frequent use of the radio call sign "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot"...
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« Reply #172 on: January 14, 2011, 09:53:35 pm » |
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Today's WTF moment is brought to you by the retarded tax system of the USofA.
The state I live in has somehow decided that my DH owes them money for a year (several years ago) when he 1)lived in another state, 2)worked in that state, and 3)paid state taxes to THAT state.
So they have "commandeered" our tax return for this year as payment for that year.
WTF!!
W.T.F.
ARRRRRRGGGGHHHUUGHGHHG! We sent them a copy of his effing taxes that he filed in the other state , as well as copies of EVERY.SINGLE. paystub he got while in that state, AND a copy of the drivers liscense he had in that state...they are saying that this is not enough proof he didn't live here.
*headdesk*
You live in CA, don't you. You need a lawyer to write a scary letter informing them of the pending multimillion $$ suit that's coming their way for predatory practices (likely some dipsh*t power hungry dropout or ... the computer) The mental giants of said state had a lien against my truck for several years of non payment of license fees (5 years after I moved to MT). |
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« Reply #173 on: January 14, 2011, 10:22:24 pm » |
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No, I live in MO...either way, its stupid.
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« Reply #174 on: January 14, 2011, 11:01:54 pm » |
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A thing that makes me go WTF- when it snows in the Southern US, people run out and frantically buy milk, bread, eggs, and toilet paper...okay, I get the food supplies, but toilet paper? How long do people around here think the snow is going to last?
While I see your point, I just want to note...that's definetly not something you'd want to take a chance on. You know, just in case. EXACTLY. And at $5/12 Jumbo Roll pack at my local The Walmart? Yeah BUDDY! Of course, I've got something like 50 rolls on hand at any given time... Yeah, I've got to say...I'd rather look silly on that one than the alternative. Maybe people would need less toilet paper if they bought more eggs? |
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