tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830827465735526826.post3513300652934696023..comments2024-03-28T11:09:29.081-07:00Comments on Marvel University: August 1962: The Coming of Spider-Man and Thor!John Scolerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15830334036783163702noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830827465735526826.post-78530722939383741152011-06-28T23:43:29.829-07:002011-06-28T23:43:29.829-07:00This was quite a month for Marvel. Thor and Spider...This was quite a month for Marvel. Thor and Spider-man. You're right Peter, Spidey's origin still reads well today. I remember having a hardcover book called Origins of Comics (maybe I'm just thinking of Stan Lee's Origins of Marvel Comics, but I don't think so) that had a reprint of the first issue and a later issue, of many of the comic heroes that became classics. As I recall it featured Marvel and D.C. characters. This would have been in the seventies, and I lost the book a long time ago, so maybe I dreamt it up...Jim Barwisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06621993116774388708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830827465735526826.post-4343746986979045592011-06-28T23:31:55.867-07:002011-06-28T23:31:55.867-07:00Jack and Peter- I had anxiously awaited this movie...Jack and Peter- I had anxiously awaited this movie for a long time, and went in not expecting too much, probably so as not to be disappointed in the event it was a lemon. Chris Hemsworth won me over as Thor after a bit. I didn't expect him to. Natalie Portman played the Jane character well despite some of the changes to her character; she looks better and better as she gets older. They carefully set up a hint of future rivalry between Jane and Sif. I'd have to say Tom Hiddelston as Loki played his part best of all- delightfully evil! I think the THOR movie may have benefitted from the failures of some of the earlier Marvel films. My main disappointment would be the absence of Balder the Brave.Jim Barwisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06621993116774388708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830827465735526826.post-54385940077713294992011-06-27T19:16:36.280-07:002011-06-27T19:16:36.280-07:00Yeah, there are some changes to the mythology in t...Yeah, there are some changes to the mythology in the movie, Jack. Some good, some not. Jane Foster actually looks like she might have a brain (and she's Natalie Portman to boot) and today's audiences have a different definition of the word "lame." But overall, I really enjoyed Thor (the movie) and it made me immediately want to jump into the comics history of the character. The CGI didn't take me out of the story as so many of these big blockbusters do (I thought the Destroyer fight scene -- though short -- was well-handled). The humor worked. My enthusiasm for the film might also have to do with the fact that the last couple Marvel movies I saw (Iron Man 2 and Spider-Man 3) were very...well, lame!Peter Enfantinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317575598411394944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830827465735526826.post-74151051681520647122011-06-27T16:10:13.358-07:002011-06-27T16:10:13.358-07:00I always liked Thor. I did not go to see the new ...I always liked Thor. I did not go to see the new movie because I could not accept the alter ego being a long-haired blond biker dude instead of frail Dr. Don Blake!Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.com