Step Brothers: In-Law

Plot: As their business is at it’s heyday, Dale and Brennan celebrate all their achievements in the bar industry as well as in their family and personal lives. Dale is married to a woman named Jenny (Mila Kunis) with a daughter and Brennan is married to a woman named Ashley (Kristen Wiig) with two sons.

One day, their approached by FBI agents Mike Sledge (Zach Galifianakis) and Jonah Smith (Chris Pine), who tell them about a group of fradulent investors and franchise owners at the company that plan to launch a hostile takeover and use the company to launder money.

They have Brennan and Dale infiltrate the money laundering scheme with the help of Ashley, who’s an IRS worker, and an FBI surveillance specialist named Robert (Kyle Mooney). However, the dynamic duo discover that the laundering operation is connected to a bigger underground organization controlled by a man known as The Broker (Seth Gabel).

As Ashley, Robert, and all their allies are kidnapped by The Broker’s men, Dale and Brennan are forced to go to New York and face The Broker, but they have no combat training so they go to the help of a former Hitman who Agent Mike Sledge mentioned, Marshall Greene (Michael Jai White), who teaches them basic combat and helps them infiltrate The Broker’s headquarters.

They fight ASAP (Chance The Rapper as a cameo), The Broker’s Lieutenant, but shoot him in a way like Harrison Ford when he shoots the swordsman.

They then face The Broker’s guard squad and his main bodyguard, Big Brother (John Cena) who wields a katana. Then Brennan takes out his sword signed by Randy Jackson and the two have an epic fight while Dale watches in ah.

Then they finally come face to face with The Broker who has everyone tied up in the room. He threatens to blow up the building unless they sign over their business so he can finally complete his money laundering ring. Suddenly, Derick (Adam Scott), Brennan’s other brother, crashes in with a shotgun and says that the feds sent him to make sure Dale and Brennan didn’t screw things up.

Dale, Brennan, and The Broker all take out guns and a Mexican stand off begins as they all begin hurdling insults at eachother. As they do so, Agent Mike Sledge manages to cut he and Agent Jonah Smith and all the others free. They all surround The Broker, whose security detail arrives to help him.

A massive battle between the two parties ensues where they fight with their fists and various objects against the guards stun sticks and pistols.

The Broker is about to escape before Ashley and Brennan tackle him before kissing eachother to celebrate.

In the end, Dale and Brennan are awarded a medal by the FBI Director (Stephen Root) for their efforts.

The autobots reunite scene will be the same but bumblebee transforms into the vehicle mode he gets later in the movie

The autobots would be the same but this version of the movie would make it clear that Hound has been on earth since world War 2 crosshairs was mercenary And drift is a Decepticon named deadlock

The plot with ksi would be different no galvatron no transformium no seed just stinger who is the only stunticon ready attinger is not too happy about this as he thought the cons would be ready sooner

joyce tells him not to worry as he also made armor for cemetery wind attinger tells him that armor is not enough for about to happen joyce ask what is about to happen attinger says the devastation of Optimus prime

The scene where bumblebee thinks stinger is better than him is the same but Sam is the one who goes into ksi and sees ratchet but he also sees the bodys of autobots and decepticons who were killed in battle of Chicago

The movie from here would have major and small changes first attinger and joyce send out cemetery wind with armor and stinger to no surprise it doesn't go well as bee is winning against stinger and cemetery wind is no match for the Autobots

Then to everyone surprise lockdown shows up tells optimus you think you were born you were built and they want you back at the same time the Chinese government send their military after lockdown but fail

But it gives cade sam and the autobots enough time to seek onto lockdown ship which would be mostly the same but lockdown find out that humans and autobots are on his ship after a lot of his prisoners escape which would lead to Sam's death and the prisoners going on a rampage across China

Optimus would try his best to control his anger toward lockdown and the humans but cade optimus and autobots know one thing lockdown and ksi must be stopped no matter the cause

Watching the show over this holiday and it was pretty cool. But what took me almost completely out of the corny "mystical" elements of the show. Here's how I'd retool the show...

This show need to be just pure, old school action / adventure. There's no need for added "magic" or spirit animals and the like. This is Batman meets Robin Hood, pure and simple.

PLOT: 1834 California. California is still part of Mexico and the noble landbarons rule the countryside, on behalf of the Spanish Crown, many with an iron fist.

After years of separation, honorably discharged Diego de le Vega has been summoned by his father [Senior de le Vega] to California. Once there, Diego's re-connects with his noble father and is introduced the Californian high society that represents the Spanish Crown's interests.

Among the noble families of California, Diego is introduced to the Monteros. He and Senior Montero's eldest son [Rafael] become fast friends. Soon, the two become the talk of high society, as the two most infamous playboys.

Behind the scenes however, things are bleak. There's talk of a masked bandit robbing and attacking noble family farms / operations. This bandit has escaped noble justice, so far, because the common folk see him as a hero.

The Governor's chosen the Montero family to spearhead the search / capture of this "Zorro." While other noble families rally to Montero's banner, Senior de le Vega stands out of one of the major noble families that doesn't. This leads to the de le Vegas being labels as "cowards"and Diego and his father to become at odds.

