Oddbean

@420f26f4 The Thor movies are my favorites, and Ragnarok is my favorite Avenger movie. Everything about it is perfect. So, with that said, I was a bit disappointed in Love and Thunder. I thought the villain was really good, but there were some clunker moments.

@420f26f4 And Valkyrie is one of my favorites. I love her, and she was kind of bland in Love and Thunder. She kept New Asgard going after The Snap, but the whole tourist trap thing in Love and Thunder was odd. We watched Ragnarok last night, and I realized that my redesign of my living room is basically one of her outfits. https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/111/140/868/247/774/379/original/ce152fd1490ad0dc.png

@09e1d236 My big problem was that Jane Foster as Thor was an amazing 3 year run in the comics that really explored her embracing being a hero even as she was dying and it was turned into almost a joke. Gor the God Butcher was another amazing run in the comics, and he barely did any butchering we saw. Plus Taika Watitti is a great director and he took the wrong lesson from Ragnarock. It was a meaningful film that was also funny. He was like oh well let's make this one totally slapstick.

@420f26f4 Ah, I have not read any of the comics, so I knew nothing about Jane's transformation to Mighty Thor. And the movie did not fill in those gaps. I was puzzled. I agree that the wrong lessons were taken from Ragnarok. Humor and a great soundtrack were part of what made Ragnarok special, but it also had a lot to do with the script and the actors. Maybe it has something to do with Tom Hiddleston not being in this one, too. He and Hemsworth really play off of one another well.

@09e1d236 Oh its such a great story. Thor becomes unworthy of Mjolnir and a new mystery woman Thor shows up. You don't even find out its Jane for months. Then you find out she's dying of cancer and that everytime she uses her power it makes her sicker but she's also addicted to it. SUCH a great story. And she LOOKED so great in the movie. Such a waste of one of the best Thor stories ever.

@420f26f4 I may need to find a way to read it. I ended up asking a lot of questions as I watched the movie. But I thought that it might just be disappointment that it wasn't Ragnarok perfect. 😂

@09e1d236 here's a collected edition that covers almost Everything. That's actually a great deal with a beautiful cover and I'm kinda tempted to get it myself. https://www.amazon.com/JANE-FOSTER-SAGA-MIGHTY-THOR/dp/1302934872/ref=asc_df_1302934872/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=532847167411&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=74829937026500558&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9022118&hvtargid=pla-1415990991829&psc=1