THOR

Keverian FireCry · Post by **Keverian FireCry** » October 22, 2008, 9:12 pm

Kenneth Branagh to Direct it...

It's a pretty good choice(based on IMDB, so it's subject to change of course). He's an Emmy award-winning and Academy award-nominated actor with roots in Shakespearean British theater. He's directed plenty of movies- his best being Shakespeare adaptations of course.

With Branagh at the reins it would point to this being a medieval fantasy more than a traditional comic book. Thor will likely be talking as if he jumped out out of a Shakespearean novel(which is exactly how he is in the comics btw), but with the Avengers movie coming it's likely it will crossover into the modern, mortal realm.

Who should play Thor/Loki? Joaquin Phoenix could virtually reprise his Gladiator role and play a pretty good Loki, but I have trouble finding a possible Thor candidate. Apparently Daniel Craig turned down the role. He's ripped and with camera work could be tall enough, but he ain't in the race anymore.

Keverian FireCry · Post by **Keverian FireCry** » October 22, 2008, 9:30 pm

Really though. The film was already made.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rnTpR4M ... re=related

Best. Movie. Ever!

edit: Elizabeth Shue dancing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nly-bfguf4k

Spang · Post by **Spang** » October 22, 2008, 9:44 pm

Elizabeth Shue gave me my first boner.

Also, If you're like me and must see the rest of the movie now.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » October 23, 2008, 1:17 am

Shue rocked in the Karate Kid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebIhzVlmGls

Kwonryu DragonFist · Post by **Kwonryu DragonFist** » October 23, 2008, 9:01 pm

Yeah Yeah, but WHO's gonna play Thor?

Joaquin Phoenix? Never! Dude is weaker than Gibs Melson fer crissakes!

Who can do Thor justice?

A blonde Triple H with voice-over? (The Wrestler)

Karl Urban? Troja-style Pitt?

Danny DeVito? Nicholas Cage?? Johnny Depp? Orlando Weak? Leonardo DiWeaksaucio? Toby McWeako?

Will Thor be CGI in a Beowulfian-way?

Thor is Power Incarnate in a Heroic and Chivalrous Way (Not the savage way of Hulk)

Keverian FireCry · Post by **Keverian FireCry** » October 23, 2008, 10:56 pm

I said Phoenix could play Loki, not Thor.

Kwonryu DragonFist · October 23, 2008, 11:36 pm

Aha, me reading too fast as usual!

Yeah, Phoenix could be Loki, you are correct on that one Kev!

Ashur · Post by **Ashur** » October 29, 2008, 4:21 pm

Except he's retired to work on his music.

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » October 29, 2008, 5:10 pm

You guys will end up with Dolf Lundgren, Howie Long or Brian Bosworth.

Spang · Post by **Spang** » October 29, 2008, 5:14 pm

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Kwonryu DragonFist · October 30, 2008, 12:22 am

Canelek wrote:You guys will end up with Dolf Lundgren, Howie Long or Brian Bosworth.

Better than Orlando Bloom!

Sartori · Post by **Sartori** » October 30, 2008, 1:24 am

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002907/

Hello, god of thunder.

Ashur · Post by **Ashur** » October 30, 2008, 10:37 am

DUDE! I just watched True Blood the other night and was thinking the same thing. Awesome choice.

rhyae · Post by **rhyae** » October 30, 2008, 2:23 pm

Jason Lewis as Thor, sooo pretty.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » March 21, 2009, 2:11 am

Elizabeth Shue is(was?) so hot.

Keverian FireCry · Post by **Keverian FireCry** » March 21, 2009, 3:07 am

I was totally thinking he could work as Thor after seeing him on Generation Kill and then on True Blood. He may need a bit more mass to fill the role though.

Keverian FireCry · Post by **Keverian FireCry** » May 17, 2009, 3:06 pm

Thor has been cast. It's Captain Kirks' dad from the new Star Trek movie.

Chris Hemsworth

Haven't seen him in anything other than those first minutes of Star Trek, but if he bulks up I don't see why it wouldn't work.

Ashur · Post by **Ashur** » May 18, 2009, 11:29 am

Pretty disappointed it isn't Alexander Skarsgård, but no real thoughts on this guy. Haven't seen him (no, still haven't seen new Star Trek) before so can't judge one way or another.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » May 18, 2009, 6:41 pm

Keverian FireCry wrote:Thor has been cast. It's Captain Kirks' dad from the new Star Trek movie.

Chris Hemsworth

The few minutes of time he had in Star Trek are inconclusive.

