[movie] Thor - Ragnarok

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 4:15 pm

First pics. Jeff Goldblum!

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 4:19 pm

That's Goldblum on any given Monday. Are there any shots of him from the film?

p.s.

Hela can take me to hell any day of the week.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 5:13 pm

I honestly don't know, but I'm guessing Goldblum is playing the Grandmaster?

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 5:19 pm

Good call. Since Guardians of the Galaxy introduced the Collector, I guess they're going to present us with even more of the Elders of the Universe.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 6:57 pm

It was the hair.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 10:02 pm

It could also be that Marvel is introducing a heretofore unknown elder. Emo Goldblum. His power is to make Coldplay sound like Iron Maiden in comparison.

stimpy · Post by **stimpy** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 10:42 pm

hepcat wrote:Good call. Since Guardians of the Galaxy introduced the Collector, I guess they're going to present us with even more of the Elders of the Universe.

I think the collector was introduced in Thor: The Dark World.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 11:00 pm

Ah yes, I forgot that he was shown briefly in that.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 12:03 pm

Yeah, I'm in.

pr0ner · Post by **pr0ner** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 12:36 pm

Zaxxon wrote:Yeah, I'm in.

That trailer almost looks campy (in a good way!).

I bet that movie will look stellar in AMC's Dolby Vision theatre.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 2:27 pm

Love the trailer. Who is the hammer smashing chick?

Kelric · Post by **Kelric** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 2:44 pm

Daehawk wrote:Love the trailer. Who is the hammer smashing chick?

A Norse goddess of death, Hel.

DD* · Post by DD* » Mon Apr 10, 2017 2:52 pm

"He's a friend from work!"

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 2:59 pm

Kelric wrote:
Daehawk wrote:Love the trailer. Who is the hammer smashing chick?
A Norse goddess of death, Hel.

Ok. Not up on her. Guessing she's some magic using Loki like girl...seems on the same power level as Odin.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 4:01 pm

Hela rules Hel...which is where the dead who don't make the cut for Valhalla go. If not Odin level, she's pretty damn close.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 4:09 pm

I used to be up on the Gods but these days with these movies it seems Asgardians are just talented human like folk and then some have powers somehow.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 4:14 pm

That's pretty much what they've always been. They fight giants, dragons, giant wolves, and night elves. They're not omnipotent, omniscient, nor omnipresent, and never have been.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 4:37 pm

Daehawk wrote:I used to be up on the Gods but these days with these movies it seems Asgardians are just talented human like folk and then some have powers somehow.

I highly recommend the book "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman if you want a good look at the Norwegian gods.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 6:20 pm

Remember, in the Marvel universe these aren't the Norse gods of the sagas. These are the powerful aliens the Norse gods were based on.

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 7:20 pm

A great trailer. And did I see a brief glimpse of Skurge, dual-wielding M-16s? That's the kind of fan service I can get behind.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 7:34 pm

Yep...maybe my favorite actor..Karl Urban.

gameoverman · Post by **gameoverman** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 9:48 pm

I like the look of things in this movie, it's weird. It reminds of of Guardians, but taken farther out into left field. It looks completely wacky, almost like they are mashing The Fifth Element into the MCU. This is a nice change of pace for Thor movies, which I felt were the least of these movies in many ways. In one fell swoop this makes the Iron Man/Cap/Ant Man/Avengers movies look outdated in comparison. I know I wouldn't mind if Guardians/Doctor Strange/Ragnarok was the new look for things from here on out.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 10:06 pm

I have to wonder if the stylistic similarity between this and the Guardians of the Galaxy is due to the upcoming crossover.

And I have to say it once again: good God, Blanchett is freaking gorgeous.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 10:11 pm

And I have to say it once again: good God, Blanchett is freaking gorgeous.

Yes this.

Paingod · Post by **Paingod** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 7:21 am

Blackhawk wrote:Remember, in the Marvel universe these aren't the Norse gods of the sagas. These are the powerful aliens the Norse gods were based on.

Indeed. They run on the principle of "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" theme, if I recall correctly. Thor, Odin, Loki - they're just massively high-tech "gods" - not actual gods.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 11:09 am

Paingod wrote:
Blackhawk wrote:Remember, in the Marvel universe these aren't the Norse gods of the sagas. These are the powerful aliens the Norse gods were based on.
Indeed. They run on the principle of "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" theme, if I recall correctly. Thor, Odin, Loki - they're just massively high-tech "gods" - not actual gods.

