• I guess I could get behind some of those explanations, but it still feels wrong that the hammer doesn't look massively heavy, and since they're making the movie with me specifically in mind ...

• Rob you don't seem as excited as I am. My question is... WHY?!?!?! THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!

• That was simply awesome!!! I was afraid, but not anymore. I'm SO on board!!!

• Hence, they do NOT fully understand the concept of joint worlds...

• When I hear Brannaugh was attached to the project, I crossed my fingers. I wasn't disappointed. It looks pretty good.

• I said it when I first saw Odin's throne, and I'll say it again. This thing looks like the Masters of the Universe movie for the new generation!!! AWESOMENESS!!!

• My only complaint was Hogun didn't look grim enough. But hey, one thing out of dozens isn't enough to turn me off of this thing.

• Pajiba still has a copy up and running for now... http://www.pajiba.com/trailers/to-fight-the-horde-sing-and-cry-valhalla-i-am-coming-thor-trailer.php

• i missed it! FUCK!! X( but hey, rob's review convinced me! looks like the marvel movieverse is looking better and better compared to their rivals, m i rite?

• It made more sense in the comic that when Odin banished Thor and gave him false human memories as "Don Blake", that he also made him frail and lame. Going through life as a superfit male model is probably not the quickest path to him learning "humility".

• Is it just me, or was this just the long version of the trailer and too polished to be a 'leak'? I think they 'leaked' it and then pulled it to make people hungry to see it. I don't think they need a publicity stunt, it really looks awesome!

• It seems to me that it will combine the Ultimate and 616 universe, with elements of people thinking Thor is just crazy or something. It looks awesome as Hell though.

• I disagree. People understand the joint universe concept, although many think that DC and Marvel characters inhabit the same world.

• I'm going to freeze myself until this movie comes out because I CAN'T WAIT!

• Rob, the whole Donald Blake/Thor thing is SIMPLE: *Thor was a dick. *Odin wanted to teach Thor humility, so he made him into a man named Donald Blake who didn't remember being a God. *Blake found his hammer which disguised itself as a cane while he was human but turned him back into his true self when he struck it against the ground. *Eventually Odin felt that Thor had learned his lesson and returned his full Godly memories to him. *For a while Thor continued to masquerade as Donald Blake to fit into human society. *Eventually he got sick of doing that and has since been Thor 24/7.

• I admit I was a little fearful of this myself but it sure looks promising. I wonder who else we shall "meet" for the Asgard scenes. Do you think we shall get Balder or even Hela. Even if we don't, I know I will be on line for this one on opening day.

• I'm going to assume that the Destroyer is unfinished FX. If not, it looks as bad as SyFy original movie FX. And it looks like I don't have to see the movie now. everything is pretty much given away here.

• I put my faith in Kenneth Branagh (as a solid director) and it looks like he didn't disappoint! Bring it on thunder god!

• I blame my lack of sleep. Yes, 21.

• I agree. =D

• Yes. Yes. That was awesome.

• Does anyone else think heimdall looks like goldar from power rangers??

• [15-second primal scream] I need a cigarette, and I don't even smoke.

• well not many people can weild the hammer, cap has because he's worthy and hulk almost did through brute strengt alone, just like in the film sometimes thor isnt worthy and cant lift it even with his magic belt

• Does anyone else think heimdall looks like goldar from power rangers??

• Yeah, at the end of <i>Iron Man 2</i> a bunch of people said "what is that?" and I shouted that it was Thor's hammer. One girl said "what does that have to do with Iron Man?" This does look amazing. I was on board the second they announced Branagh was directing it, and it looks like he's doing it justice. I was a bit taken aback when Chris Hemsworth was cast (I've only seen him in <i>Star Trek</i>, and while he was fine, he was a little too "'sup, bro?"-ish for my liking), it seems that he's going to be fantastic.

• now im pumped i thought this was gonna be god awful thus the avengers movie will tank but it looks like it might hold its own

• It looks good, but I'm a little bummed that we don't get to see him fly with Mjolnir. Part of what makes him Thor is that he can defy gravity and control weather. Without that, he's just a strong dude with a hammer.

• I'll take one of these please.

• .....I came. I don't even like Thor all that much and I still came. Makes me eager to see "Cap." Hopefully, Johnston's "Cap" will be in the same vein as his "Rocketeer" film...

• Uhm, yeah. Totally badass. Whoever came up with the idea to work all the Marvel movies together deserves my unending praise. I love Agent Coulson. I love that all the moves are tied. I love the fact that they're not too far out there like Spiderman and the first Hulk. After watching this, I may go buy some Marvel stock, cause I bet it hits the roof when Avengers comes out.

• Ha! I had completely forgotten Kenneth Branagh had directed it!

• This movie looks perfect. Which leads me to believe it will do horrible at the box office. The general public really doesn't "get" the joint universe concept. Hopefully that will change..

• Lookin' good! Not up on Thor's hsitory. Still, from what I know both of the character and the Marvel Universe, it's nice to see they're staying faithful to its roots. One of the things that has irked me about comic book movie adaptations in the last several years had been the filmmakers' apparent reluctance to embrace the more outlandish aspects of the comic book universe (i.e., the X-Men movies never using the Sentinels, or Galactus being a big cloud rather than a guy in purple armor). With both "The Incredible Hulk" and "Iron Man 2," it looks like they've finally turned that corner and they're no longer afraid that the audience won't buy into them and they can be as outrageous as they want to be. This trailer is a very good sign of that.