From what I understood the new DCU will be divided in two chapters (the first one being Gods and Monsters) and planned for 8-10 years, with the idea of 2 movies and 2 series per year and the announced projects are not even half of the whole first chapter.

My question is what would be the films and series of the new DCU following the "2 films and 2 series per year" rule.

How you guys rewrite Cars 2 if you already love it? Sorry guys, you can't rewrite Cars 2 anymore because the plot and characters were already TOO complicated to rewrite. Because Tow Mater being a protagonist switcher feels more like a "character for whom he actually he was" DONE PERFECTLY RIGHT since Mater in "Mater's Tall Tales" were one of the reason were Mater felt how he was and how he had doing this for girls even he's not ready to fall in love with. But in my case, he's an unintentionally goofy gentleman. Especially Holley one, I think she's the perfect one for Mater to fall in love. Making Mater being protagonist VERY INTERESTING AND NEW. WHY? BECAUSE he is not a race car doesn't mean they don't allow him on the race if he was different.

Also, spy themes is awesome, the World Grand Prix is awesome too like Francesco Bernoulli himself, and the music is awesome. Even the villains are awesome too. McQueen's "be yourself" advice is the best "be yourself" advice even though it's a terrible advice for you.

I think Cars 2 is a misunderstood sequel that every one hates is just not fair. Even though it's a cash grab, but they did this genius than you think.

Here are my rewrites of Moana 2 as a sequel that we need to know, if you want to choose it more to help my ideas more connective and that's okay for you to add more to help it:

• Reverse the role of Tamatoa as a secondary antagonist to become powerful for seeking revenge which Matangi creates to be a final villain, when she first meets him.
• Focus more on Maui's backstory, including the truth about his parents throwing him in the sea, the Gods, etc.
• Make Pua meets Maui very differently.
• Tone down and balance the overly hyper-done humor with a connection of the first movie.
• Make songs and lyrics more meaningful, like the Wish and their voices. Also, depending on your plea, bring back Lin Manuel Miranda.
• Make Matangi more of an irredeemable villain and a female versus female-battle.

And that's it, now that's how you rewrite a Moana 2 sequel. But if you think you have more ideas, comment down below.

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It is a classic yet modern re-make of the character completely and is meant to criticize the Modern Conservative, Patrick Bateman-worshipping culture.

Hank Hanshaw is an American war hero who symbolizes the classic ideals of Reagan and Bush America: Handsome, fought terrorists, and traditional values. Hanshaw, a big fan of Lex Luthor, eventually becomes friends with him and is influenced by his views: Hanshaw, adopting Lex's views, will become critical of Superman, who he sees as an Alien who is a threat to America, and will symbolize Luthor's message to the American Public: The World doesn't need Superman, Hanshaw symbolizes an American-Made Superman, backed by Lex Luthor.

Hank's rising fame would eventually turn him into the complete opposite of Clark: Born in America vs. Alien, he sees himself as superior to others vs. Clark, who wants to fit in with the humans—the arrogant, macho, and racist Hank vs. Clark, who despite his powers is still down to earth. Obsessed with Superman, Hanshaw would eventually agree to participate in an experiment that would give him Superman's powers.

Hanshaw is also jealous of Superman's status and as Superman establishes himself as the Hero of Metropolis, Hanshaw believes that he deserves all of this - which would lead him to get more manipulated by Luthor. When Hanshaw's true personality is exposed to the public and he loses everything, he blames Superman for his fall from grace- which leads him to a violent rampage that only Clark can stop

This show is frustratingly inconsistent: S1 is generally enthralling, S2 slightly weaker with some good bits, S3 much much worse despite a few standout moments (probably the best being Roy's speech about how he teased a player who lost his baby).

But something that I think would improve the whole show is if Coach Beard isn't in it at all. The premise is culture clash, a fish-out-of-water scenario where a Midwestern American Football coach has to learn a sport he knows nothing about. Focusing entirely on his story, showing him learn how soccer works, how the English and European leagues work, is a great idea. Just like Walter White has to learn the drug world, Lasso has to learn the British football world from scratch.

But by including Coach Beard who seems to know everything about soccer already, Lasso's character arc is diminished. Lasso doesn't really need to be there - Beard could just be manager. How much more interesting would it be in S3 if it was Lasso watching old clips of the Dutch team of the 70s, reading about total football, and trying to apply it himself?

S3 in general suffers from Lasso having barely any effect on the plot but even from the beginning, making it just about him (and probably keeping Rebecca in revenge mode for longer) would dramatically improve the whole storyline.

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This is third part of my Call of Duty Rephrased Continuity Project, which I’ve already posted and published, and would recommend that you read those two first before reading this to have better context for the changes of things Link 1 & Link 2. I want to make this clear that I have no military background, I am simply a story teller, and realize I’m just a schmuck on the internet, so I’m in no way saying my ideas are better than the professional writers working on these AAA Games. I’m just providing an alternate take that is aided by research, inspirations and a whole lot of hindsight. I would also like to say that this is the most changed and divergent of the Call of Duty Revamps.

