The Mighty Thor

[PingSpike]

I feel that Disney may have purchased Marvel studios right as they were about to go to shit. The last X-Men movie was crap, Wolverine was an epic turd. Iron Man has done well enough but the new stuff coming up on the horizon is just too fruity to work. I'll wait to see a preview before I crap on the idea of this movie, but I have to agree that I don't think Thor is a premise that will successfully draw in mainstream audiences.

 

[bigrash]

Looking forward to this movie. I also like Jamie Alexander from Kyle XY getting cast as Sif:

 

[zinfamous]

The 90's Cap America movie was awesome!

:hmm:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a45WtQ9BqSM

Surely you're not serious?

 

[timosyy]

I feel that Disney may have purchased Marvel studios right as they were about to go to shit. The last X-Men movie was crap, Wolverine was an epic turd. Iron Man has done well enough but the new stuff coming up on the horizon is just too fruity to work. I'll wait to see a preview before I crap on the idea of this movie, but I have to agree that I don't think Thor is a premise that will successfully draw in mainstream audiences.

Well .... All the stuff you mention as being bad was before Marvel had their own production studio. IIRC, the only films to come out of Marvel's own production studio (where they have complete control) are: Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk (2008), and Iron Man II.

All three of those movies were pretty good (MUCH better than the Spiderman series, X-men series, old Hulk, Wolverine, etc.), so I'm hopeful for the future.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Studios#Co-productions
(Scroll down one level to see the movies Marvel actually had full control over).

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/18/business/media/18marvel.html?_r=1
(Story about Marvel producing it's own movies instead of licensing them to other studios)

 

[mfenn]

And here I was thinking this was going to be a Starcraft 2 thread.

 

[tiresmokindad]

I finally caught Iron Man 2 and saw the easter egg at the end.

So I looked up the info on the new Thor movie coming next May.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800369/

This looks like a completely different kind of Marvel film.
The actors, well, can act, all of them. And there are a lot of them.
Not to mention its directed by Kenneth Branagh (yes, the actor) who mostly has directed a few Shakespearean movies.

Here's just a few of the actors:
Anthony Hopkins
Natalie Portman
Stellan Skarsgård
Colm Feore
Also, Chris Hemsworth as Thor (the guy who played James Kirks father in the new Star Trek)
Idris Elba
Tom Hiddleston (as Loki)

This is looking more like a Shakespearean play or Wagner Opera.

Nice I watch that Iron man 2. And I like it. Specially when his heart became triangle.

 

[TheVrolok]

:hmm:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a45WtQ9BqSM

Surely you're not serious?

You've just proven my point.