@ari18: Any movie requires a certain level of suspension of disbelief. Okay, we know there really isn't a Vahalla, nor a God of Thunder, etc. But for the sake of the film, we will accept that there is a set of Norse Gods. But for some people, casting non-Nordic actors as Norse Gods affects that level of disbelief. And I don't think it's a racist thing. Here's two specific reasons:
1) Consider the casting of other African-American actors in roles that in the comics were white. I can think of three cases, none of which bothered anybody. In fact, the casting was lauded as excellent choices.
The three I can think of are Kerry Washington as Alicia Masters in Fantastic Four, Michael Clarke Duncan as The Kingpin in Daredevil, and most famously, Samuel L Jackson as Nick Fury in Iron Man/Iron Man 2/etc. Jackson is perfect as Fury, although in the main Marvel Universe, Fury has been white since he was introduced in 1963. If racism were the only reason to complain about Elba, why weren't there any similar stories about any of those casting choices?
2) There was at least twice as much controversy about the casting of white actors in all the major roles in the movie version of the anime Avatar, (re-titled The Last Airbender). In the anime most of the major players were Asian. Are you going to argue that whites arguing for white actors to be replaced are also racist?
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