I was JUST thinking on Saturday, “Hey, I bet this year’s Marvel presentation at Comic Con will sort of suck.” No. I was wrong. Marvel brought out the stars of Thor: Ragnarok for a presentation and of course all of the nerds lost their minds. Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston all came out. Even Jeff Goldblum and Cate Blanchett came out!! I was thinking, “surely Cate Blanchett would be above an Comic Con appearance.” No. I was wrong. Cate came out and the nerds pretty much anointed her queen.
While we had already seen a first-look trailer for Thor: Ragnarok back in April. For Comic-Con, Marvel cut a new trailer with new-to-us footage. MOAR HULK. Moar Loki too.
This continues to look like campy, silly fun. Which is actually what Marvel desperately needed. I tend to think all comic-book franchises need more cheeseball sh-t though. The DC Comics universe is probably the worst at taking itself too seriously, but Marvel is guilty of it too.
Something nice: I like that Hiddles is growing out his hair!
Photos courtesy of Getty, poster courtesy of Marvel.
Tom and his hair look awesome. Loved seeing the complete Thor cast (incl. Jeff Goldblum and Cate Blanchett) showing up for San Diego Comic Con. MORE TOM, PLEASE 😍
Not complete, no Idris.
True, but you will see him a lot for THE DARK TOWER. But a picture with him, Tom, and Chris is what I call “a boatload of handsome” ….and then my daughter cringes.
Xactly!!!
The Hiddles hair looks great! Although Hiddles himself looked a bit tired…
It looks so good!
The first two Thor films were so paint by numbers. This looks like its actually making the most of the characters and the setting. No Natalie Portman helps too.
My problem with Thor is the same one I have with Wonder Woman. These are literal gods and unlike Superman they dont even have a cryptonite problem. You have to give them a worthy villain. In their case, for the stakes to matter the rival has to be an actual god -and not just a god but a much more powerful one. I like the trailer because theres no doubt the God of Death is a worthy antagonist.
I love the line “What are you the God of, again?” Can’t beat Cate!!
Looks like fun but I am still grrr over Thor’s new hair ha ha! 😧
Really? Man, I’m all over the new hair – it’s the first time I’ve found Thor attractive 🙃 I’m not a Hemsworth fan (mediocre actor, terrible taste in life partners), but he is PERFECT in this role.
GRRRToo.!!!
Thor with short Hair is just WRONG
I’m liking the short hair more, but yeah, Thor needs his long hair!
Love this trailer, though!
The first Thor film was the only one I liked. It was more family melodrama and about the characters than traditional superhero.
I only watch those movies for Loki. MOOAR LOKI.
Loki sitting in chains and saying: suprise….. Although Blanchett will steal the show.
Me roo. He’s by far the best thin about Thor. Maybe even about the whole Marvel universe.
Me three! Loki for the win!
I’m here only for the God of Mischief
Another fan of Loki here!
Yep, Loki is so much more interesting than Thor. But they work together. Bromance.
One more here !
And rufalo..mmmmmmmmñami
Saw the trailer and cate is amazing. Hulk speaks and the colors are breathtaking. As for the panel: Kind of disappointed. Plus, something seemed off with Hiddleston. He didn’t even change his clothes as Rufallo posted a pic on his instagram of Chris and Tom and the director pretending to be sleeping. Don’t get me wrong, I love seeing Hiddleston with curls but no signing or giving interviews? He seemed pretty serious. I really hope Medusa didn’t suck the life out of him. I hope he is okay. As for the director: finally a director who looks better than the cast 🙂
With all due respect, I think you are reading a great deal into this.
Hope so….. I really do. Also watched the infinity teaser and IT blew me away.
I have to watch that INFINITY clip!! So many good people in one movie!!
You can watch it on R*****
Thank you, Guest!!
The man is notorious for owning only five items of clothing.
Yes. I have said before . It’s funny how he got this “clothes horse” reputation. It’s only in magazines and on the red carpet that this image exists. He wears evening clothes like an old fashioned star, but based on pictures from real life, he doesn’t care much.
@ TG I think that is rather nice, and the fact that he doesn’t try to hide the hairline.
ps Have you seen Dunkirk yet and what did you think?
DUNKIRK is amazing!! My husband and I both cried. Loved Mark Rylance’s understated performance.
That settles it TG, must book my tickets. Glad you enjoyed it.
Rylance was on CBS Morning Show a few days ago. Lovely man. When I saw Bridge of Spies, he’d only been onscreen about five minutes when I said to myself, ” There’s the BSA Oscar this year.” Great actor.
Blanchett’s accent is dreadful in the trailer
I’m very fond of Hiddleston, but what I like most of all is seeing people doing their jobs. In this case, the job is inciting Hall H into a frenzy. MARVEL relies on PT Barnum-like hype and hokum, and it works!! No one in the MCU is above this [Shakespearean actors, multiple oscar nominee] and I applaud it. Just saw several pieces on how no one does this better than MARVEL.
Agreed. That’s what marvel does WELL. Heck they just had D23 and STILL managed to put on the best presentation in Hall H a week later. And we didn’t even SEE the best footage they had (infinity war and Black Panther).
I wonder if Hiddles was sick – hence not doing the signing and interviews. His name is second billing and he usually is great with the promotion. He seemed a bit off at the panel, and everyone was doing interviews and photos…
Perhaps it was because he is not the main/only protagonist in the movie and past experience taught them to give others more of a chance?
Tom seemed off to me too, tired and/or under the weather. It’s one thing to skip the interviews after the panel, what was more telling for me was being noticeably absent for all the cast photoshoots with the major magazines. Tessa was absent for some too, but I think she was with the Westworld team for part of the day.
I truly don’t think it’s a case of Marvel not wanting him to pull focus, if they are worried he’s going to do that simply by standing there, why did they even have him come to the event in the first place?
Perhaps he saw a tall thin girl in a hoodie in the audience, and he feared she would wave the damp white tank top in her hand.
😂😂😂
BEST COMMENT OF THE DAY GOES TO LIBERTY
*snort*
Doesn’t seem like it’s been a year already… feels like yesterday when he was giving so many giggles and eye-rolls.
I like the long, curly locks (à la Prince Hal) and agree with others that he seemed subdued on the panel.
He didn’t do any interviews apparently, and 1 photocall after the panel. Fandom rumour is he’s under the weather.
I’m a Marvel nut and I love me some Loki! Tom Hiddleston is perfect as the “god of mischief” Loki. He’s such a cutie and his hair looks awesome. Can’t wait to see this movie
I love Loki too, but my friend’s husband calls Loki the ” God of I Will Key Your Car” 😏
No the presentation didn’t suck but it certainly was brief and far less than years past. Comic Con really is losing its lustre with so many studios not bothering and even Marvel not all that into it. I laughed so hard that they showed the same Avengers footage that they did last week at D23. Disney, ever the Alpha.
Trailer was cute. I wonder if since neither Hemsworth or Hiddleston have anything big in movies outside Marvel (sorry but the success of Kong had 0.0% to do with Hiddleston) they will resign for more Thor? They won’t get massive money for it but the exposure never hurts. Although it also wouldn’t be surprising to see everyone move on.
Can’t possibly know, but my maybe Hiddleston goes back to some smaller indies. No box office there, but often good reviews. Or stage work, for which he is highly acclaimed. Who knows? Hemsworth, who seems like a very nice young man, has a harder challenge outside MARVEL. Also, it’s TV, but the BBC is clamoring for a second season of THE NIGHT MANAGER.
And most of the Marvel people do their best work in smaller, independent films. Very few “stars” can pull in the money anymore. Not even Scarlett or RDJ. I go to the Marvel movies with my grandson because I enjoy seeing some of my favorites having fun onscreen, then I watch them in Spotlight or OLLA or Carol, etc. to see them doing their passion projects.
OLLA is one of my favorites. I saw it at a time when my husband was very ill, and it really lifted my spirits. Always wanted to thank Swinton and Hiddleston. Ruffalo is one of our greatest actors. Have you seen ZODIAC?
