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Mark Protosevich is ordained by the gods to chronicle the trials and tribulations of the Mighty THOR!!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with another of those mini-bombs from the Favreau IRON MAN announcement from Marvel/Paramount. This one has to do with the Mighty God of Thunder, THOR. Mark Protosevich (JOHN CARTER OF MARS, I AM LEGEND, POSEIDON) is penning the flick. Not only that, but he's quoted as to his approach to the rather difficult material.
"In the comics, the stories that appealed to me most were the features called 'Tales of Asgard,' " CAA-repped Protosevich said. "They were very much based on the traditional Norse myths and how the relationship between being like Thor and Loki and Thor and Odin, and how these beings manifested themselves. I don't want to give too much away, but I will say the movie will take place in the world of myth and legend but will not betray some of the thematic elements of the comics that made them so appealing, like the idea of a god growing to truly understand man."
I'm happy to hear they're not throwing out the fantastical, which is usually the hardest to convey, so it's usually the first thing thrown out with this type of material. I've heard Protosevich's unmade scripts to both I AM LEGEND and JOHN CARTER OF MARS are fantastic. Hope he continues that roll with this one.
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What, after a string of superhero movie flops and a string of sword-and-sorcery hits (we're just hitting the flop end of that particular curve), someone decided to not make Thor a superhero flick, but rather a sword-and-sorcery flick? Wow. They came up with quite a good justification, though. Hammer time.
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i thought that's what was interesting about the Character, it seems like in this adaptation, he simply IS a God.
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i do...Thor is the most underrated character in the Marvel universe, as well as my personal favorite. would love to see him get his rightful treatment in a feature film...
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bitch
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any thoughts on thor? for better or worse casting speculation is always an interesting topic, especially with this sort of movie. so do they go with an established name to carry the big hammer, or do they try and find an unknown who fits the part of everyone's favorite norse god of comic legend? how about geting an actual scandinavian? in all honesty, i'm still waiting to see how superman turns out. if routh ends up sucking balls, and the big budget movie tanks will we still see all these comic book movies hitting the mainstream? now, i know superman is going to make shitloads of money on fanbase alone, but its still gotta make a crap ton of money after production and the inevitable humongous marketing attack rolls around. the big thing that comic book movies like this have going for them is the fact that studios have become increasingly lazy and unoriginal over the years, and if there's already characters and stories written then the battle is half over. they just have to hand it to their crew of script doctors, pass it around a while and boom, there's a movie. but gettign back to thor, this is a movie i'll watch. what can i say, i love a good norseman duking it out onscreen. but some of these movies i just don't know about. iron man for example. i personally like iron man, but can they make that film without seeming ridiculous? you can say what you want about spiderman and the 2 films so far, but just look how costume design can affect our perception of a character. god bless willem dafoe, but the green goblin looked fucking ridiculous, whereas i thought they did alot better job with doc ock. i guess it all boils down to what is true with all movies, if you have an established good team working on it that is truly passionate about the work and not just cashing in a paycheck, it shows onscreen. even if the movie doesn't turn out how people like it, there's just something that you can sense. i hope that makes sense, my brain is running on fumes right now. anyways, here's hoping we get something like bale's batman and not lundgren's punisher.
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or at least it was a horrible adaptation of the novel
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Ahhhhh the classics
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Now it's time to find the biggest blondest, most aryan looking guy in Hollywood. TO GOLD'S GYM! AWAAAAAY!!
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Seriously, I've never been able to get through an issue of the The Mighty Thor. Lame-ass powers, lame-ass costume, lame-ass, annoying dialogue. I'm thinking direct-to-DVD. Remember when Thor showed up in one of the Incredible Hulk movies? Lame.
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Forgiveness please. In the comics was Thor actually Thor or a mutant with a big hammer? Hmmmm...?
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you could have combined all the marvel news today into one article, lol....anyway, damn, those folks are busy as hell....lol
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Ok, I've been away from Marvel Comics for a long time now. But since when was Thor a mutant who thought he was a god???? No, no, folks, Thor was/is the son of Odin, and a god. Thor as a mutant is nonsensical. Perhaps this is one of the "kewl" character reboots from the Ultimate books, but even so, mainstream Marvel Thor has been a god for 40 years.
