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The after credits scene:
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I enjoyed it a lot and am really looking forward to the next lot.
My biggest question is from the beginning may have a bearing on the future. How the hell did Odin fit his army into that tiny dome?
Asgard- home of the Gods.I’ll admit that I had some trouble keeping up with the names of things in the movie. The Bifrost, whatever the hammer was called, and where it was that Frost Giants lived. At one point the Bifrost was mentioned and I thought to myself “so that’s where the Frost Giants live?”. I’ll be sure to keep a notepad handy next time I watch this movie. The reason I’m pointing this out as a flaw is because it made it hard for me to keep track of the villain’s intentions since he was the type to say one thing and do another.
SpoilerAniThyng wrote:What I really want to know is thls:
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And was I the only one thinking Power Man/Luke Cage when that ginormus black guys forearm layed Thor out? Here's hoping. 
It would be great fun to see Thor deal with it and one of the few ways I can think of to get him out of some of the action in the movie so he can't just wreck shop on everyone, as they clearly have shown him capable of doing. 
AND they could have had him trying to figure out the trick again at the end, establishing that he will eventually be able to get back to Earth without the rainbow bridge. Unfortunately though, the preview for Immortals seemed to make better use of the technology than Thor did. Was this one of those movies that wasn't really done in 3D, but had some specific effects added?
From the announcements, it currently stands as thus in the opening:Mr Bean wrote: So Spoil me, who's left for the Avengers Initiative since I never really followed comic book plots we've seen Hulk's movie, we've seen two Iron Man movies now Thor and soon we will be seeing Captain America's movie, who's left of the big Avengers (Since I know they have had like 1000 members during their run) if I'm guessing right it's Captain America, Hulk, Iron Man and Thor with possible add on Hawkeye?
How many weapons of mass destruction did they show in theis movie? Four, if we're counting things used, the Destroyer, the Cask of Ancient Winters, Mjoliner and Gungir. Probably twice as many just sitting in the Incredibly Insecure Hall of Doomsday Weapons.So...was I the only one who thought that using the Death Star set to 'flashlight' as a mode of interstellar transport was...dubious? I dunno, the whole Bifrost = Death Star thing felt forced to me. And for pity's sake, people, it's a spoiler thread, you don't need to run around spoiler-tagging everything.
Drinking some NM rotgut will surely give you a new perspective on life.I didn't really see it like that. I mean, even though he was a pompous, combative jerk to begin with, I never didn't think he was a noble guy underneath it all. I'm sure he would have sacrificed himself for innocent people if the situation called for it even before he was humbled by not being able to pick up Mjolnir. Nothing in his experiences on Earth over those few days seemed to deal with learning to respect life.
Oh, hell yes. I'm glad I wasn't the only person who felt that way.Havok wrote:Hawkeye forgoing the M-16 for the bow, elicited quite the loud 'FUCK YEAH!" from myself to the surprise of a few movie goers.
I doubt we'll ever get to see him, but I certainly hope so...especially with the Skrulls rumored to show up somewhere around Avengers 2.Cosmic cube was a nice touch and it opens up the actual Thor sequel to some cool areas to explore. Beta Ray Fucking Bill?!? Keeping my fingers crossed.
Agreed; it really never felt like we got to see Thor go all-out in this film. Compare that with the ending fight of Iron Man, where we see him digging deep into his bag of tricks as power runs out, and we really don't get the same sense of accomplishment when the fight's over.The few things I didn't like.
While I thought the design and execution of the Destroyer were well done, the actual handling was bad. It should have given Thor more of a run for his money. It has always been the be all end all of ultimate Asgardian weapons and I wish it would have stayed that way. It should have been a drag out brawl and could have gone on 3 or 4 minutes longer. Thor could have 'discovered' Mjolnir's teleportation properties on accident and defeated it by sending it away to somewhere to be a menace again, which a proper comic book would have done,
I quite liked X-Men 1. 2 was superior, though, especially the opening scene.Elheru Aran wrote:OK:
I agree with pretty much everything said here. Good movie, great characters, better than Iron Man 2 and Hulk, about on a par with Iron Man IMO. And who the hell thought the X-Men movies were better than this has to put down the crack pipe. X-Men 2, maybe, but not the others.
Havok, I gotta disagree though, I'm pretty positive the gamma-ray scientist guy is supposed to be Banner, given that in Incredible Hulk he ran into Samuel Stearns, who was a perfectly normal fellow with (IIRC) no relation to SHIELD at that point. It's obvious enough that they're changing up some things for the Marvel films; why not a bit of backstory in the process. Such as Mjolnir not having all the powers that it normally has in the comics...
Doubt we'll ever see Beta Ray Bill, he's just too different a character and everybody will be like "uh, this is Thor in a horse outfit".
