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The newer edition has removed harmful outdated stereotypes.
It's been thirty-one years since the The Terminator first wowed audiences, and my fear as I stare down the abyss into the dark future is that they'll just keep cranking these things out forever and always until the end of time. They. Will. Not. Stop.
With producer Kevin Feige and the other folks at the helm of Marvel Studios delivering a master class in franchise management, the Marvelverse is cruising ahead this year towards the end of its Phase Two.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
WHAT'S HAPPENING
While Thor's second solo feature swaps in director Alan Taylor, the edifice that Kenneth Branagh helped build last time is so sturdy that any changes are akin to changing the drapes.
Kenneth Branagh's Thor had a certain playfulness that pitted the ultra-serious world of Asgard, land of the Norse gods, against 21st-century USA. Now director Alan Taylor has taken the reins of the franchise and, with Thor: The Dark World, drains the fun from it.
