Latest trailer for Thor: Love and Thunder showed just how ambitious Taika Waititi’s film is. And so much to surprise with its considerable ability to delve into the hero’s mythology and his new offering. The final adventure of the god of Asgard is a psychedelic mix of references to the world of Jack Kirby and Stan Lee. Also a bold take on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, that for decades has been limited to a certain optimistic and trim air.
But Waititi is determined to innovate and create new spaces in the franchise. already done it with Thor: Ragnarok and in its immediate sequel, the universe he outlined in the film expands, becomes richer and more colorful. But it’s also a journey through all the levels of what Marvel has to offer. Waititi, who stated that Thor: Love and Thunder the “craziest” film he has ever made, he intends to reconstruct heroic speech. A new place in how the world’s most profitable franchise perceives itself and what it contains.
And one way to do this is to keep the rhythm and discourse of the film going through the historical mythology from which it comes. Among the spaceships, the feeling of luxury and abundance of fictional kingdoms, there are many traditional symbols. Also of great interest is the concept that superhero cinema can be used in a new context. At the same time, to the perception of pop culture as an inevitable standard of world history.
We leave you with the five best mythological moments of the official trailer Thor: Love and Thunder. And especially its significance in how the film analyzes the world of the hero.
God of thunder, lightning in hand
The Marvel Cinematic Universe decided to include various references to the gods that inhabit their world in the comics in the fourth phase. And one of them is Zeus; known in his paper version as a creature with amazing powers. your version in live action is played by Oscar winner Russell Crowe. But also through the figure of God as a powerful presence, shining with good humor and enthusiasm.
That’s for sure a direct allusion to the mythological Zeus in Thor: Love and Thunder. Hedonistic and omnipotent, he was the central figure of Olympus and the traditional archetype of male power. In a sneak peek of the trailer, we see a new character in the Marvel world laughing and joking. Also make mistakes, like a mythological god known for his fallible state and ability to make mistakes. understand your own mistakes.
All the more symbolic? Zeus holds a lightning bolt in his hands – a symbol of his power. One of the most recognizable attributes in mythology and worship associated with a god.
Mourning scythes in Thor: Love and Thunder
In Scandinavian culture braids were of particular importance. In fact, men and women braided their hair in elaborate patterns and did so as a sign of respect for the gods and their power. According to historian Neil Price, author of the book The Viking Way: Religion and Warfare in the Late Iron Age, the Vikings wore mourning braids. And they were much more elaborate than those previously woven for other, less solemn reasons.
In several scenes of the trailer for Thor: Love and Thunder Thor can be seen with small pigtails. Family mourning? Most likely, this is a mournful tribute, after the tattoo on his back was discovered. A detail that also refers to the Viking custom of decorating their skin with decorative ink or scratch motifs.
Goats Thor
The detail that caught the attention of fans in both the first trailer and the official trailer is the figure of two flying goats. This is a mythological detail that directly refers to Tangjöstra and Tangrisnir. They pull Thor’s flying chariot and, according to the Poetic Edda– a collection of the mythology of the region – were of great importance to the god. According to Thor’s context, the god can eat both goats and bring them back to life thanks to Mjolnir.
In the official trailer, we were able to see him pulling what looks like a boat and flying low over New Asgard. Is this Thor’s new vehicle?
Storytelling for children and the elderly
New trailer for Thor: love and thunder It begins with Korg’s oral account of Thor’s great deeds. The custom, common in several different mythologies, is especially important in the Scandinavian countries. Oral histories, especially the great deeds of gods and kings, they talked around the campfire. And they were repeated in rites of passage and in circumstances of particular importance to tribes and villages.
The way Korg tells Thor’s story used to be about great heroes – dead or alive – who triumph after a long journey. What appears on screen is Thor’s “midlife crisis” and his subsequent confrontation with Gorr, the butcher of the gods.
Zeus surrounded by women in Thor: Love and Thunder
This is the obvious and no doubt the most eloquent reference to the character of the Olympian god. Zeus was known for his inexhaustible sexual appetite, and his depictions constantly included nymphs and oceanids. As well as Thor: Love and Thunderin which he can be seen standing, surrounded by a crowd of women. Will he retain his most obvious mythological trait in his version of the Marvel franchise? Apparently, yes.
Source: Hiper Textual