Oh, yes, Ruffalo and RDJ! Did you see Infinitely Polar Bear? Pretty much a tour de force for MR.
No. Thanks for the recommendation. I did remember the title.
third, you know me as a fellow movie lover & Alabamian by another name, but for three days straight, none of my replies got posted, so now I’m Jerusha!
Gotcha. One of my British friends on here has that problem.
now I will be guessing you Jerusha is??
clue – you can change something else, not just the body of your post. 🙂
Well I for one am sure that their contracts with Marvel prevented them of taking other roles. Hiddleston signed for five movies. So I think he is done with Marvel for now. I want to see him in other movies.
Marvel had a great deal to cram into its presentation: Captain Marvel artwork and announcement of the villains she’ll fight; Black Panther cast and footage; Ant Man and the Wasp with an in-character presentation by Paul Rudd and Michael Pena, artwork of the new costumes, and the announcement that Laurence Fishburne and Michelle Pfeiffer are joining the cast; the Infinity Wars trailer; and the Thor cast.
Thor looks great and camp. Here for Tessa. Here for Hulk humor. Always here for Loki. And I’m glad they are finally putting Chris’ comedic timing to use. It works so much better IMO
I agree — I think they finally figured out that Chris is really funny, and they are playing to his strengths. He’s been trying for ages to be a serious dramatic actor or an action hero — and he’s solid, but unimpressive, in those types of roles.
He should really focus on comedy instead. He was more than just OK as the dumb secretary in Ghostbusters and he was a hoot in the Thor “off-season” videos. Chris can bring the pretty and the ridiculously funny — he should work that combination for all it’s worth.
He has great comedic timing.
They’d be crazy not to lean into humor with Chris Hemsworth. I think they initially thought he was just pretty, but he’s got great comedic instincts.
I love What We Do in the Shadows and Hunt for the Wilderpeople, both directed by Taika Watiti, so I’m really looking forward to this Thor.
Plus, Cate showed up at SDCC a few years ago for the last Hobbit, so she’s not above it. I think she’s more down to earth and fun than her image suggests.
I agree. She also has 4 children, I believe. That will make a person down to earth. She also wanted to work with Watiti.
She also did SDCC for How to Train Your Dragon 2.
I love Toothless!
Totally watching it for Taika, he’s amazing and so easy on the eye too.
Also here for Taika!
Everyone should watch Hunt for the Wilderpeople and most should try What we do in the Shadows
Both excellent
Hunt for the Wilderpeople was excellent. Funny and touching. Now I will have to check out What We Do in the Shadows.
This is totally middle school of me, but why is Lori popping up out of Thor’s genitalia in the poster? I know some guys give their Ltitle Guy a nickname, but this seems a bit much….
So, though the trailer was kind of terrible? Granted, this just isn’t what I want from my Ragnarok. I expect the “end of all things,” sh*t hitting the metaphorical fan. But Marvel refuses to take the chance of going actually serious. So we get this campy mess?
On the other hand, nice to see Tom Hiddleston alive and with good hair.
What do you mean? Even in the trailer its clear that she has wreaked destruction. That said Marvel is right to save the real mess for when all the infinity stones are brought together. You have to portion out the stakes.
I’m just over the 80s nostalgia aesthetic at this point.
All the Marvel properties have their own tone: Cap as political thriller/action movies, Iron Man as snappy comedies, and Thor had a distinctly theatric flair to it, which distinguished it from the other franchises. This trailer makes it look like a Guardians of the Galaxy knockoff with the crappy green screen and obvious CGI. And Ragnarok is a properly DARK event in both the comics and the mythology. Maybe I’m being too harsh, and I’m here for Tom Hiddleston, Tessa Thompson, and Jeff Goldblum, but I don’t like this trailer at all.
ETA sorry, wrong place
Cate is absolutely delicious as Hela. Good god.
Also, Tom Hiddleston with longer, curly hair is my kryptonite. All shenanigans forgiven when I see the curls at the nape of his neck.
Finally, a Marvel villain worthy of villainy! This looks So. Good. and Cate’s gonna walk away with this.
