This ones already being earmarked to do for the MCU what Captain America: The Winter Soldiers storylines did last year: flip it on its head. Joining the usual gaggle of Asgardian beefcakes is shy, retiring science genius Bruce Banner and his giant green hungry-angry-baby alter ego, the Hulk. Now its entirely possible that theyre looking to repeat the Hulk/Thor slugfest from the first Avengers, by having Banner Hulk-out under the control of Loki. The god of mischief and hair products certainly knows firsthand what its like to be on the business end of those fists, so we wouldnt put it past him. Making the assumption (and making an ass out of you and umption) that the Hulks on the right team this time, then we need a legitimate villain to accompany Lokis turn here. We cant have Loki playing the main bad guy of a Marvel movie for the third time, its just a little too played out. In the Norse myths, Ragnarok the twilight of the gods, the end of days comes about with the arrival of the Fenris Wolf and the giant serpent Jormungandr. However, theres also the small matter of the existence in the comics of an artificially created version of Thor named Ragnarok. Could this be Thors Winter Soldier? Nah, forget it. I'm going for Surtur, the fire demon imprisoned by Odin millennia ago. With Loki having secretly usurped Odin, whats to say his old magics are still working to keep Surtur chained up at the centre of the Earth? And of course, Surtur and his terrible sword Twilight (still not as terrible as the film Twilight, but few things are) are the harbingers of Ragnarok, after all. Who to play Surtur? Someone big, gnarly and extremely intimidating even without prosthetics/CG to add a little demon to him. I'm going for Javier Bardem, the man who made No Country For Old Men such a chilling experience.
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