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By Trazadone's Mama's sacred morning breath! Thor is not lame. Those early comics got me a "C+" in Norse Mythology back junior high.
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If only there had been a Norse Mythology class in my school, I might have gotten into college! Wait... no... that wouldn't have been nearly enough.
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here's to another supposedely amazing, yet untouched script. how can a guy get so much work based on such little finished output?
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I had read that Travolta's nephew was being considered for Thor. Hm.
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I've always thought Thor didn't belong. I'd rather see a Plastic Man movie starring Vince Vaughn.
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It's exactly that kind of language that would make my eyes glaze over =)
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At best!
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..played a "version" of Thor in Adventures in Babysitting?. I wonder what Elizabeth Shue's doing right now?
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Adventures in Babysitting... I just had an 18 year flashback... Scary! I'm not up on my Thor, does he *think* he is a Norse God or *is* a Norse God. I, of course, *AM* a Norse God ;-)
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Thor always seemed out of place in the Marvel Universe. So disconnected from the plight of mortal man. An arrogant prick at times. By including the Norse pantheon Marvel walked a tightrope between myth and (Marvel)reality. I never really read his solo book, just six or so years of the Avengers, like 1979-1985-ish area. I was never too impressed. I mean, how do you be on a team with a god? What would be next? Battlin' Buddah? Jesus and his sidekick Peter? Captain Clapton and his Creamy Dominoes? See, in The Sandman's "Season of Mists" arc, the Aesir were more true to form. In Marvel, they were day-glo gods, as out of place in continuity as Highlander 2.
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Whoever made that Gold's Gym comment is spot on: Thor is such a homo strippogram character. I'm seeing visons of Dolph Lundgren as He-Man.
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was from lee and kirby. dont remember the title but it was the story of what happened when odin slept and the universe faced armegeddon. -awesome.
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Done right, this could be an interesting Superhero/Fantasy trilogy. Part one: "Tales of Asgard" Thor, Loki and the rest in Asgard fighting Frost Giants ans whatnot. Odin wants to punish Thor for his arrogance, so he banishes him to earth. Part Two: "The Mighty Thor" Thor as Donald Blake on earth, pure superheroics, peaople think he's yes, a mutant who thinks he's a god. Enchantress and Executioner and Rockmen from Saturn and all the early Lee/Kirby wierdness. Part Three: "God Of Thunder" Simonson's Beta Ray Bill arc. Thor returns to Asgard.
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...is it? -cringes- Maybe we could get "Mythical Ragnarok Detective Loki" made into a film at this point, too. It's an anime about Norse Gods taking on human forms...though Fenrir is actually a cute, tame puppy that only barks at people he doesn't like.
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morning. Remember her from "Hello Larry" and "Tuff Turf"? I'd like to get her and Elisabeth Shue together in a vat of Marshmallow Fluff.
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Didn't he have a few civilian IDs or was Thor part of these guys or some shit?
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Never cared about "Hello Larry", but I loved "Tuff Turf" for featuring KIm Richards (the Witch Mountain girl) in all her naked glory. Why isn't this on DVD?
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Apr 28, 2006 10:17:36 AM CDT
Co-incidentilly, I watched Adventures In Babysitting...
by osmosis jones
...last night for the first time in ages, and that was the first thing I thought of when I read the title of this thread. Man oh man, Elisabeth Shue was radiant back then. Not that she doesn't still look gorgeous now, but with that 80's hair...*man*...!
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are all stupid teenagers that have never read a comic printed before they were born in the 90's.
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The superhero thing is really playing itself out, huh...
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"Cause Portland is a long way from LA."
