Thor Teaser Trailer: How Was It?

[terry78]

You have to pretty much use the Ultimate universe as a template when it comes to the most realistic body types that are drawn. That's like one of the few things those books get right.

 

[Matt Mortem]

What the hell is a godpack? Is that Thor's nickname for his junk????

 

[BigThor]

On the concerns regarding feats of strength and battles, I would wait until we see a second trailer before getting too bothered about it.

Seriously, I don't remember Spider-Man 2's trailer showing much of the Doc Ock fights, or Spideys big feat of strength in stopping the train, and TIH's first trailers showed us nothing of the Abomination fight.

And as has been noted, the Hammer strike we have seen apparently destroys the entire planet. No mean feat at all.

It's just that in all of the interviews the cast are always talking about the "tone" of the film & traits of the characters. That's not a bad thing because I want Thor to have a great plot & good acting. But with a hero as strong as Thor is you would think they would speak more about his strength.

 

[Gamma Burst]

What the hell is a godpack? Is that Thor's nickname for his junk????

It's Thor's team: a bunch of wannabe gods created by the High Evolutionary...

 

[Saint]

Does this look like Chris Hemsworth to you?

This guy is clearly trolling; don't feed him.

 

[BigThor]

This guy is clearly trolling; don't feed him.

True, we should've ignored him along time ago

Here is what tricon7 is doing

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Trolling or not, let's all keep things civil. There's no need for name-calling or making fun of others. If you don't like what someone else is saying, just don't respond to them.

 

[BigThor]

Trolling or not, let's all keep things civil. There's no need for name-calling or making fun of others. If you don't like what someone else is saying, just don't respond to them.

No name calling, just simply pointing out what he's doing

 

[TheCorpulent1]

That's a general message to everyone. There's no need to escalate things beyond the level of civil discussion.

 

[thegameq]

Thegameq, you hit the nail on the head!

I'm not so much concerned about the Avengers movie as I am about Thors own movie. This is the Mighty Thor (I still think that should of been the title of the movie) and he should be the mightiest character we've seen on the screen from Marvel!

Shouldn't they know that and spend the appropriate amount from whatever the budget is? Then again maybe they did because that strike on the ground by Thor is pretty darn impressive!

Thanks.

I'm sure Marvel knows, but I think Marvel is trying their best to give us what we want without putting themselves as a whole in financial jeopardy...again. Part of me hates saying that (see fanboy), but the other half understands.....somewhat......

I haven't scene the movie Skyline, but considering the much smaller budget, some of the sfx in that film are pretty impressive for the large scale they depict. With the larger budget Marvel has, I would really be surprised if we didn't at least get some over the top fight scenes and feats of strength--gratuitous or not.

Honestly, the battles in the Marvel Studios films have been nothing to sneeze at so far--thought the IM battles as a whole haven't been to special--at least not Spidey vs. Doc Ock, TIH special. Considering Thor will be going up against the Destroyer I honestly don't know how they could possibly pull off a lame or half-ass fight between the two. We already know the town gets leveled, so there will be some huge destruction taking place. I'm guessing Thor will second guess himself (because of the incident with the frost giants) as to whether he should use his full might against the Destroyer and risk the destruction of the town, to say nothing of mortal casualties.

Suprisingly, I don't hear more people mentioning the small look of this film. Maybe Marvel is hiding the huge and grand sweeping shots, etc. But, the question of Thor's strength level for this film is something I hear alot of amongst friends and family familiar with the character. Kind of hard not to question it......I mean it is Thor after all, we're talking Superman territory here.

 

[wobbly]

TIH was also a Marvel Studios film.

 

[thegameq]

Me too, I hope Thor's fights have the fluid complexity of Spider-Man 2's fight scenes with the length of The Incredible Hulk's.

Spider-Man vs Doc Ock was the most well choreographed superhero fight scene ever in my opinion. Thor's fights should be like that except on a much larger & destructive scale.

This x 10.

Spidey vs. Ock was a thing of pure beauty. It was what we have been waiting for in a comicbook fight for years. No excuses!

 

[thegameq]

On the concerns regarding feats of strength and battles, I would wait until we see a second trailer before getting too bothered about it.

Seriously, I don't remember Spider-Man 2's trailer showing much of the Doc Ock fights, or Spideys big feat of strength in stopping the train, and TIH's first trailers showed us nothing of the Abomination fight.

Now Ang Lee's Hulk debut trailer did show us a feat of strength, but unfortunately that one worked against it at the time due to unfinished CGI (the infamous Superbowl 'Tank Toss' that was met with a ton of criticism).

And as has been noted, the Hammer strike we have seen apparently destroys the entire planet. No mean feat at all.

It destroys the entire planet.......I thought the frost giants realm was a part of Asgard? School me if you will sir........unless I'm correct?

 

[Iceman]

Me too, I hope Thor's fights have the fluid complexity of Spider-Man 2's fight scenes with the length of The Incredible Hulk's.

Spider-Man vs Doc Ock was the most well choreographed superhero fight scene ever in my opinion. Thor's fights should be like that except on a much larger & destructive scale.

Agreed & agreed.

What the hell is a godpack? Is that Thor's nickname for his junk????

Hahaha!!

 

[thegameq]

TIH was also a Marvel Studios film.

Yes, I know. Could have worded it better I suppose...............

 

[wobbly]

There's a couple of good reasons why they may have chosen not to show much in the way of fighting in the trailer:

1) Unfinished. For a big super hero fight with earth shattering punches etc, that's a lot of vfx work to be done.

2) Showing something unfinished in trailers is never a good idea. Hulk 03 did that and it was poorly received.

