eardrum73

I voted for Amora.

I'm having second thoughts now... I think Storm would make an awesome lady for Thor.

Also you forgot about Totto.... there should be a fifth entry for a super pet or something lol

@Lion_Heart22 said:

I concur with eardrum73! Sif-Thor-Jane would be a great drama subplot if done correctly. Though the filmmakers should thread carefully: Portman is a very big name in the movie, and Thor has a large, large, LARGE number of female followers, now that Thor and Avengers came out, so depicting him as any less than faithful to his love might harm him.

I myself would enjoy seeing him in full warrior mode. We've seen him doing nothing but holding back in the movies, except for his fights against the frost giants and against the Destroyer. He holds back against Hulk, and against Loki both times they fight, he holds back against Iron Man, etc. I want to see him unleash the true might of the God of Thunder. I would also like to see more of his H2H prowess, it was great seeing him duke it out bare-handed in Thor and Avengers, more of that would be great.

And this will likely not happen, but it would be great to show more of his other powers, ie: forcefields, portals, energy manipulation, earth manipulation, etc.

Yes they would have to do the love triangle properly. Be really nice if they did though.

I'm not sure if he held back against Iron Man though. Maybe towards the end of the fight...not 100% sure. He did start of by blasting IM with a powerful bolt of lightning. Fatal in most cases.(of course it had the inverse effect in the movie) He also head butted IM with such force that he dented IM mask badly. A human wearing any standard military headgear wouldn't have a head left. He also hammered cap with full force. If it was a shield made of earthly materials, Cap would have been paste. It just didn't seem like he was holding back in these situations.

The fight with the Hulk in the helicarrier - Thor definitely held back using his other powers. But I'm not sure if he held back with his H2H prowess. It seems like he tried to go melee with the hulk but didn't come out so well. He did hit hulk more often (which implies that Thor is the more skillful of melee combatants between the two) but the way hulk manhandled him by tossing him around seemed to suggest that Movie hulk is stronger and better at brawling than movie Thor.

And yes I would definitely want to see his other powers such as energy manipulation and so on... although it looks like he lacks the ability to teleport in the movies.

I have some Questions....

What do you consider as an intangible power? Is telepathy considered an intangible power?

Define Invincible trait? would you consider the Destroyer as invincible?

Ghost rider cannot be hurt (I've also heard from somewhere that he cannot be killed)..... isn't that considered an invincible trait?

@m0ntyb0y: DD as "eyes" totally ironic. I was thinking exactly the same thing when I was typing that!

I never actually considered DD engaging Predator in melee combat because I don't think DD has anything that can hurt the Predator. But from what you said DD engaging Pred to make it easier for HE to aim does make a lot of sense.

He has his radar sense - this should enables him to survive longer than a few rounds if his agility is up to it. I'm only saying this because he goes up against Bullseye and has survived many times. Bullseye is supposedly very accurate and deadly with anything he throws. Then again DD has had the stuffings kicked out of him by others that are nowhere near as precise.

The problem with this strategy is that Hawkeye can't or will not use an explosive arrow because that will kill DD as well. It might mean he has to use normal arrows (or something that is single target). As we all know, Predators are tough as hell (let alone a wolf predator). A few arrows would not slow it down - much.

If Hawkeye is ambushed and taken out early in the piece than I think its GG for the Heroes. Its not impossible for Punisher and Widow to pull the same strategy off with DD as eyes but the odds are stacked heavily against them.

Either way you look at it, Predator has the advantage, and a significant one at that.

I will credit Stan the Man for being the first one to use a god as a superhero and pulling it off really well. His vision and creativity that made Marvel Thor what he is today. He actually portrayed Thor as a tangible character(In Mythology, Thor was a little more abstract) Now, even in other pulp mediums; Marvel or otherwise - Thor characters in other comics are almost always based on Marvel Thor. (strong tough dude with a powerful hammer)

I agree that Stan Lee would make Thor the leading hero in the Marvel universe if he returned to write Thor. The argument of who is the most powerful hero between Surfer, Hulk and Thor would be over.

