Six Things We Learned in New THOR: THE DARK WORLD Movie Clip “When Do We Start?”

Thor: The Dark World (2013), Loki (Tom Hiddleston) in prison cell Source

This post is part of the “Norse
gods blogfest” and features my absolute favorite comic book
Norseman: Thor.

Thor: The Dark World opens next month on November 8, 2013, and just released a new clip for the film called “When Do We Start?” featuring Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and Loki (Tom Hiddleston). Watch it below.

The new clip is less than a minute long, but there are a bunch of things we learn. Here are six things we learned in the clip:

1. Thor is Trapped on Asgard

Thor asks Loki to help him “escape Asgard.” In the first Thor film, Loki finds a way into Asgard without using the Bifröst Bridge saying there are many ways into Asgard. In Avengers, Loki asked, “How much dark energy did the All-father have to muster to conjure you here?” Thor was able to leave Asgard thanks to Odin’s help,
but apparently it was temporary. In an interview Tom Hiddleston said,
“The Bifrost is still down, he can’t just be riding down the rainbow
bridge, Heimdall [is gone], it’s all changed since the end of ‘Thor’ so
it’s obviously cost Odin a significant amount to get there.”  In Thor 2, finding another way out of Asgard is the main reason he goes to Loki for help.

2. Thor Let Loki Win the Last Fight

In Avengers,
Thor briefly fought Loki but the fight ended before it could even
begin. From Thor’s comment, it turns out he held back before. But that
“glimmer of hope” that Loki was still his brother is gone. No free
punches this time.

3. Loki’s Prison is in the Deepest Hole in Asgard

Thor promises that he’ll give Loki “the sun” meaning that wherever he
is, he doesn’t get a lot of rays. That also explains his pasty
complexion.

4. Loki’s Redemption

In the first Thor movie and the Avengers,
Loki was set up as the ultimate villain. This conversation sets up
Loki’s redemption. “When I met Alan [Taylor], he asked me how I thought
I could do Loki again without repeating myself and I remembered talking
with Kevin Feige when we were on the Avengers promotional tour.”
Hiddleston told Total Film in
the November issue, “I said, ‘OK, you’ve seen Thor and Loki be
antagonistic for two films now. It would be amazing to see them fight
side by side. I’ve been the bad guy now twice, so I can’t be again, or
otherwise I shouldn’t be in the film. So we have to find a new role for
me to play.”

5. Vengeance Unites Them

“You seek vengeance as much as I do.” Thor says. The two are united in
a common enemy of the Dark Elves. What did they do? We don’t know, but
it must be big.

6. Loki’s Hair Looks Terrible

In Thor and Avengers, Loki had close-cut hair, but now his hair is growing out of control. Fans have already started making memes of Loki’s hair, but apparently Asgard prisons don’t have quality shampoo.

About Thor the Dark World

Marvel’s “Thor: The Dark World” continues the big-screen adventures of
Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine
Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself.  In
the aftermath of Marvel’s “Thor” and “Marvel’s The Avengers,” Thor
fights to restore order across the cosmos…but an ancient race led by
the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into
darkness. To defeat an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot
withstand, Thor sets upon his most dangerous and personal journey yet,
forced into an alliance with the treacherous Loki to save not only his
people and those he loves…but our universe itself.

Starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan
Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje,
Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi, Tadanobu Asano and Jaimie
Alexander with Rene Russo and Anthony Hopkins as Odin, Marvel’s “Thor:
The Dark World” is directed by Alan Taylor, produced by Kevin Feige,
p.g.a., from a story by Don Payne and Robert Rodat and screenplay by
Christopher L. Yost and Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely, and
is based on Marvel’s classic Super Hero Thor, who first appeared in the
comic book “Journey into Mystery “ #83 in August, 1962.

“Thor: The Dark World” is presented by Marvel Studios. The executive
producers are Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Craig Kyle, Alan Fine,
Nigel Gostelow and Stan Lee. The film releases November 8, 2013, and is
distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

About the Blogfest

This post is part of Siv Maria Ottem and Alex J. Cavanaugh’s “Norse
gods” blogfest. Anyone who buys her book Secrets of the Ash Tree during
this blogfest can email her
and she’ll send them an autographed print of the Freya illustration
made by her daughter Maria Bech. This illustration is not available
anywhere else and is not included in the book.  She’ll also be
giving away a signed copy of her book to who-ever
actively parties the most today. So, if you want to join in, spread
the word, use her banner, visit as many blogs as you can, and write a
great post! She’s giving away special points if you visit her new web
page http://sivmariaottem.com/
and like her Facebook
Author page!

Secrets of the Ash Tree is
available at
most online retailers including Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

Official Description: ‘Secrets of the Ash Tree’ is the story about Liv,
a young woman who discovers her true nature through the unraveling of
hidden secrets. Her adventures begin when she digs up a chest that was
buried by her father under the old ash tree in her garden. What she
finds inside the chest changes her life forever. Liv discovers one
secret after another and is thrown into a world full of dangerous and
strange creatures, mighty Norse warriors and perils beyond her belief.
What started out as a fairy tale in her father’s journal was to become
her legacy, a guide line to survival, and a map to the world she was
about to enter. Each day, each mystery, each encounter will ultimately
reveal her true destiny and behind the edge of a sword awaits a young
god who is willing to share that destiny with her.

Have you noticed anything else in the new Thor clip? Who’s your favorite Norse god? Are you looking forward to Siv’s book?

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