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Is Entertainment Industry biased against Nordic people?

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  • VerterdegeteVerterdegete Member UncommonPosts: 247

    I wonder what would Russians say to this.

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  • ParkertimeParkertime Member UncommonPosts: 7

    Originally posted by Elikal

    See, as someone who is blond and blue eye Nordic type, I always felt it a bit a sting that assumingly 90% of all heroes of computer games, movies, TV shows and comics are dark haired types, mostly brown eyed. I mean, sure so what, you may say. But somehow don't we all somewhere want to find us in stories?

    The vast majority of comic heroes is dark haired, Batman and ALL his many sidekicks, Superman, Wolverine, Wonder Woman. Same in movies, Harry Potter, Frodo, whoever you want. And games just the same. Commander Shepard, Hawke, most of the official versions of computer games were black haired or dark brown haired guys.

    And Nordic types? Yes, Duke Nukem, Aquaman and Anakin. Great. Dumb, useless and evi.

    I am really tried with this anti-Nordic stereotypic that blonde people are shown as dumb and arrogant and 90% of heroic characters are black haired as if Nordic type people would not exist!

    Pft.

    Are you being serious with this topic? Get over it. So many people complain about so much stupid crap in this world today its unreal...anyways, you also forgot about...

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    See he even has a dark haired g/f by his side, so does that make you happy or angry? 

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  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,780

    Originally posted by Parkertime

    Are you being serious with this topic? Get over it. So many people complain about so much stupid crap in this world today its unreal...anyways, you also forgot about...

    image

    See he even has a dark haired g/f by his side, so does that make you happy or angry? 

    ahhhh, totally forgot about flash gordon.

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  • SagasaintSagasaint Member UncommonPosts: 466

    Originally posted by Sovrath


    Thor



     


    now thats some Nordic stereotyping

  • GruntyGrunty Member EpicPosts: 8,657

    Originally posted by Sovrath

    Originally posted by Parkertime



    Are you being serious with this topic? Get over it. So many people complain about so much stupid crap in this world today its unreal...anyways, you also forgot about...

    image

    See he even has a dark haired g/f by his side, so does that make you happy or angry? 

    ahhhh, totally forgot about flash gordon.

    There's also Flesh Gordon.

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  • kadepsysonkadepsyson Member UncommonPosts: 1,919

    Isn't having dark hair and brown eyes dominant genes?  That is, won't blonde haired blue eyed people eventually be exctinct anyways?

     

    :P

  • GruntyGrunty Member EpicPosts: 8,657

    Originally posted by Chilliesauce

    Elikal are you really THAT bored?

    Needs to get that fifth star back.

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  • GolelornGolelorn Member RarePosts: 1,395

    Really? This thread does injustice to the real biases that are out there.

    Very, very few people are going to be biased against a blue-eyed blond.

  • DarkPonyDarkPony Member Posts: 5,566

    Physical appearance is a factor in life which we can't control and in the case of an unfortunate helping of looks, we either learn to cope with that or spend our lives in bitterness, Elikal.

    And yes, It's true.

    Dark ponies > blonde ponies too

    ^_^

  • IsawaIsawa Member UncommonPosts: 1,051

  • azmundaiazmundai Member UncommonPosts: 1,419

    I think the problem is, not enough Scandinavians write super hero stories.

    LFD tools are great for cramming people into content, but quality > quantity.
    I am, usually on the sandbox .. more "hardcore" side of things, but I also do just want to have fun. So lighten up already :)

  • AsheramAsheram Member EpicPosts: 5,072

    What was this thread about again?

  • TardcoreTardcore Member Posts: 2,325

    Originally posted by DarkPony

    Physical appearance is a factor in life which we can't control and in the case of an unfortunate helping of looks, we either learn to cope with that or spend our lives in bitterness, Elikal.

    And yes, It's true.

    Dark ponies > blonde ponies too

    ^_^

    Well we could . . .  but thanks to a certain group of a-holes during WWII, that kind of thing is seen as extremely evil.

     

    Also, is a world, even a fantasy world, where THESE people are the mainstream majority a place you really want to live in.

     

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  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,780

    Originally posted by Sagasaint

    Originally posted by Sovrath



    Thor



     


    now thats some Nordic stereotyping

    Yeah, that might be but Thor is blonde and that was more the gist of my suggestion as Elikal was pointing out that heroes were never blonde.

    And for the sake of discussion, I dated two  scandinavian women and they were  blonde with blue eyes. hmmm, actually they were the only blondes I ever dated. Maybe I'm biased!! image

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  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,780

    Originally posted by grunty

    Originally posted by Sovrath


    Originally posted by Parkertime



    Are you being serious with this topic? Get over it. So many people complain about so much stupid crap in this world today its unreal...anyways, you also forgot about...

    image

    See he even has a dark haired g/f by his side, so does that make you happy or angry? 

    ahhhh, totally forgot about flash gordon.

    There's also Flesh Gordon.

    Ahhhh, totally forgot about flesh gordon. image

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  • ArbadacarbaArbadacarba Member Posts: 304

  • RanthulfrRanthulfr Member UncommonPosts: 1

    It would be nice to have a more selectable avatar for gaming.  As one fellow said about female avatars, "If I'm going to stare at a butt for hours on end, it ought to be a cute one."

    Then again, I'd also like to point out that the dark, dark-haired, squat, barrel-chested peoples are also a Nordic archetype; such as Egil Skallagrimson.  And Skallagrim himself, to represent us squat, dark, bald guys.

  • HazelleHazelle Member Posts: 760

    Originally posted by Exilor

    Maybe it's because most people have darker hair and brown eyes and they want relatable heroes.

     It's probably more that the artists themselves are creating characters in their own image.

    However, with the movie and television industry there has been a sharp decline in male nordic leads over the past few years.

    There's also been a sharp decline in "competent men", so maybe people don't like to see Nordic people as incompetant or they are not believable in that role...

  • IhmoteppIhmotepp Member Posts: 14,495

    If you want to make something cool, make the hero a minority.

    Karate Kid? It's cool now, because the "Kid" is a minority.

     

     

     

    The new Spider Man comic? Spider Man was white and boring. But now he's cool.

     

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  • IlliusIllius Member UncommonPosts: 4,142

    Originally posted by Parkertime

    Originally posted by Elikal

    See, as someone who is blond and blue eye Nordic type, I always felt it a bit a sting that assumingly 90% of all heroes of computer games, movies, TV shows and comics are dark haired types, mostly brown eyed. I mean, sure so what, you may say. But somehow don't we all somewhere want to find us in stories?

    The vast majority of comic heroes is dark haired, Batman and ALL his many sidekicks, Superman, Wolverine, Wonder Woman. Same in movies, Harry Potter, Frodo, whoever you want. And games just the same. Commander Shepard, Hawke, most of the official versions of computer games were black haired or dark brown haired guys.

    And Nordic types? Yes, Duke Nukem, Aquaman and Anakin. Great. Dumb, useless and evi.

    I am really tried with this anti-Nordic stereotypic that blonde people are shown as dumb and arrogant and 90% of heroic characters are black haired as if Nordic type people would not exist!

    Pft.

    Are you being serious with this topic? Get over it. So many people complain about so much stupid crap in this world today its unreal...anyways, you also forgot about...

    image

    See he even has a dark haired g/f by his side, so does that make you happy or angry? 

    He wants Flash Gordon all to himself.

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  • ForumfallForumfall Member Posts: 570

     

    Drago disagree!!!

  • DekronDekron Member UncommonPosts: 7,359

    Originally posted by Kabaal

    It's the Gingers I feel for.

    Why? They don't have souls.

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