Thor Ragnarok - Blog Posts
God help me and my slightly questionable taste in women
Heimdall is a SAINT.
Imagine being Heimdall and having a spirit so generous that you could sincerely say “welcome home” to the individual who once turned you into an icicle and is now showing up 15 minutes late without Starbucks to the apocalypse that he sort of started.
NEW THOR TRAILER IS :O
New Thor trailer is amazing! Hela is badass! This will be awesome! dkldkldkdfwoksdokdsmkcl’svc;kmskvdc’sav;lsal;,sl;,sd
That Barbie Movie meme except it's my favorite trainwreck siblings
Loki when Thor does literally anything.
I mean, tall, brunette, smartass and magical
I'm thinking in terms of actual real life experiences I've had when I say this, but I'd imagine part of what makes being a Thor enjoyer so frustrating in 2024/MCU's phase 4+ era is that... you're effectively not allowed to enjoy your favorite superhero.
I once had a conversation with a close friend of mine during a casual outing, and without going into very many details, this particular person is an enjoyer of Ragnarok, and enjoys Tailka's work overall. Now, I should say right off the bat: there is nothing wrong with these opinions. Everyone is entitled to like what they like and enjoy the work of creators just the same as other people are allowed to dislike them. For this particular post, I'm not here to get into fandom wars or "reasons why taika waititi is a terrible director" beef. I have other posts in line for that. But what I will say is that I already knew this about my friend, so it never surprised me when the topic of Thor came up that it would be a point of disagreement.
The issue I've found that continues to circle in the general space of "being a Thor fan" came when I expressed that I don't like Ragnarok, I do think Thor was funnier (and just better overall) before Ragnarok and therefore Taika's involvement, and quite frankly Taika had very little business taking on the mantle of director of a superhero franchise he has never liked or understood in his life just because he had mouths to feed. (There are other opportunities to fulfill that. And filmmakers know going into this industry that it's all gig-based and - if they're smart anyways - work around that.) I hadn't even gotten a chance to go through all of the reasons WHY I feel that way, of which I have had before compiled an organized list of about 16 talking points off the top of my head, so as far as that particular discussion goes... it didn't go anywhere. We were busy at the time.
But namely what I want to talk about is this:
The response I was given, in summary, was something along the lines of "well I think Thor was boring, and he wasn't my cup of tea, so I'm glad he changed."
But, you see, there's just ONE small issue with that: Thor isn't meant for everyone.
In fact, no character is meant for everyone. So why is it that Thor needs to change to be "for everyone" and be the MCU normies' "cup of tea" when no other character has to? Why does he need to lose his core identity (both as a character, as a franchise, you name it, it's been done) just because people like my friend don't understand him as well as Tony Stark or Spider-Man? And why should Thor fans have tow watch their favorite superhero get stripped down and turned into something completely divorced from the character, world and cast we were first involved with from the beginning?
Nobody at any point has been able to answer me that besides "well just because I didn't like Thor personally."
Iron Man won't appeal to everyone. Neither does Captain America, neither does Spider-Man, beloved as even Spidey is. They have their own quirks, their own villains, their own storylines... Every superhero has a core to them that their stories revolve around. He's from DC, but Superman, for instance, has the core of: love, justice and the American Way. Therefore, his stories revolve around challenging that core, and making Superman prove it. Steve Rogers/Captain America has a similar core. Justice, freedom and the American Way, is what I'd mostly boil his core down to. Thor's is "love" all around. I've written about that '(here)' in my post about his 2011 themes. Maybe it's different for other fans, but for me personally? I adore that about Thor. It's one of the many reasons I'm drawn to him over any other marvel Super besides Spider-Man. (not you tom holland ... yes you andrew garfield...)
So when I go to Thor for entertainment, I'm going to him above the other superheros because I want a story that revolves around HIS core and how Thor goes about reckoning with his challenges. I also go to MCU Thor specifically for his quiet, kind, regal nature. I come to him for his gravitas, his passion, his relationships with his cast of companions.
I go to him for high-sci-fi action/adventure, or for the "what if we took norse mythology and made it an alien superhero" route they took him in for the MCU. I go to Thor because he IS different from the rest of the Avengers... and that's the point.
