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Andy Signore's "Thor is 1 gender change my mind"
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Starlight Lotice
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This will end well.....in real life. 
That woman calling herself Celtic and they believe in Valhalla...wtf is she on? Celts and Nordics have different mythologies!!!
That woman calling herself Celtic and they believe in Valhalla...wtf is she on? Celts and Nordics have different mythologies!!!
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Punished Miku
Gold Member
I don't read Thor comics. But I thought the hammer chose who was worthy, so theoretically it can obviously choose a woman. But taking Thor's name is just dumb. Captain America wasn't Thor when he used the hammer, he was Captain America with a hammer.
It could be done well if they didn't lean into the feminist bullshit so hard. And they have to really go out of their way to prove that someone is worthy of the hammer, which is the whole point of the damn hammer.
It could be done well if they didn't lean into the feminist bullshit so hard. And they have to really go out of their way to prove that someone is worthy of the hammer, which is the whole point of the damn hammer.
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Ulysses 31
Member
White men in government got brought up.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Cognitive Dissonance: The Video
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Their indoctrination always fails when swapping race, gender, and taking offense to it; if said race and gender is white and male.
Cognitive dissonance.
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cr0w
Old Member
It grants the "Power of Thor", not the name/title of Thor, so basically she's Jane Foster with Thor's powers. In the comics they had Thor referred to as Odinson while she took the title/hammer/powers, but that was probably just to avoid confusion or something. I dunno.
The movies have turned Thor into an absolute joke though, so it really can't get any worse.
Dthomp
Member
Jane Foster says to hold her beer.
cr0w
Old Member
There's no way that they'll turn their new female superhero into a joke, she's going to be built up better than the real Thor ever was.
Dthomp
Member
They can try, I don't have enough faith in that character (Jane), or the actress (Portman) to pull off a badass female Thor. They needed a taller more muscular female if they even wanted this role taken seriously, but we all know the reason we got female Thor already, because Disney does Disney so well.
IMO Thor should have been just put on the backburner completely for this phase much like it seems Hulk will be. Focus on your new movies, make some solid new additions to the roster, not repack Thor as awful Jane.
#Phonepunk#
Banned
Thor is owned by a corporation who doesn't give a shit what anyone thinks. it is a brand and a property that can be rubber stamped and sold in any commercially viable form they can manage. Thor as a woman appears to be the next flavor. the fans do not own Thor. the actor does not own Thor. even the creator of Thor does not own Thor. a company owns Thor. so Thor will be whatever is most profitable for it to be, be it temporarily a woman, or whatever the hell they want to do in the future. these Marvel films are an endless production line, we must expect this shit to happen.
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DeepEnigma
Gold Member
cr0w
Old Member
Vegan Thor.
Such strength.
To be fair, Jane had cancer when she took up the hammer in the comics.
JCK75
Member
I find it especially dumb in the context of the MCU in which the majority of Thor Ragnarok was spent with Odin speaking in the dream sequences trying to explain to Thor that the Hammer is nothing more than a tool for him to channel what is already inside of him (God of Thunder not God of Hammers)...
and then.. whoops, never mind, it's the hammer that makes a Tiny Woman into Thor.
and then.. whoops, never mind, it's the hammer that makes a Tiny Woman into Thor.
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SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
That is not how western comics work.
Vicetrailia
Member
Seems like this is the second time Jane has taken over Thors name. It's okay, Portman can borrow it until Hemsworth comes back
Nymphae
Banned
Got the fuck out once the guy said "they should just add in women as their own characters", and the girl hmmms and hawws over it like that's completely unacceptable. Like think about what you're asking for for a fucking second. We want more representation! Ok cool let's make some new awesome characters for you guys. NO we want your characters immasculated is what we meant.
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kunonabi
Member
Endgame turning him into a fat slob who's less worthy to hold his throne than a drunken slave trader who also manages to completely regress as a character unlike his brother Loki was pretty much totally setting up for this.
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DESTROYA
Member
Damn man the Hammer is almost as big as her, they going to have a smaller dainty hammer for her too?Vegan Thor.
Such strength.
brap
Banned
Duh. The men have to be buff and on steroids but the women can look like scrawny teenage boys and it's fine.
Doom85
Member
You do realize Hemsworth helped push this change, right? He was tired of Thor not really changing as a character, so from Ragnarok and beyond he insisted Thor go through some major changes. Thor going through depression was a natural turn of events after IW, and honestly he'll help the universe much more by getting out there and doing something instead of watching the small handful of Asgardians left so leaving with the Guardians makes sense to me.
kunonabi
Member
Hemsworth wants Thor to be comical because he's fallen in love with the narrative that he's a great comedic talent and he enjoys it more. He also likes playing to Twitter and taking potshots at the toxic fanboys so emasculating Thor to push Foster and Valkyrie isnt going to bother him.
A depression arc is one thing but playing it as a joke that goes for far too long and undoing all his character development is another.