Returning:

• Captain Joseph “Roach” Allen (Alex Keller)
• Staff Sergeant Kyle Garrick
• Agent Kate Lazwell
• Brigadier General Bellona Lyonsl
• Master Gunnery Sergeant David “Section” Mason
• Sergeant Major Mike “Jabber” Yuan
• Ship-of-the-Line Lieutenant Thibault “Riptide” Lefebre
• Lieutenant Colonel Andrei “Staghound” Nolan
• Commander Phillip Graves

New:

• Kapitán Velikan/Shadow 0-2

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• Captain Jacob Micah Thorne/Bravo 6-1

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• Chief Warrant Officer 1 Charlotte “Charly” Eleanor Johnstone/Bravo 6-3

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• Senior Lieutenant Izolda “Warden” Garanina/Alpha 2-2

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• Bashiir “Hush” Shirwa/Alpha 2-3

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• Captain Nikto Nikolaev/Alpha 2-4

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• Second Lieutenant Mace/Alpha 2-5

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Two Original Characters that I hope fit in with the Call of Duty world.

• Vice President/President Serenity Fischer
• Archer Hudson

Factions

• Task Force 6-2-7

• Shadow Company

• Konni Group (One of the longest standing Private Military Companies in the world. Founded by Former Polish Major Stan "Papa Jack" Jackowicz, in 1966, naming the business, The "Konni" Troop, which means "Horsemen" in Polish. Effectively being a Special Forces Unit for sale, being very desirable during various conflicts throughout the decades after it’s founding. In the 1990's, after the passing of it's founder, it would flounder for a decade, as it was constantly shifting hands of owners, but then 9/11 happened, and the PMC found itself a pretty hot commodity. During the Splintering of Al-Salif, the PMC would then be hired by the arms company, BlackCell, acting as the company's personal black ops, being the face of the operations under the command of the mysterious owner of BlackCell, codenamed "Midas". Its current leader and current owner is the former Lieutenant Colonel Andrei "Staghound" Nolan of the Australian Defence Force, now leading the Alpha Squad of Konni.)

• The Patriotic Sons of Virtue (a homegrown American Militia made up of primarily children and siblings of Veterans that have been Killed In Action, and feel the US Government has done nothing to truly honor the sacrifice of millions of soldiers. Originally united into an activist group, speaking out against the unfair treatment of veterans in their country, but it would become an armed militia once some scorned veterans would join their ranks, while still protesting the and advocating for better aid to veterans, they were far more aggressive in their want of substantial change. Inciting many mass city riots across the Eastern and Western Seaboards, with vandalism escalating to bombings of Government Buildings, which ultimately lead them to being labeled a terrorist organization, quickly rising on the terrorist watch list in the last 5 years. All of this is due to the current leader of the organization, former Army Ranger, ex-Chief Warrant Officer 2 Archer Hudson.)

• BlackCell (a private weapons manufacturer. They were founded shortly before 9/11, quickly rising in ranks of weapons dealing and gaining several dozen military arms contracts with their cheap and reliable weapons. After 2011, the company would go inactive for a time, only occasionally buying stocks in computer companies and small patches of land across the globe. It’s only until 2019, after the major destabilization of Urzikstan, does the company come out of retirement and begin dealing massive amounts of weapons to major and minor countries, seemingly giving away trillions of dollars of arms, allowing everyone to stockpile their merchandise. They also hired PMC known as “Konni Group”, to provide security and operate in secret for BlackCell’s owner, codenamed “Midas”.)

“When must change happen and how must it happen?” and “What is truth in a world so full of lies?”

So, this basically became over glorified fan fiction, I will be trying to keep some missions and story beats the same as there are plenty of good ideas that were not properly executed in the MWIII 2023 Campaign. I also want this mentioned that I will be having 20 Missions instead of the original 14, as that allows the story to breathe and be more fleshed out, which in this hypothetical, three years of development would be needed, this game would have been released in 2025 instead.

Three years after the missile crisis in 2022, Task Force 6-2-7 has been hard at work in tracking down the elusive enigma, Midas, who’s been very quite since 2022, but when carnage erupts in the United States, it becomes clear that Midas has begun to make his moves.

Missions:

1. “Snowstorm”- Playing as Master Gunnery Sergeant David “Section” Mason (Rich McDonald). Task Force 6-2-7 has intercepted information on a previous operation prior to the game, mention what happened in Berlin, Laswell (Rya Kihlstedt) was able to find out a small heavily armored convoy, guarded by Konni Operatives, it’s route leads to the Alaska Port and it’s travelling over the frozen Iliamna Lake. Task Force 6-2-7 set up an ambush, with Captain Joseph “Roach” Allen (Chad Michael Collins) and Staff Sergeant Kyle Garrick (Elliot Knight) are perched high in the trees surrounding Iliamna Lake, acting as over watch with snipers, while Sergeant Major Mike “Jabber” Yuan (SungWo Cho), Ship-of-the-Line Lieutenant Thibault “Riptide” Lefebre (Daniel Walton), and “Section” are under the frozen lake in dive gear, with explosives ready to sink the cars and secure Objective “Dying Actaeon”, believing it to be Midas, with Laswell waiting in a helicopter at a rendezvous. They eventually sink the convoy in the lake, killing the Konni Operatives, and rescue the prisoner, who seemingly can’t swim, something of note is the hooded man is wearing a melted golden heart shaped locket. Reaching the surface, they realize the man can’t use his legs, removing the hood, it’s Section that knows who he is, retired Master Sergeant Frank Woods (Either James C. Burns or Damon Victor Allen), who’s completely out of it, both by being a ninety five year old and on the verge of hypothermia, Section immediately calls for a medevac for Woods to save him. To make it to the Laswell’s rendezvous, stealthily making it through the forest as Konni reinforcements converge on them, with Section carrying Woods on his back. Eventually making it to the helicopter, Garrick and Section stabilize Woods as Task Force 6-2-7, with Frank gaining consciousness for a brief moment, Section asks why did Midas have him prisoner, Franks says that he was bait for them, saying to call the White House, tell them to secure POTUS before Frank starts coughing and passes out again, but not before saying a name, “Menendez”. Everyone looks concerned and confused as Laswell speaks to General Lyons to get in touch with Secret Service Agent Dempsey now, with Jabber asking “Who the hell’s Menendez?” Cut to the Title Card, “CALL OF DUTY: LAND OF WAR”.
2. “Olympian’s Noose”- Playing as Secret Service Agent George Pierson (played by Josh Duhamel), you are in route to the House of Representatives with President Payne Liwen (Zahn McClarnon) for the Address to the Nation, when your partner Secret Service Agent Oscar Dempsey (played by Steve Blum) starts to get a call, but the escort is attacked by the heavily armed homegrown militia, “The Patriotic Sons of Virtue”, and attempts an assassination within D.C. As Secret Service Agent Pierson, along with Dempsey, you fight through ten blocks of militiamen to get to a safe house. After fighting through legions of P.S.V militiamen, they get to the safe house, only to be ambushed by Konni Alpha Squad, with the remaining secret service, your player character as well, being executed. Shifting to the perspective of the President, he sees the mastermind of this attack, Raul Menendez (Tenoch Huerta) appear from darkness. The President asks what he wants, with Mendez saying, “To watch your empire burn by the very souls who you claimed to represent, and you, Mister President, will help me accomplish just that.” With that the President has a bag placed over his head, with the screen being pitch black, with only sounds of struggle, driving, car doors opening, and screams of rage as the President is lead somewhere. Until finally, the bag is removed as the President is tied to a post in front of the Washington Monument, with the bodies of a dozen of politicians in a pile to the side. A soldier holds a News Camera in front of the President, Raul Mendez hands a Magnum Revolver to a Militiamen (that is dressed similar to Khaled Al-Asad of the OG Modern Warfare Campaign, but obviously with more American Culture influence to the attire) that marches towards the President, and executes the President of the United States on Live Television.
3. “Sins unto the Father”- in Fort Wainwright in Alaska, with Woods in the hospital, still under, Task Force 6-2-7 watch the news footage of what happened in Washington D.C with shock and horror. Lyons on a video call says that National Guard as courted off much of downtown of the capital as much of the PVS has set up massive areas of combat, though she and the army have the White House, Langley and the Pentagon locked down for now, though the P.V.S seem to have heavy armaments that prevent a retaking of Washington D.C, with Jabber asking how did they move that amount of weapons into D.C without anyone noticing, with Lyons saying that she doesn't know, an investigation will be underway, but right now, they’re just trying to keep the P.S.V contained. Roach points out that the weapons are clearly from BlackCell, aka Midas, with everyone agreeing. Garrick asks Laswell what she’s got on “Menendez”, she pulls up a few files, saying that in May 21st, 1982, there was an operation, known as “Sacuanjoche”, the Agency learned of a sit-down of Central America’s most powerful cartel leaders holding meeting, seeing a window of opportunity to consolidate and control narcotics exports into “friendlier” hands. Flashing back to Nicaragua in 1982, where CIA Operative, Terrell Wolf (Zeke Alton), who sneaks in, taking down various guards, with the objective of prepping a bomb in the meeting room before the leaders; Damien Torres (Andy Garcia) of the Panama Cartel, Jose Luiz Menendez (Esai Manuel Morales) of the Nicaragua Cartel, even the legendary Pablo Escobar was attending. However Wolf is discovered, so a squad of CIA agents assault the compound, with Wolf killing Torres and Menendez, though Escobar is able to escape via a vast tunnel system underneath the compound. Before killing Menendez, in the courtyard, Wolf sees a young man in the bed of a truck, with the voice over his comms saying that the boy’s a non-threat, Jose is the primary objective here.
4. “Atomograd”- After the flashback, back in Fort Wainwright, with Section looking at the file with interest as he asks what happened to the son. Kate seems hesitate to answer Section’s question. Everyone notices, but before Kate can answer, General Lyons says later, as something that the Task Force is needed right away. Roach asks where are they going, Washington? General Lyons says no, given the volatile nature here in D.C, higher ups want a more hammer solution than scalpel, so the higher ups have something else in mind, what’s that, asks Riptide, with Phillip Graves and Velikan appearing from one side of the screen, with Task Force 6-2-7 all angry at Graves’ reappearance, with Graves acting a little hurt by their reactions. Jabber asks what is Shadow Company doing there, with Lyons answering that given the extraneous circumstances, the American Government has seen fit to allow Shadow Company back their contract in order to be of aid during this brewing conflict. Graves says that Shadow Company is willing to help, as Graves still considers himself a patriot of the good old USA. Jabber tells Lyons there’s no way any of this is legal, with Lyons saying it’s not, but it wasn't her call, and Shadow Company is on a probationary acting contract, meaning they operate how Lyons says, when she says it, otherwise they’ll be finding themselves arrested for acts of terror. Kate says that her mole in Konni was able to give her some intel about there is a massive battalion of Konni Soldiers are set up in Chernobyl, and corresponding with Major Roman D. Barkov (Konstantin Lavysh) of The NACU and Alexei Borodin (Julian Kostov) of Mossad have visual confirmation. So Task Force 6-2-7 will link up with the NACU Squad led by Major Barkov to infiltrate and navigate Chernobyl, find out what Konni is doing there, stop them from doing it, and capture any high ranking members present for interrogation. Once arriving, Task Force 6-2-7, in radioactive protection suits, moves in with Barkov’s squad. Playing as Garrick, you, Barkov, and Section circle the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant as Konni is busy grabbing and moving huge boxes onto convoy trucks, the rest of Task Force 6-2-7 and Borodin infiltrate the facility in order to see what’s happening inside. Eventually it erupts in a gunfight, with many of the Konni Soldiers getting gunned down, and several trucks escaping during the battle, with one being found, opening the boxes, there’s radioactive materials, all scavenged from the core. Jabber, Riptide, Section and Borodin stay behind to secure the site and find out why Konni was stealing radioactive materials.
5. “Coral”- Roach and Garrick ride in ally Russian helicopters in order to stop the convoy that escaped. Playing as Roach in one helicopter, he snipes at the convoy, taking out the lead vehicles first to block the path of the truck with the crash and explosion. Roach and Barkov land with a squad of soldiers as they move in to secure the truck, fighting off the remaining Konni Forces still there, with Garrick sniping from the helicopter. After the gunfight, Roach secures the truck while Barkov secures the radioactive material. However, when Roach is making his way to the back of the truck, Barkov jumps out and grabs Roach and throws him away far from the truck, as the truck explodes, with sometime of chemical gas spreading quickly, which kills Barkov, forcing Roach to run to a hovering helicopter as the gas chases after him, killing several squad members. Roach gets a tiny bit of gas in his lungs as he makes it to the helicopter, with it ascending fast and moving back to Chernobyl to pick up everyone else. As they flee the scene, Garrick radios back to command and the Chernobyl squad, saying that it was a trap, some chemical weapon was activated, multiple KIA, with Roach needing an immediate medical evacuation. As they fly back, the gas rises in the air, with dying screams of ally soldiers echo.

