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Tom Hiddleston's Loki may not be the main character in the Thor films, but he's easily one of the most compelling characters. The God of Mischief is a ruthlessly wily adversary, but Thor: Ragnarok explores his character and motivation like no other Marvel movie to date.
By Tom Bacon9 years ago in Geeks
As any comic book fan will attest, Tessa Thompson's Valkyrie is very different to the one Marvel writer Roy Thomas created back in the '70s. Her powers, abilities and fighting style have all been retained. She still wields the sword Dragonfang. But visually, Thompson is no blonde-haired warrior woman. What's more, her character bears few similarities to Brunnhilde.
Spider-Man's love life has always been something of a tangled web, and that was certainly the case in Spider-Man: Homecoming! Introducing fans to a new love interest, Laura Harrier's Liz Allan, the film twisted some traditional Spider-Man tropes in fascinating new directions, most of which will now be discussed in spoilerific form!
Celebrated by fans and critics alike, Tom Holland's newest incarnation of Spider-Man is swinging his way into cinemas over the weekend. Spider-Man: Homecoming is a refreshing, ebullient new rendition of classic Spider-Man tropes. Kevin Feige and Jon Watts have carefully avoided doing a rinse-and-repeat of arcs that we've seen on the big screen so many times before. In Homecoming, we never see the spider-bite, we're not forced to sit through another a flashback to Uncle Ben's death, and — most refreshing of all — we don't meet a third rendition of the Green Goblin.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is a remarkably complex creation, and Marvel insiders put in phenomenal effort to ensure that everything lines up so that it makes sense. Unfortunately, this year's Marvel movies are making the timeline more awkward than ever, and it's beginning to become noticeable. In the case of Spider-Man: Homecoming, there's one moment where the continuity throws the entire timeline out of whack. Unsurprisingly, expect some light spoilers for Spider-Man: Homecoming to follow.
From black-hole grenades to the prototype for a new shield for Captain America, Spider-Man: Homecoming was chock-full of the coolest Easter Eggs. But there's one that took fans by surprise: An intriguing reference to Thor's magic belt. It's the first time we've heard mention of a magic belt in the MCU, so what is this and what does it mean?
In the run up to its release, it would seem that Medusa, one of the protagonists of Marvel's new show Inhumans', has been the most talked about character. Pretty much every Marvel fan had an opinion about her tresses and what it implied about how her character was developed for the show. Whether it's an op-ed focusing on the wig initially used or on Marvel's CGI, the focus on Medusa's looks was intense.
There's a powerful scene partway through Spider-Man: Homecoming in which Tom Holland's #SpiderMan is confronted by Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark. As the trailer already revealed, Spider-Man's ill-thought-through acts of heroism have put lives in jeopardy, and Stark is furious at having to step in to help the Staten Island Ferry disaster. A chagrined Peter Parker desperately tells Tony that he just wanted to be like him; Stark's retort is as accurate as a sniper's bullet. "I wanted you to be better."
2018 will be a big year for superhero fans. Not only are we celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Avengers: Infinity War, but we're also set to see Fox release three X-Men movies! With so many superhero films on the horizon, how does Fox aim to make sure each movie stands out from the crowd? Speaking to Variety, Stacey Snider (chairman and CEO of 20th Century Fox) explained just how they're ensuring next year's New Mutants is unique.
With the release of Spider-Man: Homecoming only days away, both Tom Holland and Marvel visionary Kevin Feige are currently doing the rounds promoting the film, and little by little they're giving us a strong sense of the shape of the wall-crawler character arc in the MCU.
Fox's second X-Men TV series, The Gifted, is proving to be a remarkable success. It doesn't feature any of the major X-Men characters we're used to seeing, and instead is set in a timeline where Marvel's merry mutants have been missing for years. That doesn't mean some of the more prominent characters couldn't make an appearance as the series goes on, though. In fact, The Gifted is perfectly positioning itself to introduce one particular mutant: Rachel Summers.
There are Easter Eggs a-plenty in both Guardians of the Galaxy and the sequel, but sometimes a good Easter Egg can become something of a continuity snafu. The problem is that, as you continue to develop your universe, you may well revisit an idea later on ... and the idea may clash with your Easter Egg.
