Locked THOR: RAGNAROK v.1 (First Trailer Released)

[Loiosh]

Yeah, he's pretty much invincible.
Like Wolverine on gamma roids.

Why do they keep making heroes un-killable?

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

I owned that issue too.

When I moved out of my parent's place, I left all my boxes of comics, neatly bagged and sealed, in a cedar closet there. After a couple of years my mother gave them all to the church for their rummage sale, where I'm told they sold for about a nickel each. I had a copy of the first Spiderman issue with him in the back suit, autographed by Ron Frenz.

Big fan of Ron Frenz's work in Spider-Man during the mid-80s. His work steadily deteriorated around his run with Cap and Thor, it is as if his artwork was devolving into a Jack Kirby-type of drawing.

 

[Anung Un Rama]

Why do they keep making heroes un-killable?

Its annoying, right? Don't write your character into a situation where he has to move a sun or defeat God if you know he's fighting Stilt Man next issue.

 

[Loiosh]

Big fan of Ron Frenz's work in Spider-Man during the mid-80s. His work steadily deteriorated around his run with Cap and Thor, it is as if his artwork was devolving into a Jack Kirby-type of drawing.

Met him at a local convention, he was a super friendly guy.

I think I stopped reading comics around 1990. They just got too expensive, when I started buying them, they were fifteen cents.

 

[Bobby Boulders]

Kinda ingenious on Marvel's part. Nice way to circumvent Universal.

 

[CutStryker]

Didn't really care for either of the Ghir films. First one was kind of boring, second one a little bit above boring. Hopefully this third one has great action. I remember the second film having just cheap looking makeup/prosthesis during the fight scene with the giant rock man. Must have ran out of production money

 

[Adamant]

Update: January 25, 2016

Rumor: THOR: RAGNAROK Plot Will Incorporate PLANET HULK Storyline

A few years ago, there was a rumor that Marvel was planning to weave the Hulk through the Avengers “Phases” in a creative way, banishing the Hulk from Earth after Avengers 2, spinning off into his own Planet Hulk movie (based on the Greg Pak comics storyline of the same name) and returning him to Earth in Phase Three in some sort of World War Hulk (also a comic book storyline) Avengers movie. The specifics of that arc were outright denied by Marvel staff over and over again.

According to Geek.com's sources, after Thor catches on to Hela and Loki’s (still mysterious) plot that is going down in Asgard in Thor: Ragnarok, Hela destroys Mjolnir, and banishes Thor from Asgard. Loki and Hela’s plan involves the major arc of the Marvel Universe, and just when it looks like Thor is about to put a stop to it, he gets banished — but not to any old planet. He ends up on a gladiatorial planet where his head is shaved and he’s forced to fight for his life. Let’s call this planet Sakaar, like it was in the comic books.

Thor knows that he has to get to some MacGuffin weapon object to defeat Hela and Loki (could this be the Infinity Gauntlet that Thanos is in possession of, or maybe an assemblage of Infinity Stones?) and he has to get off the planet. Thor runs through all of his alien opponents in gladiatorial combat, even without his trademark hammer. Finally, Thor has to face the current champion of the arena, and wouldn’t you know who that ends up being? The Hulk.

When we reconnect with Hulk in Thor: Ragnarok, he’s managed to avoid reverting back to the Banner state since we last saw him in the Quinjet in Avengers: Age of Ultron. Hulk in Hulk form is pretty much unkillable, so he survived the trip to Sakaar (however he got there). His “Banner” is starting to seep through into the Hulk persona, and because of the Hulk-Banner melding, Hulk actually remembers Thor and his relationship to him. That’s what starts the two on a Midnight Run to the MacGuffin that Thor desperately needs.

Some of these details could shift like the sands of time considering the shooting script for Thor: Ragnarok hasn’t been locked down, but Geek.com's sources confirm that the outline is there: Marvel found a way to include the Planet Hulk storyline without having to attempt a solo Hulk movie where everyone is a CGI character, not to mention dealing with the character’s solo movie rights (which has some sort of hold-up with Universal). Instead, gladiator Chris Hemsworth will be the audience’s focus as Thor picks up Hulk on his road-trip through the stars.


Hulk’s Role in Thor: Ragnarok Revealed (Exclusive)

That sounds......awesome! Though holy spoilers, I kinda hope they go this route. I just can't imagine how they'd take a relatively serious subject like this and make a mockery of it with jokes, puns, and one liners every five seconds.

As for Mjolnir..... I'm guessing it's destroyed by an infinity stone and in the end Thor ends up making a new more powerful one?

 

[Adamant]

Didn't really care for either of the Ghir films. First one was kind of boring, second one a little bit above boring. Hopefully this third one has great action. I remember the second film having just cheap looking makeup/prosthesis during the fight scene with the giant rock man. Must have ran out of production money

For the most part, I loved the first Thor film. It had a fantastic score too. The second one was dreadful.

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

wow

i agree with adamant.

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

Update: January 28, 2016

Taikia Waititi on Adding His Style of Humor in THOR: RAGNAROK

Taika Waititi: "I love that one moment in Avengers when Hulk grabs Loki and rag dolls him. It lends itself to great humor, do you read those comic books? They’re wacky. They’re crazy. I think that‘s exactly what they need, to keep changing it up. They’ve got their dark films, some are more serious, and I think it’s great that they’re mixing it up. I really want to inject my style of humor into this."

"I’ve learned that there are really no rules. There’s no road map. They’re very similar to Pixar in that way. They are constantly looking for the best story, they’ll tear everything down to rebuild it to make sure they have the best story. That’s why Marvel is good they keep pushing and pushing and trying to get the best thing possible. That’s what I’ve discovered the way things have changed."

