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by **KingPagla** » Mon May 21, 2012 3:21 pm

chap22 wrote:F that. i want the honorable Skurge from Simonson's run, not some big stupid non-acting tank. you STFU.

If they have Skurge die an Honorable Death, they should hire Sean Bean.

by **rdrsfn82** » Mon May 21, 2012 3:23 pm

chap22 wrote:F that. i want the honorable Skurge from Simonson's run, not some big stupid non-acting tank. you STFU.

I'd be cool with that as well, but I don't think it's a need.

Honorable Skurge is an interesting character that works well in a long form story where you have time to add depth to a character over years worth of stories. In a movie, I don't know if you have the time to do that sort of thing and have it actually matter. You only get 2 hours every 3 or 4 years or whatever to tell a story, so I'd rather they focus on Thor, the main villain, Sif, the Warriors Three, and Odin. Or guys like Bill or Baldur or Hela (if she's not the main villain, she'd still be cool in a supporting role) that would be on my list of things I'd rather see than Skurge as a well rounded character.

by **chap22** » Mon May 21, 2012 3:23 pm

KingPagla wrote:If they have Skurge die an Honorable Death, they should hire Sean Bean.

too true.

by **Vic Vega** » Mon May 21, 2012 3:24 pm

KingPagla wrote:If they have Skurge die an Honorable Death, they should hire Sean Bean.

What, again? :lol:

by **chap22** » Mon May 21, 2012 3:24 pm

rdrsfn82 wrote:
I'd be cool with that as well, but I don't think it's a need.

Honorable Skurge is an interesting character that works well in a long form story where you have time to add depth to a character over years worth of stories. In a movie, I don't know if you have the time to do that sort of thing and have it actually matter. You only get 2 hours every 3 or 4 years or whatever to tell a story, so I'd rather they focus on Thor, the main villain, Sif, the Warriors Three, and Odin. Or guys like Bill or Baldur or Hela (if she's not the main villain, she'd still be cool in a supporting role) that would be on my list of things I'd rather see than Skurge as a well rounded character.

i'm just afraid if they do that, you run the risk of getting Bane from Batman & Robin. nobody wants that shit, and Thor's probably the toughest sell of the Marvel movies to begin with.

by **rdrsfn82** » Mon May 21, 2012 3:31 pm

I'd be totally fine with Sean Bean in the role if they wanted to have an actual actor in the part and give him a bit of the honorable Skurge stuff to do.

by **rdrsfn82** » Mon May 21, 2012 3:34 pm

chap22 wrote:
i'm just afraid if they do that, you run the risk of getting Bane from Batman & Robin. nobody wants that shit, and Thor's probably the toughest sell of the Marvel movies to begin with.

To me, the reason Bane sucked so bad was that he was such a cool character in the comics and wasn't just a henchman. Plus, the yellow skin and overall shittiness of the movie didn't help.

Skurge has been used as mostly just a big henchman type many many times over the years, in fact that's how they've treated him on the current cartoon, and I've loved the way they've used him. Plus, if the movie is good a silent badass is a fun character that works well. See Die Hard, The Raid, any movie with Bolo, etc. for examples.

by **KingPagla** » Mon May 21, 2012 3:35 pm

rdrsfn82 wrote:I'd be totally fine with Sean Bean in the role if they wanted to have an actual actor in the part and give him a bit of the honorable Skurge stuff to do.

And then he'd die.

I think it's in any Bean contract.

by **rdrsfn82** » Mon May 21, 2012 3:36 pm

Of course.

by **chap22** » Mon May 21, 2012 3:39 pm

KingPagla wrote:And then he'd die.

I think it's in any Bean contract.

dude can't be bothered to lock himself down into a multi-picture deal. he doesn't want to get suckered into filming a shitty sequel that only rdrs would watch.

/cross-boardmeme'd

by **Timbales** » Mon May 21, 2012 3:41 pm

chap22 wrote:dude can't be bothered to lock himself down into a multi-picture deal. he doesn't want to get suckered into filming a shitty sequel that only rdrs would watch.

/cross-boardmeme'd

it's a shame, he could have be the next Liam Neeson, who is the Samuel L Jackson replacement.

by **rdrsfn82** » Mon May 21, 2012 3:44 pm

chap22 wrote:dude can't be bothered to lock himself down into a multi-picture deal. he doesn't want to get suckered into filming a shitty sequel that only rdrs would watch.

/cross-boardmeme'd

Thor isn't a comedy, so i don't care about the sequel.

-4

by **chap22** » Mon May 21, 2012 4:07 pm

rdrsfn82 wrote:
Thor isn't a comedy, so i don't care about the sequel.

-4

i meant in general, not Thor in specific. dude wasn't even IN Thor... :roll:

by **achilles** » Mon May 21, 2012 4:57 pm

Cat-Scratch wrote:
What? You talk about the guy and not the women? WHAT DID YOU DO TO THE REAL ACHILLES!?!?!

I kidnapped him and am holding him for ransom---a 6 pack of Canadian beer, but he keeps on insisting that only American craft brews will do, or failing that German beer. And he's pestering me for some hot bondage nuns with big boobs. Frankly, the guy's a pain in the ass.

by **Lord Simian** » Mon May 21, 2012 6:19 pm

Could save a lot of money by making her somehow able to possess people's bodies. Thus, Natalie Portman does double duty as Jane Foster and as the main villain, the Enchantress.

Do we actually even know if Portman is coming back?

(Also, if they use the Enchantress, I bet a dollar they never use that name. They'll just call her Amora.)