Batman, Superman, Spiderman, and more recently (as recently as 2008) the Marvel ones - Iron Man (starting in 2008), Incredible Hulk (also 2008), Thor (2011), Captain Bleedin' America. Enough, please. I'm so tired of it all. It'd be good if someone made a parody of them for a change.
Which brings me on to my real question: wouldn't it be great if someone made a Thor movie that shows Thor and Odin and all the rest as the original Norse myths show them? =D For instance, the story of Thor losing his hammer to Thrym the Frost Giant because the gods refused to let Thrym marry Freyja ... so Loki disguises Thor as Freyja (and himself as Thor's "handmaiden"), and Thor 'marries' Thrym to get his hammer back.
It's one of the most famous Norse myths.
Or an unnamed giant who, in the guise of a mortal, promises to build Asgard an impregnable wall in one winter, and if he does, the gods have to let him marry Freyja (why is Freyja's consent never mentioned?) and let him have the sun and moon as a dowry. (What a fair price - but stupid Odin agrees).
The gods laugh at him, but with the help of his magical horse (what?), he nearly gets the job done, and with 3 days in winter to go, he only has to finish the gate. The gods panic, and Odin actually orders Loki (Loki again!!!) to stop the building of the wall. So Loki transforms himself into a lovely mare (again, WHAT!??) and impregnates the giant's horse (WHAT!) so the horse can't help the giant. The giant explodes in a fit of rage, and Thor smashes the giant with his hammer. But afterwards Odin feels guilty for breaking his promise, and this is the start of the downward spiral that leads to Ragnarok.
Or when Thor stops for the night at a giant's house and dares anyone to beat him at a game of strength, and an old woman steps forward to dare him to wrestle her, and Thor laughs - an old woman can't beat me! - but she does, and he is humiliated ... and the giant reveals that the old woman is actually Elli, the Personification of Old Age, and nobody can beat old age.
But my favourite has to be when a giant (why is it always giants??) dares the gods to make him laugh, and nobody can do it, until Loki volunteers, and he ties his own beard (or in more vulgar and apocryphal readings, his testicles (WHAT! ) to a goat (again, WHAT???)) and has a tug of war with it, and the giant laughs, and Loki saves the day.
I think someone must have been doing magic mushrooms when they wrote these stories. =D But they sound great. I wish someone would come along and film them. Except the last one. 'Cos that'd be ... well ... even weirder than the others!
What do you think, hmm?
Which brings me on to my real question: wouldn't it be great if someone made a Thor movie that shows Thor and Odin and all the rest as the original Norse myths show them? =D For instance, the story of Thor losing his hammer to Thrym the Frost Giant because the gods refused to let Thrym marry Freyja ... so Loki disguises Thor as Freyja (and himself as Thor's "handmaiden"), and Thor 'marries' Thrym to get his hammer back.
It's one of the most famous Norse myths.Or an unnamed giant who, in the guise of a mortal, promises to build Asgard an impregnable wall in one winter, and if he does, the gods have to let him marry Freyja (why is Freyja's consent never mentioned?) and let him have the sun and moon as a dowry. (What a fair price - but stupid Odin agrees).
The gods laugh at him, but with the help of his magical horse (what?), he nearly gets the job done, and with 3 days in winter to go, he only has to finish the gate. The gods panic, and Odin actually orders Loki (Loki again!!!) to stop the building of the wall. So Loki transforms himself into a lovely mare (again, WHAT!??) and impregnates the giant's horse (WHAT!) so the horse can't help the giant. The giant explodes in a fit of rage, and Thor smashes the giant with his hammer. But afterwards Odin feels guilty for breaking his promise, and this is the start of the downward spiral that leads to Ragnarok.Or when Thor stops for the night at a giant's house and dares anyone to beat him at a game of strength, and an old woman steps forward to dare him to wrestle her, and Thor laughs - an old woman can't beat me! - but she does, and he is humiliated ... and the giant reveals that the old woman is actually Elli, the Personification of Old Age, and nobody can beat old age.
But my favourite has to be when a giant (why is it always giants??) dares the gods to make him laugh, and nobody can do it, until Loki volunteers, and he ties his own beard (or in more vulgar and apocryphal readings, his testicles (WHAT!
) to a goat (again, WHAT???)) and has a tug of war with it, and the giant laughs, and Loki saves the day. I think someone must have been doing magic mushrooms when they wrote these stories. =D But they sound great. I wish someone would come along and film them. Except the last one. 'Cos that'd be ... well ... even weirder than the others!
What do you think, hmm?
