geeks-n-stuff:During the Cold War, an organization called ‘Patriot’ created a super-hero squad, whic

geeks-n-stuff:During the Cold War, an organization called ‘Patriot’ created a super-hero squad, which includes members of multiple soviet republics. For years, the heroes had to hide their identities, but in hard times they must show themselves again.Guardians features a cast that includes Anton Pampushnyy, Sanzhar Madiyev, Sebastien Sisak, Alina Lanina and Stanislav Shirin. It is set to open in Russian in February 2017, with UK and US release dates yet to be announced.-CDGAmerican sci-fi folks seem to be pretty psyched about this. ”Russia’s Avengers-Style Superhero Movie Looks Crazy”, says Slash Film, even though it looks considerably less weird than, say, Suicide Squad or Guardians of the Galaxy…Yet the English-speaking press doesn’t seem to have picked up on the fact that half of this team is Asian (or more than half, depending on your definitions!). And it makes sense: the premise is that the team has to be assembled from the former Soviet republics, many of which were in Asia.[Source]Sanzhar Madiev plays Khan, the dude with the blades and the mask (he’s got wind powers). He’s Kazakh and is actually based in Kazakhstan.[Source]Sebastian Sisak Grigoryan plays Ler, the guy with the beard and the earth powers. He’s Armenian.[Source]Anton Pampushniy plays Arsus, the werebear. I believe he’s Russian, but interestingly enough, he was born in Kazakhstan. The character he plays is Siberian.[Source]Alina Lanina plays Xenia, the water woman. She’s Ukrainian and has no evident Asian connections, but I love her anyway!Sarik Andreasyan[Source]Oh, and the director, Sarik Andreasyan, is Armenian too.This doesn’t mean Guardians is a model of social justice—it’s clearly rooted in a nostalgia for a Communist empire, which spells danger for the republics who want to preserve their independence.But if even the Russian film industry is shooting for diversity, that means there’s little excuse for Hollywood and other film industries not to do the same.Plus, it’s good if global pop culture becomes a little less Americentric. Even if this is an extremely US-style superhero film. How do you escape hegemony? I dunno.GuardiansRussia (2017)[Source], English version here. -- source link

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