Thor 055: Does Agent Sitwell Ever Smile?

<h2>Minute Fifty-Five: From Thor’s Punchline to Thor’s Punch</h2> <p>Joining us today to discuss Thor’s joke about flying out, Agent Sitwell’s first appearance in the MCU, and Thor’s break-in into the SHIELD Crater base is Scott Carelli, founder of Dueling Genre Podcast Network and host of Franchisography.</p> <h3>In the fifty-fifth minute of <a href="https://trustory.fm/director/kenneth-branagh/">Kenneth Branagh</a>’s 2011 film <em>Thor</em>...</h3> <ul><li>Thor has a great line delivery on his punchline, and the fact that he just walks away is perfect.</li> <li>If we stayed on him as he walked away, he totally would be smirking about having said the cool line.</li> <li>We jump to a Mjølnir-eye view to see that it’s starting to rain. Is this because Thor is getting close to Mjølnir?</li> <li>There didn’t seem to be a lot of interference when the townies were here so it feels like it must be the two of them.</li> <li>This storm came in very quickly. It wasn’t that long ago that Thor and Jane were driving under clear skies.</li></ul> <h3>It’s time to introduce Agent Jasper Sitwell into the MCU!</h3> <ul><li>Is it telling that every shot of him is a dutch angle? Or is that hard to read since <em>so many shots</em> in the film are dutch angles anyway?</li> <li>Sitwell was first introduced in Strange Tales with a Nick Fury storyline. He’s served with Tony Stark. But was he nice? He sure seems serious here. Were they already planning his HYDRA role?</li> <li>We look at Maximiliano Hernández with the IMDb game. It’s harder than we thought it would be!</li> <li>We also do the IMDb game for the Techie and some of the Agents.</li> <li>We’re glad the Techie’s extra lines were cut out. These characters really shouldn’t be fun or funny.</li></ul> <h3>We dig into Southwest Flight 5434 as Agent Sitwell diverts it.</h3> <ul><li>But it doesn’t go anywhere.</li> <li>We call it the Easter egg that wasn’t.</li> <li>What’s interesting though is that the screen shows the Event Zone, but it’s near northern New Mexico. So that breaks o