• HiddenLayer555@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    16 days ago

    I never understood Hollywood’s love for taking classical mythologies of humanity and spinning it into the most absurd movies that have literally nothing to do with the original mythology. Thor as a superhero is just one example. It really seems like what should have been just an original character that they slapped the Nordic mythology around for no good reason. Meanwhile now whenever I try to search up any of the ancient Nordic figures I get Marvel’s bullshit before the actual mythology.

    Also, I guess it doesn’t matter with Thor since no one in modern times actually believe in Norse mythology, but Hollywood is not that picky and have bastardized real religions that people still believe in, namely Indigenous mythology in the Americas and lesser known folk religions in Asia and Africa.

    • TheCriticalMember@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      16 days ago

      Pretty sure it was marvel comics that did it, and Hollywood has just been turning their materials into movies. There isn’t much that the comic book universe won’t turn into a hero or villain.