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Post by Doctor Bong Crosby on May 17, 2011 6:01:04 GMT -5
Looking at the poster for Thor's movie (I haven't seen it yet) it occured to me that I was surprised at how much I like his garb.
Kind of a combination between his classic costume and his current one. I went on to consider that I much prefer it to many of the ones he's sported through the years. Still, I wish he would have worn some kind of helmet, but I can see how that might have not worked on film.
Which are the best and worst Thor costumes?
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Post by starfoxxx on May 18, 2011 17:14:04 GMT -5
I just can't stand that facemask/helmet from when Thor had Eric Masterson's personality. I quit a ten year run of Avengers issues right when that Thor became a member (and Crystal).
Just a stupid, stupid idea. So I just hate that Thor's helmet, it's a bad memory.
And if that guy counts as Thor, the Thunderstrike get-up, with the pony tail and jacket sucks big time. And maybe check out cover browser--around Thor #478>>Journey into Mystery. Some really poor costumes, and it looks like Thor with a sword on one cover. WTF?
oh yeah, the best is the original, classic look.
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Post by sharkar on May 18, 2011 18:30:43 GMT -5
The best? No contest:  The worst? Hmmm, IMO there are so many to choose from! I'm not crazy about Coipel's version, and the less said about Liefeld's the better--okay, if I have to pick just one:  |
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Post by Shiryu on May 19, 2011 7:15:23 GMT -5
The best is the classic version for me too. I also like the armour he had towards the end of Simonson's run, and I don't mind Coipel's version except for the helmet that looks a bit too big.
The worse? Probably the outfit he wore in Marvel vs DC (which I think it's the same posted by Sharkar, but I don't have it at hand to confirm).
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Post by humanbelly on May 19, 2011 8:13:27 GMT -5
The best is the classic version for me too. I also like the armour he had towards the end of Simonson's run, and I don't mind Coipel's version except for the helmet that looks a bit too big. The worse? Probably the outfit he wore in Marvel vs DC (which I think it's the same posted by Sharkar, but I don't have it at hand to confirm). Yep, did a quick double-check, and you're correct, that's the same outfit, alright. Without a doubt, that is the worst one ever. Not even remotely generated by the character's tastes or background or practicality or anything. In fact, with the ridiculously exposed mid-section, it strikes me as being an egregious beefcake version of all of the hopelessly inadequate cheesecake outfits that our female characters sport. (Am I the only one who found Red Sonja's tiny chain-mail bikini laughably absurd even as I maintained a relentless, adolescence-driven appreciation of it??) I have to confess that, while I'll always identify Thor w/ his classic outfit, it really did strike me as being kind of silly-looking even in my youth. But his re-designs have really been hit-&-miss over the years. Wasn't there another one introduced sometime around the "God Gone Mad" or the "Blood & Thunder" story-lines (decades ago, and I wasn't a regular reader), that was also particularly bad? Honestly, if Coipel's is that look he's sporting now-- with the UnderArmor chain mail, and the nifty heavy-leather doublet-- I'm thinking it may be objectively the best one he's ever had. The design looks "old", it looks practical, it exudes strength and the pragmatic needs of a warrior. It certainly speaks of nobility tempered with no-nonsense. The helmet's always tricky-- I think it's a good idea to maintain a side jaw/ear-guard at least to give it visual balance. (With the wings, it automatically looks awfully top-heavy & likely to fall off.). Hey, what about beard vs. no beard? HB |
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Post by robert on May 19, 2011 14:52:03 GMT -5
Classic. Without a doubt.
Also have a soft spot for the armoured look that Simonson gave the Odinson near the end of his run due to Hela's curse. quite like the modern look, although I'd change the way the helmet comes down over the bridge of Thor's nose.
Didn't like the yellow-blue number Thor was wearing when Thunderstrike's title ended, nor the shirtless look, or the bondage look from the Marvel-DC crossover. Basically, a lot of the expermentation of the '90s didn't work. Actually, that's a General Rule for all of Marvel in the 1990s, isn't it?
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Post by humanbelly on May 19, 2011 15:58:39 GMT -5
Didn't like the yellow-blue number Thor was wearing when Thunderstrike's title ended, nor the shirtless look, or the bondage look from the Marvel-DC crossover. Basically, a lot of the expermentation of the '90s didn't work. Actually, that's a General Rule for all of Marvel in the 1990s, isn't it? Yeah-- or for an awful lot of it, at least. I was reminded that Hercules suffered a similar "youthful" revamp, and looked it up. Yeesh-- a tiny brown strap-shouldered undershirt, fancied-up cargo pants, and shiny (metallic?) tall boots. And clean-shaven, w/ longer, flowing hair. His power had also been halved by Zeus, and he lost the usual Elizabethan idiom in his speech, and took up using contemporary speech patterns. And pretty much lost most of his swagger. Hercules who? To be fair, Marvel has never shied away from shoving what they perceive as the current (or next) "big thing" down the readers' throats, whether they(we) really wanted it or not. Remember the original run of NOVA? Heck, it was practically a traumatic experience, 'cause Marvel kept telling me that it was fantastic and that I would love it and had no choice in the matter. Period. And yet. . . I didn't really. . . like it. . . all that much. . . Something had to be wrong with ME, then, right. . . ?  HB |
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Post by Doctor Bong Crosby on May 19, 2011 16:33:34 GMT -5
HB, for my money, a clean shaven face for Thor and a beard for Hercules.
Do any of you guys care for the movie Thor's outfit?
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Post by humanbelly on May 20, 2011 10:29:08 GMT -5
HB, for my money, a clean shaven face for Thor and a beard for Hercules. Do any of you guys care for the movie Thor's outfit? I'm having trouble finding any images that show the whole thing-- almost nothing includes a clear lower torso. (Although the early costume images from over a year ago picture some very unfortunate heavy-duty trousers--- not jiggy w/ those, I have to say.) I do kind of like Thor with a beard, honestly. It certainly lends him a godly gravitas. But, boy, it has to be drawn well. Doc, I'm givin' you a new exalt. You just. . . you somehow look naked w/out it, and it forces me to avert my gaze from your posts in embarrassment. . . Your fastidious pal, HB |
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Post by humanbelly on May 27, 2011 11:41:08 GMT -5
OMG-- the second costume shown in Shiryu's "Thor Art Challenge" link is, I believe, the awful one that I was trying to recall earlier in this thread! It's just. . . it's horrible. Metal skull-cap w/ big wings. Ridiculous, teeny, strip of cloth on the torso. THE ARMORED SHOULDER PADS!!! (looks like he's wearing the grill of 50's era automobile. . . ).
Oooh, not good.
Oh, and the leather-y trousers in the film just didn't really make it for me, visually. But, geeze, what would the alternative be? His traditional boots are wildly impractical for live-action sequences. And the spandex-ish legwear would probably be rather questionable, as well. . .
HB
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Post by Doctor Bong Crosby on May 27, 2011 16:09:31 GMT -5
I, too, prefer the classic look or, rather, the "neoclassical" look, as envisioned by George Perez on his Avengers' second run, where the "t" on his belt buckle looks eagle-like, and the circles on his costume are clearly metal disks (or mini-shields...) and not just part of his costume's cloth.
And I prefer when the artist chooses the "open on the sides" look for his shirt, rather than the more closed one.
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