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First Look: Thor

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Thor

While Mjolnir may have a bit-part in a certain massive summer blockbuster out now, Marvel’s god of thunder The Mighty Thor has been conspicuous by his absence lately, but thanks to Yahoo Movies who posted this first pic of Chris Hemsworth all dolled up Asgardian style earlier today, and we have to say…it’s not bad. Obviously using the current comics incarnation as a template, the costume stays very true to the comic-book spirit – although we reckon the cape looks a little bit daft.

destroyer

Also rumbling round the net today, the Latino review uncovered this first pic of Thor’s big bad – The Destroyer. An enchanted suit of armour that likes nothing more than beating the crap out of wayward Norse mythological types.

What do you reckon to the look – it’s certainly Kirby-esque, but will it look silly on the screen?

Newsgush: Thor Casting Controversy

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Elbe Heimdall

In seems a bunch of people aren’t too pleased that Iron Man 2 isn’t all it cracked up to be, and it seems the super-heroic ire has quickly spread to Stark’s fellow Avengers – news reaching us today that there’s a right mythical kerfuffle being kicked up over some of the casting in Kenneth Brannagh’s Thor film. Surprisingly, fans aren’t up in arms over the giant piece of corn known as Chris Hemsworth appearing as the God of Thunder ( a role surely reserved for Gene Simmons circa 1978), but the casting of The Wire survivor Idris Elba as Heimdall, guardian of the Rainbow Bridge.

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