Kenneth Branagh to direct Thor

[Chewy]

^ You should put that post into spoiler tags or remove the "dying" part. That's pretty spoilery.

 

[Paradox1]

Ah, I see what you mean. Although I think

Spoiler

Loki hiding out on Earth with Karnilla in the final scene

is sort of going to be the "tie in" to the Avengers.

I guess but I always figured he allowed him to live like that out of love for his Brother.

 

[Paradox1]

^ You should put that post into spoiler tags or remove the "dying" part. That's pretty spoilery.

I thought I did

 

[Chewy]

Spoiler

I thought it was meant to mean that Thor didn't know Loki was there, and Loki being the villain in Avengers would be a nice way to tie Thor in.

And I took it as Thor only intervened with humans when the supernatural was involved - ie the serpent contaminating the water. Humans fighting each other, wars, that's just human nature and something that he has to let play out.

 

[Chewy]

You have to type [1spoiler] before and [/1spoiler] after your text to put it in spoiler tags (without the "1"s)

 

[Paradox1]

You have to type [1spoiler] before and [/1spoiler] after your text to put it in spoiler tags (without the "1"s)[/quote

You may be right about that I mean he is a God.

 

[Paradox1]

Even though it was a good story I still feel like I would of liked more time with Thor and the Hammer

 

[cerealkiller182]

Its a hole to me cause first Thor 2010, Avengers 2011. If he just continues to live from the Ancient Norse time to present day on the same mission that the script ends on. What has he be doing this whole time, through WW1, WW2, and all other current wars? Why didn't he protect? He would then going back on his word to a dying Eric.

Is that something Thor should be depicting or explaining? Or is it more something that Avengers should be explaining? I think its Avengers.

How did Thor get to modern day in the comics and why can't that same explanation be used?

JMC has Thor reappearing on Earth after Ragnarok trying to reassemble the Norse gods. Easy enough

 

[Paradox1]

Is that something Thor should be depicting or explaining? Or is it more something that Avengers should be explaining? I think its Avengers.

Maybe but Iron Man and Thor all had connections to the Avengers at some point during the movie.

 

[cerealkiller182]

Maybe but Iron Man and Thor all had connections to the Avengers at some point during the movie.

Doesnt make it necessity

 

[Spade]

This does not feel like a one-shot, so I'm glad they're not treating it as such. If it takes more time to build towards the Avengers, then that's fine. I'd rather have an epic Thor franchise when this is said and done than films that are less that themselves because there was a need to shoehorn in Avengers references. Look at The Incredible Hulk. Sure, the SHIELD appearances were nice, but they didn't do anything to improve the standalone story.

 

[Paradox1]

I hope this movie begins a franchise of Thor movies that takes the Thunder God to a trilogy that is the most successful in Marvel history.

 

[Rich Santoro]

I haven't read the script that has floated around, so I am likely missing some details that are meant to address these kinds of things... but I would like to see Thor's initial involvement in serving as protector on Midgard, come from a directive given by Odin. The backstory would be that Odin has a certain affinity for Midgard... and he observes events unfolding that pose a danger to the people of Midgard (perhaps something with Loki, or just an awareness of other super-powerful bad-guys, such as someone in possession of the Cosmic Cube). Likewise, he wants to educate Thor on humility, sacrifice, responsibility...

So, Odin tells Thor that there are major events occuring on Midgard, and Thor must serve the mortals... thereby, he will learn to understand that life gains value, when it has a just cause. Sort of a two-birds-with-one-stone type of scenario. Midgard needs help, and Thor needs to understand the importance of commitment to the 'right' path (and knowing what is 'right'... sort of a "Categorical Imperative" ala Kant, type of thing). He may also divluge that Thor is made of Midgard (energy from Gaea) thus, he has a certain obligation, as well (the mortals are your brethren).

The categorical imperative aspect could be the over-arching theme of a Thor film series.

 

[Paradox1]

I haven't read the script that has floated around, so I am likely missing some details that are meant to address these kinds of things... but I would like to see Thor's initial involvement in serving as protector on Midgard, come from a directive given by Odin. The backstory would be that Odin has a certain affinity for Midgard... and he observes events unfolding that pose a danger to the people of Midgard (perhaps something with Loki, or just an awareness of other super-powerful bad-guys, such as someone in possession of the Cosmic Cube). Likewise, he wants to educate Thor on humility, sacrifice, responsibility...