So this is only part one, as Reddit only gives me 40,000 characters for a single post, and I've realized I right long. So I apologize for cliff hanger on the story, but I will post the other parts in a few days. Thank you for reading and tell me what you think. I love constructive criticism.

So with Moana 2 out, and its evident Disney's just gonna make sequels for the decade, I'd like everyone to submit pitches for a disney movie that can take the place of any of the followng:

• Moana 2
• Zootopia 2 for 2025
• Frozen III for 2027

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So last year, Disney's Wish was supposed to be a celebration of Disney's 100th year anniversary and everybody was hyped up. Sadly, when it finally got released, people were very, and I mean very, disappointed with it. Yes, Wish has its flaws and some parts felt rushed undet it's 80 to 90 minute running time, but for me personally, I thought it was good and it could've been better. For everyone else, it was a disappointment.

Then people keep saying that they were robbed because of two concept arts that has been breaking the internet for over a year. One of them is the idea of a romantic plot of Asha and Starboy, a humanized version of the Star from the original movie (unaware that the humanized star is actually the younger version of Asha's Grandfather and the idea of them having a romance is gross, plus it's questionable because Stars are thousands and thousands of years old). The other is King Magnifico and Queen Amaya as a villain power couple. While those two sound like nice ideas, but in reality, they don't add anything new to it, or could make it even more convoluted that it already is. Nevertheless, those two concept art ideas have been the main focus on everybody's Wish rewrite fanfic.

So, if I ever wanted to do a Wish rewrite fanfic, the first thing I do is change the main hero and villain.

ARMAAN:

Armaan is a starry-eyed and optimistic 11-year-old boy from the kingdom of Rosas. He’s energetic and passionate, sometimes rushing into a situation without thinking about it first. Although he considers himself a fish out of water because he has lived in Rosas for almost a year, he’s brave and hopeful and always puts a positive spin on any situation. He deeply loves and cares for his family and friends, especially his paternal grandfather, Sabino.

Armaan was born in a small region in North Africa to a philosopher from Rosas named Tomás and a seamstress named Sakina. Growing up, Armaan would hear his father lecture him about the stars and their connection to all living things. He would also spend time reading books, drawing, and building things. When he was nine years old, his father passed away from an unknown disease. Soon after his father’s death, Armaan and Sakina moved to the Kingdom of Rosas, where they now live with Sabino. He then made friends with seven kids named Ruth (10), Marri (16), Simon (15), Hal (10), Safi (11), Bazeema (12), and Dario (10).

