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    Natalie Portman's Thor Casting Means We're Getting A Whole Different Thunder God

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    Image of Sir Hotbod Handsomeface Sir Hotbod Handsomeface
    07/14/09

    In reply to Natalie Portman's Thor Casting Means We're Getting A Whole Different Thunder God
    A well-known actress lands a role as love interest in a marvel movie? Great-can't wait for the jazz bar jealousy dance sequence in Thor 3.
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    Image of mordicai mordicai
    07/13/09

    In reply to Natalie Portman's Thor Casting Means We're Getting A Whole Different Thunder God
    Wait, George Kirk? I didn't put that together! I'm actually really excited to hear that; the first 7 minutes of Star Trek were really amazing.
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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    07/13/09

    In reply to Natalie Portman's Thor Casting Means We're Getting A Whole Different Thunder God
    Hmm. Guess this means they aren't using the original draft/storyline by Mark Mark Protosevich after all....



    Which is a shame since that story was pretty killer and I think was good way of introducing Thor on his own terms as it were.

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    Image of nachtwulf nachtwulf
    07/13/09

    In reply to Natalie Portman's Thor Casting Means We're Getting A Whole Different Thunder God
    Meh... she's ok as an actress, but does the movie really *need* Jane Foster? Only if it means lots of Donald Blake.... which means less Thor :(
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    07/13/09

    In reply to Natalie Portman's Thor Casting Means We're Getting A Whole Different Thunder God
    Natalie? She's a crazy chick!
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    Image of Sarah Hope Williams Sarah Hope Williams
    07/13/09

    In reply to Natalie Portman's Thor Casting Means We're Getting A Whole Different Thunder God
    Suddenly, I really want to see a film version of Long Dark Tea Time of the soul with Natalie playing Kate.
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    Image of Alasdair5000 Alasdair5000
    07/13/09

    In reply to Natalie Portman's Thor Casting Means We're Getting A Whole Different Thunder God
    I'm with, well, everyone else. Portman's great, this is a good choice for the character and the Donald Blake stuff is great.

    Plus, the sheer unalloyed lunacy of a Kenneth Branagh-directed Thor movie is still so huge, so unrelenting and Shakespearean that frankly the cast are gravy. This is going to be unlike anything Marvel have done so far and I'm really looking forward to it.

    Incidentally, do we have confirmation on Brian'ESSEX! FRESH! HORSES!'Blessed as Odin yet?
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    Image of braak braak
    07/13/09

    In reply to Natalie Portman's Thor Casting Means We're Getting A Whole Different Thunder God
    Yeah, those no need to blame her for the Star Wars prequels.



    I like Natalie Portman. I am pleased with this choice.



    Also, Natalie, if you're reading this--call me. Please?
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    07/13/09

    @braak: "Hi braak!"
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    07/13/09

    @crashedpc /sarcasm: Natalie! I never realized that you sounded like a teenage boy stuck in puberty.
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    Image of jccalhoun jccalhoun
    07/13/09

    In reply to Natalie Portman's Thor Casting Means We're Getting A Whole Different Thunder God
    So Thor is going to go all Spider-Man and learn that "with great power comes great responsibility?"
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    Image of Plague Plague
    07/13/09

    In reply to Natalie Portman's Thor Casting Means We're Getting A Whole Different Thunder God
    She needs no redeeming. NONE I say.

    I like this cast.
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    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    07/13/09

    In reply to Natalie Portman's Thor Casting Means We're Getting A Whole Different Thunder God
    I like this story line. Very nostalgic.
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    Image of I can't believe it's not Spam! I can't believe it's not Spam!
    07/13/09

    In reply to Natalie Portman's Thor Casting Means We're Getting A Whole Different Thunder God
    And V for Vendetta! And she actually pre-deemed herself eternally via Léon.
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    Image of TemporalSword TemporalSword
    07/13/09

    In reply to Natalie Portman's Thor Casting Means We're Getting A Whole Different Thunder God
    Uh, I already redeemed her for Star Wars after Garden State.
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    Image of acrobatic rabbit acrobatic rabbit
    07/13/09

    @TemporalSword: indeed.
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    Image of Belabras ate my dingo! Belabras ate my dingo!
    07/13/09

    @TemporalSword:

    Agreed.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    07/13/09

    @TemporalSword: No need for redemption, she hardly does any wrong in my book.
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    Image of WindowlickinDaywalker WindowlickinDaywalker
    07/13/09

    @TemporalSword: For me it was her gansta rap on SNL that redeemed her...Poignant...touching...It moved me.
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    Image of GayRobotsRUS GayRobotsRUS
    07/13/09

    @TemporalSword: Agreed. Garden State and V for Vendetta both rocked my world.
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    Image of Davio Davio
    07/13/09

    @TemporalSword: Considering what she was given to work with in Star Wars, I think she did pretty well. Both in terms of writing, and what she was acting against....
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    Image of 89_5_o 89_5_o
    07/13/09

    @TemporalSword: My thoughts exactly. When I first saw her in Star Wars I wasn't sure if the problem was her acting or the dialog. [I am glade I came all the way down here so I didn't repost what was previously stated].
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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    06/17/09

    In reply to Marvel Chief Drops Thor Movie Hints
    "We've got plans already to get Thor's name out within a younger group of kids."


    oh well...that's good...

    a perfect plan really, get kids, who don't read/buy Thor comics, into Thor in time for the movie, that is crippled so as to appeal to them and not the people who actually read the comic in the first place.


    god damn kids.

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    Image of EaterofFood EaterofFood
    06/17/09

    In reply to Marvel Chief Drops Thor Movie Hints
    How long until comic book movies fizzle out much as the Westerns did? Five years. Tops.
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    Image of Plague Plague
    06/17/09

    @EaterofFood:

    Considering that X-MEN came out in 2000, you are already wrong.

    And that's me being conservative. I could go back to '78 for Superman if you want.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    06/17/09

    @EaterofFood: I think you'd have to actually identify why The Western fizzled out first. I'm guessing there are some historical reasons for why The Western, The Hard-Boiled P.I., The Loner Cop have each had their hey-day. Pull those out for me and I'm happy to try to apply them to the super-hero.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/17/09

    @EaterofFood: If comic book movies last as long as Western movies, they'll have a good record indeed.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
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