Thor 046: Why Does SHIELD Feel So Sinister?

<h2>Minute Forty-Six: From Thor’s Valediction to Coulson’s Appropriation</h2> <p>Joining us to discuss the royal and polite way Thor says goodbye and Coulson’s own polite way of appropriating all of the Scientist Three’s gear is Matt Carroll, one of the two co-hosts of the award-winning MCUCast and founder of the Stranded Panda Podcast Network.</p> <h3>In the forty-sixth minute of <a href="https://trustory.fm/director/kenneth-branagh/">Kenneth Branagh</a>’s 2011 film <em>Thor</em>...</h3> <ul><li>Jane has no idea what to do after Thor kisses her hand. Her flustered behavior is adorable.</li> <li>Matt struggles with the fact that Thor falls in love with Jane by the end of the film but it does feel like they pull a lot of the romantic comedy tropes here to make this work. So to that end, if you can’t buy into the rom-com nature and their meet-cute, you may struggle with this relationship.</li> <li>But is Thor interested in Jane at this point or just kissing the cute girl’s hand?</li> <li>Regardless, Darcy and Erik curtsey and bow, respectively, and it’s adorable. Especially Darcy. Which certainly holds true with her reactions so far in the film.</li> <li>Erik’s bow is a bit more awkward and uncomfortable, but it’s as if he feels compelled. It’s great.</li> <li>In the background, you can see the paved road turns to dirt, giving away a bit of the old west town in which this was filmed.</li> <li>And have you ever noticed the Christmas Every Day shop on Main Street? Wow, does this feel like real small-town America.</li> <li>Let’s not forget the Liquor Locker!</li></ul> <h3>The Scientists Three find SHIELD agents raiding her lab.</h3> <ul><li>Agent Coulson and SHIELD seem a bit more like a threat in this film. That feels new in the MCU.</li> <li>Well, there was a bit of that in <em>Iron Man 2</em>.</li> <li>But did you know that this was originally scripted to be Nick Fury? They couldn’t get Samuel L. Jackson, though, so it was rewritten as Agent Coulson, which may be why he feels a bit different here.</li> <li>Erik cle