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Heh. I'd be amused to see Thor trying to get Mjolnir reforged just because lesser weapons can't survive being used by him.
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If "permanently" is, "for the next movie or two before he basically vanishes" (dead, retired, whatever), then bringing it back less than a film after he lost it would be an even more stupid arc, because it would be genuinely pointless.
That's pretty much what I expect. Just like Iron Man blowing up all his armors and getting rid of his arc reactor and retiring to spend more time with Pepper at the end of Iron Man 3, only to have his armors back by Age of Ultron and all of the shiny bow-wrapping end-of-arc in Iron Man 3 would be quietly ignored and undone...
Maybe some sort of time stone shenanigans will occur, to at least rationalize it (or maybe someone will make a fake hammer for him, that completes the 'iconic' look, but doesn't really do anything but hit things and act as a metal channel through which he can shoot his lightning).
I do hope they reforge Mjolnir. It's kind of his go-to weapon. But if they give him Jarnbjorn for a bit, that's fine too. Mjolnir though is iconic, like Superman's cape or Batman's cowl.
I actually looked at it as "Tony Stark realized all his stuff was crap when he made it in the depths of PTSD-induced insomnia so what better way to start all over than to blow all the things up?"
Thomas: ... or Cap's shield...
Wei,
Only in the sense they haven't given it back to him.
Except... would he take it back?
He was kind of making a declarative statement there...
Dunno. That part remains unclear.
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It was a passable movie but it left a bad taste in my mouth when had time to think about it as a whole.
1) Why is it that the only way to make Thor a likable character was to make him a different character? We already have TWO smarmy fast-talking wise guys, who thought it was appropriate to turn Thor (personality-wise) into Ironman/Starlord? Thor from Age of Ultron is unrecognizable from Thor in Ragnarok.
2) They cannibalized Hulk's most iconic storyline to give it to Thor. Was the Ragnarok story not strong enough to stand on its own? The movie already felt rushed. There was no need to squeeze parts of World War Hulk into it, especially since...
2b) If you're going to steal Hulk's storyline, you could at least let him be the star of it. Thor was at his weakest and he still would have beaten the Hulk if not for the Grandmaster's interference. Is Hulk jobbing just going to be a staple of the Avengers movies now? We already know it's going to happen early on in Infinity War.
3) The CG was mediocre to bad in a lot of places and the reshoots are glaringly obvious. Marvel, I expect better. You have the money and the man power - get it right.
Really? I thought based on the trailers, the CGI was good enough.
Though I agree in some ways with 1 and 2 points, for different reasons.
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being a Thor fan I didn't mind stealing from Hulk. Enjoyed it much more than the first two films, not for the humour, which went dangerously close at times to ruining the suspension of disbelief, but liked the characters more. In my opinion, this was one of Jeff Goldblums best performances..he stole every scene he was in.
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I wasn't 'sold' on Goldblum pulling off that role... until I saw it on the screen.
Ruffalo has said that there's a story arc going on with Hulk/Banner and we've only seen a piece of it.
What would be more impressive is if they step *away* from 'The Worf Effect' and show what happens if the Hulk goes to town without restraint because 'it's the best option anyone can think of'.
An order of magnitude higher than even the first Avengers film should terrify pretty much everyone, and might even give someone like Thanos a brief moment of pause.
I would love to see MCU Hulk win a fight but we’ve already seen Banner get his ass kicked in the trailer.
He beat up Loki. That was a pretty entertaining fight.
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I don't know If I call what tony did easy. He seemed terrified the entire time. Thor would of won the fight possibly but jeff had to go and mess that up. Thor really is marvel's superman. He's the one who does the things no one else can pull off. So him beating the hulk isn't a stretch.
If I remember correctly thanos vrs hulk usually goes something of thanos tricking hulk to do something to take him out of the fight. Thanos knows why try to beat him with that strength when he can just teleport him into space or something.
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1) Why is it that the only way to make Thor a likable character was to make him a different character? We already have TWO smarmy fast-talking wise guys, who thought it was appropriate to turn Thor (personality-wise) into Ironman/Starlord? Thor from Age of Ultron is unrecognizable from Thor in Ragnarok.
Much as I LOVE my Walt Simonson Thor... the feel of those stories is a hard fit for the vibe Marvel seems hellbent on, especially after they kinda fumbled Thor's first two solo movies. If Fox can pull off superhero horror with New Mutants, I hope Marvel will sit up and take notice. My favorite Marvel flicks to date are Guardians of the Galaxy (which owns its ridiculousness, so the humor doesn't really feel out of place) and Winter Soldier, which has some humor in it, but is generally a lot more serious in execution than the rest of their stuff.
2) They cannibalized Hulk's most iconic storyline to give it to Thor. Was the Ragnarok story not strong enough to stand on its own? The movie already felt rushed. There was no need to squeeze parts of World War Hulk into it, especially since...
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You and I have a very different view of what constitutes iconic.
2b) If you're going to steal Hulk's storyline, you could at least let him be the star of it. Thor was at his weakest and he still would have beaten the Hulk if not for the Grandmaster's interference. Is Hulk jobbing just going to be a staple of the Avengers movies now? We already know it's going to happen early on in Infinity War.
Thor was losing until he Plot Deviced, which we later learn means he's supposedly stronger than Odin. Hulk was cleaning house with him- even when Thor landed a hit or made some neat counter, the outcome didn't look to be much in doubt.
It was only when Thor started channeling lightning willy-nilly and basically doing the Aang/Neo/DBZ "now I know my true power" angle that Hulk was going to lose. And since it's a Thor movie...