FIRST POINT

Being the strongest superhero in the Marvel universe has it's own drawbacks. Chiefly It doesn't always make for better stories. In all seriousness it's usually quite the opposite. The more powerful and invulnerable the hero the harder it is to find threats or plots that could endanger him. It tends to get real boring real quick. How many times can Thor fight a cosmic bad guy before the readers will go "not this again"

Cosmic villains are almost always super strong, can fly, super tough and usually has a beam weapon or some energy projection power. Sure they have different names and look different but as far the basics are concerned they are much of a muchness.

Thor is my favorite Marvel hero bar none. However I would actually prefer to see Thor in an interesting story than have him be the number 1 Marvel hero (if by being #1 his stories will suffer). I would also like to see him use his other powers more liberally and intelligently than straight up brawling like he's being portrayed now. If he uses his powers intelligently I don't really care if the Hulk or surfer is the best hero, Thor did his best and thats good enough for me.

In fact, if Thor actually used his powers intelligently, Hulk or Surfer would have a really tough time competing with Thor for #1 spot.

SECOND POINT

The other thing is Stan Lee. I would be hesitant for Stan to come back and write Thor again.

Have any of you read Ravage 2099? It was written by Stan the Man himself, I bought the first issue with great anticipation (foil cover and all) but I found the writing to be really dated and cliche. After the 2nd or 3rd Issue I just couldn't bring myself to go on. It was just too cliche. The characters, speech bubbles and plots had all be done to death before. In short it was boring to read. I realized on that day that I had grown out of the old school silver age writing style than Stan was so famous for.

Comics have evolved and us readers with it. I craved for something more immersive and exciting than silver age writing.

While Stan would almost certainly do Thor proud from a hero prestige perspective, I can't say that I want Stan Lee back to write Thor. He created Marvel Thor sure.. (and i credit him for that) but he wasn't the best Thor writer.

(I personally think Simonson was the best)

Widow and Pun are more or less non factors if the Predator goes invisible and takes them out one by one as their race are so fond of doing while hunting their prey. Predators attack by ambush (mostly) if they are on the hunt.

The key is Daredevil and Hawkeye. They has to survive and team up well enough to take down the Predator. Otherwise is GG.

DD being the eyes (I don't see DD having anything that could hurt the predator) Hawkeye with his his explosive arrows. The hard part would be HE has to follow what DD says, he can't aim for himself so his accuracy abilities don't come into it.

To a lesser extend punisher and Widow could do the same thing with DD and their guns. But it is much harder to hit something when you are literally following someone else's instructions and a blind man at that.

I give it to the Predator if he uses his stealth cloaking and ambush.

I would really like to see:

1) A relationship with Sif. Or at least a start by showing some feelings for each other. The love triangle between Foster, Sif and Thor would be good drama IF done properly.

2) More time in Asgard. Yes a more Nordic feel would be nice. Audience related to LoTR, Star Wars, Avatar... all which were foreign worlds and the movie audience lapped it up.

3) Helmet.. not sure. i think a 616 costume would make him look silly, like cap did in the avengers or even his own movie for that matter. There is a reason why X-men, Hawkeye have different costumes from their comic counter parts and that is to make them relevant and taken seiously by the movie crowd.

4) I would also like to see Thor fight intelligently. Using his other powers instead of just bashing it out with fist and hammer. I have high hopes because Thor 1 by Kenneth Brannaugh certainly showed that vs the Frost Giants and the Destroyer.

Bump... any1?

Hawkeye can potentially clear everything with an explosive arrow. Even 3 polar bears if blast radius happens to cripples all of them. If not, watch out.....

However... the Ants is the unknown factor. If there is a large swarm of them more than a single explosive arrow can manage.... its GG Hawkeye