At first, he had a high opinion of Princess Celeste like everybody else in Rosas, but he is rather curious about how she has the power to grant wishes and how the people of Rosas have great admiration towards her. He entered a contest to meet Princess Celeste for only one day on her 18th birthday. He saw this because of Sabino’s wish to inspire people with his music, and his grandfather’s 100th birthday is also on the same day as Celeste’s 18th birthday/wishing ceremony. Armaan won, much to his excitement.

The hangout with Princess Celeste started great in a little brother/big sister way. Then Celeste takes Armaan to her chambers, where she shows him the collection of all the wishes from the people of Rosas. When Armaan saw Sabino’s wish, he asked Celeste to grant it. But she rejected his plea. Celeste also revealed a dark secret to him. She erased everybody’s memories of the citizens’ wishes, rendering them devoid of any ambition and making them rely on her and adore her, which causes tensions between her and Armaan, which escalates into Celeste passing on Sabino’s wish.

Later that night, Armaan feels like he disappointed Sabino on his 100th birthday. Sabino then comes in to cheer him up and shows him to a wishing tree he and Tomás used to go to and says that sometimes wishing on a star can inspire him not to give up hope, something that he gave to Tomás when he was young. Soon, Armaan takes his grandfather’s advice and makes a desperate wish upon a star, hoping everyone in Rosas can make their wishes come true.

His wish is highly tremendous and pure, and he is granted the star itself, which takes on the form of an anthropomorphic ball of light whose name will be called Star. This will lead Armaan on a noble adventure to free all the wishes from Celeste’s wicked clutches.

So, I wanted to make Armaan’s relationship with Sabino as the emotional core as well making Sabino show him the wishing tree just like how he showed his father before him (it's taken from a deleted scene). Based on a friend's suggestion, I would have Armaan be more curious about Princess Celeste, her power to grant wishes, and the people of Rosas' greater admiration towards her, making Celeste’s villainous reveal more shocking. I based Armaan’s character design off of Ravi Cabot-Conyers (my ideal voice actor for him), Mickey Mouse from The Sorceror's Apprentice segment from Fantasia, Pinocchio, and Aladdin. There's also a little bit of Antonio from Encanto.

PRINCESS CELESTE:

Princess Celeste is the most beautiful, charismatic, and beloved 18-year-old princess of Rosas and the only daughter of Queen Amaya. From the day she was born, she was enchanted to be attractive, sing beautifully, and be beloved by all, but she was born with magical powers. As the princess grows up, she's been learning and mastering all kinds of magic and sorcery and studying astrology and alchemy. But her one extraordinary magic power is that she can grant the wishes of her subjects. She has that ability because, unbeknownst to everyone, including herself, Celeste is born a half-human/half-star hybrid. She considers her magic superior to all others to the point where she lets the power go to her head, leading her to develop a giant, vain, self-absorbed ego.

One day, people forget what they want or desire. Then, on her 15th birthday, Princess Celeste declares that she will be willing to help her people by announcing a ceremonial event where she'll grant only one wish every year on her birthday.

Unbeknownst to the people, including her mother, Celeste is wicked, selfish, devious, callous, narcissistic, and sociopathic. She cast a powerful and dangerous spell that will steal the memories of her people’s wishes and keep them sealed and locked away in her study room forever. Celeste can only grant wishes that would benefit her and keep the rest locked up, especially those that she deems a threat to her. She created the wish-granting ceremony every year on her birthday to maintain her power, beauty, and influence and have people feed her ego. She learned that spell from a book containing forbidden magic, which she uses as a contingency in case something threatens her power.

Despite her potent magic and enchanting appearance, Princess Celeste harbors an intense jealousy and resentment towards her mother, Queen Amaya, who is more humble and caring to the people of Rosas, leaving Celeste to feel overshadowed by her and will do anything to make herself the center of attention.

On her 18th birthday, she can only invite one person to spend one day with her so she can grant one special wish for the winner. When an 11-year-old boy named Armaan was declared the winner, things went wonderfully in a little brother/big sister way. Then she showed him the millions of wishes in her study room. Armaan discovers his grandfather's wish to inspire people to play the guitar. Once he tells her about her grandfather's wish, she assumes that it might be dangerous, although Sabino is mainly kind and harmless.

Then Armaan starts questioning why Celeste only grants one wish while many others will never for another year instead of being given back so the people who initially wished them could achieve them themselves. Celeste tells him that they can't do it on their own because it's unachievable, and they come to her because she's the only one who can grant the wishes to come true, so they don't have to worry about doing it on their own. Armaan is shocked and surprised by how she did it so people would forget the best memories about themselves, with an enraged Celeste declaring that she's the only one who decides what the people deserve. So, she refused to grant Sabino's wish at the wishing ceremony, leaving Armaan crushed and heartbroken.

Later that night, Armaan wished on a star for help, and the star, revealed to be a little, exciting, boundless ball of energy, answered. Celeste saw the light it caused and believed that someone had threatened her power. All this would lead to the events of her downward spiral, building up to her inevitable defeat.

