Marvel’s really hit their stride lately, seamlessly jumping between genres within the confines of the so-called ‘superhero film’.Spider-Man: Homecomingwas a high-school comedy;Guardians of the Galaxy– a space-opera;Doctor Strange– basicallyInception. This commitment to varying tone and style has put to bed the dreaded ‘superhero fatigue’ everyone yammers on about every three or so months. As long as Marvel can continue churning out aesthetically and tonally ambitious movies, there’s seemingly no end to their cultural dominance.
Case in point:Thor: Ragnarok. Not only does the thirdThorflick not look like any previous Marvel franchise, it doesn’t even look like any of the priorThormovies. Its bright, colorful, almost plastic aesthetic seems moreBig Trouble in Little Chinathan anyIron ManorAnt-Man.Taika Waititi, in particular, is an inspired choice to helm a big-budget superhero flick – his dry yet broad sense of humor a good fit for the oafishly heroic ‘God of Thunder’.
At the Comic Con Panel forThor: Ragnarok, director Taika Waititi,Kevin Feigeand the cast (Chris Hemsworth,Mark Ruffalo,Tom Hiddleston,Jeff Goldblum,Cate Blanchett,Karl Urban,Rachel HouseandTessa Thompson) debuted some exclusive new footage and discussed what to expect from the upcoming sequel. Here are the highlights:
Cut to Thor thrown into a prison cell, where he meets Waititi’s Korg. Korg runs the prison and shows Thor the prison’s layout, which in this case is a circle that takes less than five seconds to travel around. How did Korg get stuck in this prison? “I tried to start a revolution but I didn’t print enough pamphlets.” Korg is my new favorite character EVER. Thor asks Korg how you get the hell out of this prison. Supposedly you have to beat The Grandmaster’s Challenger; but no one has. Thor say’s he’ll do it easily. Korg’s response: “That’s exactly what Doug used to say. See you later new Doug.”
We then cut to the new trailer,which you can watch here.
The footage looks great – You got Goldblum being super weird, Hemsworth playing the buffoon, a big bold, color palette – and have I mentioned Korg yet? He’s the best!
Korg…I mean –Thor: Ragnarokopens in theaters everywhere November 3rd
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