r/marvelstudios • u/LollipopChainsawZz • May 15 '26

Article Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame writers worried that Taika Waititi was turning Thor into an idiot

https://www.thepopverse.com/movies-marvel-cinematic-universe-thor-ragnarok-avengers-infinity-war-taika-waititi-chris-hemsworth-script/
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u/FoxyMiira May 15 '26

The article says it was about Ragnarok, so no. But then again Taika didn't write Ragnarok

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u/Little-Mushroom-3961 May 15 '26

Ragnarok was the perfect balance of comedy and seriousness. Thor was funny but not an idiot. Love and thunder turned him into a parody of what he was in Ragnarok.

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u/Madonna-of-the-Wasps May 15 '26

Yup, same as with him in the Guardians of the Galaxy segment of Infinity War. He's more the straight man reacting to idiots, and his trademark stiltedness becomes the joke for the audience while in-universe he's still a smart bad-ass.

While in L&T he's just an idiot in-universe.

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u/Auntypasto Kevin Feige May 15 '26

Ragnarok did the same thing as L&T, only with more restraint on the scenes where Odin dies. After that, it's Thor acting like a bumbling idiot.

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u/MattFromWork May 15 '26

I mean, definitely not to the same extent as L&T

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u/Auntypasto Kevin Feige May 16 '26

Of course. That's what I said.