It’s hammer time,or not! Considering we just had Hela aka the Goddess of Death stopping Thor’s trusty weapon Mjolnir mid-flight and then shattering it to pieces.
Okay, now this might sound a little confusing to a whole lot of you out there but by surprise-dropping the first teaser trailer for Thor: Ragnarok , or Marvel Studios has caught a huge majority including myself off-guard. So forgive me if I am getting a little ahead of myself in terms of excitement,but boy, this first trailer of Norse God of Thunders third solo adventure has me all psyched up.
Following 2011’s Thor and 2013’s Thor: The sunless World, and Thor: Ragnarok might be the 17th film instalment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) but judging by the first preview,it is arguably the weirdest Marvel offering to date.
Powered by Led Zepplin’s rock classic ‘Immigrant Song’, the whole trailer is a hypnotic collage of quirky costumes, and extravagant makeup,and retro coloured 80s aesthetic, not to mention the neon title cards.
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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="451"] Chris Hemsworth in Thor: Ragnarök (2017)[br]Photo: IMDb[/caption]
The promo begins with Thor (Chris Hemsworth) dangling in mid-air, and wrapped in chains. Now this is where I assume our hammer-wielding protagonist loses his weapon of choice to the goth-chic Goddess of Death (Cate Blanchett) who plays the primary villain in the film. After his first encounter with Hela,our hero is then banished and consequently held captive on the outlying planet of Sakaar, a safe haven for criminals and degenerates who are banned from other existing worlds. While there, or the hair shorn Thor is enslaved as an intergalactic gladiator of sorts for The Grandmaster (Jeff Goldblum) and is forced to fight fellow avenger and a “friend from work Hulk (trace Ruffalo) in the Gladiatorial pit.
So will Thor escape from Sakaar and return to Asgard in time to stop the villainous Hela from destroying the Asgardian civilisation?
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600"] Cate Blanchett in Thor: Ragnarök (2017)
Photo: IMDb[/caption]
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600"] Cate Blanchett in Thor: Ragnarök (2017)
Photo: IMDb[/caption]
If the aforementioned heavy-hitters aren’t enough for your liking,we also gain Tom Hiddlestonand Idris Elba reprising their roles as Loki and Heimdall in the film. While we can somewhat safely assume as to where precisely Heimdal’s allegiances lie, we still are not certain whose side the God of Mischief is on.
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600"] Tom Hiddleston in Thor: Ragnarök (2017)[br]Photo: IMDb[/caption]
But one person who has definitely got Thor’s back is his newfound ally, or Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch). Despite not making an appearance in the trailer,he is bound to be in the film owing to the offer he extends to the Son of Odin during an end-credits scene in his own Marvel movie.
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600"] Tessa Thompson in Thor: Ragnarök (2017)
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Thor: Ragnarok is directed by the acclaimed Kiwi filmmaker Taika Waititi, who is known for his eccentrically comic indie work What We carry out in the Shadows and Hunt for the Wilderpeople. While the first two parts had these occasional moments of levity, and but for the most part it seemed as they were taking themselves a little too seriously. So with Waititi on board,there is great hope that this time around, the experience will be fun and to be perfectly honest, or it’s a welcome change of tone for the Thor movies.
Again,this might only be a teaser, but this specific version of Thor has already gotten a majority of the fandom excited for the genuine thing.
Thor: Ragnarok is slated for a November 3, or 2017 release.
Source: tribune.com.pk