Thor: Ragnarok

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Originally Posted by Spike Spiegel

I'll see your 80s cheese and raise you a surrealist comedy skit.

Four words- Earth Girls Are Easy. That is all.....

[snake]

Thor could've been a trilogy of mythology-based epics, but nah. We got Guardians-Lite instead.

[Spike Spiegel]

Originally Posted by Galactus

Watching this trailer I couldn't help but think of Superman's own gladiator story on Warworld. The possibilities DC could have with the character if they had not been set on full fulling their three decades old ambition of doing the Death of Superman.

I agree; DC's pantheon can still be fun without losing their iconic status or devolving into Adam West style camp. Putting these kinds of characters in situations other than the usual "fight the big bad, save the city/world" helps define who they are as people.

I think there was a Wonder Woman storyline in the 1990s where she was a freedom-fighting space pirate for a short time.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by snake

Thor could've been a trilogy of mythology-based epics, but nah. We got Guardians-Lite instead.

Agreed. Still hoping Thor 3 will be better, though...

[snake]

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

Agreed. Still hoping Thor 3 will be better, though...

I think anything is better than Whor 2 by default.

[MikeandRaph87]

What style is that being used for the title? The text look like simething out of 1980s media.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by snake

I think anything is better than Whor 2 by default.

I'm still disappointed in that movie. Christopher Eccleston is a great actor, but they didn't use him as anything more than a paperweight...

[snake]

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

I'm still disappointed in that movie. Christopher Eccleston is a great actor, but they didn't use him as anything more than a paperweight...

Did he even have lines in that movie? I legit can't remember a thing about it except the giant superweapon-of-the-week thing crashing into washington.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by snake

Did he even have lines in that movie? I legit can't remember a thing about it except the giant superweapon-of-the-week thing crashing into washington.

Yeah. I think they were all in Elvish, too.

Subtitles FTW!

[NinjaPug]

Originally Posted by snake

Did he even have lines in that movie? I legit can't remember a thing about it except the giant superweapon-of-the-week thing crashing into washington.

I'd love to see the original version of this movie before they decided to cut a bunch of stuff just to get more screentime for Loki.

[plastroncafe]

As much as I was entertained by Thor 3, Eccleston was criminally underused. As was Lee Pace in the first Guardians movie.

I think it's just easy for me to not expect much from Thor, because I could not possibly have cared less about his comic book if I tried.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

As much as I was entertained by Thor 3, Eccleston was criminally underused. As was Lee Pace in the first Guardians movie.

I think it's just easy for me to not expect much from Thor, because I could not possibly have cared less about his comic book if I tried.

Ronan wasn't quite as bad for me as Eccleston's character. But yeah, Lee Pace is another great actor.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

I'm still disappointed in that movie. Christopher Eccleston is a great actor, but they didn't use him as anything more than a paperweight...

Definitely, definitely many large scenes were removed with him. Eccleston was not happy with what they did with his role in post.

Originally Posted by NinjaPug

I'd love to see the original version of this movie before they decided to cut a bunch of stuff just to get more screentime for Loki.

Yep.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Definitely, definitely many large scenes were removed with him. Eccleston was not happy with what they did with his role in post.

Yep.

At that point in the MCU, it was still conceivable that a villain might get lots of screentime and development.

What might have been...

[ToTheNines]

[Cure]

Early impressions are out and...I dunno. I'm tired of the best praise people have for these movies being "they're hilarious!" Marvel movies being made for hyucks is annoying and makes them all feel samey.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

The Guardians of the Galaxy formula worked and now every movie has to be like Guardians. I'm sure I'll like it well enough but this will be another missed opportunity to do something sincere with the Thor mythos.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by Cure

Early impressions are out and...I dunno. I'm tired of the best praise people have for these movies being "they're hilarious!" Marvel movies being made for hyucks is annoying and makes them all feel samey.

I quite agree. Making Ragnorak a comedy just feels so weird. It's supposed to be the end of all things, right? Doom, destruction, maybe even a little despair?

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

Doom, destruction, maybe even a little despair?

But none of those rhyme with, 'FUN!'

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by MsMarvelDuckie

Four words- Earth Girls Are Easy. That is all.....

LOL, I actually just watched that movie recently for the first time ever....one of the most bizarre movies I've ever seen. Seeing an early/young Jim Carrey before he became famous was surreal as well, especially since he had blonde hair in the movie.

Also Geena Davis in her bikini, jesus christ. I can see how she got so many lead roles in Thelma and Louise, Beetlejuice, Change Up with Bill Murray, and The Long Kiss Goodnight with Samuel L. Jackson after that.