Comic Con Trailer Description

[Vartha]

Yeah, I'm gonna have to pick that up now. I usually just Netflix whatever DVDs I want, but I'll buy that one.

Of course, I'm sure several of the constant naysayers are gonna see the finished footage and still complain, but you can't please everybody. The unfinished sizzle reel already looked damned fine to me, so I'm content to know that I'll probably be quite happy with the movie.

That's why I'm saying I need to start an aspirin regiment so I don't PLOTZ myself into a freakin heart attack! lol

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Haha, come on, old-timer, you gotta make it another year at least.

 

[Vartha]

Haha, come on, old-timer, you gotta make it another year at least.

lol dude I ride a mountain Bike 6 miles maybe 3 to four times a week at one place I guard. I keep in shape.
Heck parts of me think they're 25! It's gonna get me in trouble one day hahaha.

 

[wobbly]

lol dude I ride a mountain Bike 6 miles maybe 3 to four times a week at one place I guard. I keep in shape.
Heck parts of me think they're 25! It's gonna get me in trouble one day hahaha.

Parts of me still think they are 16....

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I'm 26 and most of me thinks it's in its mid 40s.

 

[Vartha]

OUCH
heh we all have battle scars. Me more than the average person lol I was a rough kid. lol

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I'm not rough, just fat and lazy.

 

[piccolo]

I just don't want Asgard relegated to one panning CGI shot of the entire kingdom and then be locked up in Odin's throne or the Frost Giants den. Knowing the budget limitations, the threat of this is a real possibility. I guess that's what I mean by cramped.

Exact feeling I got. Your music video set analogy was spot on.

I was afraid of this when I first heard they were cutting back on the budget because of the uncertainty with how the film would do. My nagging impression is of a sci-fi channel movie.

I'd also add that Hemsworth's look was fantastic, but his line delivery and acting were a bit disappointing.

With luck, post production will smooth out some of the edges, and the film will do well enough for them to go all in on Thor 2 and really splurge.

 

[FaT_tONle]

I don't want to get spoiler happy, but any ideas on how Hemsworth will fall into SHIELD custody. Seems like Portman is the first person he meets on Earth. Unless Thor deliberately tries to break into the SHIELD to get the Hammer. I am thinking that is probably it.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

My guess is that just after Thor falls, he gets Jane to drive him to where Mjolnir fell (which would be that scene where he says, "The truth will be revealed to you when I get what's mine" or something like that). He finds a SHIELD base set up around it but, undeterred, he just fights his way inside, makes it to the hammer, and finds he's still unworthy. As he crumples to his knees, SHIELD reinforcements arrive and take him into custody. If you'll notice, in the parts where Coulson is interrogating Thor, you can see a lot of residual mud on his clothes, making me think they've done their best to clean him off after his muddy attempt to reclaim Mjolnir later in the footage (and in the promo pics we've seen).

 

[Vartha]

i'm not rough, just fat and lazy.

volstagg!!!! :d

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Not quite there yet, thankfully.

 

[Vartha]

Not quite there yet, thankfully.

lol Dude back in my Kubert days I went from a 32 waist to a 40!
These days it's a 36 or less.

 

[Nokio]

Does anyone know what the budget for this is? That would be an indicator to me what Thor is gonna be able to do. He's not supoosed to be Wolverine but with a Magic hammer. Thor without his Hammer is as strong as the Hulk or Superman.

 

[E.Brock]

Just saw the comic con footage on a website...I am officially more excited for this than anything else. Hemsworth is a PERFECT Thor, thats all i have to say

 

[JeetKuneDo]

Have to disagree on a lot of this: How is that hybrid mix of Kirby's futuristic designs with Norse mythology not creative? If anything going all LOTR with Thor would be a mistake. That would be called unoriginal and derivative (and it would be too). Remember Marvel's Thor is based on the myth, but it is not the myth, that's part of what makes it so special. This point seems to be forgotten at times.

And comparing with Batman is not really apt at all. The character for starters is completely human. No powers, just skill, smarts, and gadgets to get by. And Nolan's Batman exists within his own little universe too, where the style and tone has been tailor made solely to suit Nolan's vision, and as great as that may be, could you imagine Brandon Routh's Superman (or any Superman) fitting in well at all with Nolan's Batman?

For me DC have not yet imagined a 'movieverse' where their biggest guns can combine well at all. Marvel have been aiming for just this since Iron-Man. If they pull it off well in Avengers, then (as a comics fan first) that will be the best Superhero movie ever made (imo).
This movie still has the potential to take that title, though lacking the recognition of Batman I cant see it coming close at all to the Box office TDK received. Only time will tell on that one, but TDK has set a B/O target an critical acclaim standard that will be damned hard for anyone to beat.

Critics are a part of that group that thinks drama is automatically superior to comedy. (How often would critics name a comedy the best movie of any year no matter how good it is?) So they will always believe a Batman movie is better if said movie is "dark" through and through. Dark=Better to them. So if you want critical praise that means you are limited in what kind of movie you can make.