So, Odin tells Thor that there are major events occuring on Midgard, and Thor must serve the mortals... thereby, he will learn to understand that life gains value, when it has a just cause. Sort of a two-birds-with-one-stone type of scenario. Midgard needs help, and Thor needs to understand the importance of commitment to the 'right' path (and knowing what is 'right'... sort of a "Categorical Imperative" ala Kant, type of thing). He may also divluge that Thor is made of Midgard (energy from Gaea) thus, he has a certain obligation, as well (the mortals are your brethren).

The categorical imperative aspect could be the over-arching theme of a Thor film series.

I think what your talking about would be a good thing for a Thor 2 or 3 who may be living on Midgard in the present time but begining to have doubts about the human race.

 

[Anubis]

Is that something Thor should be depicting or explaining? Or is it more something that Avengers should be explaining? I think its Avengers.

How did Thor get to modern day in the comics and why can't that same explanation be used?

JMC has Thor reappearing on Earth after Ragnarok trying to reassemble the Norse gods. Easy enough

Simple, he didn't get dumped into the modern world until the modern age. He lived his life as a regular gimp doctor, not knowing he was a God until he went on vacation in Norway and got stuck in that cave.

 

[cerealkiller182]

Simple, he didn't get dumped into the modern world until the modern age. He lived his life as a regular gimp doctor, not knowing he was a God until he went on vacation in Norway and got stuck in that cave.

I knew that. I meant it rhetorical, because there seems to be a lot of people stressing the idea of how Thor gets from his solo to the Avengers movie when it has already been laid out in the comics.

 

[Anubis]

Yeah, pretty much. He simply didn't know he was Thor until he found his hammer.

 

[Paradox1]

I knew that. I meant it rhetorical, because there seems to be a lot of people stressing the idea of how Thor gets from his solo to the Avengers movie when it has already been laid out in the comics.

I rather that be in a Thor 2 not the Avengers

 

[Weadazoid]

I always thought, and maybe it was just me, you leave the gimp doctor out of the sceanario compleatly.


I always envisioned a Thor movie where Asgaurd is portrayed much in the same way the sets of 300 were constructed, CGI heavy, with a bridge of light connecting Asgaurd to Earth. Early in the film Loki does something to sever the Bridge of light and the Gods are cut off from humanity durring the last ages of the Vikings.


Many 100's of years pass, and Thor's relevance as a real immortal comes to bear, Only Odin has sight to earth through a portal.


Loki strikes some kind of evil deal with Sutur granting Sutur access to Asgaurd, Sutur opens a one way gate to Earth in return, Loki expects while Asguard burns earth will be his, Odin sees this, just as he is rallying all warriors to fight Sutur, He realizes he must send his son to earth, but much like Sutur he can only muster enough power/magic to open a one way path.






Thor gets to earth, and has to leave asguard not knowing it's fate, it kills him but he must obey his father.



It takes away the humanity of the Doctor, but it gives Thor a different kind of humanity.

 

[BlackLantern]

Branagh has this well in hand.....I read a blog somewhere this weekend from the hoity toity crowd about how Branagh is sullying his reputation by directing "garbage for the common folk"

 

[Venom'sDad]

I always thought, and maybe it was just me, you leave the gimp doctor out of the sceanario compleatly.

I agree.... Look KB said they are trying to figure out how to "present a different kind of world". I don't think he want to go the Doctor route.

 

[Weadazoid]

I agree.... Look KB said they are trying to figure out how to "present a different kind of world". I don't think he want to go the Doctor route.

The movie should start out in Asgaurd, or on Earth durring the time of the Vikings.


The Bridge of light (as I refer to it), was refered to as the Rainbow bridge (Rainbow bridge seems kind corny) in the comics, and it was a method of travel from Asgaurd to the Midgaurd, but something happened to it.

 

[Venom'sDad]

Interesting... but I thought it was suppose to be about his redemption?

 

[Weadazoid]

it being the movie....or the bridge???

 

[Venom'sDad]

The movie.