Thor Character Poster Featuring Heimdall!

Thor Character Poster Featuring Heimdall!

Another Thor character poster has been released featuring Idris Elba as Heimdall. Take a look!

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By ckirk8 - Mar 25, 2011 08:03 AM EST
Filed Under: Thor
Source: IMDB

Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment present the epic adventure, "Thor," which spans the Marvel Universe from present day Earth to the realm of Asgard. At the center of the story is the mighty Thor (Chris Hemsworth), a powerful but arrogant warrior whose reckless actions reignite an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth by his father Odin (Anthony Hopkins) and is forced to live among humans. A beautiful, young scientist, Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), has a profound effect on Thor, as she ultimately becomes his first love. It's while here on Earth that Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth.




"HEIMDALL: The gatekeeper and sworn guardian of Asgard, Heimdall can focus his extraordinary senses on any world across the cosmos, seeing and hearing all that transpires. These gifts, along with his intimidating size and battle prowess, make him the only Asgardian fit to keep watch for potential threats and defend his kingdom from those who would destroy it."

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StrangerX
StrangerX - 3/25/2011, 8:27 AM
Much better than the red background. I like them.
axiouz
axiouz - 3/25/2011, 8:34 AM
Odin Looks awesome!
MrReese
MrReese - 3/25/2011, 8:46 AM
Sir Anthony Fu*ckin Hopkins!!!! love it
Daniellantern
Daniellantern - 3/25/2011, 10:03 AM
Odin rocks!!!
HelaGood
HelaGood - 3/25/2011, 10:59 AM
SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!
Wildaniel
Wildaniel - 3/25/2011, 10:59 AM
We need SIF LOKI AND FOSTER!!!
BatLantern
BatLantern - 3/25/2011, 11:01 AM
pretty cool
MikesPants
MikesPants - 3/25/2011, 11:12 AM
God Damn. Sometimes it just hits me that these films are happening. It floors me. Seeing a press release mention the nine realms... it's just incredible.
Buddha29
Buddha29 - 3/25/2011, 11:18 AM
I love this one except the writing on the face. His helmet reminds me of a front view of the head of the Alien Queen from Aliens.
RedeyeJedi
RedeyeJedi - 3/25/2011, 11:21 AM
Comments 2,3,and 4 are very confusing.
dahamma
dahamma - 3/25/2011, 11:24 AM
MAn these look so AWESOME! Heimdall looks SICK!!
marvel72
marvel72 - 3/25/2011, 11:38 AM
just need to see loki,sif & destroyer.
Ven0m
Ven0m - 3/25/2011, 11:54 AM
so what synisterurge?
niknik
niknik - 3/25/2011, 11:55 AM
Right you are. Not just in comics but in the actual mythology. There just aren't any African gods is Norse mythology. I'm all for bringing things up to date but that one puzzles me. This is NORSE mythology. It's about as white bread as you can get. Sven and Ole. It just doesn't make any sense to me. No more than if this were about ancient African gods and they threw in a blonde haired, Blue eyed deity.

Now they could get around that by losing the whole Norse mythology backround of the characters but that's pretty much the root of what they are.
Akercocke
Akercocke - 3/25/2011, 12:08 PM
@niknik We've been through that, dude. Don't bring that topic here, there are a lot of dumb people who will say you're a racist. Can you imagine what would happen if you threw a blonde deity in an african gods movie??? forget it man! you would be the most racist guy ever.
ManThing
ManThing - 3/25/2011, 12:24 PM
lmao @ Argo
BIGBMH
BIGBMH - 3/25/2011, 12:33 PM
I'm not really liking these posters very much. They feel a little over dramatic. I can almost hear a wrestling announcer saying "THE. GOD. OF. THUNDERRRRR!!!"
Someone should make a poster saying something like "THE BLACK NORSE GOD" for Heimdall. Then we can send it to that white supremacist group that got all pissed off about the caasting.
jazzman
jazzman - 3/25/2011, 12:43 PM
@SynisterUrge

Elba is not even African-American his British. not all black people around the world are African-American
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 3/25/2011, 12:53 PM
Heimdall looks bad ass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can't wait... THOR will be EPIC!


