Marvel went downhill the day they sold their soul to disney
all their movies have been utter trash casting makes n models and story lines are all crap sure they may make alot of money but the storys have been butchered to nonsence disney has a stern hand on everything marvel does now..and heres another shocker for ya..the new fantastic 4 will have a black kid playing the human torch because they said they wanted to be more diverse and appeal to wider audiences ..all marvel has become is a very sick marketing joke
i hate this because i love reading comics and the great story lines they have but when somebody takes your product in totally diff ways..its a bad thing
Yes it seems to say HE but the hamer might have been crafted/created at a time where men where dominant, times have changed and woman can be worthy wielding the hammer.
Though I doubt about their marketing timing since Marvels movies are hot right now with memorable characters....
Honestly, the whole thing is extremely stupid imho.
I get the whole girl power, strong feminine character movement. However, unlike most religions, norse actually has numerous STRONG female personas. Like Sif, like freya, hel, etc. You don't need to rewrite male staples as females. Plus, marvel also has numerous strong female heroes to add into the game, without having to offer gender changes to all the staple male heroes.
Just seems like lazy pandering to me. There's quite a number of female characters they could add into the game, rather than just throwing boobs on the male ones and calling it a day.
Honestly, the whole thing is extremely stupid imho.
I get the whole girl power, strong feminine character movement. However, unlike most religions, norse actually has numerous STRONG female personas. Like Sif, like freya, hel, etc. You don't need to rewrite male staples as females. Plus, marvel also has numerous strong female heroes to add into the game, without having to offer gender changes to all the staple male heroes.
Just seems like lazy pandering to me. There's quite a number of female characters they could add into the game, rather than just throwing boobs on the male ones and calling it a day.
This. There's enough women is Asgard, and if they wanted to swap Thor out for a new wielder of Mjolnir, they should have done it during the Fear Itself arc a few years ago when Thor was killed for a while. The timing is all off. It's a bad time to replace Thor, it's a bad time to fight the movie/Ultimates origin of Thor that's popular with the public and go back to the wacky 60s version where Odin gives Thor amnesia and makes him think he's a med student with a walking stick.
They are NOT changing the character....Thor Odinson is still Thor...The female wielder of Mjölnir is the embodyment of Thor because she has the hammer. They are not suddenly making the son of Odin a daughter. Sure they released the news at first like "Hey guess what marvel fans, we hit Thor with a special ray gun and now he's a she!" After the initial rage hit THEN they released brief news about the story that Thor is Thor and Female Thor is well Female Thor....Two different beings.
But professionally speaking, it only shows that Marvel is out of its league, Marvel isn't able to come up with new ideas for new female heroines.
Making interesting new characters isn't something easy, changing the past ones is, and that's what Marvel (and pretty much every big name out there, you can look how Lara Croft changed so much.. (i wonder why she didnt grow something between her legs yet)).
Boobs and explosions are good and fun, but it will never change the real fact that Marvel is loosing it's hand.
This is honestly one of the dumbest things I've ever heard. This is a stupid idea that can only become a reality because someone with a lot of money is surrounded by "yes men" who are too afraid to call a stupid idea what it is. The last time this happened, Star Wars Ep 1-3 happened.
I don't if you are complaining about the game or just Thor being a female, But Thor in the new comics is a girl it's not just a game ploy to make you buy another skin.
Welp since no one has said so...the new Thor is actually Angela, from the Spawn comics. The character was sold to Marvel by Neil Gaiman and Todd McFarlane.....and yes..she is Thor's (Odinson) long lost sister...somehow...
Aaron: Yes. It's not four or five issues and we're done. A lot of people have speculated that with "Avengers: Age of Ultron" next year, which has Thor in a prominent role, they guessed that we would change the character back in time for the movie, that's not the plan. I wanted to make sure that we were committed to this being a long-term story. You won't see everything put back the way it was anytime soon. She is the Thor of the Marvel Universe for the foreseeable future.
CNN: Finally, one of the biggest questions we've heard is: Why is she called Thor?