Now I'm not saying you guys are wrong to be concerned, but I would wait until more comes out before getting worried about it. This first trailer was a heads up to the GA that the film is coming. The trailers and tv show spots etc, in the run up to release is where the big push to get bums on seats will come.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I'm inclined to go with #1. Beyond just the punches, about 50% of Thor's schtick is his weather manipulation. They'll probably be adding more lightning to the movie every single day up to the release date.

 

[wobbly]

It destroys the entire planet.......I thought the frost giants realm was a part of Asgard? School me if you will sir........unless I'm correct?

In the comics it is. Though from the outside we only really see Asgard's city on the floating Asteroid, the Giants realm is connected to that as well (I just always assumed the other lands were behind the city/mountains the artists drew).

I don't know what they are doing in the movie (Could be Asgard is it's own planet and the Frost Giants have their own for all I know) but in the set visit the scene where Thor does the hammer smash is described like this:

"Thor and the others were on an ice planet, filled with frost giants, where Thor "brought a nuclear blast of lightning to a gun fight," and the collateral damage is what we witnessed happening to his friends. "Thor's made the situation far worse by what he's done to strike back,"

They go on to say:

"Leaving behind the self-destructing ice planet, we made our way to two more sets - Odin's Throne Room and Odin's Vault."

Now I may well have read more into that in thinking the planet gets completely destroyed. Could be that Thor's smash decimates a large chunk of it.Even so that is still a very impressive feat.

 

[BigThor]

Maybe Marvel is hiding the huge and grand sweeping shots, etc. But, the question of Thor's strength level for this film is something I hear alot of amongst friends and family familiar with the character. Kind of hard not to question it......I mean it is Thor after all, we're talking Superman territory here.

Exactly, this is "The Mighty Thor", his fight with The Destroyer SHOULD put the Spidey/Doc Ock fights to shame. I wouldn't be so worried if Iron Man's films didn't have such "mediocre" fight scenes.

The way Iron Man was portrayed in his films you would think his name was "The Easily Beatable Iron Man". He barely performed any feats of strength at all.

 

[thegameq]

In the comics it is. Though from the outside we only really see Asgard's city on the floating Asteroid, the Giants realm is connected to that as well (I just always assumed the other lands were behind the city/mountains the artists drew).

I don't know what they are doing in the movie (Could be Asgard is it's own planet and the Frost Giants have their own for all I know) but in the set visit the scene where Thor does the hammer smash is described like this:

They go on to say:

Now I may well have read more into that in thinking the planet gets completely destroyed. Could be that Thor's smash decimates a large chunk of it.Even so that is still a very impressive feat.

I find that the concept of Asgard being a realm/universe unto itself with other planets etc., doesn't really bother me to much. I still prefer the one large continent approach though--it makes the possibility of imminent attack much more......serious (for lack of a better word) since the Asgardians greatest foes are so near.

 

[thegameq]

Exactly, this is "The Mighty Thor", his fight with The Destroyer SHOULD put the Spidey/Doc Ock fights to shame. I wouldn't be so worried if Iron Man's films didn't such "mediocre" fight scenes.

The way Iron Man was portrayed in his films you would think his name was "The Easily Beatable Iron Man". He had barely did any feats of strength at all.

Yeah, there were not many over the top displays of power in the IM films, but at the same time, I think Favreau did a good job of portraying IM's suit with a great deal of gravitas. I mean, it was cool with all the things it could do, but you really got a sense of how powerful it was in the really meaningful scenes. Again, not to much over the top stuff, but what was there, during the scenes with weight to the story, you understood.

Especially the scenes leading up to the fight between IM and pre-WM in IM2 and of course the fight that ensues. Favreau never lets you forget that this is a heavy duty and lethal piece of weaponry/hardware that these guys are wearing. Even the first set piece where Stark wearing the brief case suit, shoves the Bentley out of harms way with but a kick, you are given a sense of the hardware's power.

I know some, including a few friends, balked at the potrayal of IM's suit as somewhat reminiscent of Robocop, but I think the portrayal was spot on. Of course, if they had shown us more of the briefcase suit or opted for the classic red and gold folding suit, I think a more elegant or graceful portrayal might have been in order. My take anyways.

Sorry Corp, back on topic.....

 

[Crimson King]

Exactly, this is "The Mighty Thor", his fight with The Destroyer SHOULD put the Spidey/Doc Ock fights to shame. I wouldn't be so worried if Iron Man's films didn't such "mediocre" fight scenes.

The way Iron Man was portrayed in his films you would think his name was "The Easily Beatable Iron Man". He had barely did any feats of strength at all.

I don't have a link to the article at the moment, but there was some mention recently that the reason they had to build a town from scratch in New Mexico was that it would eventually be totally destroyed in the movie. Sounds like the Thor/Destroyer fight will be pretty spectacular!

 

[mc7791]

not that I am doubting you because in the comics Thor has shattered planets. But where are you hearing that the trailer hammer strike is that powerful? cool if it is.

 

[BigThor]

Favreau never lets you forget that this is a heavy duty and lethal piece of weaponry/hardware that these guys are wearing. Even the first set piece where Stark wearing the brief case suit, shoves the Bentley out of harms way with but a kick, you are given a sense of the hardware's power.

I know some, including a few friends, balked at the potrayal of IM's suit as somewhat reminiscent of Robocop, but I think the portrayal was spot on.

Yeah the Iron Man films were good movies overall, especially the first one. You do have a point about Iron Man portraying his power at meaningless times.

He seemed far more powerful against those terrorist in IM1 than in IM2 against Whiplash on the race track. As for the designs, I LOVED the armor especially the suitcase suit & the suit he wore at the end of IM2.

 

[Weadazoid]

The SUit case suit didn't have alot of power, it was just an on the go suit.


I get the Robo Cop comment, but in general Iron Mans suit is about 1000 times more fluid and the use of CGI placed it into a whole new category of realism.