The Mythology Behind Thor: Love And Thunder's Dumbest Joke
The comedy of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been a mixed bag over the past decade and change, and every fan has hits and misses in mind. It can be hard to weave a satisfying joke into an action superhero story, but, for better and for worse, no one takes more swings than Taika Waititi.
Thor: Love and Thunder and its predecessor Thor: Ragnarok were somewhat controversial for their focus on oddball comedy. While some loved the gag-a-minute dialogue, others felt that too much of the narrative's drama was undercut by one-liners. Waititi's second feature on the MCU sees some improvements on this issue but also doubles down on some jokes that may put audiences off.
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Early in Thor: Love and Thunder, the God of Thunder finds himself picking up the ax to save a race of aliens from an army of violent invaders. After his overwhelming victory, slightly tainted by massive collateral damage, the innocent civilians he rescued present him with a humble reward. They bring a pair of massive goats who emit a nightmarish scream every few seconds. Thor finds them to be a titanic inconvenience from the moment he gets them, but the two large creatures become useful later in the plot. Thor winds up using his two goats as his new means of transportation, lashing them to a ship like a pair of extremely loud draft horses. These goats do not get names in the film's script, but their names are known because Toothgnasher and Toothgrinder have their origin in ancient Norse myth.
Gods have a lot of ways of getting around in Norse Myth. Shape-shifting into animals, magical wings, teleportation, but, most prefer the classic drawn chariot method. Odin has Sleipnir, his flying eight-legged horse to
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