On another note – No one going to answer me as to the origin of Ultimate Thor’s powers??? As I said I gave up on the Ultimates a couple years ago and at the time Ult Thor only had powers thru his suit-harness which I thought was Friggen lame!!! (loved the Ultimates though!)

And again No Blessed, no Deal!!!!

Notice he only referred to how Ultimate Thor came in at the end of Ultimates 2 and kicked some major butt. He didn’t say it would be based on the character himself. I understood it as the character would be based on the Simonson Thor. Either way, I’m really looking forward to this movie. It’s refreshing to see writers passionate about the source material.

Thor is a very rich character- I trust Brannagh and crew to do a good job. Ken J explained his desire for realism (or an ‘anti-supernatural’ theme) and his views are appreciated. However, this would be a total distortion of the comic book mythos and Norse mythology. Adherents to either/both need to be satisfied… least they can do.

Nevertheless, I believe the beauty of Marvel’s Thor is his lame(?)human alter-ego (Odin’s lesson in humility). This angle would clearly define it as not just another movie adaptation of a myth like Odysseus or Jason & the Argonauts. That’s the realism we need. If anyone can recall an old low-budget Lou Ferrigno Hulk movie were Thor made a guest appearance. It wasnt anything classic but the take on the Thor character- brash, arrogant,lover of wine and gallant to the fairer sex etc as opposed to a quieter,sobre, and withdrawn Donald Blake was impressive. I think they should tow that line for realism.

Having said that, I still want to see major ‘smash-bash action/destruction’ worthy of the thunder-god: the kind that was seen in Terminator 2, Matrix 2 and 3. The last Hulk, in my opinion, did not live up to its bidding in this respect (we know what a rampaging Hulk can do) so Thor needs to compensate. haha

For the love of Pete… can you PLEASE stop being so confrontational? Seriously. You know I agree with a lot of your points of view, but you need to dial it down a notch.

Vic

That’s not what they mean by realism bud. There’s a certain suspension of belief that’s acceptable for these movies. In the interview, Miller used the term “grit” which can help explain what they mean.

An easy comparison would be comparing The Dark Knight to Batman & Robin, neither is actually realistic but there vast differences in the style of realism between the films.

Love Kenneth and I look forward to this (Though James Callus should be playing Loki especially after seeing him as Merlin!) BUT!!! this whole thing is poo unless Brian Blessed plays Odin

I wonder how they are gonna reference other Marvel stuff or movies tho, since hes basically in another World, wouldn’t he be pretty much unaware of the goings on there, or does Odin tell him whats up?

Perhaps I should have put my post in burly wood
the universal font color for sarcasm.

If you don’t like what Ken has to say then don’t read his comments.

No one cares what u believe – that’s the point. The reason doesn’t matter. What a waste of energy. I’m done with this site. Thx for ruining the experience.

@TK I’m not sure if Mandarin will have “magic” rings. I remember an interview before where they said they are trying to find a way to make the “rings” something technological to explain why the character having them will make him powerful. So I was wondering if they would do the same with Thor, try to find a way to make his “powers” believable. I’m not saying it’s MANDATORY for it to be good, it’s just that I’ve never really been into any of the supernatural stuff, I am not a superman, spiderman, Thor, or really much of a comic book fan at all. The only ones I’ve considered liking are Batman, Iron Man, The Punisher, and anyone else who was actually human.

So I was HOPING they would keep the supernatural stuff from these new movies, but it sounds like these guys have a pretty clear image of what they want and that’s usually a good sign so I think even though I didn’t want the whole supernatural stuff in the beginning, I’m going to give this a chance because the production team sounds like they are trying to stay true to the fans and that’s always cool.

Vic

Now, about realism. This is a Marvel movie, folks, based on the Marvel universe. In the Marvel universe, there are gods, Titans, Eternals, heck even Eternity and Fste are personified. If you are looking for reality, I’d say stay away from a Marvel or DC comicbook movie.

I buy all of that stuff except the last part. LOL.

As for the article, I am getting more excited for this movie. I was never a huge Thor fan, but I did read some of his comic books and I have an appreciation for mythology. Should be interesting to see how they write this. I can’t wait to see Thor fighting Hulk on the big screen some day.

What you just wrote scares me.

It sounds like they are heading in the right direction with things. Keep it simple and stick to the basics. Don’t try to add things to please a younger audience but I somewhat like the idea of Ultimate Thor.

Ken, your explanation of hitting tab once or twice or whatever is ridiculous because I didn’t mean to post anything – it was an accident. Who knows, I walked away from my computer for a second and came back. My sister could have done it for all I know since she’s five years old but I wouldn’t have known so cut me some slack. I already get enough crap for loving transformers. And I don’t need someone else bitching at me – that’s what the wife is for.