Thor: Ragnarok The Official News and Speculation Thread - Part 8

[C. Lee]

I can't be the only one who is thrilled about Karl Urban being in this film, right?

My wife is happy as a clam having both him and Hemsworth in a movie together.

 

[Nathaniell]

'course not! Most genre fans love him.

I liked him from Lotr as Eomer.


Cannot wait for nov to roll around. Oh boi. Little over 3 months to go

I am curious about Sif though. I think I saw Fandral in the trailer but im not 100% sure that was him.

 

[metaphysician]

Well in comics, Warlock and Eternity called trial, requesting LT to disable the gems. He didnt see anything wrong because no universal law was broken. Thanos saught out the gems on his own and fairly obtained that power. After everything that transpires, he overrules his previous ruling.

There was also the matter of. . . Thanos was viewed as "not a threat to the multiverse", while Adam Warlock was. This is because, while evil and destructive, Thanos was fairly well in control of his godhood. He did stuff because that's what he wanted to do. He wasn't going to deliberately threaten the cosmic-all, and he wasn't going to do it accidentally either. Adam Warlock, by contrast, has. . . issues, such that possessing omnipotence led to him literally spawning multiple conflicting versions of himself. He wasn't going to deliberately threaten the cosmic-all, but he was very likely going to do so by accident.

By the way, yes, this does mean the Living Tribunal is indifferent to the deaths of uncountable trillions of living beings. The Living Tribunal is largely indifferent to the deaths of entire *universes*. If it doesn't threaten the overall integrity of the multiverse, the LT doesn't care. Universes are to the LT like cells in a body: important in the collective, but individually insignificant.

 

[metaphysician]

I think Thor will defeat Hela on his own then everyone joins to take on Surtur

Actually, if Thor's "power up" is the Odinforce, I suspect you can flip those last two. The lot of them take on Surtur, and Odin sacrifices his life to defeat him. At which point, the power is inherited/transferred in some form, and Thor know has the oomph to actually beat Hela.

 

[Iceman]

I liked him from Lotr as Eomer.


Cannot wait for nov to roll around. Oh boi. Little over 3 months to go

I am curious about Sif though. I think I saw Fandral in the trailer but im not 100% sure that was him.

So did millions of others

He also had a role as one of the big 3 in Star Trek so he is picking up a lot of geek points.

I hope we get all of Thor's supporting characters appear here.

 

[HammerDown]

My wife is happy as a clam having both him and Hemsworth in a movie together.

From what i have been seeing the general female audience seems to be on board for this movie. It's truly a movie to everyone and has stuff to please and interest a lot of tastes. It's a well rounded thing i would say.

Actually, if Thor's "power up" is the Odinforce, I suspect you can flip those last two. The lot of them take on Surtur, and Odin sacrifices his life to defeat him. At which point, the power is inherited/transferred in some form, and Thor know has the oomph to actually beat Hela.

Touché. That's my theory too. And i would add to that... that after he uses all of that power to defeat her, he ends up draining himself so much that he ends up unconscious leading to IW.

Btw the Official Trailer has been trending at number 1 on Youtube for a long time now.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

I can't be the only one who is thrilled about Karl Urban being in this film, right?

He's such a talented and lovable dude. I think his career deserves so much better than what's happened over the past handful of years.

I'm thrilled for another reason.

Spoiler

.

Both are part of the MCU now.

 

[Finarfiniel]

Btw the Official Trailer has been trending at number 1 on Youtube for a long time now.

And check out it's view count compared to the Justice League trailer view count which was actually released a couple of hours earlier. Pretty impressive if you ask me, it seems to be going down just as well as the teaser trailer.

 

[HammerDown]

And check out it's view count compared to the Justice League trailer view count which was actually released a couple of hours earlier. Pretty impressive if you ask me, it seems to be going down just as well as the teaser trailer.

You're absolutely right.

‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Leads Social Media Buzz Thanks to Comic-Con

Disney-Marvel’s “Thor: Ragnarok” dominated social media buzz with an impressive 264,000 new conversations last week, according to media-measurement firm ComScore and its PreAct service.

Marvel released a new full trailer featuring both Thor and Hulk at the Marvel showcase at San Diego Comic-Con on July 22. “Thor: Ragnarok” is scheduled for release on Nov. 3.

