Pretty sure I played that RPG back in the day...

The research I did was with my own eyes. Been to Casablanca twice (about ten years ago), saw cops w/ automatic rifles out front both times.

Love Depp, but c'mon - this story has a one symbol punchline:

Of course, Casa is also architecturally ugly, rubbish-strewn, polluted, *brutally* divided along economic lines, and too hot. And half the time there are guards outside McDonald's w/submachine guns to keep the rabble out. :P

Seriously?

Good to hear.

Ok, fair enough. I guess I'd forgotten b/c the silver age source material has the 'jerky arrogance' bit come and go very quickly and thor is swiftly established as the noble-if-sometimes-berserk warrior we all know and love.

Yeeeah.

The greatest trick asexual fish hybrids ever pulled was convincing the world they weren't ruling it.

The greatest trick asexual fish hybrids ever pulled was convincing the world they weren't ruling it.

Honestly, I don't think it's that tough. Pilot finds dying space cop who says 'You're space cop for this precinct now.' Learns there are other precincts and other cops out there. Fights some bad guys. Pink cop w/ tall forehead goes dirty, mwah ha has us into likely sequel.

+1. Big time.

That's too bad. He was such a jerk.

"More to the point, will the movie-going public be into seeing a film that has so many weird alien characters to try and keep track of?"

Cool, thanks for the rec.

It's worth noting that Bill Willingham had a version of Thor in his excellent (IMO superior to Fables) mythic superheroes book ELEMENTALS back in the 80s. The character combined elements of the Norse version that Marvel had eschewed (most notably, red hair) with a satire on the Marvel aesthetic.

I'm Saladin and I endorse this message - that novel was a fun read.

He's usually a redhead in the original Norse myths - I guess Marvel made him blond because, y'know, *Scandinavia*...

I am so sick of mash-ups and reboots that I could kill someone...