Doom85
Member
I mean, yeah a few of the jokes were a little insensitive but I don't think his character development was undone. Why waste such a powerful being just watching over a handful of people who can honestly take care of themselves (and for protection, well they're on Earth now, there's heroes everywhere). I'd rather Thor get out there and be on active duty then watching over a handful of people because it's his "legacy" or some bullshit.
And why not push Jane and Valkyrie? Sure, Hemsworth agreed to be back for two more movies, but for how much longer? Now I don't know how much longer Natalie Portman will stick around for, but Tessa Thompson is still pretty new so she might be around for a bit. And since Thor can now access his power by himself and also has the axe it's not like Jane taking the hammer will leave him powerless or anything. Also, I doubt the Russo Bros. even knew about Jane and Thor 4 being a thing when they were writing Endgame so I don't think they were "emasculating" him for that.
And why not push Jane and Valkyrie? Sure, Hemsworth agreed to be back for two more movies, but for how much longer? Now I don't know how much longer Natalie Portman will stick around for, but Tessa Thompson is still pretty new so she might be around for a bit. And since Thor can now access his power by himself and also has the axe it's not like Jane taking the hammer will leave him powerless or anything. Also, I doubt the Russo Bros. even knew about Jane and Thor 4 being a thing when they were writing Endgame so I don't think they were "emasculating" him for that.
Red Crayon Aristocrat
Member
Isn't it great how increasingly your average person is as brainwashed as a cult member?
yeahokaywhatever
Member
He's gonna be labeled as an evil Centrist™ now.
trikster40
Member
I was just telling a friend the same thing. The only argument he could make is that Cap didn’t own the hammer, he was just worthy enough to wield it. If Thor becomes unworthy and the hammer chooses a new being, does that then make that wielder Thor? It shouldn’t change their name. What do we call Thor if he isn’t technically Thor? That’s his damn name.
ipukespiders
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bitbydeath
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Trogdor1123
Gold Member
I don't mind the Thor stuff at all. The comics have done all sorts of things with it, there have been multiple Thor's, even at the same time. One had to hold the hammer to remain as Thor. I see no issue if they keep true to the stories and don't eliminate the Thor that came first.
Woo-Fu
Banned
He wouldn't be the first father who was full of shit when trying to encourage his kids.
triplestation
Member
the girl in the beginning is so adorable, her eyes look so lost 
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sol_bad
Member
Can't watch the video at work but in the comics, Thor is always Thor, he doesn't change genders. Female Thor is Jane Foster, a completely different character. Thor gave his name to Jane and simply called himself Odinson. He did this because he was unworthy, he no longer stood for what the name Thor meant.
Can someone explain what this video is? Does the guy have comic book knowledge or is he just a dickwad?
Can someone explain what this video is? Does the guy have comic book knowledge or is he just a dickwad?
triplestation
Member
Dacon
Banned
The comics have done no better.
Fbh
Member
I don't read the comics and I don't really care about female Thor (not a particular fan of the casting though).
But isn't this silly? Isn't Thor his given name and not some sort of title or the name of his power? That's like like Steve Rogers passing on his shield and costume to someone else and being like "from now on.... YOU are Steve"
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I can already see solbad defending it
sol_bad
Member
If the movie blows, as in it's a terrible film, it will be Taika's fault since he is writing and directing it.
If the movie blows, as in it doesn't make enough money, it will be the fans fault but I wouldn't say it's due to sexism. The MCU has a massive male and female fan base, 5 out of the last 6 films have made over 1 billion dollars. If the film bombs financially, it means fans in general, male and female alike just weren't interested.
I've never blamed sexism as a reason for a film failing. I saw Ghostbusters 2016 and Oceans 8 at the cinemas, they were both average to good, not terrible disastrous films. The problem with Ocean 8 is that it had no "antagonist" trying to stop them, made the proceedings a bit dull. I blame their failure on their marketing and executive decisions.
I'm pretty positive I didn't call anyone in the Captain Marvel films sexist, I was just dumbfounded at how peoples hate for an actress can cloud their frame of mind so badly. If you do find a comment by me calling anyone sexist though, make sure you shove it in my face because I shouldn't be doing that, although context matters.
Falcs
Banned
It's so damn stupid changing a characters gender just because.
I remember a few years ago there was a thread on here about Link being female in BOTW before it was released, and I swear 90% of posters in there wanted him to be changed. I seemed to be one of the only few who didn't understand why the hell they all wanted to change him.
Thank goodness all those morons have left here and gone to reset.
I remember a few years ago there was a thread on here about Link being female in BOTW before it was released, and I swear 90% of posters in there wanted him to be changed. I seemed to be one of the only few who didn't understand why the hell they all wanted to change him.
Thank goodness all those morons have left here and gone to reset.
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
She's gonna need to bulk up! At least look like Gina Carano.Vegan Thor.
Such strength.