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Except... would he take it back?He was kind of making a declarative statement there...
Well, the trailer flat out states that he won't really need to get the original shield back.
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Excellent point but still prefer the original shield.
Also in a fight, Thanos versus Hulk, while Hulk is always the strongest (mostly because he's the angriest) Thanos wins because he's clearly the more strategic fighter. So while Thanos wins that, Hulk is good for being the guy to smash through puny things, not necessarily gods.
They could be saving Hulk vs Thanos for the second infinity war. I get a sense that different groups of characters might be facing different threats at the same time (Team Cap protecting the soul gem in Wakanda, team Stark dealing with the time stone in with Dr. Strange, and Thor with the Guardians being involved with the Aether maybe), with not all of these folks interacting in this movie.
...well, in an infinite number of realities...
Indeed, Wei.
Also I think you're correct, MMC, that they could be doing that.
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2) They cannibalized Hulk's most iconic storyline to give it to Thor. Was the Ragnarok story not strong enough to stand on its own? The movie already felt rushed. There was no need to squeeze parts of World War Hulk into it, especially since...
That probably has to do with the distribution rights issues Marvel has with Universal. MCU Hulk has to be a part of other heroes/team films or the two companies need to come to an agreement to make a solo film.
To be fair, Ragnarok could have used Beta Ray Bill and a metric crap ton of other Thor storyline cues from over the decades and not touched on the Hulk at all. In that vein Hela had a bit of the God Butcher going for her and the idea of bringing Asgard to Earth seems to be happening.
Combat,
Yeah I did notice that but I chalked it up to the fact Hela does have some weaponry that can act much like the Necrosword.
What? Blade was the first!
Eh. It was a comic book movie to me... :p :) But fine.
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Definitely influenced by the old TV show, but sometimes comic book characters can be popular without something like that. Spider-Man has been just as popular as Superman and Batman for a long time...long before he had a popular movie. In fact, he has long rivaled them in terms of popularity despite the fact that they had very popular movies and TV shows LONG before the Raimi films.
Definitely influenced by the old TV show, but sometimes comic book characters can be popular without something like that. Spider-Man has been just as popular as Superman and Batman for a long time...long before he had a popular movie. In fact, he has long rivaled them in terms of popularity despite the fact that they had very popular movies and TV shows LONG before the Raimi films.It's just that I don't really think Hulk was that popular as a comic character, despite some popular runs. He didn't carry multiple titles or regularly get used as the guest star to draw attention to other titles.
More or less this... the Hulk had a cartoon around the same time as Iron Man, the Fantastic Four, and so on.
Spidey also had multiple TV shows... particularly in the 1990s- much like the X-Men.
Which leads me to likewise question you giving Hulk the third spot, 'cause my top three prior to the first X-Men flick and Raimi's first Spider-Man flick would have been-
Spidey (and Venom), Wolverine with the rest of the X-Men as clear attachments, and the Fantastic Four (between Ben Grimm being awesome and the fact that until fairly recently, they were kind of the company's legacy flagship property, no matter how worthless Reed Richards was). They got exposure other characters could only envy.
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I feel like Hulk, even prior to the MCU, was far more visible to the public than the Fantastic Four. That TV show ran in syndication for a pretty long time, enough so that casual folks are familiar with the character.
I feel like Hulk, even prior to the MCU, was far more visible to the public than the Fantastic Four. That TV show ran in syndication for a pretty long time, enough so that casual folks are familiar with the character.That's kind of my feeling as well.
It's hard for me to tell though. I've been reading comics so long, it's hard for me to know what might be familiar to those who don't pay attention to such things.
It's also hard to directly compare teams to individual characters. The X-Men were as well known as anything else in comics, but Wolverine was the only real breakout character from them. Much more so than the FF, who didn't have any real solo star. What that means when talking about "A-list characters", I don't really know.
It's confusing for me as well, and I don't even really read comics. But anyone who is embedded within nerd culture online is just inundated with this stuff as well.
I mean, I think Deadpool had a pretty high profile online (I knew about him prior to Xmen origins), even if my parents had no clue who he is.
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Much more so than the FF, who didn't have any real solo star.
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(This post brought to you by Cole's never-fulfilled desire for a miniseries where Ben Grimm and the Joe Fixit Hulk go on a cross-country road trip)
Much more so than the FF, who didn't have any real solo star.!
(This post brought to you by Cole's never-fulfilled desire for a miniseries where Ben Grimm and the Joe Fixit Hulk go on a cross-country road trip)
Agreed. The Thing was marvel's poster boy for quite a while with a couple of solo series and the star of Marvel's two in One series that ran for nearly a decade.
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Blade came first, but it didn't really spark the comic book movie boom, because most viewers didn't really view it as a comic book movie. It was a vampire movie. Most people weren't even aware it was based on a comic book character.
Including the people who actually MADE the movie. I was a huge Nightstalker/Tomb of Dracula fan back then... and it was a much better vampire movie than a Blade movie :P
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What? Blade was the first!
Uh technically howard.
Yeah, Howard the Duck came out before anything else. Which begs the question, why?
Then again, they made Masters of the Universe with Dolph. I blame Pablo Escobar for supplying Hollywood producers with too much coke.
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If nothing else Masters gave us Frank Langella killing it as Skeletor and a great Evil-Lyn. The rest was a bad 80s movie. But my ten year old self loved it in the cinema^^
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He-man is definitely Dolph's greatest film.
And that is saying a lot about his other movies^^