My idea for Princess Celeste is to create an evil Disney Princess, which is something that Disney has never done before, so having a Disney Princess be the main villain sounds more refreshing. Plus, it would make more sense for her to grant only one wish a year every year on her birthday so she can have the people of Rosas feed her ego. I based Princess Celeste's character design off of Chloë Grace Moretz (my ideal voice actor for her), Princess Aurora from Sleeping Beauty, and King Magnifico. Some of her character was inspired by Princess Fiorimonde from the fairy tale "The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde" and it's a very awesome read. You guys really need to check it out.

More ideas of my Wish rewrite will be coming soon.

By the end of Endgame, they have the perfect set-up for Thor to go through a challenging, self-discovery, and compelling journey. But rather than resolving those issues with a meaningful recovery arc in Thor: Love and Thunder, they made a horrible attempt at a comedy.

Recovery isn’t instantaneous, and it isn’t easy, especially for someone who has fallen as hard as Thor. Thor 4 could have leaned into this by showing him properly confronting his grief, failures, alcoholism, etc. Instead of a quick montage of comedic workouts, we could’ve had a movie of Thor regaining his mental and physical strength, watching him fight for his recovery— struggling with his worthiness, confronting the memories he tried to bury, and slowly rebuilding his confidence—would have been far more powerful than simply skipping to the end result.

This would have resonated with anyone who’s faced a difficult personal journey, reminding them that setbacks and struggles are part of the process, and that there’s always a way back from rockbottom. Instead, Love and Thunder glossed over all of this, leaving Thor’s recovery feeling hollow and unearned. The film’s tone and pacing seemed almost afraid to sit with Thor’s pain or give weight to his journey, opting instead for easy laughs (which I’m not sure anyone was actually laughing) and flashy visuals.

Thor’s transformation could have been inspiring and relatable, grounding his godlike status in a deeply human story. Recovery takes time, effort, and self-reflection—all things Thor deserved to experience on-screen. Instead of rushing to a punchline, the film could have given us a story of resilience, healing, and rediscovery.

Have fun with this, make it unique.

My idea is a character study of Death/Grim Reaper (played by Robert Downey Jr). Death acts as a guide who takes people through a winding river of their path and their destination in either heaven or hell. The film would be set in the 1600s. We’d learn more about Death when a young girl, who was murdered by her abusive father, starts her journey with Death.

When Death meets someone, he takes on the form of their loved one. However, the girl, named Annabel, has no one to love, as she had no friends and her only family was a drunk abusive dad. As Death takes the girl on a recap of her life, the two really bond and Death doesn’t want to take her to the afterlife.

As Annabel arrives in heaven, Death’s anger gets the best of him and when Annabel’s father dies, Death takes him on the most painful journey of his life before sending him to his purgatory, where he is reunited with Annabel, who begins hurting him just like he did to her as Death watches with no emotion.

We end with a British Soldier, who died in Combat, arriving to meet Death, and Death taking on the form of his mother before leaving with him on a journey recalling his whole life.

So yeah, Boys of Bummer is an episode that is universally reviled by the entire Simpsons community: An episode where Bart loses a baseball match and the town turns against him.

Event at their lowest, I find it hard to believe the Springfieldians would be that cruel.

• We have Radio Bart where the town did turn against Bart but ultimately they did pull through for him.
• Then there is the Telltale Head where Bart did something wrong by cutting off Jeremiah Springfield's Head, giving the town a understandable reason to attack Bart. However, they didn't go through with it and let him go when he apologizes for what he has done.
• And of course, there is Rosebud where due to Mr. Burns's manipulation causes the entire town to raid the Simpsons's home and yet, their better nature came through in the end.

Sadly, Modern Simpsons just brush that aside to make the entire town of Springfield to be the biggest assholes as possible.

I want to fix that. To do so, I want it to be a sort of sequel to Homer at the Bat which is another baseball-themed episode. It would follow similar beats:

• The Hero want to be the one with the bat.
• Veteran Players
• Veteran Players getting humiliated/beaten.
• Idiot assholes like Mr. Burns.

The episode would start off in a normal Simpsons fashion: The Simpsons doing mundane things then it turns into hilarious scenes.

Then, we have Bart who is cocky to believe that he'll become the top baseball player.

However, Bart would go through an emotional journey where the rival players against his team are far better than him. The rivals would also mocked Bart and his team. Followed by rumors and murmurs on how he'll be a disappointment, words from people that are untrustworthy like Helen Lovejoy, Patty and Selma, Comicbook Guy and Mr. Burns.

Normally, Bart would not be that oblivious but due to how much he poured all his efforts into playing baseball, he is prone to be panicky and easy to believe things.

This changed halfway in the episode where Bart talks to the staff at the power plant, including Homer who is surprisingly going easy on Bart during the first half of the episode.

The staff reveals that each and everyone of them were previously the star players in Bart's baseball team long ago, especially Homer. However, every time, they fail at the last outing. But, they tell Bart that losing the game bothered them a little but they moved one and did great in the long run.

Now this is where the criteria are met.