“Hunt for the Wilderpeople” helmer Taika Waititi directed the third standalone Thor movie, which seems to be quirkier and more offbeat than the first two, and is already drawing comparisons to “Guardians of the Galaxy.” “Ragnarok” stars Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Hiddleton, Idris Elba, Cate Blanchett, Tessa Thompson, Jeff Goldblum, Karl Urban, and Anthony Hopkins.

 

[Venom'sDad]

My wife is happy as a clam having both him and Hemsworth in a movie together.

My wife loved his performance in Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers(LOTR:TTT).

 

[HammerDown]

... Director Taika Waititi has taken the God of Thunder into a considerably more offbeat direction with his upcoming threequel, and Thor's line "We know each other! He's a friend from work!" sells that idea better than any other. That said, it turns out that the line was not in the script, and it actually came from a Make-A-Wish kid who visited the set. Chris Hemsworth explained:

We had a young kid, a Make-A-Wish kid on set that day. In between the takes I was talking with him, kind-of going back and forth. And he goes, 'You know, you should say, he's a friend from work!' So that young man actually came up with it.

http://www.cinemablend.com/news/1684679/the-best-line-in-thor-ragnaroks-trailer-came-from-a-make-a-wish-kid

 

[Finarfiniel]

‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Leads Social Media Buzz Thanks to Comic-Con

 

[Kane52630]

 

[djsunyc]

300 had some really great visuals...but this looks...amazing

 

[JtheDreamer]

Hela is literally taking on all the Valkyrie by herself.

 

[Neno_Kos]

I'll say something outrageous. Thor was never my favorite Marvel character. If anything he was bottom barrel from all Marvel's Avengers characters. I didnt like character, I was never really even interested into reading some comics. I didnt even like first two Thor's movies. If again anything, I find them weakest from the bunch of MCU movies. So I never really looked forward to anything related to him.

Closest to me liking Thor was his few scenes he had in Avengers and those few outtakes Marvel did with the character.

But since first trailer and now 2nd trailer droped, there something happened where I am not only started looking forward to Thor movie, but I am actually become a fan of Thor as character. And he might actually end up being my favorite Avengers character, which previously was and still is Cap.

So thank you Taika Waititi for making this possible for me.

 

[Nathaniell]

I'll say something outrageous. Thor was never my favorite Marvel character. If anything he was bottom barrel from all Marvel's Avengers characters. I didnt like character, I was never really even interested into reading some comics. I didnt even like first two Thor's movies. If again anything, I find them weakest from the bunch of MCU movies. So I never really looked forward to anything related to him.

Closest to me liking Thor was his few scenes he had in Avengers and those few outtakes Marvel did with the character.

But since first trailer and now 2nd trailer droped, there something happened where I am not only started looking forward to Thor movie, but I am actually become a fan of Thor as character. And he might actually end up being my favorite Avengers character, which previously was and still is Cap.

So thank you Taika Waititi for making this possible for me.

Welcome aboard. Cap to this day still remains my fave but I love Thor since his first solo outing...not so much for the 2nd but Ragnarok has me going crazy!!! I love it.

 

[HammerDown]

Interesting how Rachel House described her character.
She said that she was The Grandmaster's "bodyguard" even though "he doesn't really need one". So i guess she is basically implying that is very powerful in his own right. She said something about a "whip" he has or something like that. Very intriguing.

 

[BigThor]

I wonder if they'll show Hulk and Thor fighting other opponents in the Gladiator arena before they finally face each other.

 

[Hunter Rider]

I can't blame Thanos if he falls for Hela. I mean...

Cate Blanchette is such a striking woman.

 

[HammerDown]

I wonder if they'll show Hulk and Thor fighting other opponents in the Gladiator arena before they finally face each other.

Yes i think so.
It has been reported that Thor needs to fit his way up to have a shot at the champion.

 

[BigThor]

Yes i think so.
It has been reported that Thor needs to fit his way up to have a shot at the champion.

Are you sure?

 

[HammerDown]

Are you sure?

Yes i am pretty sure. Google it and you will find reports.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

I hope we get some sweet action as we see the "rankings" of fighters on Sakkar.

 

[BigThor]

I hope we get some sweet action as we see the "rankings" of fighters on Sakkar.

Yeah I know you can only put so much in a film but I want to see other contestants fight each other as well. Reminiscent of how the World Tournament in Dragon Ball/ Z/ Super anime is shown.