Thor Ragnarok Part 1 | Did Marvel Save Thor by Breaking Him?

Thor is back, the hammer is doomed, and the MCU is about to get a lot weirder. In Part 1 of our Thor: Ragnarok conversation, we dive into the movie that completely changed the direction of Thor in the MCU. Was Taika Waititi’s comedy-heavy approach exactly what the character needed after Thor: The Dark World, or did Marvel push the jokes a little too far? We talk about Chris Hemsworth leaning into comedy, the opening scene with Surtur, Odin’s final moments, Loki’s role in the story, Hela’s big entrance, Cate Blanchett’s performance, the destruction of Mjolnir, and the wild visual shift once Thor lands on Sakaar. We also get into Jeff Goldblum as the Grandmaster, the movie’s strange retro sci-fi energy, and whether Ragnarok still works as a superhero movie when it’s having this much fun making fun of itself. Plus, because this is Psyber Conversations, we somehow take a detour into an old Robin audition story from the Batman movie era. Naturally. Was Thor: Ragnarok the movie that saved Thor, or the moment Marvel started turning him into a punchline? Let’s talk about it.