Our thanks to USA Today's Scott Bowles who sought us out for our expertise! Stay tuned to CBM (and follow Scott) to see more collaboration with the international newspaper.
You can read the whole article entitled,
"Hemsworth thunders in this summer in 'Thor'" HERE. but here's our little bit in the piece...
"I think there's an excitement about getting back to the traditional superheroes," says Jim Littler, owner of comicbookmovie.com. "This year it seems we have more straight, hard-core comic-book movies that feature a lot of action. That should bode well for the movies."
Is Thor up to the challenges?
Thor still has his work cut out for him, though. Like the Incredible Hulk, Thor's Americanisms are not so good. He's steeped in Norse mythology, speaks like a Shakespeare major and flies around with a big club and blond locks.
The film, too, faces more challenges than most comic-book flicks in connecting with teen audiences. Thor's illustrated world could get pretty hokey, with ice monsters, arrogant gods and mortals entwined by a cosmic rainbow bridge. A poll of more than 2,000 fans by comicbookmovie.com found most were looking forward to Captain America, followed closely by Green Lantern and Thor. The X-Men, who already have had four movies about them, were a distant fourth.
But Thor-mania is growing, Littler says. "There was some skepticism at first, especially how they were going to pull off the look. Then people saw the first images of Thor, and they were relieved."
If you missed the poll results, look below. We're nearly at 4,000 participants now, and users are still voting. Although, with the release of the newest and best GL trailer today, those numbers may go green.