Well, the cat is well and truly out the bag now – apparently, Fear Itself‘s Worthy is just a bunch of bankers:
(Yes, I actually meant bankers. To those thinking I was using rhyming slang, shame on you.)
Never ones to miss a promotional opportunity, Marvel attempted to hype this week’s US release of Thor with a particularly unconvincing God of Thunder stand-in ringing the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange yesterday, alongside Marvel executives and a clearly embarrassed Axel Alonso. Am I the only person thinking this is a weird backfire in terms of PR? I look at this Thor and wonder why they couldn’t get Chris Hemsworth:
That said, if Fear Itself really did turn out to be a story about a bunch of Disney execs and stock traders using godlike power irresponsibly, I would probably be more excited about the “real world” implications of the series.
May 3rd, 2011 at 1:57 pm
Oh, you’re not far off: if the end of Fear Itself doesn’t involve the heroes getting their own hammers, I’ll eat my hat.
May 4th, 2011 at 4:50 am
Never mind Axel Alonso, that guy on the far left is plainly feeling as silly as he’d ever felt in his life.