• I keep hearing things out of the THOR set about ACTING and the ACTORS and how the DIRECTOR directed the actors...you know,the kind of shit you SHOULD be hearing about a good movie. Too often the performances get pushed aside by the special effects...I think hiring Branagh to direct was a smart move. Say what you will about the prequels,but Natalie Portman is a damn fine actress and any movie starring her AND Sir Anthony Hopkins cannot be bad.

• Definitely looks better than I ever thought it had any right to be. That's gotta be the Branagh Factor. And I definitely appreciate the noticeable lack of "thees" and "thous."

• Well, to be fair, Thor is ludicrously strong, so probably his definition of "heavy" is different from yours or mine. :) Also, what is the hammer's actual weight? I'm assuming it is magical, rather than a true reflection of its mass; that's why it can't be picked up by anyone other than Thor. Perhaps the weight changes, so for a regular person, it's way too heavy (and that weight increases even in the face of moving equipment, apparently; I doubt SHIELD would have given up picking up the hammer after three guys couldn't get move it), but for Thor, it's about as light as a pen. Total speculation on my part, however.

• Very nice! Looks way better than I thought it was gonna be. I'm gonna have to take my dad to see this. He's been waiting nearly 50 years for a Thor movie!

• Wow. Not a Thor fan normally, but this looks GOOD. Totally excited!

• well... given that he is facing the destroyer here, he might as well be a skull now...

• This made my day. I like almost everyone else have been extremely worried that the Thor movie was going to be a pile of Hollywood shit. This footage has taken that worry and replaced it with a warm fuzzy feeling. Also, I'm going to start a new batch of mead just for this film!

• This footage sold me even more on this movie. I was already behind it but now I'm even more pumped for it. It looks great and the only bad thing is that we have to wait until next summer to see it. Now I want to see the Cap footage.

• By Odin's Beard, this looks fricking GREAT! I couldn't be happier that all these new Marvel movies are in the same continuity and world - it makes it so much more like a comic book. It's great that Coulson is sort of the link between all these movies, he's a good character. I can't wait to see the Captain America footage, and eventually The Avengers. Both this Thor and RDJ's Iron Man seem like they will go great together when they finally appear onscreen together. Maybe Iron Man (or even Cap!) will make a little cameo at the end of this movie....

• Really excited at how they're handling all of that. Also, I too am becoming a great fan of Agent Coulson. The bit at the end made me a lot more confident that the Marvel Studios movies are going to work coherently as separate movies with entertaining supporting characters threading them together.

• Join in with me folks! "Across the rainbow bridge to Asgard, Where the mighty heavens roar! You'll gaze in awe and wonder, the god of thunder! The Mighty Thor!" Every time I see anything with the Thor movie in it I belt that out. People in my store looked at me weird, but then wanted to see the footage. Everyone in my antique store approves. :)

• Skepticism alleviated. BRING IT ON!!! (And I say that as a very picky Thor fan since 1970.)

• I saw that Portman interview and I thought she was amazing. I couldn't stop laughing when she described him as so big and practically came in her panties. The sincere look on his face when he explained he wanted that effect on viewers since he worked so hard on achieving his build, was wonderful.

• Dude...I just filled the cup! Wicked.

• AWESOME!!! Much better than I expected since seeing the ET interview where Natilie Portman keeps underdressing him with her eyes. It will fit right along with Iron Man and hopfully Captain America will keep the ball rolling into AVENGERS, which be the geekgasm of the summer.

• You mean two ton 21? Otherwise you're talking about a skull

• Does anyone still have this? I can't find it.

• Is no one going to mention the fact that they mentioned Tony?

• The hammer doesn't look very heavy when anyone is actually holding it. Granted, there aren't very many shots of anyone holding it in this trailer, so I hope it's just unfortunate footage ... It always annoys me when huge, supposedly heavy props (like guns) get tossed around like the plastic they probably are.

• full blown nerdgazm here.

• Well..... Holy crap!

• I recently read the first collection of Thor stories by Walt Simonson, often considered the best Thor storyteller, and one of the first things he did was to get rid of Donald Blake. So dropping the doctor aspect has some pretty strong precedent behind it.

• OMFG, i'm totally in! I was really really worried that this was going to be a train wreck. Yeah I know, it could still be one, but at least they've taken a mythical subject and made it seem plausible. I can't wait!

• Nice, and the rubber armor does look like metal.

• I think my concerns have been alleviated. I'm sold. mmmyep.

• Damn, its already been taken down everywhere....

• OK. I'm in.

• Y'know, with each movie, I'm becoming a bigger fan of Agent Coulson. He's the Henchman 24 (Season 4 version of course) of S.H.I.E.L.D.

• not too bad...him being powerless explained why he was punching and kicking guards without killing them , that scene early in the preview was bothering me

• This looks much much better than I was expecting it to be. I am officially pumped about Thor now.

• DESTROYER!!! Then again, given the current status of cool villains in comic book movies, my guess is that this thing is only going to be in the film for six minutes...

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