The first Thor: Love and Thunder trailer was finally released and it was worth the wait. Here are the five biggest takeaways from the teaser.
Fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe have been patiently waiting for the Thor: Love and Thunder trailer to debut. There was speculation about when it would come out. The 2022 Super Bowl seemed like the likely place for it to drop. That wasn’t the case.
Bam Smack Pow writer Scott Brown said that it would come out two weeks before Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Looks like he was right on the money.
After years of waiting, the Thor: Love and Thunder trailer was released. Like most Marvel Studios trailers, this didn’t disappoint. There was so much to talk about. For example, Thor’s costumes. The beginning of the trailer showed old-school Odinson’s costume, the Marvel Cinematic Universe and his newest look. The latest looks close to his current Marvel Comics uniform. That was only one of the noteworthy moments. Here are five that everyone should have seen.
Thor: Love and Thunder teaser Easter Eggs
5. King of Asgard
Towards the end of Avengers: Endgame Thor makes Valkyrie the King of New Asgard. He says the Asgardians need a new leader and she’s it. The new trailer shows Tessa Thompson in that role and she looks like a true boss.
She was in front and in charge in New Asgard during a meeting wearing a suit. This is what fans of Valkyrie wanted to see. This shows that she wasn’t just put there. She deserved it and it’s what Asgard needed.
4. Thor: God of Peace?
Thor has always been a god of action. He’s been quick to use his hammer and lightning to destroy anyone who threatened him or those under his protection. After everything he’s been through, Thor seems to be trying something new. He wants peace.
No one has been through more heartache in the MCU than Thor. He’s lost everyone he loves through fighting. And, as the phrase goes, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” He may have looked at this as a time to switch things up. It’ll be interesting to see what leads him to this conclusion. Will Thor keep that vow or will something bring him to retirement? Or, maybe the God of Peace is what happens at the end of the movie.
3. Love and Thunder and Zeus?
The Olympian Gods haven’t made their way into the MCU yet. If there’s any Marvel Studios Franchise that should bring them in, it’s Thor. Especially since there’s a rivalry between Thor and Hercules. Before the Odinson gets his battle with the Lion of Olympus, we could see the other God of Thunder and Lightning, the father of Olympus, Zeus.
It’s not likely that this was actually Zeus. It looks more like a scene from one of the Asgardian plays. The lightning looked too fake. However, that doesn’t mean the Olympians won’t appear. This mockery could bring them out of the woodworks. It also helps that the Guardians of the Galaxy comic book by Al Ewing started with them fighting the Greek Gods.
2. Gorr kills gods
Marvel has teased Gorr the God Butcher. Some of the merchandise shows Christian Bale with his new look. Unfortunately, we still haven’t seen him. Not even in the trailer. While that’s disappointing, we did see some of his handiwork in the teaser.
In the Jason Aaron run of Thor: God of Thunder, there was a giant dead god named Falligar the Behemoth. It was one of the first gods that the Odinson saw that Gorr killed years after their first encounter. We saw a scene just like that in the teaser. That, on top of Thor’s new look shows a heavy influence from Jason Aaron’s comic book run.
1. Love and Thunder and Natalie Portman
Last, and certainly not least, fans finally got to see what Jane Foster looks like as Thor. We’ve seen the clips of Natalie Portman bulking up, but those were just samples. Portman looks fantastic. She helped bring Jane Foster’s God of Thunder to life.
Seeing her summon Mjolnir was breathtaking. This writer rewound the scene a couple of times. He couldn’t believe how good she looked. The helmet, costume, and even the look on Thor’s face when she appeared was everything that fans could have wanted. It was a flawless introduction. The next time we see her will be better than the first.
What do you think, readers? Did you enjoy the first Thor: Love and Thunder trailer? What were your takeaways? Let us know in the comments below.