I don’t know whose idea it was to parody the hysterical Star Wars Volkswagon commercial from the Superbowl this year but I now bow down before them. Introducing, Little Thor.
This is one of the best pieces of marketing I’ve ever seen. Besides the fact that the ending of the commercial is 10 billion times funnier than the Star Wars one, fans can also dissect the entire thing for Marvel related Easter Eggs. How many can you find?
I don’t know about anyone else, but I’d love to see a short film on the Thor DVD with this kid.
April 21st, 2011 at 1:53 pm
I caught the dog’s name and the license plate straight off, lemme see here…
The Thor action figure behind the little blonde girl doll
The Stark coffee mug
Anyone else?
April 21st, 2011 at 2:16 pm
The song is Flight of the Valkyries. Pretty obvious though.
April 21st, 2011 at 2:47 pm
Brilliant.
April 21st, 2011 at 6:01 pm
That’s RIDE of the Valkyries.
And it sounds like victory.
April 22nd, 2011 at 3:23 am
there’s an iron man air freshener in the car, also too.
April 22nd, 2011 at 8:16 am
The license plate on the car reads “A5G 4RD” or…Asgard.
April 22nd, 2011 at 9:13 am
Didn’t find anything the rest of you didn’t. Just wanted to say “Hi” to Vinnie, on the chance he comes back to read this. Hi, Vinnie. Also, more on topic, this promo is so cool, it almost makes up for the alarmingly lazy and pointless red-tinted close-up shot they’re using as a movie poster. Honestly, is that the image they think will help put asses in seats? Really? With so much fantastic imagery to choose from, they decide that a picture of a good-looking but otherwise unremarkable man is the way to go. And to add insult to injury (hey, I have to bring up adding insult to injury—we’re on the internet!!!), the evolutionary u-turn who made this decision probably gets paid ridiculous sums of money to make decisions as crappy as this. Where, I ask, is the justice?
April 22nd, 2011 at 9:57 am
MEH.
April 22nd, 2011 at 10:03 am
Lame as the movie will be.
April 22nd, 2011 at 10:17 am
Little Thor should team up with Iron Baby
April 22nd, 2011 at 10:17 am
ok, I found the name of the dog is loki,in the bedroom behind the doll is a figure of thor and in the kitchen the cup is from “stark enterprise” and also the air freshener and the car plate already mention
April 22nd, 2011 at 12:58 pm
i hope this and the Conan bits end up on the DVDs
April 22nd, 2011 at 3:40 pm
I’m not much of a Star Wars fan anymore (due to three lousy prequels that dispensed with much of why I liked the first three), AND I’m a Marvel guy… but the original Star Wars version of this is better.
April 22nd, 2011 at 8:53 pm
Sorry, but this was nowhere as cute as the Vader. While it was a jolt when the lighting hit, it wasn’t funny when you consider the damage. Over doing a god thing.
April 23rd, 2011 at 7:22 am
Not as funny as (but, I suppose, far more mass-market friendly than) Thor’s Kitchen.
http://youtu.be/I-VMKB2Gg3M
(some NSFW language)
April 24th, 2011 at 2:06 am
The dog’s name is Loki.
April 24th, 2011 at 8:36 pm
Hmm, Act of God. Someone’s not going to be able to claim on the car insurance…
April 24th, 2011 at 10:42 pm
Way cool!
April 25th, 2011 at 12:47 pm
Nathan FTW.