Come on tho, perfect BISHOP!


; p
Herosave
Herosave - 3/25/2011, 12:54 PM
For everyone saying that people would freakout if a white person we cast as an african god. Well maybe not, because there are white africans, you know. People shouldn't assume that all africans are dark skinned folk. I for one wouldn't care at all if they cast a white person as an african god. If anything I think it would be cool that a producer, director, casting manager or whatever cast someone for talent rather than worrying so much about the look. Or better yet, they felt the person had the talent and the look, but the person just so happen to be white. I mean, for goodness sakes it shouldn't matter, it's not like Thor has been cast as a hispanic man or some random asian guy was cast as Peter Parker in the reboot. Here we have a first time live action adaptation of Thor, so there is no real obligation except to the comics, but since changes are made for the big screen there is and always should be leeway for making extra changes where it is seen fit. Though lets not bring up extreme cases like the X-men movies following the first two.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 3/25/2011, 12:57 PM
He's a small character, cool with this... its not like its NICK FURY!....

Sh1t they done that one lol and badly.
Oxion
Oxion - 3/25/2011, 1:27 PM
Much rather have sam jackson as nick fury than hasselhoff, besides, if you've seen shaft then you know why they picked sam besides the fact the ultimates character looked like him anyway, Marvel knows wat there doin so stop complain about the black heimdall (last part not directed at u LEEE)
Set2Fallfirst
Set2Fallfirst - 3/25/2011, 1:37 PM
Charleze Theron Is an African American

The Star of A-team and District 9- African

Idris is A British American actually not even american just A Brit with A Work Visa in America

O and Angelina Jolie is playing Cleopatra who is from Egypt which is in Africa Where she is ya know black or at least Caramel brown so

MY point is Lay OFF it he is in the movie THESE ARE GODS and last time I checked they can DO/BE w.e the hell they want

Humans, PPL, US...We are the ones who dictate what these "GODS" look like so uhm a mythical creature can be and do wahtever it wants so chill out
soberchimera
soberchimera - 3/25/2011, 1:56 PM
Stringer Bell's moved up in the world
marvel72
marvel72 - 3/25/2011, 2:09 PM
i suppose heimdall & sif are no longer brother & sister.
jazzman
jazzman - 3/25/2011, 2:25 PM
@marvel72

who said they aint. they can still be be brother and sister.
Akercocke
Akercocke - 3/25/2011, 2:32 PM
yeah they can be brother and sister, the resemblance is unarguable!
jazzman
jazzman - 3/25/2011, 2:37 PM
@Akercocke

yeah, u realise alot of them Norse gods in the mythology adopt. also in Norse mythology they Hemdall and Sif aint brother and sister only in the comics they brother and sister. maybe in this movie they might or might not make them related.
niknik
niknik - 3/25/2011, 2:48 PM
How in the hell does stating the fact that there are no African deities in Norse Mythology make me a douchebag? It's stating a fact. Whether or not you like it doesn't change it. There aren't any. It's a change they made for this film. All I said is that it doesn't make sense to me if you want to stick to the canon. They would have to change the basis that they are indeed the NORSE gods in order to make it seem logical and realistic. Make them something else. That's all. I didn't say it was good or bad. Just stating a fact.

Man, some of you guys are pretty reckless with that race card. Shame on you.
Akercocke
Akercocke - 3/25/2011, 2:52 PM
^^^^^ told ya
Akercocke
Akercocke - 3/25/2011, 2:56 PM
I'm actually surprised. Nobody has said Elba playing Heimdall is pretty racist. At the end of the day Heimdall is a doorman, the porter of the gods! OMG OMG OMG Shame on you Kenneth Branagh Elba should have been Thor, I mean why is Elba, a black guy, the porter of the gods!!! RACIST RACIST RACIST!!!
Akercocke
Akercocke - 3/25/2011, 3:10 PM
"In Norse polytheism, Thor (from Old Norse Þórr) is a hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, oak trees, strength, destruction, fertility, healing, and the protection of mankind". SUUUUUUURE Thor has nothing norse about it, just the name, the hammer (Mjolnir), the Asgard concept, the rest of the gods's names... Don't be ridiculous people seriously.
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