Looking forward to X-Men First Class now, if it keeps up the standard... Captain America is looking freakin' awesome, too.
The technical term is Thorse.Molyneux wrote:Also: wouldn't Beta Ray Bill be a horse in a Thor outfit, not the other way around?
Why not go all the way and have Thorog from the animal avengers turn up as well.
Hell, I'd pay for an animal avengers movie
Just a heads up, in the actual Norse Mythology, Thors Hammer WAS made with a ridiculously short handle. The Dwarves made it as a Joke when they were asked to make a magic Hammer. Thor was simply so Bad Ass™ he could wield the Hammer with just one hand despite the short handle.Ahriman238 wrote:It's not the fact that he's an alien cyborg who looks either like a horse or a blank-faced orange man that bugs me. It's the fact that the hammer Odin made him looks like a giant toy hammer.
That's a compound bow, not a crossbow. [/nitpick]Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye (he’ll be the one holding a cross bow)
We just happened to show up for the 3D showing. Always probablematic with me, as I have very poor depth perception, at least of the stereoscopic kind. The Other Half was enthused, and it did work nicely for the panoramic scenes. I also found myself shifting my head around for more parallax (that's one of the way those of us with shitty stereoscopic vision compensate) but that doesn't work for movie 3D, so on one level I was getting fooled enough to treat it like a genuine 3D scene, but lack of that trick working did break the illusion somewhat. I think that's one of the things that bothers some people about movie 3D but they don't quite know what's off or have the specific vocabulary to express it precisely.On another note, I didn’t bother seeing it in 3D so I can’t say if it worked well or not.
Yes. The 3D in Thor was added post-production as a computer effect. For the true state-of-the-art 3D you want to see something like Avatar, where it was filmed in 3D. Presumably, Immortals is one such, which may be why it worked better there.Unfortunately though, the preview for Immortals seemed to make better use of the technology than Thor did. Was this one of those movies that wasn't really done in 3D, but had some specific effects added?
I don't usually go for men young enough to be my son, nor am I particuarly enthused about blonds.... but trust me, Hemsworth wasn't just “hawt” he was HAWT. That particular eye-candy was NOT for the hetereosexual men in the audience. Now you know how stupid it looks to us women when the male lead in a movie gets inexplicably nuts over some “hawt chick” female lead.In this movie, Jane just seemed to be smitten with Thor because he was studly and hawt.
Uh... no. The Dwarf making the hammer was distracted before he was finished by a shape-shifted Loki in the guise of an insect biting/stinging him in the eye, resulting in a shorter than intended handle for Mjolnir. So... the joke was Loki's (as usual) and not the Dwarf's.Crossroads Inc. wrote:Just a heads up, in the actual Norse Mythology, Thors Hammer WAS made with a ridiculously short handle. The Dwarves made it as a Joke when they were asked to make a magic Hammer. Thor was simply so Bad Ass™ he could wield the Hammer with just one hand despite the short handle.
I recall the story, but Crossroads, have you ever seen Beta Ray Bill and his hammer? I promise you, the handle is not the issue.Just a heads up, in the actual Norse Mythology, Thors Hammer WAS made with a ridiculously short handle. The Dwarves made it as a Joke when they were asked to make a magic Hammer. Thor was simply so Bad Ass™ he could wield the Hammer with just one hand despite the short handle.
They can change it. It was an anglicism of his alien name in the comic, and I can't see why it couldn't be changed for a movie.White Haven wrote:A rival with a cripplingly bad name. I can hear the marketing department howl from across time and space even as I type this.
We see these things differently. Hulk, X-Men, Captain America, Iron Man, these are characters which are almost exclusively bound to Earth. I recognize that there are numerous exceptions to this in the canon, but it's a fair general rule. Thor is not only not bound to Earth, but he is quite separate from it, and his adventures often take him far from it; unlike most of his peers in the Avengers, he is a true cosmic entity. The BRB storyline would be another way to deal Thor a little humility (since it's clear that he's not the only one worthy to lift Mjolnir) and let him grow as a character. Naturally, numerous concessions would have to be made to the story in order to make it work on the screen. This is nothing new for the comic book superhero film medium.Elheru Aran wrote:They might be able to change it, but I honestly can't see why they would run with it. I think it stretches most people's SoD to accept movies that aren't based on Earth in some fashion to start with, and the Beta Ray Bill story is largely independent of anything that happens on Earth AFAIK (it's been a good while since I read the comics, mind you). Space horse guy runs into Thor (in space!), they fight, space horse guy becomes Thorse for a while, eventually Odin goes "here's a hammer for you, kiss and make up". Kind of... I don't know? Not the most applicable of stories to most people's interests.
