This post won't be especially chock full of goodness, but the goodness it contains will hopefully satiate your stomachs and cause salivation profuse enough to drown a horse. I do have a link to it that is currently working, but I cannot guarantee for how long, nor can I post it. Drop me a contact email and I may be able to help you.
The title is ACCURATE. I have indeed seen the Thor Comic Con preview. I don't class it as a trailer because it's five minutes long, but what did I think of it?
It didn't reveal much for a five minute piece of footage, but it revealed enough for me to gather an opinion of the feel of the footage. I doubt I'll watch any more trailers for this movie, though. They reveal so much nowadays.
The footage contains shots of Asgard and what I THINK was Jotunheim (Seeming more likely by Colm Feore having been cast as Loki's father, Frost Giant Laufey). I'm sure there is a lot more post-production to be done, but what we were treated to looked quite tantalising.
After being initially hesitant that Chris Hemsworth didn't look like someone who could play Thor, I am forced to retract said statement. I didn't think he was as tall and buff as he is, for one thing. Having seen him in live footage I can safely say he has given me every confidence that he will do well.
Loki didn't get a large appearance, but he appears during Odin's lambasting of Thor and it made me very happy. It looks as if he really is going to be every inch the manipulative and devious conspirator that he is in the comics. Odin himself looks...not too bad. I'm still not entirely sold, but it's growing on me. Hopkins really does deliver his lines with fire, though. I totally support that side of his casting.
The Warriors Three look REALLY good, Fandral especially. Hogun isn't featured much, but Volstagg looks acceptable. I wish he was more fat, as his character is, but you can't have it all I suppose. My one worry is Sif, to be sure. I'm convinced she'll be portrayed as the badass warrior chick, which she is, but without the side of her that they show in the comics. Think Velasquez in Aliens.
It definitely looks like they won't explicitly call the Asgardians gods. That cheeses me off, but as long as they don't deny it either...it can pass as something to be assumed. I like the idea that Thor says something like, "Your ancestors call it magic. You call it science. I come from a place where they're one and the same." It suggests that the unexplained phenomena of the world could be considered scientific to higher beings who know how it all works. The line between superstition, religion and science is the fact that things can be explained and proven.
To put in in a nutshell, would the otherworldly and speculative nature of spirituality remain so to someone equally as otherworldly who was capable of logically explaining why certain things happen? Show a baby a magnet and you can convince them it's magic. Show it to a scientist and they'll explain how it works.
I'm actually really liking that idea.
It all looks very exciting and, of course, The Destroyer's little scene at the end left my jaw on the ground.
What matters most is how it all plays out and how it all fits together as a movie. For that conclusion, we must wait until May.
Either way...
I'm psyched.
The Mast's 30 Days of Comicdom.
Yeah, I also decided to separate subjects with a mini-header. All neat and tidy!
You're probably asking yourself, "The Mast, what exactly is 30 Days of Comicdom and why does it matter? Why, in Christ's name, why?" I'll tell you.
It's very simple. I stole a 30 question survey regarding comics and decided I would answer a question a day! It will open people up to short, sharp bursts of comic opinion and recommendation, and will hopefully let people know more about the tastes of yours truly.
Here are the questions, in order:
Day 1: Who Is Your Favourite Character?
Day 2: Who Is Your Favourite Villain?
Day 3: Who Is Your Favourite Female Character?
Day 4: Who Is Your Favourite Royal?
Day 5: What Is Your Favourite Team?
Day 6: What Is Your Favourite Organisation?
Day 7: Who Is Your Favourite Creature?
Day 8: What Is Your Favourite Movie?
Day 9: Who Is Your Favourite Classic Character?
Day 10: What Is Your Favourite Costume?
Day 11: What Is Your Favourite Power?
Day 12: What Is Your Favourite Weapon?
Day 13: Who Is Your Least Favourite Character?
Day 14: What Is Your Favourite Romance?
Day 15: What Is the Best Rivalry?
Day 16: Who Is the Most Powerful Character?
Day 17: Who Is Your Favourite God?
Day 18: What Is Your Favourite Comic-to-Screen Character Adaptation?
Day 19: What Is Your Least Favourite Comic-to-Screen Character Adaptation?
Day 20: What Is Your Best Casting of a Character (If You Were Casting)?
Day 21: What Is the Most Memorable Death?
Day 22: What Is Your Favourite Universe/Dimension?
Day 23: What Is the Best Form of Transportation?
Day 24: What Is Your Favourite Cartoon Adaptation?
Day 25: What Is Your Favourite Video Game?
Day 26: Who Is the Most Underrated Character?
Day 27: What Is Your Favourite Non-Human Race?
Day 28: Who Is the Most Overrated Character?
Day 29: What Is Your Favourite Comics Event?
Day 30: What Is Your Favourite Series You Would Suggest to Read?
So, if you're at all interested in knowing the answers to those questions, be sure to keep glued to my blog from this Saturday!
Thanks so much for reading and take care.
Until next time, peace.
-The Mast
