#Thor Franchise

[trekkitkat]

They need to make another Thor movie and bring Branagh back to direct it.

[lokiinmediasideblog]

am I the only one who hates the fact that marvel's norse stuff is inserted in a larger universe of super heroes? i love the asgardian corner of marvel but i hate super hero as a genre and i hate being reminded that my favorite asgardian marvelites exist in the same universe as, like, the hulk or something

I think that's a very understandable grievance. Despite Loki's unexpected popularity, the MCU's Norse stuff tends to be mishandled and seen as "lesser" than other parts of the MCU. It's seen as "over-the-top fantasy melodrama" in a universe that refuses to take itself seriously and have an ounce of sincerity because "that's what the cool kids do". It was cool to dunk on Thor movies back in the 2010s.

It often feels like they only bring Loki up just to get people to watch or sit their asses at a movie theatre in hopes he might show up. And I will never forgive that they didn't let the Loki series be its own thing and actually about Lokis. It was used to set up other movies, and fucking product placement.

The mishandling has brought many batches of fans with differing interests and genre expectations as well. But it's a shame that they're usually mishandled because even those different directions could be interesting (e.g. high fantasy, space adventures, pre-determinisn dystopia).

[90s-kid-sad-adult]

Darcy is very proud of herself

[langernameohnebedeutung]

[nero-neptune]

maybe it's just the gifsets, but i think the makeup for wicked could've been a little better idk

[gaypirateslife4me]

Taika and Chris didn't invent affectionate soft boi platonic soulmates, but they have perfected it.

[uniiiquehecrt]

Words cannot describe to you all how much I love MCU Thor from 2011-Dark World

[tyrannuspitch]

also there's surprisingly little explicit discussion of race/imperialism in the videos i've seen so far. lots of talk about war, terrorism, social conservatism, and general "social issues"/"structural problems"/etc... but no-one's actually turned the focus on the elephant in the room yet

[streets-in-paradise]

Pick your poison of who’s worst Taika Waititi or Mindy Kaling?

I feel it's not a question I can answer fairly, because despite I am a fan of the two ruined franchises, I don't have the same amount of knowledge for both cases.

Taika Waititi is my nemesis since Ragnarok, and back in the day he took over the Thor franchise I was deep in the fandom. I know of his crimes with a considerable amount of detail. Not only I can point out why his Thor movies suck, i also know about the behind the scenes and his awfull commentaries during the promotion of his Thor films, to list a few things.

However, my consumption of the Velma show was through the angry reactions. As soon as I found out it was garbage, what happened pretty fast, I refused to watch it. I know everything wrong with that show because the backlash it got was massive and impossible to avoid, for obvious reasons. This means I don't have much idea of what happened during the production or promotion of the show. I only know it sucks and why it sucks, but can't make precise judgements about the people involved. Not at least with the amount of precision I would have when judging Waititi.

One thing can be said, and is that at least he tricked me into buying the movie ticket for Ragnarok before finding out his movie was crap. I gave him the benefit of the doubt because before watching the movie I couldn't possibly know for sure it was going to be terrible.

The Velma show was crap, but the general audiences didn't fall for it. Ragnarok was crap the masses consumed happily and begging for more. Then, when their wish was granted, the crappy sequel received crushing hate for the very same reasons that made the previous crap popular.

The fall from grace of Waititi as a Thor director kinda reminds me of one really old text of social psicology I read about the whimsical behavior of crowds.

Back to the point, I think my answer is: Kaling probably caused more harm to Scooby Doo than Waititi did to Thor, but i think I still hate him more because he got away for too long with the damage he inflicted on the franchise.

[nostalgia-tblr]

For anyone keeping track (no one), I have started watching the first Avengers film (MCU not the 60s TV show) but only while eating lunch so it's gonna take a while. So far Nick Fury has been assembling the Avengers (the film was initially released in the UK as Avengers Assemble - because of that 60s TV show - but it's not called that on D+ so I'm calling it what the Americans called it, just FYI) even though there's not yet anything for them to avenge as That Suit Guy (j/k I know his name too!!) isn't dead yet, and now they're on THE FUCKING VALIANT FROM DR WHO and I assume we're gonna continue assembling for a while as they're not all there yet.

