Bazza Posted October 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2017 Chris addresses the Shakespearean aspect to Thor in this short video, and a bunch of other stuff as well. http://www.imdb.com/videoplayer/vi1381611801?ref_=ttvi_vi_imdb_11Mark mentions the influence of Kirby here -- another namecheck http://www.imdb.com/videoplayer/vi1415166233?ref_=ttvi_vi_imdb_9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BoloOfEarth Posted October 27, 2017 Report Share Posted October 27, 2017 Hemsworth has always appealed to the broads. And not only the broads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted October 27, 2017 Report Share Posted October 27, 2017 I guess someone at Marvel decided that MCU Thor should act and sound more Norse than Shakespearean. It makes a certain amount of sense, though it would have helped for consistency's sake if Odin and Loki didn't always seem like they'd just stepped off the RST stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted October 27, 2017 Report Share Posted October 27, 2017 I thought they did a good job at finding ground between the full on fake Shakespearean and modern day speech: he sounds different and somewhat archaic or formal, but still loose and fun enough for modern audiences to enjoy. But I agree, other characters besides Thor do sound a lot more formal and have much more ancient dialog patterns and wording. Heimdall, Frigga, Sif, all of them except for the Volstagg basically. I really like how Odin and Loki sound, especially but I love that rich a use of language. It kind of works anyway, because Thor is a bit of a wild child, and he doesn't really fit in to Asgardian society well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted October 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2017 Jim Starlin comments on MCU's Thanos in Infinity War: "“I want to tell all you Thanos fans out there, without giving anything away, you’re not going to be disappointed, far from it. I truly believe folks will be pleasantly shocked by how delightfully different these two movies will be from previous Marvel films. Joe, Anthony, Chris, Stephen and the rest of the gang have my complete confidence in their ushering of our favorite Mad Titan out from the world of comics and into the Marvel cinematic universe. My first born leaves the nest to wreck havoc on the heavens. What more could a proud father hope for?”" And Josh Brolin: "“When they showed me a little six-minute teaser of a scene that I had done, I was so blown away by how next-level this digital process is and how real it feels. I don’t know how I could be anything but happy. If everybody hates me at the end of it, I don’t know, will it be worth it if it’s a great movie? Maybe.”" http://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/thanos-fans-love-avengers-infinity-war-sequel/ Armory 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted October 28, 2017 Report Share Posted October 28, 2017 Well if its anything like the comic books, he kills pretty much everybody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted October 28, 2017 Report Share Posted October 28, 2017 Oh, he wasn't that bad. He only wiped out half of the living beings in the universe. If you take a glass-half-full point of view, I'd say he let "pretty much everybody" live... slikmar and Lawnmower Boy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DasBroot Posted October 29, 2017 Report Share Posted October 29, 2017 Yeah, but he only killed half because if he killed everyone nobody would be left to die for his beloved Death. So basically he killed half the life in the universe instead of buying her chocolates. The glass half full would be 'think of how much calmer the commute will be'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted October 29, 2017 Report Share Posted October 29, 2017 Well, the Black Death killed about 1/2 of europe, and it made the indivigual a valued commodity, that gave rise to the "modern" era...so maybe Thanos is good for the environment? Or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted October 29, 2017 Report Share Posted October 29, 2017 The argument can be made that less humans could be a good thing.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted October 29, 2017 Report Share Posted October 29, 2017 Unless, of course, you and yours happen to be among the half to be culled. Christopher R Taylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slikmar Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 And of course, Thanos wasn't doing half of each inhabited planet. IIRC, he just divided the universe up in half and wanted to kill one half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 He killed pretty much every superhero in the Marvel Universe as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 Really? Has Marvel ever done a full roster count of the characters that Thanos wiped from existence? I would be surprised to find it is even close to 50% of the characters that actually existed in the 616 continuity. Unless it was just waved off with exposition, like, "And with a gesture, 99% of all superheroes in the entire universe were gone." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 No, in the Infinity Gauntlet comics they were killed and then brought back, as I recall. The full gauntlet basically lets you do literally anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 "And Lo, with a gesture, 99% of the superheroes who didn't sell well were gone" too meta? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DasBroot Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 Nope. That basically also sums up the mutant extinction crisis from a few years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 Jim Starlin comments on MCU's Thanos in Infinity War: "“I want to tell all you Thanos fans out there, without giving anything away, you’re not going to be disappointed, far from it. I truly believe folks will be pleasantly shocked by how delightfully different these two movies will be from previous Marvel films. Joe, Anthony, Chris, Stephen and the rest of the gang have my complete confidence in their ushering of our favorite Mad Titan out from the world of comics and into the Marvel cinematic universe. My first born leaves the nest to wreck havoc on the heavens. What more could a proud father hope for?”" Yeah, well, Jim Starlin's support doesn't especially sway me. Thanos was obviously Starlin's pet Mary Sue. Especially in the latter stages of the character's history, Starlin wrote him as the perfect villain, without flaw or weakness. Even when he lost, he really won. Perfect villains are boring villains. Besides, I've never read superhero comics or watched superhero movies to root for the villain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 That basically also sums up the mutant extinction crisis from a few years ago. And when that assassin was going around gunning down bad guys in the 80s, can't remember his name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 And when that assassin was going around gunning down bad guys in the 80s, can't remember his name. The Scourge.of the Underworld, created by Mark Gruenwald, who later confessed he regretted doing it if I recall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slikmar Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 Hmm, I figured Christopher meant The Punisher, since that is basically his whole gig. Maybe Thanos will use the gauntlet to reboot the DC universe around WW style, removing from existence the Man of Steel and BvS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 The Scourge.of the Underworld, created by Mark Gruenwald, who later confessed he regretted doing it if I recall That's the guy. I was thinking Scourge, but then I got it mixed up with Skurge from Thor, and had second thoughts. I doubt myself more these days than I used to. I thought it was a useful method of cleaning up some more ridiculous or useless old characters, personally. It was a very interesting storyline across all comics, him showing up and gunning down a bad guy, then gone behind the scenes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 A metacharacter standing in for Marvel editorial. I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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