There is more than one way to make a great comic book movie luckily. Saying Marvel would never make a TDK is probably true. But it's also probably true that Nolan would never make an Iron Man. He may be unable to lighten up long enough to let a RDJ shine. Bale is his perfect actor...brooding is required. He'll let the villain cut loose...but it has to be a "dark" performance.

Now with Thor it occurred to me how much I loved Stargate. They also presented a mythical god in the light of being a part of a technological race and it worked perfectly and logically. The trailer actually make me think of this...the look is similar. Again...more than one way to make a great movie with this type of thing. LOTR is one way and Stargate is another. A LOTR approach to Thor...would that have a real chance of working here? I dunno...but the Stargate approach sounds perfect.

 

[JeetKuneDo]

Just saw the comic con footage on a website...I am officially more excited for this than anything else. Hemsworth is a PERFECT Thor, thats all i have to say

I showed the footage to my nephew (13) and brother....two non-comic readers...and they both were very impressed. I was curious how a non-fan would view it. The nephew immediately wanted to know when it comes out. ...Very disappointed that he has to wait almost a year.

 

[Humphrey Bogart]

Everything looks good for the most part. Hemsworth definitely has what it takes physically to pull this off. I am little worried about his acting ability though. I'm curious to see if he has the balance to pull all the different elements off. His speaking parts (and I am aware of the possibility of using different takes, went through that the Joker in the TDK trailers) left a little to be desired. I'm sure having the proper context will help things. Hopkins and Hiddleston both looked and sounded great. I'm sure some folks wanted Volstagg to be fatter but he doesn't look bad from what I saw.

 

[Figs]

Everything looks good for the most part. Hemsworth definitely has what it takes physically to pull this off. I am little worried about his acting ability though. I'm curious to see if he has the balance to pull all the different elements off. His speaking parts (and I am aware of the possibility of using different takes, went through that the Joker in the TDK trailers) left a little to be desired. I'm sure having the proper context will help things. Hopkins and Hiddleston both looked and sounded great. I'm sure some folks wanted Volstagg to be fatter but he doesn't look bad from what I saw.

I also worry a bit about his acting ability but i'll wait to watch the finished movie before I judge him.

 

[Ziggyman]

I don't know much at all about Thor...but the footage looked alright though it didn't show very much...it didn't get me excited, but in all it looks decent enough to entice people with no knowledge of the mythos and character to watch...

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Now with Thor it occurred to me how much I loved Stargate. They also presented a mythical god in the light of being a part of a technological race and it worked perfectly and logically. The trailer actually make me think of this...the look is similar. Again...more than one way to make a great movie with this type of thing. LOTR is one way and Stargate is another. A LOTR approach to Thor...would that have a real chance of working here? I dunno...but the Stargate approach sounds perfect.

The thing I like about how they're tackling Thor--especially that line about magic and science being the same to the Asgardians--is that they're leaving it ambiguous whether he's magical or technological. The look of everything is a bit futuristic, but so was the look of Kirby's take on Asgard. The Asgardians had advanced technology right alongside their bona fide magic like Mjolnir and Odin's sorcery in the early comics, too. It looks like they're striving to walk that very fine line in the movie where there's just enough on either side of the magic/tech divide to allow audience members to interpret for themselves whether the Asgardians are magical gods or technological aliens or something in-between. Personally, I go with the former, but there's nothing to directly contradict the latter interpretations for those who aren't as comfortable with the idea of genuine pagan gods becoming superheroes.

 

[Wolvieboy17]

One thing i'm curious about, and Corp, maybe you can help me, but theres a shot, near where you see odin dead/in odinsleep with the tear, where you just see a guy with a bluey greeny face and red eyes. Any ideas who that is? A frost giant? Because its the shot JUST after you see Loki holding a cosmic looking glowing thing, so dare I suggest.... Thanos? (Probably not, but who knows?)

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I have no clue. Some of the enemies Thor, Sif, and the Warriors Three were fighting in other shots looked about the same color, so he might be another one of them. People have speculated those were frost giants, although I'm not sure how you'd call anything that's the same size as the gods "giants" of any kind.

When I saw the dude with blue skin and red eyes, I immediately thought "dark elf." Now that we're hearing the Casket of Ancient Winters may be in the film, I'm wondering if maybe it's supposed to be Malekith. He was a dark elf and he was the one who unleashed the Casket of Ancient Winters in the comics...

 

[Wolvieboy17]

Hmmmm definitely interesting. Especially that his shot appears in between loki with the glowing artifact and before Odin's apparent death, which leads me to think he's a significant character. If he's a frost giant, maybe he's Loki's biological father? Or at least the malevolent character who informs Loki of his true heritage.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Could be. Someone suggested Ymir, who was the very first frost giant. As much as I like the idea of Malekith, he would probably be overload for this movie, what with Loki, the Destroyer, and Thor's whole origin story and romance with Jane already confirmed.