From his early days as a comics fan through his pitch to bring the Thunder God back to earth to his work on the "Thor" film, J. Michael Straczynski tells CBR all about his Asgardian pedigree.
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05-10-2011, 05:05 PM #1Mild-Mannered Reporter
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CBR: JMS Details His "Thor" History
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05-10-2011, 06:08 PM #2New Member
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Can someone please explain to me why JMS left Thor shortly after # 600?
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05-10-2011, 06:09 PM #3Why so serious?
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Fourth answer, second sentence, shouldn't that be a "a lot of folks gave us both" instead of "have"?
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05-10-2011, 06:10 PM #4Why so serious?
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If memory serves, a big reason was Siege was imminent and JMS didn't want to work around it.
Originally Posted by trubluefanatic
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05-10-2011, 06:11 PM #5The One and Only
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05-10-2011, 06:26 PM #6Star Blazer
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I'm still left wondering what JMS was building up to. Originally Posted by G. Wayne
He seemed to have a major Siege'like end game with Loki, Doom, the Asgardians, and Namor and perhaps even Odin but it all just fizzled out and didn't even end on a strong note. It read exactly like JMS just gave up and tried to hastily wrap up his run before Siege came.
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05-10-2011, 07:05 PM #7Member
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Originally Posted by trubluefanatic
Because he didn't want to take part in a bigger universe.
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05-10-2011, 07:13 PM #8Member
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Originally Posted by G. Wayne
And "Siege" sucked. I would have preferred seeing what JMS was building towards. His run on "Thor" was my favorite comic of the last decade.The Green Goblin is the anti-Spider-Man
Dr. Octopus is the anti-Peter Parker
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05-10-2011, 07:28 PM #9Mario Di Giacomo
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Has he EVER finished a comic run cleanly? Originally Posted by trubluefanatic
All I know is, this would sound a lot more creative
if he hadn't turned around and done basically the same thing with Superman & Wonder Woman. At least he finished tho-One of the most important lessons any writer can learn is to take something and turn it upside down just to see how it looks. The obvious choice is to put Thor into something cosmic, which is why it’s been done so much. So what does that look like if we turn it upside down? You put him on Earth, in a setting as far from cosmic as you can get without sliding into an alternate universe.
Oh, wait....Mario Di Giacomo
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05-10-2011, 07:40 PM #10Bullseye.
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It had absolutely nothing to do with an event that screws up the story he was working on? Originally Posted by lead sharp
So...whose neck do I break first?
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05-10-2011, 08:15 PM #11Senior Member
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Guy's got no work ethic.
Don't really care what he has to say."A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her."
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05-10-2011, 08:24 PM #12You don't butt in line!
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"brought the gods of Asgard to earth where their kingdom was reconstituted in the skies above Broxton, Oklahoma." Still not a big fan of that. I haven't been reading so maybe this has been reconciled, but how does Asgard interact with the other nine realms if it is physically on one of them? And while I see his point, I don't think Don Blake was really necessary anymore. Not so much that the character couldn't be written well, but that Thor no longer needed a Don Blake persona to change into. Friends on Midgard could fill that need-to-be-grounded role.
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05-10-2011, 08:30 PM #13Sad Hawkguy in the snow
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Gaiman would have been great on Thor.
Wasn't a fan of JMS on it. Honestly, would have preferred Gillen from the get-go.I know Kevin Nichols through a guy that knows a gal. Small world!
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05-10-2011, 11:47 PM #14New Member
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He finished Thor. Maybe not the way he wanted, but he did. Originally Posted by mdg1
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05-10-2011, 11:50 PM #15Member
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It's hard for me to give much attention to JMS, given his recent track record at DC in particular, but I thought his run on Thor in general was really good stuff, and enjoyed the movie as well.
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