Shirtless and fierce
As Alex Meraz also revealed a couple of days ago, the members of the wolf pack would spend most of “New Moon” without their shirts on account of the fact that werewolves have a higher body temperature, as fans who have read the Stephanie Meyer novels must already know. Given this, it’s only understandable that the first promo shot for the film with the wolf pack members also showed them without their shirt on.
“Unlike cold-blooded neck biters, these poster guys for animal magnetism are hot. So hot that their temperature runs a steady 108 degrees.” USA Today says in the piece accompanying the photo. “Four actors–-Chaske Spencer, Alex Meraz, Kiowa Gordon and Bronson Pelletier, all with Native American heritage-–join Taylor Lautner, 17, who returns as a hairier, scarier Jacob Black.
The next question is..."shirtless and fierce"? That's how they're promoting the Native actors? Why not add some feathers and warpaint to complete the picture?
I'm of two minds about about this development. On the one hand, it's good to promote Native actors as sex symbols. On the other hand, it's bad to promote them as half-naked beast-men--i.e., savages. Ideally, movies would feature half-naked Indians in more modern roles--e.g., as construction workers, lifeguards, or masseurs like John Redcorn.
Anyway, I look forward to the part where the Wolf Pack members prove they're not just mindless pretty boys. That is, when they solve problems with brains rather than brawn. When their fangs and claws are incidental to, not central to, their characters.
For more on the subject, see Quileute Werewolves in Twilight.
Below: "Look out, Twilight fans! We're coming to ravish you! Grrr!"
4 comments:
"That is, when they solve problems with brains rather than brawn. When their fangs and claws are incidental to, not central to, their characters."
Unfortunately, the only way to get rid of any Twilight vampire is to tear them to pieces and then burn the pieces. And the only reason some Quileutes become werewolves in the books is because these wolves are strong enough to tear the vampires to bits. So they solve problems with brawn. When they aren't chattering and bickering amongst themselves.
There are just a few non-Wolf Native characters in the Twilight books, such as Billy Black.
Quil Ateara (Tyson Houseman) doesn't change into a wolf until later on in the series. That's probably why he isn't shown with the rest of the wolf pack.
I forgot to add that they're shirtless because they shape-shift into a wolf the size of a horse. Their clothes are also destroyed whenever they shape-shift.
No doubt the movies will have them wear the Quileute equivalent of the Hulk's indestructible purple trousers.
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