J Boland/Marvel Studios/Kobal/Shutterstock “If everything and everyone around you is destined for imminent destruction,” Loki explains, “then nothing that I say or do will matter.”Īpocalypses like Ragnarok are ideal hiding places for a time-hopping Loki variant to hide. Loki instinctively imagines that apocalypses are ideal hiding places for masters of chaos such as himself. In episode two, “The Variant,” Loki is tasked with figuring out where a superior version of himself might hide across the universe. Starring a “variant” of the trickster anti-hero who technically hasn’t experienced the events of the MCU post-2012’s The Avengers, Loki (Tom Hiddleston) understands Ragnarok and the end of Asgard as concepts rather than lived experiences he can remember. Comparing the announcement to Waititi’s final cut, the stylistic gulf between the two is massive. And in a rare move for a studio, Marvel listened. There was nothing in that upfront to suggest the technicolored ‘80s-inspired action-comic romp Ragnarok ultimately became - because the film was rebuilt from the ground up during development.Īs reported by Vanity Fair in 2017, it was star Chris Hemsworth who asked for a tonal shift in the Thor franchise. Rodriguez/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Imagesīut when it was originally announced by Feige, Thor: Ragnarok was teased with ominous music and stone-gray typeface that evoked ancient Norse oral traditions. Kevin Feige announces Marvel’s “Phase Three” movies in 2017. And, of course, Thor: Love and Thunder is due to hit theaters in 2022, with Waititi back in the director’s chair it’s sure to feel more like a sequel to Ragnarok than, say, predecessor Thor: The Dark World.
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Directed by Taika Waititi, the movie took Thor to another level, and the ramifications of Ragnarok were felt across Infinity War and Endgame. and will impact everything to come afterwards.”įeige wasn’t exactly off-base there: Thor: Ragnarok did turn out to be a very important movie. Originally billed as a 2017 summer tentpole for Marvel (it ended up arriving on November 3 that year), Thor: Ragnarok was introduced by Feige as “a very important movie” that will “take Thor to another level his own franchise. Now, Loki is restoring some of the grave importance Marvel may have originally envisioned for Ragnarok. As directed by Taika Waititi, Ragnarok was a colorful, comedic romp (albeit one that led to the destruction of Asgard). Out of those films Marvel announced back in 2014, Thor: Ragnarok ended up hitting theaters as something remarkably different than what was initially teased, both tonally and in terms of its story. In the MCU’s third chapter, emotionally seismic and decidedly serious superhero epics were in steady supply, from Captain America: Civil War and Black Panther to Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame. Seven years ago, when Kevin Feige first announced the third phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, no one could have seen Thor: Ragnarok coming.
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