MEANWHILE Loki (who is neither an alligator nor a woman in this???) is in a SECRET UNDERGROUND LAIR with a bunch of his stans who are... idk something technobabble that involves irridium and anti-protons. He is there looking for the tesseract on behalf of ???? who I know will be revealed 47 films from now as... no, wait, it wasn't, was it? That was just announced on a website or something? So it could be LITERALLY ANYONE. The Avengers (in-progress) also seem to be after that thing, but I have already forgotten why everyone is wanting it, assuming it was mentioned (it probably was).

Thor hasn't shown up yet, but Arrows Hawkeye is working as a Loki Stan and there's Steve Rogers and THE HULK and The Only Woman One, whose power is that she's a Cold War assassin (??) and I think this one is the film where she gets called a cunt (!) and honestly I am not sure which of the men she's getting officially shipped with, I think Arrows Hawkeye though? Fairly sure, as the alternative is that a man and a woman like each other as people but not in a lusty way, which would never happen obviously. (Hey I may ship mostly het* pairings but I don't always like it!)

Based on the Valiant (if u don't know who she is get da hell out of here!) I am guessing that the film ends with Loki dying in Thor's arms romantically but then I remembered that I know it can't because one of Loki got kidnapped from... either the end of this film or the start of the next one or POSSIBLY just from a later film's time-travel bit (???) but like... maybe they've edited this film secretly and I was right after all? But nobody else has watched it on Disney + recently so nobody knows yet? IT COULD HAPPEN.

Not sure what to make of this film so far, a lot's been going on yet also not much has been going on, and the one I like best so far (Suit Guy) is gonna die (NOT EVEN IN THOR'S ARMS ROMANTICALLY) and god Iron Man really hasn't aged well now that we have that one tech billionaire being a twat in public all the time to remind us what such people tend to be like. WHERE IS THOR????

*I say het but everyone in everything is bisexual, I know this because I thought of it and announced it on tumblr and will now say "I don't make the rules" to make it an objective FACT. I don't make the rules!!!

[magnusmodig]

when the new NPC reminds you of your beloved

[notalexhorne]

God it's so strange having a show I like that actually has regular and consistent output, after so many fandoms with years between seasons/series.

Venture Bros: get rekt

Sherlock: Fuck the fans

Marvel: lol wtf is an output schedule? Fans are replaceable anyway

Meanwhile Taskmaster over here giving us two series per year, plus a yearly special, plus another special every five series (ish, scheduling depending). It's nice to be fed and happy for a change.

[lokiinmediasideblog]

Im sorry. I wasnt saying u said retcon. I meant as a general question

It does feel way more like retcon (and it's annoying and I need them to stop fucking up my HCs). The reboot won't happen in a very long time because I doubt that Feige wants to scrap everything and restart yet, plus, in Loki's case, he doesn't need a reboot if Disney's greedy ass ever wants to save money with a cheaper and younger actor, because comics!Loki dies and reincarnates. I get the feeling kid!Loki will be back outside of the Loki series soon, and they might be setting up the Young Avengers. There won't be a need for a reboot of the Thor franchise in a VERY LONG TIME.

[90s-kid-sad-adult]

puny weapon

[beheworthy]

You all hate Taika Waititi for ruining Thor. I hate him for hiring known abuser Michael Fassbender for HIS OWN film "Next Goal Wins." Look up Sunawin Andrews.

All around questionable behavior, really!

We're all in this together, buddy.

[I wanna clarify that we're only talking about his work. nothing beyond that.]

[cocotome]

Ohhh! Tom Hiddleston will be the Osaka Comic Con as well!! This is intersting because Hirarin has mentioned like half a dozen times how much he wants to meet Tom! This might be a chance for him to finally meet him!