Keverian FireCry · Post by **Keverian FireCry** » May 31, 2009, 4:26 pm

Tom Hiddleston has been cast as Loki. I've never seen him in anything, but he has the right look for the role. He's in Wallander, a recent mystery series from BBC that also stars Kenneth Branagh. Gonna have to check it out.

Ashur · Post by **Ashur** » June 1, 2009, 12:47 pm

I can see it.

Kwonryu DragonFist · Post by **Kwonryu DragonFist** » June 3, 2009, 3:38 pm

As long as Fin Fang Foom and THE DESTROYER is in this movie, its all good. (Loki MUST use Destroyer in his plans)

We'll prolly see Tony Stark approaching Thor after the end-credits.

Keverian FireCry · Post by **Keverian FireCry** » November 19, 2009, 12:45 pm

More casting has been done for this, including Odin and The Warriors Three.

Asgardians:
Odin - Anthony Hopkins
Volstagg the Valiant - Ray Stevenson (Titus Pullo from 'Rome')
Fandral the Dashing - Stuart Townsend (Lestat from 'Queen of The Damned')
Hogun the Grim - Tadanobu Asano (Genghis Khan from 'Mongol')
Sif - Jaimie Alexander (TV shows I've never watched)

Puny Mortals:
Jane Foster - Natalie Portman

Stellan Skarsgard is in the cast, but his role isn't known yet. He's the father of Alexander Skarsgard, who we hoped would play Thor. So, the casting director was only off by one generation of Skarsgards!

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » November 19, 2009, 1:31 pm

The cast for this is really amazing.

Keverian FireCry · Post by **Keverian FireCry** » May 2, 2010, 8:29 pm

It's still early in production, but here's the first photo of Thor. The costume is exactly what he's pictured wearing in the comics these days, minus the helm. I like that they went with the beard for the film though. I can't wait to see him in action in a fully edited shot.

edit: 40+ views and no one has an opinion about how he looks thus far?

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » June 3, 2010, 3:28 pm

Concepts for full Thor costume.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » June 3, 2010, 4:28 pm

That looks like a cheap plastic Halloween costume obtainable off the rack.

Nice treads on the boots God of Thunder!

Thor movie just had a setback for me in anticipation.

Keverian FireCry · Post by **Keverian FireCry** » June 3, 2010, 4:59 pm

That's a fan concept, not the official one.

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » June 3, 2010, 6:37 pm

Fairweather Pure wrote:

I didn't realize they got Will Ferrel to play Thor, interesting!

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » June 3, 2010, 6:39 pm

Keverian FireCry wrote:That's a fan concept, not the official one.

Lets keep it professional here!

That fan concept is horrible...looks like a bobblehead.

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » July 25, 2010, 5:01 pm

Dude got big. Thor is looking great. The fan reactions from the trailer shown at comicon have been overwhelmingly positive. At first I was kinda "meh" but the production shots and feedback have been so far beyond what I was expecting that I'm actually giving over to the "hyped" side of things.

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » July 25, 2010, 5:15 pm

The 3 helms.

Kwonryu DragonFist · Post by **Kwonryu DragonFist** » July 25, 2010, 7:30 pm

From

To

With a lil help from

Interview with Portalie Natman and Thor (Does Portalie have a crush on Thor?)
http://www.movieweb.com/movie/thor/VIrLdzwrxtaFuA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmLWMM6h22U

THE DESTROYER IS IN!
http://comingsoon.net/nextraimages/destroyer1.jpg

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=68239

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » July 25, 2010, 7:39 pm

This is what Thor should look like:

Thor is a bad-ass. He's pretty much unstoppable. Only the Hulk even has the strength to live the Mighty Mjollnir!

Thor = Strong, plus lighting powers,flight, etc.

Thor is easily in the elite class of superheroes in any comic universe when it comes to superhuman strength.

I think Marvel should revise their strength scale. They usually classify in increments of 10 tons with "class 100" meaning 100 tons or more. It's like after 100, they forget how to count. Nevertheless, it's very misleading. For instance, Colossus of the X-men can lift just over 100 tons. But in no way does he come close to equaling the strength of a Thor, Hulk or Silver Surfer, three beings also placed in the 100 ton category. For visual reference, 100 tons is almost exactly the same as four fully loaded 45 foot trailers that are attached to a tractor trailer truck (the tractor, the trucks pulling the the trailers, weigh up to 10 tons...). Anyone that has kept up with Thor over the years knows Thor has many feats of strength well beyond 100 tons.

And that's without knowledge of the Runes or the power of the Odin force.