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As both a fan of the comic and an occasionally active Asatruar, I hope my opinion will hold some weight. Mark Protosevich: Do not confuse the Marvel Comics version of Asgard with the Norse Mythos. Or rather, if you are going to do that, do it right. There is no official version of the really believed-in Norse Mythos of course, and it cannot be denied that Marvel has contributed to that at least in the sense that Wagner did. (Noting that chronicler Snorri Sturlusson was himself a member of a christianized generation.) By "Do it right," I mean that you should decide whether this is a tale of Gods or a tale of extraterrestrial superheroes on their homeworld(s). .......................................... . . . . Either way the question is begged: Is this smart? Do superheroes or Gods have much real dramatic interest outside of their interaction with contemporary humanity? Would The Lord of the Rings, for example, been remotely as interesting if it did not concern the fates of common people and the ecosystem of that world which, while fairly foreign and magical, was rooted in our real world enough to feel somewhat real. Don't think that you can just sprinkle some scenes of domestic life around Asgard and get that so cheaply. Conan and Braveheart may have gotten away with that but again, they were set in a world recognizably terran. Don't make this a Magical Matrix where nothing really matters. ....Perhaps if you respect the source material of the source material enough, you will be able to convey that sense of importance and love. I think the best thing to do would be to eschew the attitude that the comic has expressed where mortal earth was completely withdrawn from and if thought about, disparaged, by all but Thor. That attitude could be referenced... I just mean, don't adopt it as a writer. For example, show earth in passing. Perhaps as a stopover on cosmic journeys (Midgard mythologically is a waypoint world), and as effected by the doings of Gods indirectly.
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Thor is a God in the comics. Not a mutant who thought he was a God. But that's an interesting interpretation dramatically... Where did you come upon it?
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I can help with this. I'll sign whatever. I'm a professional. Email me to discuss: jjmhowell@hot[NOSPAM]mail.com.
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The version of Thor in the Ultimates is (probably) just a mutant and not the god. I doubt this is the version they're going with, since he's never had his own series and isn't all that well developed so far. But you never know...
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Is looking more like a God as the series progresses, unless you infer that the depiction of Loki is a delusion or affected by delusions.
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on Thor is simply classic...introduced Beta Ray Bill, had Thor turned into a frog for three issues...dealt heavily with the Norse mythology...ahhhh, miss those days watching DangerMouse and eating chicken fingers from Schwann's over at my friends before playing Star Frontiers or D&D...
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I hate the whole Ultimate line!
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For that run. It made my adolescence bearable. However I don't think that Simonson's take on it could translate. Certainly it could contribute. All in all, I'd consider the first Star Wars trilogy to be a more direct reference for this than The Lord of the Rings. This could be amazing.
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Apr 28, 2006 12:44:24 PM CDT
There is a comic book about Thor, about the Ases...?
by salvatoregravano
Oh dear, I can already imagine what it must be like... considering that it's most likely written and printed in USA, I shudder to think how it must vulgarise and bastardise the mythology...
There is one comic book that actually manages to properly translate the epic and majestic mythology into the illustration, treat it with respect and expand it - Rosiński and van Hamme's Thorgal, of course. Its single random panel is worth more than this is probably going to be. -
Thor is a god. Son of Odin and Gaea. Lord of Asgard. And Jack Kirby and Walter Simonson among others were his prophets. May the Midgard Serpent devour all you unbelievers.
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To be precise. That Gaea stuff was apparently just the most recent thing the comics said, and therefore it's on that site, but that doesn't make it true Marvel canon in my opinion.
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Yo! don't forget their Ragnarok (The Twilight of The Gods) run and Roy was also responsible for bringing Jack Kirby's Eternals into the Marvel's Continuity.
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Background on Thor
Thor first appeared in Journey into Mystery #83 (Aug. 1962).
On a mission from his father, the omnipotent Lord of Asgard, Odin, Thor acted as a superhero while maintaining the secret identity of Dr. Donald Blake, an American physician with a partially disabled leg. Blake would transform by tapping his walking stick on the ground; the cane became the magical hammer Mjolnir and Blake transformed into Thor.
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The only time I ever read Thor was any sustained length of time. A great, epic run that delivered on every level, particularly everything leading up to the 'death' of Odin, and appropriately rid us that silly human alter-ego of his right from the the get-go. That said, I agree with whoever said it would be difficult to translate to film.
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..marriage. Read it for yourself on IMDB.
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095368/ lame.