Well, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Unless they changed it in the comics, they were actual gods.

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 1:56 pm

I thought in the first Thor movie he states that they are not gods. And not immortal. At least not exactly. They are extremely powerful and have very long lives, however. Loki was the only one that wanted to actually be treated like a god.

From IMDB quotes for Thor 2:

Loki: [mockingly comes to attention before Odin and laughs] I really don't see what all the fuss is about.
Odin: Do you not truly feel the gravity of your crimes? Wherever you go there is war, ruin and death!
Loki: I went down to Midgard to rule the people of Earth as a benevolent God, just like you.
Odin: We are not gods! We're born, we live, we die, just as humans do.
Loki: Give or take five thousand years.

Punisher · Post by **Punisher** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 11:15 pm

i think Thor says to Jane in the first movie something along the lines of :What you call magic, we call science"

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 12:14 am

Punisher wrote:i think Thor says to Jane in the first movie something along the lines of :What you call magic, we call science"

IMDB says:

Jane Foster: Describe exactly what happened to you last night.
Thor: Your ancestors called it magic...
[Thor skims through a book on Norse mythology]
Thor: ...but you call it science. I come from a land where they are one and the same.

Kelric · Post by **Kelric** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:46 pm

Daehawk wrote:
And I have to say it once again: good God, Blanchett is freaking gorgeous.
Yes this.

I had no idea that was Cate Blanchett until this post.

sgoldj · Post by **sgoldj** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 10:14 pm

hentzau wrote:
Paingod wrote:
Blackhawk wrote:Remember, in the Marvel universe these aren't the Norse gods of the sagas. These are the powerful aliens the Norse gods were based on.
Indeed. They run on the principle of "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" theme, if I recall correctly. Thor, Odin, Loki - they're just massively high-tech "gods" - not actual gods.
Well, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Unless they changed it in the comics, they were actual gods.

Originally they were in the comics; I believe they retconned that at some point to be the "advanced science" idea. One of the bad decisions. I don't know if they changed it back since.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri Apr 14, 2017 1:23 am

I wonder if Beta Ray Bill will make an appearance.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Fri Apr 14, 2017 9:49 am

hepcat wrote: good God, Blanchett is freaking gorgeous.

Holy Crap. I had no idea that was Blanchett.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Mon Apr 17, 2017 5:31 pm

LordMortis wrote:
hepcat wrote: good God, Blanchett is freaking gorgeous.
Holy Crap. I had no idea that was Blanchett.

Me either. Though (while Blanchett is good looking in general) my takeaway from seeing her in her death / goth glory in this was not "wow she is gorgeous".

gilraen · Post by **gilraen** » Mon Apr 17, 2017 5:37 pm

El Guapo wrote:
LordMortis wrote:
hepcat wrote: good God, Blanchett is freaking gorgeous.
Holy Crap. I had no idea that was Blanchett.
Me either. Though (while Blanchett is good looking in general) my takeaway from seeing her in her death / goth glory in this was not "wow she is gorgeous".

I actually thought it was Claire Forlani when I saw the first poster/cover.

Grifman · Post by **Grifman** » Mon Apr 17, 2017 11:50 pm

Daehawk wrote:I wonder if Beta Ray Bill will make an appearance.

Why do you even think he would fit into this?

msteelers · Post by **msteelers** » Tue Apr 18, 2017 10:47 am

Grifman wrote:
Daehawk wrote:I wonder if Beta Ray Bill will make an appearance.
Why do you even think he would fit into this?

He is an integral part of the Planet Hulk storyline, which this movie borrows from.

Even so, there is roughly a 0% chance that Beta Ray Bill makes it in the movie.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Tue Apr 18, 2017 10:53 am

Thor in space made me wonder about Beta Ray Bill as well. The addition of elements from the Planet Hulk storyline even moreso. But he's way too strange for Marvel movies....

...although I thought the same thing about Rocket Raccoon at first.

msteelers · Post by **msteelers** » Tue Apr 18, 2017 11:27 am

There's not really a spot for him though. It appears that Thor is taking Hulk's place from the comic storyline as the main hero, and Hulk is taking Beta Ray Bill's.

Maybe we get a mention of him, or see him briefly ala Howard the Duck. But that will be about it.

Dogstar · Post by **Dogstar** » Sun Jul 23, 2017 1:52 am

Link to the new Thor: Ragnarok trailer.

Check the link for the cool new poster.