So when someone says to me: "Well Thor wasn't for me so I'm glad he changed", or "Well I really liked Ragnarok because Thor kind of become more in line with the other Avengers"... they're fundamentally missing the point of why Thor has a fanbase at all.
Brothers
Thor and Loki
thor ragnarok fight scene but holding out for a hero is playing
My time has come, millennium The revolution has begun Set it off, set it off, watch it blow This time, rewriting history One life, one fire, remember me Set it off, set it off, watch it blow - Skillet
we don’t give a fuck~ @prkkirin
my Marvel Anti-Heros/Villians/Victims
From time to time you could smile sometimes, Brother~
Prince Thor Odinson from Asgard and Prince Loki Laufeyson from Jotunheim
(btw. i love thor ragnarok and his new short hairstyle but thor is my blonde long haired god of thunder <3)
Finally finished this piece and really happy with how it turned out! Gotta love good Ol Chris Hemsworth! Please do not repost or edit
about Taika Waititi in few words
making films is a hard job, but making comedies? urghh...not for everyone
I’ve never seen such a vivid clumsy just fucking great shots as Taika does - just look at the first shot of “What We Do In Shadows” and you’ll get what I mean my story with Taika have started from the “Thor: Ragnarok” when I realised that it looks different, not like all the Marvel’s movies, it looks more even like a real comic book I would say! I was sitting in the cinema watching it and loosing my mind second movie I saw was “What We Do In Shadows“ and it is still the best comedy I’ve ever seen, it is a gold of comedy really why? well, Taika makes laugh not only with witty dialogs and jokes, but even with shots (Nick coming through window, come on! genious!) characters are ridiculous, the way they stand and speak, and oh! the language! the realism is gorgeous, they speak like real humans, like they were not written, like they are really exist that’s why I can say that Taika is very good in Wittgenstein’s language games the way you build the phrase is influence on the perception and Taika is totaly influence! he is a big child and he is a comedy himself bcs he is so funny and lovely and such a comedian even when he speaks (pls TED’s one, amazing, watch-watch lovelovelove) basically lots of love watch his movies and you will laugh to the tears I guarantee P. S. gosh give me powers to outlive the “Shadows” sequel P. P. S. he is handsome as well - plus one point to watch his movies P. P. P. S. you really should
Color Palette Challenge #7 En Dwi Gast is my 3rd favorite character in Thor Ragnarok... I love him anyways lmao
#me as a superhero
loki + callback scenes
Inktober2018 day 27: thunder
Marvel: “Chris Evans is done playing Captain America”
Me, An intellectual:
If Loki had taken over Earth, music and art programs would have finally got more funding than sports.
everybody moved on but im still thinking about thor ragnarok
I really hope the MCU doesn't try to do Beta Ray Bill
Honestly, at this point, they can't do him justice. He story is entwined with Thor and Asgard's so much that if the MCU tried to adapt Beta Ray Bill, he'd end up a different character.
In the three origin stories for him I've seen (comic, Earth's Mightiest Heroes, and The Super Hero Squad Show) he enters the story by kicking Thor's ass, before doing the impossible and being the first person (other than Thor) to lift Mjolnir. He then goes on to earn himself a new hammer (given by Odin in both the comic and Earth's Mightiest Heroes versions, and by Mjolnir is Super Hero Squad) named Stormbreaker, and become Thor's sworn brother.
Bill is also thoroughly connected to Marvel's version of Ragnarök. Surtur destroyed Korbin, Bill's homeworld, (except in The Super Hero Squad Show continuity) and Thor meets Bill on a ship full of Korbinite refugees who are in stasis. Later on, Bill fights alongside the Asgardians during Ragnarök, before Thor teleports him away, as he doesn't wish to see Bill die and believes Bill should be with his people.
In the current comics, Stormbreaker has been destroyed and Bill wields Surtur's sword, Twilight. However even if the MCU gave Bill this weapon, I don't think it will work, as most of Bill's character development and story, happed with or alongside Thor's. I wish we could have gotten the "Ballad of Beta Ray Bill" storyline in Thor: Ragnarök instead of the "Planet Hulk" lite stuff we did get.