Marvel Cinematic Universe

Speaking of Thor, I wish the Asgardian army had moments to shine, but to be a "Badass Army" its only role is to be easily defeated.

For a culture where every soldier is supposed to be just as strong Spider-man and with centuries of experience, Asgardians are somewhat weak.

Even in What if, a Shield agent is shown fighting an Asgardian using only his fists.

Edited by JoLuRo075 on Dec 1st 2021 at 10:15:35 AM

> For a culture where every soldier is supposed to be just as strong Spider-man and with centuries of experience, Asgardians are somewhat weak.

Super powers are for the privileged elite only!

(Kind of,superhuman powers are not something all the population has)

Every SHIELD agent was armed with an Æsir‘s worst weakness: a vacuum cleaner being swung around.

Edited by Tuckerscreator on Dec 1st 2021 at 10:41:17 AM

It should be noted there is only like a small handful of Gods in Thor.

Thor, Loki, Odin, Frigga, Hella, Siff, and Heimdall.

And we see no one else.

Depends if Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is canon. That show had a couple episodes with a random, blue-collar Asgardian, and he was strong enough to bend metal bars with his bare hands.

" For a culture where every soldier is supposed to be just as strong Spider-man and with centuries of experience, Asgardians are somewhat weak.

Super powers are for the privileged elite only!"

Nope, in the comics, even an Asgardian Mook is as strong as Spider-man.

But in the movies, the Asgardian does not appear to have powers, and can be killed like any human.

Edited by JoLuRo075 on Dec 1st 2021 at 11:59:50 AM

I mean when Hela was mowing them down like ants it wouldn’t have really mattered if they have spider strength because Hela is above Thor’s level and can spam swords like a Gilgamesh

The difference between Hela and Gilgamesh is that Gil looks down on dogs but Hela is a dog lover.

Yeah, I mean they could still have some level of super-power but pale before the actual gods.

Since SHIELD was brought up earlier...

Cobie Smulders is returning as Maria Hill in Secret Invasion!

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Dec 1st 2021 at 5:23:16 AM

Hell yeah! This should be fun.

Every Asgardian has a degree of superhuman strength and durability. Even the average Asgardian civilian is much stronger than even Captain America. The issue of course is that not every Asgardian is a trained warrior.

That last bit is relevant since the Asgardian refugees who survived the destruction of Asgard were all civilians. Their actual standing warriors were the first to be slain by Hela.

They actually are more impressive when you realize that these aren't actually trained soldiers but civilians taking up arms.

Edited by M84 on Dec 1st 2021 at 9:03:26 PM

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness spoilers via merchandise.

Shula-Gorath, baby.

Funny green spaghetti man is a go.

They're gonna have to do something to make Shuma-Gorath distinct from Starro the Conquerer.

Would not be hard at all considering both aren’t really similar characters aside from being giant cephalopods.

Edited by slimcoder on Dec 1st 2021 at 8:35:30 AM

The leaked audition to America Chavez claims a demon is abducting children, so presumably that’s Shuma-Gorath and who knows what he’s doing with them.

While I would extremely hype if it definitely absolutely was Shuma in Multiverse of Madness, I feel inclined to point out that Dr. Strange 1 also had a LEGO set with him fighting a horrible tentacled multidimensional monster, and that turned out to not be a hint of Shuma after all.

Lego sets marketed pre-release generally don't actually tend have scenes from the film anymore, specifically because studios like Disney started complaining. Nowadays they just make up scenes and throw them onto a set.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Dec 1st 2021 at 11:54:12 AM

Also, y'know, the LEGO set literally calls the tentacle monster "Gargantos", not "Shuma-Gorath". It's not Shuma, it's this thing, a completely separate green one-eyed tentacle monster.

Edited by PushoverMediaCritic on Dec 1st 2021 at 12:59:10 PM

On another note, I just saw that comic page of Hank and Janet having kinky sex with the Pym Particles and now I'm wondering "Oh man imagine this happening between Michael Douglas and Michelle Pfeiffer"

Or better yet, let's not imagine it.

You can imagine younger versions of them doing that at least.

MCU Hank at this age cannot safely shrink down anymore due to MCU Pym Particles being toxic.

On another related note and segueing into a more palatable topic, shame that Janet who is a founding Avenger and just generally a pretty major character overall wound up pretty much a bit character whose only major appearance is in a single movie and even then a small role at that.

Wasp even lead the Avengers several times. Its pretty side how immensely minor she is here.

Edited by slimcoder on Dec 2nd 2021 at 1:29:15 AM

Maybe we'll end up with a more comic booky situation where there's different teams instead of just THE Avengers. There's the main team, but also a Young Avengers and a more out there cosmic/quantum team where the likes of Wanda, Wasp and others hang out.

I'm still hoping at some point we get a 1980s team adapted with Janet, Hank, Bradley and Mar'Vell. It seems both unlikely and an eventuallity.