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Vortigern99
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RE: God of Thunder, Son of Odin. Thor Movie Thread ***Spoilers*** - (Release Date set for June 4th 2
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Superman's costume is "silly", and the producers of the recent Returns film had to be convinced by the director to keep the classic blue tights and red cape over their misgivings about how "silly" it looks. But it's iconic and visually simplistic, and somehow it just works.
Same with the Kirby-designed Thor costume. It's basically a Norse-ification of the Superman outfit: blue tights, red cape, yellow belt. A Viking warrior-god would wear a helmet, so on his head it goes. (Winged helmets are unhistorical, with only a handful of ceremonial examples actually existing from ancient times, and none of these is Norse; however, it looks beautiful and again, is iconic.) I for one hope the filmmakers are brave enough to stay true to the comic-book version of Thor, which after all is what this film is about. The best superhero movies have been those that are true to the original comics on which they are based.
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Spiderfan
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I think you can allude to the Norse aspect and the classic Kirby style costume without envoking winged helmets. Thor's look can evolve and I don't think many people would be offput by it. But as you say Superman's look is so incredibly iconic that its not the same unless he is in the blue tights and red boots. I am not convinced that Thor's look is nearly as iconic as Superman's.
You can remain true to something while still evolving it.
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Zaz
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They can do the standard Marvel plot or they could do something radical, like, you know...using their imaginations.
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Vortigern99
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Comic book movies that diverge too far from the source material have been awful. Every single one of them. Iron Man works partly because it is absolutely true to the character as Kirby created it and the Bullpen developed it. Too often the license for filmmakers to "use their imagination" in re-creating the character has led to sheer tripe. Creatively enhance and shape the character, yes. Ditch essential elements of the character's iconic status, not so much.
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Zaz
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Well, I suspect you like comic book movies more than I do. My complaint is that a lot of them seem the same: guy gets superpowers/is bitten by a radioactive spider/builds a super suit, fights ye bad guy/evil scientist [insert random action scenes here], bad guy kidnaps superguy's GF, superguy saves his GF, renounces her or gets bored with her, superguy broods a lot, [insert angsty scene here], ze end. That's the relatively serious treatment. The camp stuff is beneath comment.
It's a bit boring. I frankly didn't much like "Batman Begins", which is a favorite around here. Great cast, but Batman never engaged me in a comic book format, either. He's an overdog. Quite often superguys aren't interesting as characters--they are just wish fufillment figures. Spider-Man I liked--mainly because everyone disdained him, and he was generally punished for his good deeds.
I also liked Thor comix once upon a time, but I liked Loki, not Thor, because Loki is insecure and evil; an outcast. So how would I make a Thor movie? From Loki's POV, naturally.
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Basing my assumption on your criteria for a good superhero, Zaz, I would think you'd love Batman.
Zaz posted:
Spider-Man I liked--mainly because everyone disdained him, and he was generally punished for his good deeds.
Doesn't that apply to Bats as well? I'm not very familiar with the comics, but I always thought he was disliked by the general populace thanks to the newspapers and pre-Gordon police commissioners. I could be totally off, though (I'd feel pretty lame if that were the case, considering the Dark Knight is far and away my favorite character in any entertainment medium).
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Zaz
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I admit it: I hate Robin.
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Chris O'Donnell Robin or comic book Robin? Or both?
Robin's actually had some good storylines outside of the films. Watch both episodes of "Robin's Reckoning" from Batman: The Animated Series if you don't believe me.
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Zaz
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Both. He's a hopeless character.
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I posted:
Watch both episodes of "Robin's Reckoning" from Batman: The Animated Series if you don't believe me.
Also, I'm sure you can find some comic book fans who will point you to some good stories as well.
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For Zaz? Death in the Family 
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Zaz
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Not for me.
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Spiderfan
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Sorry...I thought given your disdain for Robin seeing him pummeled unconsciously by the Joker would be amusing.
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Zaz
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Plots like that sound like bad fanfiction.
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