Thoughts on the Thor: Ragnarok teaser?

What do you think about Baron Zemo?

Which one?

Heinrich Zemo is an important villain in Captain America history, being the man who was responsible for Cap going into the ice (in the comics). He does have one of the most ridiculous villain origin stories ever: he hates Captain America specifically because Cap got his balaclava stuck to his face.

His son, Helmut, is a bit of a basket case. He tried to kill Cap in disguise as the Phoenix – I would advise Jean Grey to sue, personally – and then managed to fall into a vat of the same adhesive that disfigured his dad, proving that idiocy runs in the family. Then he got married to a woman who claimed to be a reincarnation of his father, which is so bizarrely reverse-Freudian I can’t even.

I will give Helmut one thing: he’s really good at getting people to think that his villain team is actually a superhero team – because he’s done it more than once, using the exact same superhero team name.

Overall? They’re serviceable Cap villains. Not quite as classic as the Red Skull, lacking the panache of Baron Strucker, and unlike Arnim Zola they don’t have their faces on TV screens in the middle of their robot bodies.

How did the Targaryens get the Martells to agree to join Westeros?

But if the double-swap theory is true, then why would Varys believe that the Golden Company would join them? He’s not stupid, like JonCon; he wouldn’t buy the historically bizarre “a dragon is a dragon” excuse. He would know that the Golden Company would only back a Blackfyre. So wouldn’t he have to know about Aegon Blackfyre to incorporate the GC into his plan?

It’s quite possible that Varys had planned to pass off the real Aegon as a Blackfyre.

What is the empire of Dawn and the Bloodstone Emperor? What does it have to do with the current world of ASOIAF?

Haven’t really dug into that part of WOIAF enough to say, btw.

How do you imagine a Wildlings holdfast is structured? Ruddy Hall is my only example since we don’t hear of too many

I would imagine extremely loosely.

Do you think Justin Massey might end up marrying Asha?

I don’t think so. Their paths seem to be diverging quite substantially.

Yeah, great to see Skurge. Thoughts on the trailer as a whole?

Looks like it took them three tries to nail the airbrushed-panel-van mood that a Thor film should have. Cate Blanchett as Hela looks great, the mixture of comedy and drama is about right, etc.

Now, if they can just work in Throg, Frog of Thunder, it’ll be a perfect Thor movie…

Best deep cut from the Thor: Ragnarok trailer. I will fight anyone who disagrees.

Do you think that in ADwD Ramsay’s chaotic,reckless evil impulses get played up notch too high compared to in ACoK? Let’s be honest, while Ramsay is no Varys or Tyrion, he did display good on the spot thinking & improv skills in ACoK, & is fully capable of being patient until the time is right to strike. Compared to that in ADwD, he seems to throw all caution to wind, always raring to make boots out of their strongest supporter or to make “Arya”‘s cries echo throughout Winterfell. So what gives?

I mean, he also got himself almost killed by kidnapping a noblewoman and forcing her to eat her fingers, so…