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Tom Hiddleston somewhat dominates the panel as people seem to really
love his
portrayal of supervillain
Loki. The panel ends with
Kevin Fiege (Marvel’s President) talking about Marvel moving into what he refers to as ‘
phase two‘.
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While a DC/Warner Bros.
Justice League of America film is a
looming threat for Marvel,
The Dark Knight rises is an
immediate one, as many predict that it will
beat out the Avengers at the
summer box office. Many argue that Chris Nolan’s ‘
rooted-in-reality‘ darker, more gritty tone is much more
accessible to
audiences than the sci-fi otherworldly aspects of the Avengers.
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If this be true, Marvel’s
woes with DC/Warner Bros. would seemingly
be over after
The Dark Knight Rises seeing as
Batman is the only ‘superhero’
without any
actual superpowers. Indeed it would be difficult to make a gritty, ‘rooted-in-reality’ film about Superman. DC/Warner Bros. however,
is trying.
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Christopher Nolan is undoubtedly the
biggest power player that DC/Warner Bros. has access to, and although he’s
done with Batman after TDKR, he is artistically and financially attached to other DC/Warner Bros. projects, including
Man of Steel. It seems obvious that if DC/Warner Bros. wants to actually
beat out Marvel in Hollywood it is absolutely paramount that they stick to the
realistic tone that has been wildly successful for
Christopher Nolan and
The Dark Knight franchise.
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That being said, let’s take a look at Marvel’s
most otherworldly superhero, the Asgardian
God of Thunder:
Thor.
Thor Odinson is the
Crown Prince of the mystical realm of
Asgard. Our dear friend Thor is
based off of the
Norse God of Thunder, and
acts accordingly. A
brave and
mighty warrior Thor won many battles as a child, growing
headstrong and
proud. In his arrogance, Thor put his realm and people on the brink of war after breaking a truce with Asgard’s enemies the Frost Giants. Teaching his son a lesson in
humility, Thor’s father Odin
banished him to earth, and
stripped him of his
powers. Thor came back
humble,
gentle,
empathetic, and
sympathetic to his
fellow man.
Altruistic,
enthusiastic,
inspirational, and yet fiercely
independent, Thor is undoubtedly a
Champion Idealist. Indeed Thor’s
high-spirited attitude and
warm enthusiasm for defending his realm is often
mistaken for arrogance, a typical problem with most
Champions. In true
Idealist fashion, Thor was only able to wield his hammer
Mjolnir ‘the day that great deeds of
selfless valor had proved him
worthy of it’. Indeed only those ‘
pure of heart‘ are able to wield Thor’s
mystical hammer. A
hopeless romantic, Thor fell
deeply in love with the
Goddess Sif before the age of 20. Certainly Thor has
several deep love interests over his Godly life span (including that of
Jane Foster seen in the film)
Sif however being his
main squeeze. Thor has undoubtedly proven himself as
self-sacrificing over the years, most notably in the subject of his
mischievous kid-brother Loki. Indeed Loki has made
countless attempts at Thor’s life, but Thor however
always spares Loki, hoping (to no avail) that Loki has
learned his lesson. Indeed Thor has
tireless faith in his fellow man, and time and time again Thor is
sacrificing himself to save innocent people from Loki or any other dangers for that matter, as he will no doubt do in
The Avengers.
Even the life of a Thunder God can offer no greater satisfaction than this! For I have helped a fellow man! 
- –Thor Odinson (Earth-616)
Spoilerish: Marvel head honcho
Kevin Fiege discussed Loki’s purported ‘
alien army‘ saying that “it’ll be extremely extremely large and something that links not only into the movies we’ve made but the movies we’re going to make. So it’s a big play that we’re not quite ready to talk about.”
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This hint/suggestion of course goes
hand-in-hand with theories that Loki’s army will indeed be the
Skrull army from the comics. If you don’t know what that is, then you’re probably normal. Anyway this goes hand-in-hand with the ‘
otherworldiness‘ described above.
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The question is will such ‘alien army’, otherwordly concepts ultimately win over audiences or disconnect them? Which would you rather see, a team of superheroes battling alien armies? Or a vigilante billionaire fight a bad-ass prison-escapee on drugs? Stay tuned as the Marvel/Disney vs. DC/Warner Bros. battle for Hollywood dominance rages on.
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