[If he is involved with the script] "Well, at this stage, a little bit. I’m not sure. I think the most use I’ll be in terms of humor. Trying to find funnier ways of doing stuff. That’ll be my strength. They’ve got structure and stuff but I’ll be useful at putting jokes in there."

Taika Waititi on Adding His Style of Humor for 'Thor: Ragnarok'

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

That sounds......awesome!

Yes! A rare Adamant positive post. I'll take it.

As for Mjolnir..... I'm guessing it's destroyed by an infinity stone and in the end Thor ends up making a new more powerful one?

Let me save you some future heartaches (and hopefully save the rest of us of your future nerd rages ), be prepared for Mjolnir to be destroyed by someone or something mundane or that is not more powerful in the pecking order in the comic books.

 

[MaveDeltzer]

As for Mjolnir..... I'm guessing it's destroyed by an infinity stone and in the end Thor ends up making a new more powerful one?

Nope, Stark will make him a new one.

I believe Dragon and I have had a similar discussion involving Cap's sheild.

They are also using bald Ultimate Thor.

 

[Anung Un Rama]

finally read Mave's magnum opus. Bravo!

 

[Adamant]

Nope, Stark will make him a new one.

I believe Dragon and I have had a similar discussion involving Cap's sheild.

They are also using bald Ultimate Thor.

What did Stark make the hammer out of?

 

[MaveDeltzer]

finally read Mave's magnum opus. Bravo!

What did Stark make the hammer out of?

Metal, one would imagine. It's a suped up version of the original one the European Defense Initiative made for him, a better version of the hammer Reed made for Robo-Thor during Civil War.

 

[Adamant]

Metal, one would imagine. It's a suped up version of the original one the European Defense Initiative made for him, a better version of the hammer Reed made for Robo-Thor during Civil War.

Yes metal, but what kind of metal?

 

[Law Talkin’ Guy]

If they really shave off all of Thor's hair my wife is going to be heartbroken. She's madly in love with Chris Hemsworth. This will devastate her.

 

[raty tat tat]

Nah. That story is almost as epic, doe

What is Ragnarok about anyways?

 

[raty tat tat]

Update: January 25, 2016

Rumor: THOR: RAGNAROK Plot Will Incorporate PLANET HULK Storyline

A few years ago, there was a rumor that Marvel was planning to weave the Hulk through the Avengers “Phases” in a creative way, banishing the Hulk from Earth after Avengers 2, spinning off into his own Planet Hulk movie (based on the Greg Pak comics storyline of the same name) and returning him to Earth in Phase Three in some sort of World War Hulk (also a comic book storyline) Avengers movie. The specifics of that arc were outright denied by Marvel staff over and over again.

According to Geek.com's sources, after Thor catches on to Hela and Loki’s (still mysterious) plot that is going down in Asgard in Thor: Ragnarok, Hela destroys Mjolnir, and banishes Thor from Asgard. Loki and Hela’s plan involves the major arc of the Marvel Universe, and just when it looks like Thor is about to put a stop to it, he gets banished — but not to any old planet. He ends up on a gladiatorial planet where his head is shaved and he’s forced to fight for his life. Let’s call this planet Sakaar, like it was in the comic books.

Thor knows that he has to get to some MacGuffin weapon object to defeat Hela and Loki (could this be the Infinity Gauntlet that Thanos is in possession of, or maybe an assemblage of Infinity Stones?) and he has to get off the planet. Thor runs through all of his alien opponents in gladiatorial combat, even without his trademark hammer. Finally, Thor has to face the current champion of the arena, and wouldn’t you know who that ends up being? The Hulk.

When we reconnect with Hulk in Thor: Ragnarok, he’s managed to avoid reverting back to the Banner state since we last saw him in the Quinjet in Avengers: Age of Ultron. Hulk in Hulk form is pretty much unkillable, so he survived the trip to Sakaar (however he got there). His “Banner” is starting to seep through into the Hulk persona, and because of the Hulk-Banner melding, Hulk actually remembers Thor and his relationship to him. That’s what starts the two on a Midnight Run to the MacGuffin that Thor desperately needs.

Some of these details could shift like the sands of time considering the shooting script for Thor: Ragnarok hasn’t been locked down, but Geek.com's sources confirm that the outline is there: Marvel found a way to include the Planet Hulk storyline without having to attempt a solo Hulk movie where everyone is a CGI character, not to mention dealing with the character’s solo movie rights (which has some sort of hold-up with Universal). Instead, gladiator Chris Hemsworth will be the audience’s focus as Thor picks up Hulk on his road-trip through the stars.


Hulk’s Role in Thor: Ragnarok Revealed (Exclusive)

That sounds terrible I wish Universal would make some Hulk movies if not
give the rrights back to Marvel.

I might be in the minority here I enjoyed the Hulk moves though I had some
problems with them and Eric Bana is my favorite Banner, I also liked the
PH animated movie to bad they didn't make an WW Hulk movie.

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

What is Ragnarok about anyways?

He was talking about one of the greatest Thor stories ever told, "The Surtur Saga" by Walt Simonson.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surtur_(Marvel_Comics)


Surtur's first attempts to invade Asgard during the Odinsleep when Loki has briefly taken control, causing Loki to flee Asgard, but he is repelled and imprisoned. Surtur reappears wielding the huge magical blade Twilight, and after sending a horde of demons to invade Earth storms Asgard. The heroes of Earth battle the fire demons while in Asgard Surtur defeats both Thor and Odin in turn. Loki deceives Surtur with an illusion until Odin recovers, who battles the fire demon until both fall into a dimensional rift.