Thor Teaser Trailer: How Was It?

[Vartha]

Hogun & Fandral are also easily able to throw a car

heh Indeed! Even Sif is more than capable of tossing a car.

 

[Gamma Burst]

Exactly.The 'average' asgardian God is already formidable.
I remember when maybe a dozen of them were destroying entire military forces (with high tech weaponry) during 'the reigning''.

 

[mc7791]

Hmm forgot about that but yes Asgardians are very formidable. I hope they show a good deal of Thors fighting ability outside of when he fights the SHIELD guards.

 

[spider-neil]

the marvel handbook says the average asgardian can lift roughly 30 tons (3 times the amount spider-man can lift)

the reason thor is so strong (class 100 tons, can lift in excess of a 100 tons) is his (thor) mother is gaia (the earth).

 

[Gamma Burst]

Here's what I was talking about:

 

[terry78]

Has it ever been established how old Thor is, in years? Centuries, millenia, etc.?

 

[Gamma Burst]

As far as I remember,He's at least a 'few' millenia old...

 

[That-Guy]

As far as I remember,He's at least a 'few' millenia old...

And yet he hooks up with Natalie Portman in this movie?

Geez, what a dirty old man. He should know that even chicks at the nursing home are way too young for him. t:

 

[WildcatNC]

I have been really impressed with what i've seen so far from Thor. This is the critical movie for Marvel IMO because of its difficulty to pull off well.

The trailer looks great and i'm really looking forward to it. I was worried that they were going to underpower Thor at first but the last scene of him laying the smacketh down shows they did not.

I feel like a kid on christmas with all the comic book movies coming out. Didn't think many of these would ever get made.

 

[BigThor]

Here's what I was talking about:

^^^ I would LOVE to see something like this in "Thor"

 

[Gamma Burst]

Yeah,mate.Me too.Maybe on the second movie

 

[BigThor]

Yeah,mate.Me too.Maybe on the second movie

Well they are coming to Earth in this one so I was hoping to some "Asgardian vs Human" action in the first one.

 

[misjuevos]

You do get to see Thor kick shield agents butts in the trailer. Coulson even remarks how Thor makes them look like mall cops.

 

[zanos]

Even a special forces soldier is no match for a god.

 

[TheLoneCreature]

I think we may see a bit of that kind of thing with what seems the Asgardians going against the Frost Giants. There may be a bit of hesitation with the Warriors 3 and Sif.

 

[wobbly]

Has it ever been established how old Thor is, in years? Centuries, millenia, etc.?

I'm not sure if this has been ret-conned or is just ignored now but..Way back in Thor 293 it was stated (by Odin's eye) that the current cycle of Gods began at the same time as the birth of Christ. The Star of Bethlehem was in fact the burning remains of the old Asgard

The 'Old Asgard' Odin was killed in the previous cycle, but was recreated/re-incarnated from the merging of the surviving Gods from the previous cycle. This new Odin had all the memories of the previous one, as well as those of the Gods that formed him, and used his vast power to literally recreate all the Gods, Giants, Trolls, etc, and instill a 'false' history, myths and so on for them. All save for Thor, whom he wanted to sire 'naturally' with the Earth Mother Gaea. As Thor was born after this that would make him only around 2000 years old.

But like I said, this may have been ret-conned or is simply ignored now: That origin for the current Odin does not really work with current continuity as Thor recently fought (and killed) Odin's father, Bor. If the Eye's origin story is true then Odin never had a father (unless the Bor Thor fought was somehow from the previous Cycle).

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Plenty of retcons and stuff have happened since then, but thankfully most of it has been in the form of "Ragnarok cycles" introduced by Mike Oeming in the "Ragnarok" arc at the end of Thor vol. 2. That stated that the Asgardians have been manipulated into a never-ending cycle of death and rebirth that somehow empowers a shadowy pantheon of even greater beings called Those Who Sit Above in Shadow. Thor breaks the Asgardians out of that cycle with what he thought at the time would be one final Ragnarok (although obviously they're reborn again after that, thanks to Don Blake). But before that point, we can assume that the Norse gods existed in various forms for millennia and that, taken in conjunction with the story wobbly mentioned from Thor vol. 1 #293, the current version of Thor and the other Asgardians that we know and love has existed for the past 2000 years or so. So "our" Thor should be about 2000 years old. Maybe just shy of that, given that he'd have to have been born and grow up and everything.

 

[Matt Mortem]

I wonder if they'll say how old movie Thor is.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I doubt it. I think they'll avoid any kind of lore-related stuff. They don't have to deal with the nature of gods or how Odin could've created everything yet he can't control his two unruly kids if they just don't mention any of the "ancient gods" stuff.

But I'll still know in my heart of hearts that Thor is a god rather than some dirty otherdimensional alien.

 

[steintym]

I doubt they'll tackle Thor's age in any real detail. Maybe something along the lines of Thor mentioning that he has been around for "many a millennia" or whatever. Something like that wouldn't surprise me.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah, I could see him referring to Asgard's society as being there long before humans' earliest civilizations or something. But I wouldn't hold my breath expecting him to go, "You know, Jane, I'll be 2,047 next Thursday."

 

[wobbly]

Plenty of retcons and stuff have happened since then, but thankfully most of it has been in the form of "Ragnarok cycles" introduced by Mike Oeming in the "Ragnarok" arc at the end of Thor vol. 2. That stated that the Asgardians have been manipulated into a never-ending cycle of death and rebirth that somehow empowers a shadowy pantheon of even greater beings called Those Who Sit Above in Shadow. Thor breaks the Asgardians out of that cycle with what he thought at the time would be one final Ragnarok (although obviously they're reborn again after that, thanks to Don Blake). But before that point, we can assume that the Norse gods existed in various forms for millennia and that, taken in conjunction with the story wobbly mentioned from Thor vol. 1 #293, the current version of Thor and the other Asgardians that we know and love has existed for the past 2000 years or so. So "our" Thor should be about 2000 years old. Maybe just shy of that, given that he'd have to have been born and grow up and everything.

Thanks, I didn't know if the 293 account had ever been refuted (Thor didn't question the time period offered up by the Eye and you'd figure he would if he knew he was older)
I guess the Bor we saw recently could have come from the previous cycle if that account remains true.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Maybe. Pre-Odin Asgardians are one of the sticking points where the Ragnarok cycles history falls apart a bit. I just tend to assume that there's as much misinformation and legend to the gods' pasts as actual fact, to the point that the gods are somewhat mythical even to themselves. I mean, the Asgardians don't really seem to keep records besides oral traditions (Thor and others claiming "songs will be sung" about this or that throughout the comics), so all they'd have to go on are Odin's words, and no one's gonna dispute what the Allfather says even if it doesn't quite add up.

 

[steintym]

Yeah, I could see him referring to Asgard's society as being there long before humans' earliest civilizations or something. But I wouldn't hold my breath expecting him to go, "You know, Jane, I'll be 2,047 next Thursday."

t: "Don't tell me what you're getting me, though. I want to be surprised."

 

[mc7791]

I think some fans figured out that he is about 4000 years old.