Avengers Minisodes: Episode 4 - Thor

In the run up to the latest hotly anticipated Marvel blockbuster Avengers: Age of Ultron, Steve and Owen have been busy putting together a series of short 20-25 minute long minisode podcasts. With clips from the films, trailers, retro reviews taken from our archived podcasts as well as brand new retrospective reviews featuring a varied mix of different guests for each episode, we’ll be running through all of the MCU movies thus far in chronological order. The fourth episode of our Avengers Minisodes looks at the big screen debut of the God of Thunder. With the Marvel Cinematic Universe well and truly established at this point, its first big expansion came with the arrival of other worlds and monsters in this Shakespearean fantasy story. With Kenneth Brannagh in the director's chair and an age old story of brotherly rivalry, both of whom are vying for their father's throne, Thor's tonal shift was unlike any of the previous three films produced by Marvel Studios up to this point. Although the film featured a relatively small cast compared to Iron Man 2, it could boast having the likes of Natalie Portman, Idris Elba, Anthony Hopkins and of course Tom Hiddleston as the trickster, the God of mischief, Loki, opposite Chris Hesmworth as our titular hero. The latter two would eventually go on to shine in Avengers Assemble 12 months later. In this episode, we'll be featuring clips and trailers from the movie, as well as a retro review taken from an old archived podcast. We're also joined by the ever insightful Tony Black from Black Hole Cinema, who on rewatching Thor prior to recording this podcast had something of a change of opinion... Our next episode will again feature clips, a retro review and retrospective review on the penultimate entry in Marvel's Phase 1 series, Captain America: The First Avenger. You can keep up with all of the episodes released so far and those to come here. Warning: our Avengers Minisodes may contain spoilers   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices