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Automobile brand Acura has been using the fictional Marvel espionage organisation SHIELD to promote its current range of cars, with the Thor movie Recruitment drives at comic conventions SHIELD cars circling Manhattan And mysterious looking press kits built into briefcases One of which was thrown out by car magazine Automobile into a recycling bin. And the prescence[...]

So there was some fuss about Idris Elba being cast as Heimdall in Thor, over the colour of his skin Now I didn't see the problem with this, per se, and seeing the film I thought Idris totally stole the show as a morally pure, considered, dutiful rock forced to challenge his own preconceptions. But it[...]

Hammer is arrested for his part in engineering Vanko's escape. Coulson arrives in New Mexico and discovers the site of Thor's fallen hammer, Mjolnir SHIELD quickly quarantines the area and erects a portable laboratory over the site to study the hammer Agent Clint Barton is one of the agents assigned to the[...]

I was lucky enough to see the non-3D version of THOR at my local cinema With THOR being the fourth movie from Marvel Studios, after IRON MAN, HULK and IRON MAN 2, a certain consistence in quality of their movies is starting to emerge I couldn't help thinking they've all had more or[...]

Mayhem really started when Captain America & Thor came onto the table That was when there were the most amounts of people "Get me fucking Sonic the Hedgehog!" people shouted across the table I have never heard people want Sonic the Hedgehog that much. The shop's plan was when most of the comics currently on the[...]

People are camped out outside of shops, ready to check out some comics and then go see Thor What are you doing on Free Comic Book Day? Grab a civilian friend and get to your local, and maybe let us know what's going on using #freecomicbookday or with a twitpic or two. Meanwhile, the[...]

Photo by Luigi Novi. Spoilers of sorts for the Thor movie, I guess We're talking cameos But isn't it more fun to know where to look for people rather than be told about it afterwards? Your choice of course. So, we all expected the Stan Lee cameo in the new Marvel Studios movie, Thor Co-creator of the[...]

For instance, last night I saw Thor and it was fantastic but I had to hold myself back from blurting out "The Rainbow Bridge doesn't look like that!" and "Thor talks in a medieval way! Why isn't he doing that now!?" My opinion is that even though comic-films can be fantastic, the film can[...]

As rival film makers and comic book publishers have discovered over the years, it's very hard to copyright Thor as a comics character And while Marvel have got a big blockbuster of a movie coming out featuring the Norse God Of Thunder, so there have been a number of look-alikeys around. But have any been as[...]

I am not looking at the post-credit scene from Thor that has made its way onto the internet No, I intend to watch it, with wife, on the big screen later this week If you have already seen the film and want a reminder, or maybe you walked out before it ran, or maybe you[...]

If you're anxious about reading a review and learning too much about this film but still want to know whether the cinema ticket's worth your hard-earned money here's a summary: Thor is a brilliant, epic, and often very funny superhero movie that is very much worth your while It's so huge in scope that the[...]

There's a new Thor game online. And it's a wee bit addictive. Throw Mjlonir and take down Frost Giants in a mixture of angle, thrust and lightning strikes with as few throws as possible Then move on You can play it here. I'm going to have another go. There's a new Thor game online. And it's a wee bit[...]

I'm thinking of getting this made up as a T-shirt. Possibly for San Diego Comic Con. Anyone else want one?

The world premiere of Thor is taking place right now in Sydney, Australia, and they're live streaming the event with new behind the scenes clips and red carpet event coverage with Kenneth Branagh, Chris Hemsworth, Kat Dennings, and others Check it out in progress (as of the time this was posted) right here: Online TV[...]