Comments on: Donald Blake Character Added To Thor

By: EA820

EA820 — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:47:19 +0000

I can see the argument but I think it would be cool to keep it in Valhalla. There is a lot of story from the original comics and it would be interesting to see Marvel’s take on epics. Norse mythology is one area that hasn’t been delved into thoroughly. Would be nice to see more of it considering the potential of how much it can bring to the silver screen. With that said, you are right in that there has to be that bridge which connects the Marvel Universe movies. Hopefully they keep that part simple and wrestle with the meat of Thor’s History a la Valhalla and the conflict between Norse Gods. And in case someone from the pre-production team is reading . . . Loki better be a badass.

By: total jiu jitsu

total jiu jitsu — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:34:34 +0000

geez, i forgot all about donald blake. imo i think we should not include him in the movie.

By: tee

tee — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:53:18 +0000

Thor being in our world is dependent on what Thor character they are going to give us i nthe movie. I would prefer The Ultimates Thor, an activist from Europe claiming to be a god.

By: travis

travis — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:41:48 +0000

Hey John,
I was reading your top fifteen movies of 2008 and I noticed something odd. I could be wrong, but didn’t Smart People come out this year and wasn’t that one of your favorites. You gave it a nine and The Dark Knight was an 8.5 so I just figured. I don’t know. But there you go.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:22:00 +0000

FAST FOOD TIE-IN TOYS FOR THE DARK KNIGHT THAT NEVER QUITE MADE IT:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7DNnyZsw7k

Great!

By: Tony

Tony — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:30:11 +0000

as long as they have loki in it i dont care if they made it with laserbeak in it

By: Roker

Roker — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:39:40 +0000

>So what do you think about the addition of the Donald Blake character to the Thor movie? Like it? Or would you rather see it all in Valhalla?

I think it’s really bad idea.

By: Marc

Marc — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:08:03 +0000

I think this is a really good idea. We need a human character to ground this movie for two reasons: so people unfamiliar with Thor can relate to the character, and so the movie as a whole can better relate to the tone set by Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk.

Even Marvel, after many years of completely ignoring him, has brought the Donald Blake character back into the fold for its new Thor comic series (written by J.M. Straczynski of Changeling and Babylon 5 fame), so that should tell you something about the character’s ability to make stories more accessible for new readers and viewers.

By: AARON

AARON — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:02:27 +0000

i’m still unsure how this will be……..

By: War Journalist

War Journalist — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:00:07 +0000

It was inevitable. I think this was a correct choice. But with this in mind, there isn’t much possibility for action. He’s learning lessons like an afterschool special. And I have no idea how they could pull off Thor’s old caped look. It will look undeniably silly on screen. But my prime concern is Blake’s discovery of Thor. When Dr. Blake finds the hammer he changes into Thor and fights off an alien horde. Hopefully they’ll just replace it with a robbery or something.

And my choice for Thor would’ve been Liev Schreiber. He’s big enough, he can build up enough bulk, and he wouldn’t look bad blonde and shaven. Too bad he’s already Sabretooth.

If you want to learn more about Thor, here’s the marvel.com link
http://www.marvel.com/universe/Thor