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Is not a reasonable frame of reference for what a Thor film can be. There were also earlier filmed Spider-Man efforts. I won't contend, however, that the cinematic Hulk was precisely an improvement over the television Hulk, despite being technically better in absolutely every way. But that was not even an honest attempt to do Thor. Don't be ridiculous.
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wait and see. Arad is so Anti-Kirby, and Thor embodies everything crazy that Kirby loved. This will be some LOTR rip-off.
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bring comic characters to The End of Times.
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I respect the classics but I've never quite come around to Kirby. I highly doubt that moving off of a strict Kirby translation means LOTR ripoff. At least I hope so. Thor needs to be set in an Asgard that is far more cosmopolitan than LOTR. .......................... . . . Chronicles of Amber would be a better literary reference than LOTR.
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and grew up believing they were a god is not an original concept. Chris Claremont 1975. Making Thor a mutant is as lame as saying Superman is not really Kryptonian or that Wonder Woman is not an Amazon. And to the good Captain, Jord and Gaea are apparently the same entity, unlike say Zeus and Odin, who are counterparts in different pantheons (and thus are linked spiritually but still remain individual beings) the Great Earth Mother Goddess is the same across the multitudes of incarnations.
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Thor is not a mutant. He gets the power from the armor, the hammer, and also an EU supersoldier process. However, that itself, at face value, is just a lie woven by Loki to disguise his Asgardian origin. Unless I missed something major (haven't read the issue where he appears in Ultimate Avengers yet) he's not a mutant on any terms.
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a movie or movies featuring a female teenage or 25+ superhero. Must be sci-fiction. could involve a high-school but that story must not completely dominate the movie. Must not be made joss whedon. I did have one or two ideas. One involved an art-student who got taken away to a planet far away abecame a superhero and it was set in a futuristic manhatten which was being terrorised by a young psycho who was a bit burton-esque. Underneath Manhatten all these young gangs from different countries were having a war. The villain wanted to be charge and he had built huge bunker. with a map of the world. At some, i didnt get very far, I wrote fifteen pages, since been wiped from the hard drive of my old computer, which I gave to my friend, he was studying computer science and needed a computer to work in his shed. There were other stories too including one about a family who go on vaction in the amazon and bumb into an old friend who has turnd himself into a witchdoctor. He turns the daughter into a superhero. I think they travel back to the US and one day while going while going for walking, she finds she has nature-like powers, a nature version of spiderman and finally there were the stories of superhero princess who comes to earth and atomic girl, the original story behind that one was girl who builds a machine to create the perfect atom and the villian of the piece was the headmistress who had designs on worldwide domination.
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Mary Lou Retton + Eliza Dushku = Oh Yeah!
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How would a god/gods movie fly? Seriously, which was the last movie that dealt with religious mythology not Judeo-Christian? Whether it would be interesting or not is not my concern right now; I just think that when people are ready to kick Harry Potter (not that it does them much good) a movie about Asgardian denizens will simply never get translated the way most people are thinking. If they make it at all, it will be in the background, or something completely Dungeons and Dragony or (if they are smart) leave it nebulous and make us think he is a psycho with powers until they give us some ethereal vision ending. I am hoping they lean more toward the Life Aquatic shark and less toward the Hulk Fabric-of-the-Universe man.
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That would be Lord of the Rings. LOTR is pre-christian Northern Eurpean mythology in pastiche... Although not allegory. As to other examples... Harry Potter. Star Wars (think about it). That's for recent stuff. The Matrix of course had messianic overtones but that's a little oblique... But as for explicit? Disney's Hercules? ....Still I feel like I'm forgetting some.
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Roger Zelanzy's Lord of Light techno-gods reminded me somewhat of Thor.
Speaking of which! Jack Kirby made pre-production art for a Lord of Light movie. It can be seen here: http://www.lordoflight.com/ -
Well, Jack Kirby art used to be available there. Now clicking on the lordoflight front page just goes to a 'contact us' type of page. But you can see three small drawings by him on the front page.
