[vipluka]

I read a lot of old science fiction and Sword & Sorcery. Most of it from the early 20th century. A lot of characters are often described as having dark skin or brown skin but we know from the authors, the stories and the times in general that the characters were white and these terms were used to describe a sort of adventurous people who were tanned and weathered. Sometimes when younger people read them now they get the impression that the characters were not white. Understandable I guess because modern authors probably would not use those terms to describe white characters but I have seen people actually get upset when you try to explain this.

I haven't read the Hunger Games nor seen the film nor do I have any intention to. I kind of doubt that a modern author would describe someone as having dark brown skin and them not being some sort of 'ethnic' person. My wife read the series and saw the movie and I just asked her and she said Thresh and Rue are meant to be black so I don't know what people are worked up about.

I have to admit I was annoyed about Heimdallr being made black in the Thor movie but I figured it was just some dumb comic book movie and not a movie about actual Norse mythology. But then again Heimdallr is suppose to be white and is described as the whitest of the god. He isn't described as having 'dark brown skin' like the characters fromt he Hunger Games.

Anyhow my point is that it sounds like these people are idiots or didn't actually read the books.

---------- Post added 2012-03-27 at 00:50 ----------

My wife said the character that Lenny Kravits plays never had his skin color mentioned but that he had brown hair. Without it being mentioned I guess that character could be played by anyone.