This Thor cartoon, a mere 17 minutes long, has more going on, and is more fun, than any number of full-length animated features. What it lacks in animation quality it more than makes up in story, music, and voice acting. The scene in Don Blake’s office with the Enchantress is very funny.
BEHOLD! Thor the God of Thunder…
I admit I haven’t seen the Venture Brothers. Loki was voiced by Len Carlson, who died two years ago.
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Carlson was also the voice of Ganon in the short-lived “Legend of Zelda” series 20 years ago — which happen to be cartoons that my son and I have been getting laughs from recently on Netflix Watch Instantly.
I don’t think Lichtenstein “borrowed” (i.e., swiped) any Jack Kirby art. The man who would know is David Barsalou.
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Those shots of Enchantress in the limo and later with Blake are straight out of a Roy Lichtenstein painting! Of course, Lichtenstein was just mashing up old Kirby-illustrated Marvel romance comics so I guess that’s not really fair….
Does anyone else think that the voice of The Monarch from Venture Brothers is modelled after Loki’s from this series?
True, even the use of “breathless wonder” in the lyric can’t save this clunker of a theme. The Hulk’s theme has a quirky charm, with the made up word (aren’t all words made up?) “glammeray.”
So,now we knowwho’s really behind Global Warming and all of those huricanes! The Evil Loki!
Gee, Stan Lee sure put in plenty of “soap opera” elements in these stories! This is almost like a Norse God Romance Comic! What fun!
Unfortunately, I think Thor’s theme song is pretty bland and mediocre, especially when compared to the Captain America and Iron Man themes.