Thor Begins

I don’t think I’ve been as excited about a superhero film since, well, it was announced that the bat-nipples had been scalded to a crisp, and that Matt Salinger wouldn’t be returning to the role of the imminent “Captain America” movie. Yep, talking about David Goyer jumping onboard the “Thor” movie.

I’ve got a woody for all things David Goyer. I have. The dude knows how to make a superhero movie. OK, I wasn’t a huge fan of the “Blade” movies – thought the last one was as good as popping a couple of Valium - but I believe those that were fans of the character before, enjoyed the movies. I’m referring more to the work that Goyer did on “Batman Begins”. I have to say, that may just be my favourite comic-book movie of all time. It not only had a story, it had a great story. As for the dialogue? Priceless. It was just a terrific film, an epic veiled as a superhero story. He really seemed to know what the fans wanted…. needed…deserved.

It’s for that reason that I’m sanguine that Marvel’s film take on another classic comic book hero, “Thor”, is also going to be tastier than fried bacon on a Saturday morning. Granted, Newsarama (via Superhero Hype) states that Goyer (who is also trying to get a film based on DC’s “The Flash” up and, ahem, excuse the pun, running) is only writing the treatment for “Thor”, and not the screenplay, but that should be enough to guarantee that it’s at least going to be worth shelling over the cabbage for. Mark Protosevich [“Poseidon”] was announced as the screenwriter for the project a while back. Chances are, Goyer is working from that script – but it isn’t stated.

Like the upcoming “Hulk” redo, “Thor” will be a production made independent of one of the majors, purely produced at Marvel.

“Thor”, for those not in the know, was a character based on the thunder god of Norse mythology, and first appeared in the comic ‘Journey into Mystery #83’ in Aug. 1962. He was on a mission from his father to help earthlings, but maintained a secret identity throughout – as Dr. Donald Blake, an American physician with a somewhat disabled leg.

The last time I remember Thor on the big screen – well, kinda – was when Vincent D’Onofrio gave life to the character (or at least, we were meant to believe it was “Thor”) in Disney’s “Adventures in Babysitting” (1987). Hopefully whomever they cast as The Thunder God, beats that little turn.