And keep in mind, that with the lifting of the Midgard Serpent, a creature said to have one-third the mass of earth (earth's mass being 13.2 billion trillion ton) Thor has also demonstrated incalculable strength. One-third of that number is 4.4 billion trillion tons.
So for all those guys out there that say Thor does not have strength on par with Superman...

They are simply wrong. And all these feats are without the advantage of the so-called "Warrior's Madness" (which increases his strength ten-fold). How one even quantifies that kind of strength...I don't even know.

Thor is one strong dude.

Post by **Sylvus** » July 29, 2010, 2:49 pm

Might not be up long, so check it while you can... several minutes of Thor footage from Comic Con.

http://dai.ly/ay5aVp

That makes me kind of tingly!

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » July 29, 2010, 6:56 pm

Sylvus wrote:Might not be up long, so check it while you can... several minutes of Thor footage from Comic Con.

http://dai.ly/ay5aVp

That makes me kind of tingly!

Boooooo

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Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » July 29, 2010, 8:06 pm

Sylvus wrote:Might not be up long, so check it while you can... several minutes of Thor footage from Comic Con.

http://dai.ly/ay5aVp

That makes me kind of tingly!

Good find! I've been looking for this but I always seems late.

Looks pretty good IMO!

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » July 29, 2010, 8:43 pm

Not so sure about this one. It's definitely a re-imagining of Thor. I guess they wanted more beefcake time instead of a gimpy doctor on the screen for most of the movie.

Dr. Donald Blake:

But lets ignore the classics!

Zygar_ Cthulhukin · December 10, 2010, 10:21 pm

First trailer's out...

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810026342/video/23447610

miir · Post by **miir** » December 12, 2010, 5:44 pm

That looks kinda... meh.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » December 12, 2010, 6:04 pm

I'm not sold on the Thor movie yet.

So far it just looks like Natalie Portman wanted to get laid by Chris Hemsworth so they decided to make a Thor movie to hook the two up.

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » December 12, 2010, 8:37 pm

I think Thor is in a steady track to be on the better side of decent. I'm more worried about Cpt. America now.

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » December 13, 2010, 12:45 pm

I was pleased with the trailer that was released, and I will probably see it in the theater. I will not be going into it with the expectation of it being the greatest film ever though. It is a comic book movie. What were you expecting?!

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » December 13, 2010, 2:19 pm

Boogahz wrote:It is a comic book movie. What were you expecting?!

Well, for it to be based a little more on the actual comic book for starters.

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » December 13, 2010, 4:45 pm

Which one? There have been so many "reboots" of comics lately, it is hard to tell which version is which!

Post by **Sylvus** » December 14, 2010, 12:39 pm

Winnow wrote:
Boogahz wrote:It is a comic book movie. What were you expecting?!
Well, for it to be based a little more on the actual comic book for starters.

It's been almost 20 years since I seriously read comics, but I do still own the first 300ish issues of Thor (I only have a handful of Journey Into Mystery from the 80s to the 120s, and then every Thor from when it changed names at like #126 up until the mid 400s) and he was always my favorite character. That said, the trailer doesn't look too far off of the comics. Odin was pissed at Thor and cast him down to Earth, sans-powers, to live as Dr. Donald(?) Blake in order to learn humility and such. The big metal suit of armor/robot-looking thing in the trailer was the Destroyer. It looks like it represented Asgard decently (I wonder if they'll have the Rainbow Bridge?). Obviously they need to update his origin story to be more modern, unless they want it to be like Mad Men + Norse Gods (which wouldn't be all bad).

I'm excited for this to come out. (And I'm excited to stop using parentheses)

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » December 14, 2010, 2:01 pm

I suppose, but I recall Dr Blake as being a frail man that banged his walking stick on the ground to become Thor.

In this movie, Thor walks around as Thor all the time with the same size and strength.

My experience with Thor comes from Owning the original Avengers #1 and reading his early history while mostly with the team.

masteen · Post by **masteen** » December 16, 2010, 5:43 pm

Sylvus wrote:like Mad Men + Norse Gods (which wouldn't be all bad).

I'm excited for this to come out. (And I'm excited to stop using parentheses)

Oh god, Christina Hendricks would make an awesome Valkyrie. ( o Y o ) I use my parenthesis for awesome, not good!

Sargeras · Post by **Sargeras** » December 28, 2010, 1:09 pm

Costume update in the spoiler tag (large image).

Sir Anthony Hopkins as Odin? Yes please.

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miir · Post by **miir** » December 28, 2010, 6:36 pm

Those outfits are hillarious... almost as bad as the Watchmen.