‘Thor’ Screenwriter Addresses Fanboy Concerns
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With all the recent films involving Marvel Comics characters, for the most part, you can say they all existed in “our world.” Most of the heroes reside in the very real, New York, NY. But the mythic God of Thunder, the mighty Thor is an exception. He lives in Asgard. For those not familiar, Asgard is the country or capital city of the Æsir surrounded by an incomplete wall attributed to a Hrimthurs riding the stallion Svadilfari, according to Gylfaginning. How do you make that relatable to us mere mortals? Half of those words, I can’t even pronounce. Which is one of the main reasons I have been so interested in how the filmmakers are going to portray this in the upcoming big budget release.
Screenwriter Ashley Miller recently and addressed some of the fans fears/concerns. Along with his co-writer Zack Stentz, Miller says that “Thor” was written with the express purpose of fitting alongside Marvel’s on-screen continuity.
“Our script is very firmly rooted in the Marvel film world,” Miller told CineFools. “We were constantly looking for ways to connect Thor to the other movies and heroes, even if they were simply in passing. Part of grounding Thor in the world is grounding him in the specific, fictional world he inhabits. How many of those references and connections make it to the final product are beyond our control, but they are everywhere.”
Miller admitted that “Thor” will have fantasy elements, but that it doesn’t distinguish itself from being a comic book or superhero movie.
“I’m not sure I accept the distinction [between 'fantasy' and 'comic book'],” he said. “‘Thor’ is a comic book film in that it’s based on the Marvel conception of the character as super-hero. But there are definitely some big fantasy elements working behind that. He is the God of Thunder, after all. It’s hard to approach the character without both of those things informing the work.
“Thor’s powers are godly, yes. And his zip code is a little different,” Miller continued. “But at the end of the day, he’s a man. In the comics, Odin sends him to Earth because he’s not perfect. He’s brash, arrogant. Even over-confident. We all know that guy — some of us have even been that guy. Stan Lee’s genius was to give Thor-as-hero an emotional throughline we could all relate to, and knock him down a couple of pegs … The challenge is to dramatize that and make the audience see what the fans have known and believed about the character all along.”
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