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We have got the six best things
in the new Thor: Ragnarok trailer.
Comic-Con 2017 may be winding down,
but that doesn't mean things in San Diego
are getting any less awesome.
In fact, Marvel decided to save one of
the con's best moments for last,
when they unveiled a brand new trailer
for Thor: Ragnarok at their Saturday night all age panel.
This new spot brings the thunder and the lightning
and has fans all across the convention floor
declaring the MCU the official winner of the weekend.
With that, we are counting down
the six best moments from the new Ragnarok trailer,
starting with the big green gamma buy himself;
look at that sick fade!
Ooh is it weird that I find him handsome?
It doesn't matter if he's in Hulk form or human form,
Dr. Bruce Banner absolutely owns this trailer,
whether he's piloting a ship,
stomping into the Scar Battle Arena
or rocking some sweet 80s fashion.
Check out the album art for Duran Duran's Rio
underneath that rad suit jacket.
I wonder if he got it on loan
from Star-Lord's t-shirt collection.
Also, I would completely own that for my own wardrobe.
But of course, the biggest deal is
that our bouncing baby Hulk has learned his first words.
According the the folks at Marvel,
he's been in monster form for the last two years,
basically since the end of Age of Ultron,
and staying like that for a prolonged time
has really improved his speech.
But who would have guessed that speech could be so sassy?
- Hulk had raging fire.
Thor like smoldering fire.
- Hulk ain't just throwing shit at Thor,
he's hurling it, which brings us to
the next thing we love about the trailer, the jokes.
The first Thor was great, a lot like
a fish out of water comedy, with the god of thunder
learning to walk amongst the mortals,
without smashing too many coffee mugs along the way.
- This drink, I like it.
- I know, it's great, right?
- Another.
(glass shattering)
But the sequel, Thor: the Dark World
was a lot more dower, to the disappointment of many fans.
So we're happy to see the series
has seemed to get it's sense of humor back.
- This will be be such fun.
- Now you've got the exasperated Thor,
at the beginning, complaining about his lost hammer.
You've got his broey Banner fist bump.
And you've got Jeff Goldblum doing full Jeff Goldblum.
- He's a fighter.
- It looks like James Gunn isn't the only Marvel director
who can make us laugh, but since we know,
from the Infinity War footage showcased at D23,
Thor eventually ends up floating unconscious
through space and we're wondering if
this more jovial tone is actually masking
a downer of an ending.
- You have no idea.
- Next up, we got this big bad wolf,
but it ain't just any big bad wolf.
It's Fenris, a wolf from Norse mythology,
who is destined to kill Odin
and is supposedly the offspring of Loki.
Oh, no, is this why Swiddles is no more?
Did Tom Hiddleston have to film some love scenes
that Taylor Swift just couldn't shake off.
He likes that fur!
And I think that that's fine.
Well, let's just forget about it and skip to
some stones, stones of the infinity flavor.
Now we've covered how the Space Stone
and the Soul Stone will be used in Ragnarok,
but we gotta say, until now we've only seen
Thor channel the power of the Tesseract in Lego form.
Seeing it for real is way more epic.
The final throw down between him and Hela
may be one of the best yet from the MCU.
Who needs a whole airfield full of heroes,
when all you really need is a few Infinity Stones
for a truly memorable battle.
But that's not to say Thor won't have some help,
because we're stoked to see that Ragnarok
is going from what we thought was a Thor - Hulk buddy flick
to a full on Asgardian - Guardians of the Galaxy team up.
Alongside the aforementioned heroes
you've also got Loki and Valkyrie
standing with them, defending the Bifrost bridge.
Let's just hope Hulk doesn't bring up any bad blood
by calling Loki a puny god again.
Get it?
♫ Bad blood
Get it?
Do you get it?
Of course, something has to go south, eventually,
with the team, because we do know
that Loki is back on Earth stirring up (beep)
by the time Infinity War rolls around,
so I guess all great Loki - Thor teams
must eventually come to a traitorous backstabby end.
And finally you've got Hulk jumping into
the maw of the giant flaming head of the Balrog.
Sorry Surtur.
Surtur is a giant fire demon who is destined
to play a big role in the destruction of Asgard.
And it was just announced that Clancy Brown
is lending his dulcet tones to the role.
But the fact that this is the first we're seeing of him
makes us wonder what his role in the final film will be.
Is he just and oversized minion of Hela
or is he the big bad pulling all the strings.
Either way, we're excited, because his presence
could also mean the arrival of
another beloved fan favorite, Beta Ray Bill.
Now, for those of you not on the Beta Ray Bill hype train,
Bill is a horse headed alien who's home world
was destroyed by Surtur and eventually made his way
to Asgard via his super cool ship, Skuttlebutt.
He's actually one of the few other Marvel characters
to wield Thor's hammer and naturally,
he's someone fans have been dying to see
pop up in the MCU for a long time.
I mean, a horse headed dude with Thor's hammer.
Who wouldn't wanna see that?
- I need a horse.
- What else do you guys wanna see in Thor Ragnarok?
Are you angry Marvel didn't release
the D23 Avengers footage?
And who do you think won Comic-Con, Marvel or DC?
Neither, I did.
Check out this voice, let's discuss.
I won it!
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