Scandal as Finnish national hero Mannerheim played by black actor

[Solmyr]

ah, so they're purposfully being dicks to piss of otthers finns? Oh well, just a movie.

YLE the Production Company is the finnish national TV company that is funded by a general license fee on all TVs. So basically it is not some people being dicks with their own money. They are being dicks with Solmyr's "tax" money.

They are also introducing an "Yle tax" starting from next year that everyone will have to pay (except poor-income people). So no more dodging TV license fees.

[Viking]

Well, I'm of two minds on this.

On one hand, we are used, in general, to the cinema being visually faithful. On the other hand, most of the history of theatre (which can be seen as the mother of cinema) was about men playing women or white actors using black face to play Othello.

So even if there is a certain expectation about cinema that this choice makes grating, I am not sure if we should revaluate it or not.

yes, but that was because

1 - actressess were whores
2 - actors were and still are gays
3 - the few black people in london were musicians
4 - marty still is a man playing a woman

[Solmyr]

As for the film itself, I don't care for it either way, since I have no interest in artsy love-story dramas regardless of their actors. It's just fun watching the train wreck as all the extreme nationalist nutjobs are coming out of the woodwork while the Yle producer and his crew are desperately trying to offer excuses for their cover-up.

[Josquius]

The problem is that this was advertised as *the* definitive historical biopic of Mannerheim. Somewhere along the way it turned into an art film with a budget of 20000 euros but this was never revealed until now.

I could see the annoyance there if people were expecting a big, 'proper' film but as things stand...meh. Same sort of thing as that version of Richard III that took place in a weird 1930sesque fascist state.

That the far right are showing their true colours though can only be a good thing.

[Solmyr]

Oh, and the meme generator is in full swing already.

[Syt]

Oh, and the meme generator is in full swing already.

I would watch that.

[Solmyr]

I would too.

[Duque de Bragança]

In a similar vein, btw, there's a rather amusing 70s movie about the Battle of Little Big Horn, filmed on location in central Paris (in and around the pit that would later be the Centre Pompidou).

It's a bit bizarre (all actors use historical costumes), but still very watchable if you get past the weirdness.

Touche pas à la femme blanche ! a.k.a Non toccare la donna bianca !
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072305/
It was meant as a parody from the beginning though.

[Viking]

Here's one I made earlier

[Neil]

ah, so they're purposfully being dicks to piss of otthers finns? Oh well, just a movie.

YLE the Production Company is the finnish national TV company that is funded by a general license fee on all TVs. So basically it is not some people being dicks with their own money. They are being dicks with Solmyr's "tax" money.

Yeah but state broadcasters exist to make politically-motivated shit that nobody would watch.  This is what they're here for.

[Camerus]

Does it have hobbits?   

[Viking]

maybe the plan is to save money on Timoshenko's massive assaults on the mannerheim line by pirating scenes from black hawk down?

[Malthus]

Does it have hobbits?   

It's supposed to be about Finns. Aren't they sort of like depressed hobbits? 

[Viking]

Does it have hobbits?   

It's supposed to be about Finns. Aren't they sort of like depressed hobbits? 

Tall blonde alcoholic depressive ski-jumpers

[Solmyr]

maybe the plan is to save money on Timoshenko's massive assaults on the mannerheim line by pirating scenes from black hawk down?

And the Finnish partisans will be portrayed by the rap scene from Men in Tights.