Other-ing the Mega-Verse.

The vast majority of movie sequels perform more poorly at the box office – and in the hearts of their fans – than the original. The filmmakers fall prey to repeating what worked the first time, but without the freshness and novelty of originality, the sequel can disappoint.

There are exceptions. Thor: Ragnarok is a particularly excellent specimen.

I love the how wonderfully strange Thor: Ragnarok is – its tone, its introspection, its visuals, its kooky buddy-movie dynamics, its blasphemous treatment of Thor’s traditional manly beauty. Turns out none of this was a fluke, but rather a concerted effort to bring foreign DNA (in this case from New Zealand) to the familiarity of the franchise.

Read about it: here

“when it came time to make a third Thor movie, Marvel decided to try something they hadn’t done before: soft-reboot their own franchise. In the process—and with the help of a serious organizational shift at Marvel—they paved the way forward for even bolder storytelling.”