Happy to see Hiddles getting the love ❤😍 he needs it.
And in the same clothing he’s worn for the past 2 years. 😄
What a a great cast. So stoked for this movie!!!👍
Including the grey shoes.
😄 I find that so endearing somehow 😍 he’s so unassuming. It’s refreshing.
Also hair.
If unassuming is having your Hollywood stylist special order multiple pairs of thousand-dollar suede shoes since the Italian manufacturer no longer makes that style, then yes, unassuming. Just kidding. I love that about him too.
The shoes are actually $ 425.00, which is crazy enough. I brag on my $15.00 OLD NAVY dresses. LOL
He certainly wears out his clothes and gets his money out of them. I find it refreshing too, especially after watching those diva’s showing their million dollar closets packed with clothes they probably put on only once.
Did you happen to catch Melania Trump’s 51,000 dollar jacket a while back?
No, but it’s not surprising. Hard to keep up with all the bad behavior of that crew.
This movie looks like fun. I love Cate Blanchett as a death goddess. And hi there Taika!
Thor isn’t my favorite and kind of bores me, but I am here for Loki as usual and Kate as Hela looks so damn good! I think she’s going to steal the show and I have no complaints about that!
I’m in – I saw “Dunkirk” yesterday (loved it) and suddenly the thought of silly fun and Loki instead of stukas is very appealing.
Here’s the video of the panel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvU6dD59IyA
Nice pair of pyjamas there!
Unfortunately I have never seen this franchise..but I am here to give Karl Urban..Lord of the Rings…etc a mention😻
Spotted him, too.
Karl in every Role and Loki, makes ME even ignore Thors unfortunate Hair.
Same Here. I like Carl Urban too. He can be a villain and the good guy easily.
Oh man. This looks amazing!!
All this speculation is funny. The director is on record saying he wanted the movie to be about Thor more than anyone else. So is it any wonder that Chris is getting more of a push in the marketing?
No. And when TDW was being promoted, Chemboy was busy filming Black Hat so Feige had Tom do most of the early and the international promotion.
wohoo LOKI!!!! HOT HOT HAWWT!!
Do you think Tom is growing his hair out for a new role? No matter the reason, I’m lovin the long, curly locks. Something you can run your fingers through!
He isn’t working so he can’t afford the haircut! 🙂
The last interview he did during the Kong promotion, with a Vietnamese show while he was in Japan at the end of March, he said he couldn’t go back to Vietnam with Jordan Vogt-Roberts because he was starting work back in Britain the next week and was scheduled to work through the rest of the year. Didn’t say what he was working on but he would be working. And given the scarcity of sightings, he hasn’t been in his home area much.
He has been working on Early Man, his documentary, IW, and Thor reshoots. Boy has been busy.
He’s in Infinity War as well. I am lucky enough (ok, this nerd waited 9 hours in line at D23 expo to be lucky) to have seen the IW trailer. So he was working on that too.
9 hours!!! It early killed me (well my back) waiting 4 hours to see the Staffordshire Hoard!
I was joking about not affording a haircut!
Thank God, that blonde pompadour did nothing for his hairline and it made him look older than he is. I like the color and the length, now just add back the facial hair. KTHXBYE!
Cate Blanchett is everything. Can’t wait for this one!
I’ll give it to Tom. Whatever anyone’s thoughts or criticism on him as a person, he remains a very kind human. I do think he needs sleep though. He looks tired. I look forward to his role in Infinity War more than Ragnarok.
I’m glad he’s finally growing his hair out. The trailer does make the film look rather enjoyable. Adding it to my ‘films to watch’ list.
I typically hate excessive cheese.
I like my heros full of angst, doubt, self-loathing, the whole nine.
But. I am genuinely excited about this! It’s giving me strong ensemble/80s/Guardians of the Galaxy vibes.
*I guess this makes me a nerd? Because I generally enjoy a broader range of entertainment? Does it suck to not be a nerd?
The poster is EPIC.
I wonder If there is going to be a moment Hela says “hello father” to Loki. I wish they used more comic book material sometimes.
Isn’t this part of the actual mythology, also.
Yes