New Wave Of THOR: RAGNAROK Concept Art Focuses On Thor Vs. Hela, The Grandmaster, And Surtur

Grandmaster was once blue? Cool

One thing I did like about this movie was making Hela Odin's daughter, and having her be the original wielder of Mjolnir. Obviously I'm pretty sure that never happens in the comics, but it says a lot about what it means to be a child of Odin, and Odin himself.

Here is a man who first born, his daughter, was so filled with bloodlust that he banished her from Asgard hoping that she will change her ways. Instead she remains the same sadistic killer, and kills the Valkyries sent for her. Which means that when Odin was talking to Thor during that celebration in the first Thor movie when he named him as his heir (I think), Odin is lying to Thor about him being his first born. The way Anthony Hopkins delivered that line seems like he's fighting back tears of joy, but with the context of Ragnarok, it now looks like he was fighting back the lie.

And another thing to note is that when Odin sees that Thor is developing the same bloodlust, he banishes him too to Midgard. The difference here is that Thor changes his ways and learns the value of life, unlike Hela, and regains Mjolnir. Which gives Odin's lines about Mjolnir being "a weapon to destroy, and a tool to build" more meaning than just fancy exposition. All he ever saw was Hela use Mjolnir to destroy during the days of Asgardian conquest, but Thor has learned to build with it.

Odin's bloodline is perhaps tainted with bloodlust, but he so desperately tried to change Thor to ensure that his legacy won't be tainted by those kind of mistakes, and honestly, that's very interesting.

I loved Cat Blanchett very damn much!!

She was the hottest thing in that movie. Ver [frick]n hot!

Looking at the Sakaar concept art kind of makes me hope that when they introduce Beta Ray Bill he has a Kirby designed armor, because I think if they do a 4th Thor movie, people will really miss that Kirby backdrop, there's nothing quite like it.