Ah. So it's sort of like a Continuity Reboot, in a way.
That's what it looks like to me. Trailers have been known to lead people amiss. I dunno if they'd really be willing to throw out all the actors from 1-3 like that. On the other hand, they threw out a couple in 3, and they may feel some of the others (Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen) are growing too old for the roles (in any case, they get to keep Hugh Jackman).
I sadly haven't finished the fourth one (it was kind of sad and all), but from what I did read, it was awesome.
It was, indeed; both. Rose kicks all kind of ass, and I was a little shocked at the depth of emotion Mead managed to wring out of her material. (After reading the book to the end, I'm pretty sure the series is going to have the a happy ending - but that getting there is not going to be easy. I'm pretty sure I saw the series listed on TV Tropes once as an example of Earn Your Happy Ending, and that's certainly how it looks to me at this point.)
I was mostly referring to how close Thor and Loki were before the whole Jotun thing, but yeah...very good point.
Ah, okay. It's been a while since I've seen Thor and I'd have to have another look at it. From what I remember, though ... I also don't recall being particularly struck by the closeness of their relationship until after Loki turned against him.
But yeah, the subtext of the following material is that they were close at one time, whether or not that was shown in the movie itself.
I think that's really how you do a sympathetic villain -- give them reasons for their actions, but don't sugarcoat the actions themselves.
That's a very good description.
And I hear where you're coming from in terms of writing well. Fortunately, another one of the benefits of writing is that (if we set our minds to it), we're constantly honing our craft. We don't have to get it right immediately out of the gate, we just have to keep getting better.
Re: Part 1
That's what it looks like to me. Trailers have been known to lead people amiss. I dunno if they'd really be willing to throw out all the actors from 1-3 like that. On the other hand, they threw out a couple in 3, and they may feel some of the others (Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen) are growing too old for the roles (in any case, they get to keep Hugh Jackman).
It was, indeed; both. Rose kicks all kind of ass, and I was a little shocked at the depth of emotion Mead managed to wring out of her material. (After reading the book to the end, I'm pretty sure the series is going to have the a happy ending - but that getting there is not going to be easy. I'm pretty sure I saw the series listed on TV Tropes once as an example of Earn Your Happy Ending, and that's certainly how it looks to me at this point.)
Ah, okay. It's been a while since I've seen Thor and I'd have to have another look at it. From what I remember, though ... I also don't recall being particularly struck by the closeness of their relationship until after Loki turned against him.
But yeah, the subtext of the following material is that they were close at one time, whether or not that was shown in the movie itself.
That's a very good description.
And I hear where you're coming from in terms of writing well. Fortunately, another one of the benefits of writing is that (if we set our minds to it), we're constantly honing our craft. We don't have to get it right immediately out of the gate, we just have to keep getting better.