Aaron: It's not a situation where she picks up the hammer and says "Hey, I'm Thor now, everybody call me Thor." That's very much a story point that we address a couple of issues down the line. The previous guy is still around, he's Thor Odinson. You can imagine when the two of them meet, face to face, there will be a lot of questions. He wants to know who this lady is running around with his hammer now. That will all be answered in the pages of the book.
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Marvel went downhill the day they sold their soul to disney
all their movies have been utter trash casting makes n models and story lines are all crap sure they may make alot of money but the storys have been butchered to nonsence disney has a stern hand on everything marvel does now..and heres another shocker for ya..the new fantastic 4 will have a black kid playing the human torch because they said they wanted to be more diverse and appeal to wider audiences ..all marvel has become is a very sick marketing joke
i hate this because i love reading comics and the great story lines they have but when somebody takes your product in totally diff ways..its a bad thing
Honestly, the whole thing is extremely stupid imho.
I get the whole girl power, strong feminine character movement. However, unlike most religions, norse actually has numerous STRONG female personas. Like Sif, like freya, hel, etc. You don't need to rewrite male staples as females. Plus, marvel also has numerous strong female heroes to add into the game, without having to offer gender changes to all the staple male heroes.
Just seems like lazy pandering to me. There's quite a number of female characters they could add into the game, rather than just throwing boobs on the male ones and calling it a day.
This. There's enough women is Asgard, and if they wanted to swap Thor out for a new wielder of Mjolnir, they should have done it during the Fear Itself arc a few years ago when Thor was killed for a while. The timing is all off. It's a bad time to replace Thor, it's a bad time to fight the movie/Ultimates origin of Thor that's popular with the public and go back to the wacky 60s version where Odin gives Thor amnesia and makes him think he's a med student with a walking stick.
Duh. She's called Lady Sif
They are NOT changing the character....Thor Odinson is still Thor...The female wielder of Mjölnir is the embodyment of Thor because she has the hammer. They are not suddenly making the son of Odin a daughter. Sure they released the news at first like "Hey guess what marvel fans, we hit Thor with a special ray gun and now he's a she!" After the initial rage hit THEN they released brief news about the story that Thor is Thor and Female Thor is well Female Thor....Two different beings.
Hell, people didn't scream when Widow became Thor
Yo kids like boobs, we all get it.
But professionally speaking, it only shows that Marvel is out of its league, Marvel isn't able to come up with new ideas for new female heroines.
Making interesting new characters isn't something easy, changing the past ones is, and that's what Marvel (and pretty much every big name out there, you can look how Lara Croft changed so much.. (i wonder why she didnt grow something between her legs yet)).
Boobs and explosions are good and fun, but it will never change the real fact that Marvel is loosing it's hand.
Marvel has wallowed in the pits far earlier that that
one of the worst stories in DC/Marvel is the Spiderman clone saga (mid 1990s)
i havent seen anything worse than that
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This is honestly one of the dumbest things I've ever heard. This is a stupid idea that can only become a reality because someone with a lot of money is surrounded by "yes men" who are too afraid to call a stupid idea what it is. The last time this happened, Star Wars Ep 1-3 happened.
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from an interview
http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/01/showbiz/female-new-thor/
CNN: Is this change long term?
Aaron: Yes. It's not four or five issues and we're done. A lot of people have speculated that with "Avengers: Age of Ultron" next year, which has Thor in a prominent role, they guessed that we would change the character back in time for the movie, that's not the plan. I wanted to make sure that we were committed to this being a long-term story. You won't see everything put back the way it was anytime soon. She is the Thor of the Marvel Universe for the foreseeable future.
CNN: Finally, one of the biggest questions we've heard is: Why is she called Thor?
Aaron: It's not a situation where she picks up the hammer and says "Hey, I'm Thor now, everybody call me Thor." That's very much a story point that we address a couple of issues down the line. The previous guy is still around, he's Thor Odinson. You can imagine when the two of them meet, face to face, there will be a lot of questions. He wants to know who this lady is running around with his hammer now. That will all be answered in the pages of the book.
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