Thor 023: Is Loki’s Magic Also Just Advanced Science?

<h2>Minute Twenty-Three: From Headbutts to Arm Grabs</h2> <p>This week, we’re joined by Cass Fredrickson from Lord of the Rings Minute at Dueling Genre Productions. Laufey ups the battle with Hailstrum and more frost giants and we see Loki's magic in action, so there’s plenty to discuss!</p> <h3>In the twenty-third minute of <a href="https://trustory.fm/director/kenneth-branagh/">Kenneth Branagh</a>’s 2011 film <em>Thor</em>...</h3> <ul><li>Thor seriously is thumping his chest with his roar to match Hailstrum’s. But how seriously is he taking this fight? After Hailstrum shows Thor that he’s pretty strong too, Thor takes off his head with a toss of Mjølnir. So is this a war he’s starting?</li> <li>Has he ever been in a serious fight or has Odin always sent him in to the less serious fights?</li> <li>All these battles are also told from the point of view of the victors. How does that affect our opinions of Thor leading his friends here to fight?</li> <li>And to that end, does Thor see the Frost Giants as anything other than things to kill? I mean, when they’re hit, that part explodes in shards of ice.</li> <li>So realistically, the violence depicted is actually pretty tame despite a massive slaughter taking place here on Jotunheim. I mean, Frost Giants shatter into ice when hit. No blood. So it’s PG-13 friendly.</li></ul> <h3>Mjølnir’s Powers are pretty damn cool.</h3> <ul><li>It’s so fun watching Thor fight with Mjølnir, and here we get to see that it returns to him when thrown.</li> <li>Is Thor’s pose of catching the hammer repeated when Captain America catches it in <em>Endgame</em>?</li></ul> <h3>The Warriors Three, Sif, and Loki seem more focused on teamwork than Thor does.</h3> <ul><li>The battle gets tougher. Hogun comes to Sif’s aid. Volstagg lets everyone know that when a Frost Giant touches you, it necrotizes your skin. Why does Thor not work with everyone as a team? Is he too focused on himself? Or is it just that we really want to see what sort of cool stuff he can do?</li> <li>Loki doesn’t really play