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the old Marvel cartoons of Thor, Hulk, Capt America ( Theme song: "When Captain America throws his mighty sheild...") it wasnt animation per se...lots of still drawings that had mouths moving and camera pans to simulate movement. THAT to me was the definitve THOR. Unbelievable voice work on that. Anyone have those or know if they're available???...or even what the hell i'm talking about?
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I remember those. "Past the rainbow bridge of Asgard where the mighty heavens roar, you'll behold in breathless wonder, the god of thunder, Miiiiighty Thorrrr!" Or something close to that.
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Hello Larry! Why hasn't this become a Hello Larry Talkback by now?
It was one of the spinsoff of Diff'rent Strokes. Larry was Mr. Drummond's brother I seem to recall. The opening to the show included an underwhelming shot of the Portland, OR skyline. It's not a bad skyline today, but back then there was like a 12 story bank next to a Ramada Inn. Meh. I believe it's what killed the series. -
Then why the fuck is Marvel involved? If you want to make a movie about Norse mythology, go ahead, but don't cash in on Lee and Kirby's Thor at the same time.
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He didn't get a any dialogue in X-men, but he had the look, and the rumours started instantly. He's been in some shows since then, I bet he could still pull this off. If not, Edge from WWE would probably be able to do it. As for the God vs. mutant angle -- Muties are sort of the territory of X-men, and I doubt they'd use that angle unless FOX was producing it as a spin-off. The Gods on Earth story would be too reminiscent of "Masters of the Universe", a popcorn flick that stands on its own. I think the theme they have to play is Don Blake falls in a cave, taps the stick, POOF! - transported to Asgard where they claim he's Thor and the Gods get him joining in the Ragnarok fun. It's the "Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" motif, recently popularized by Martin Lawrence in "Black Knight", but much better in "Bruce Campbell vs. Army of Darkness." It'll work though. Trust me, I know these things.
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X3 sentinals!!!!!.... check this out..
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ehem.... SentinEls haha
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Seriously, watching Aeon Flux last night really brought this home. You have to cast actors that can physically fulfill the roles but you should cast based on acting ability primarily. Movies where somebody is cast for looking a certain way or being a certain way in real life, suck. Yes occassionally you get a Schwarzenegger in the bargain but clearly Arnie has some sort of acting ability even if limited to cyborgs and guys who act like cyborgs. I'm not suggesting him for Thor, but The Rock has some talent as an actor. However, a good actor who is at all physically approriate can convey immense physical power through... Acting. Just look at Ian McKellan as Gandalf and Magneto, an extreme case.
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yeah, but what has he written that i've seen?.....also, it's finally my turn to say "Fuck the haters!" Fuck the haters! A film of Norse mythology is what i want to fucking see. Ragnarok, here we come.
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I've always thought that Chris Jericho has to right look.
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TEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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if it's a movie about Thor the Norse god, just do it. If you do Marvel's Thor, the point is, he's a punk-ass son-of-God sent to Earth to live as a human to learn humility, then he finally finds his magic cane that turns him into Thor. If you don't have him on Earth, if you change Kirby's costume or redesign the uru hammer Mjolnir, than why do it? And please don't make him an alcoholic, beer swilling Viking thug. Did anyone notice that the Thor in "Ultimate Avengers" was based on the Thor from that made for TV Hulk movie? (though I did like the loud metallic clang when he smacked the Hulk in the skull with his hammer. But not when Hulk picked the hammer up. Hulk strong, yes, but not worthy.)
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Too soon, man.
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Tuff Turf is on DVD- 6.99 at Amazon. Also avalible to put in your queue at blockbuster.com, which I just did. However, I heard that it wasn't Kim's body that was naked, but a body double however.
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His comic has been cancelled like, three times. And they recently killed him off again. Maybe if they made it more mysterious and not feature as much of the Norse stuff until later, that might work. I would like to see Thor take on Surtur on the Rainbow Bridge one day.
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You didn't read the article didja? You're busted, slacker. They want to make it nothing but the myths. But I tend to agree with you especially because of all the world's myths, Norse are the most interwoven with mankind.
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When Captain America throws his mighty shield.... all those who chose to oppose his shield must yeild! ManOMan... the flashbacks you guys give me...
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