Thor: Love And Thunder And What's Making Us Happy

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🗓️ 8 July 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Marvel's Thor: Love And Thunder follows in the footsteps of the much-loved Thor: Ragnarok. Both are directed by Taika Waititi, and both offer a lighthearted take on the godlike superhero, played again by Chris Hemsworth. The new film introduces Christian Bale as a villain named Gorr, The God Butcher, and brings back Natalie Portman as Jane Foster — who now wields Thor's hammer.

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0:00.0	The New Film brings back Chris Hemsworth as Thor and introduces Christian Bell as a villain
0:21.4	named Gore, the God Butcher.
0:23.8	I'm Glenn Weldon.
0:24.8	And I'm Steven Thompson.
0:25.8	Today we are talking about Thor, Love and Thunder on Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR.
0:32.2	Here with Glenn and me today is Sam Yellowhorse Kessler, a producer for NPR's Planet
0:36.2	Money.
0:37.2	Welcome back Sam.
0:38.2	Hello, glad to be here.
0:39.2	It's great to have you.
0:40.2	Also here is Daisy Rosario, she's a podcast producer and a storyteller you may have heard
0:44.6	on the Moth Radio Hour.
0:46.1	Welcome back Daisy.
0:47.1	Hey thanks for having me.
0:48.1	It's a pleasure.
0:49.1	So, Thor, Love and Thunder is a sequel to one of the best loved films in the Marvel Cinematic
0:54.1	Universe.
0:55.1	When Thor, Ragnarok, came out in 2017, it revitalized a flagging Thor for Henshize with the
1:01.1	aid of director Tyka YTT, who helped bring out Chris Hemsworth's funny side and pitched
1:06.3	in as the voice of the lovable Korg.
1:08.8	Five years later, Thor, Love and Thunder has a similar sensibility.
1:12.6	It's got lots of humor, lots of guns and roses on the soundtrack, and lots and lots of
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