Comments on: Anthony Hopkins to play Thor’s Daddy http://dorkshelf.com/2009/10/30/anthony-hopkins-to-play-thors-daddy/ Comics, Film, Video Games, TV, Music, Toronto Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Will http://dorkshelf.com/2009/10/30/anthony-hopkins-to-play-thors-daddy/comment-page-1/#comment-496 Will Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:57:55 +0000 http://dorkshelf.com/?p=3769#comment-496 To be fair to Ant-Man Joel, he's a very interesting character. He's a drunk with a Napoleon-complex who beats his wife! Now that's entertainment! To be fair to Ant-Man Joel, he’s a very interesting character.

He’s a drunk with a Napoleon-complex who beats his wife! Now that’s entertainment!

]]> By: Joel http://dorkshelf.com/2009/10/30/anthony-hopkins-to-play-thors-daddy/comment-page-1/#comment-493 Joel Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:30:49 +0000 http://dorkshelf.com/?p=3769#comment-493 This would all be great if only <em>Thor</em> was about Thor and not the superhero Thor - which I think is the surest sign Hollywood is running out of quality superheroes to make movies about. I mean, it's cool how they're planning to fit all these superheroes together into one eventual movie, but if this movie does well it will be on the back of a) it's acting talent, and b) mythology, not it's strength as the latest superhero movie. No one outside the comic world knows who Thor is. People have heard of Spider-Man. I guess it doesn't matter if the trailer looks good, though. Personally, I'd rather see a straight Nordic mythology flick, but maybe this is the most profitable way to bring about such a movie. Or maybe they needed a fourth and felt Ant-Man was... well, Ant-Man. This would all be great if only Thor was about Thor and not the superhero Thor – which I think is the surest sign Hollywood is running out of quality superheroes to make movies about.

I mean, it’s cool how they’re planning to fit all these superheroes together into one eventual movie, but if this movie does well it will be on the back of a) it’s acting talent, and b) mythology, not it’s strength as the latest superhero movie. No one outside the comic world knows who Thor is. People have heard of Spider-Man. I guess it doesn’t matter if the trailer looks good, though.

Personally, I’d rather see a straight Nordic mythology flick, but maybe this is the most profitable way to bring about such a movie.

Or maybe they needed a fourth and felt Ant-Man was… well, Ant-Man.

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