• Bart wants to be a star Baseball player.
• The Nuclear Plant were Baseball alumni, especially Homer.
• Them getting humiliated/Beaten? Later.
• The more unpleasant Springfieldians being....you know, assholes. Then, the rival players are even bigger assholes.

The reveal that the staff were former players that fail adds a lot of context to Homer at the Bat. Their love for baseball is because they get to relive their childhood and succeed over their past failures. They are bummed that Mr. Burns shafted them because he took away their moment to shine.

The lesson for Bart is that one failure would not lead to a single path ahead, it leads to multiple paths, good and bad. But more importantly, Springfield isn't going to use his failure as an excuse to lynch him.

At the end, Bart did fail to get the win but is relatively calmed about it despite the rival players egging him. Of course, this would lead to a time skip where Bart's future is a lot brighter than the players'. Bart is the Supreme Court of Justice and one of the rival players is just a homeless, drunkard with multiple issues. Good ol' Simpsons karma.

That is a fight scene I would like to see.

Wish, Disney's centenary animated feature, is too fast-paced for me to bare. I mean, they could've used a traditionally animated style commonly seen in earlier Disney films like Snow White, but to me, Wish is like Chicken Little for a new generation, so, what if we were to make it more like Chicken Little and less like the Disney Princess film we've come to loath? Here's one example: all you do is get rid of the songs the characters sing and replace them with pop and rock songs, and a fast-paced, loud sense of humor. What do you think? Any other suggestions?

Bowser's going to make The Elite Trio "responsible" for his son's safety. Him trusting them will make their ego that high. It will be comical when they rant about being responsible when they never are. However, nothing bad will happen, and they'll only believe in themselves more, until Bowser is pissed at them at the end for something.

So, they'd be Bowser Jr's sparring partner and "best friend" like Bowser Jr's Journey implied would happen. During a Dear Friend, they'd be sparring with him, and they'd mock him for how alone he is and how he pushed away buddy, and should've made him into a minion, and treated him nice. Jr's going to talk about how he's not alone, he has them. He'll tell him that they're responsible and they're a minion first, and aren't his friend. Imply that they hate Bowser Jr., and are doing this because they are responsible. You can put in a variation of the true allies are with you for life quote that Kamek had, but end with The Elite Trio mocking and bullying him for being irresponsible and pushing Buddy away.

When Bowser Jr is kidnapped, The Elite Trio are following with Bowser, and when he's sinking in his Clown Car they'll tell him this isn't responsible with respect and he'll be like don't lecture me on being responsible. Then, when Mario and Luigi suggest that the Cure is Ampaberries, and to give one to Buddy, The Elite Trio refuse because it's irresponsible to trust the enemy. We do a boss fight, and even after seeing that The Ampaberries work, they still refuse to help the enemy because it is the responsible thing to do.

Then, when Bowser Jr. is attacked by Glohm Minions, Mario and Luigi will defeat them and The Elite Trio will take all the credit for protecting Bowser Jr. Snoutlet will try to ask them for help, realizing there bond could be used, but they leave out of being responsible and having to deal with a larger threat at hand instead of rushing at Mario now, and mocking Bowser Jr. who they were responsible for protecting. Everything else can proceed as planned.

Then, when Bowser comes in at the end to save Mario and Luigi, still have him think it's Zokket, but have it where The Elite Trio told him that it's Zokket, and when Snoutlet will say it's Reclusa, and Bowser's going to flip out at The Elite Trio, and call them irresponsible and realizes how bad they've been. When they're running at Reclusa, Bowser will tell them that they'll have a serious talk after this and they'll be afraid of getting demoted. Their ego goes all the way down.

For why I'd do this? Kamek's in every game, and I feel these OC's that this series introduced could be fun in here and if you really want to, have Kamek make a Cameo like he does in Super Paper Mario or something like that. They make sense to be in this game, unlike a Popple or a Midbus, and I feel like we should have a bad prior OC to go with this game's good OC, Starlow. I think that getting them here would also make people want to play the prior games more and would also allow you to have a comedic element and more nuanced, where Kamek has, but it could be more. In addition, this would create a new relationship; Bowser Jr. and The Elite Trio while paying off Bowser Jr's Journey in a different way. I understand that I'm likely to get downvoted and that this isn't perfect and there are areas I could improve (like having back to back bosses), but I figured I'd say my piece.

Season 3

The Heroes

The Villains

Episodes 1 - 4

Episodes 5 - 9

• Benwolf

Episode 10: Midnight Madness

A wasted potential that Man of Action never take full advantage of is the use of Z'Skayr (aka Ghostfreak).

Personally, he can be a step-up compared to the likes of Vilgax and Kevin.

In Season 1, Vilgax was the peek physical threat to Ben who could barely stand up to him.

In Season 2, Kevin 11 is able to match Ben blow by blow but the advantage Kevin has over Vilgax is the mental threat due to Ben holding a grudge against him.

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Ghostfreak however has both of these. He is not only physical powerful but mentally as well. Before he breakaway from Ben, Ghostfreak was one of Ben's Aliens which he uses to become a hero. The two have been connected which leaves open for many possibilities.

This is why I am disappointed in Season 3 where it's basically just a overarching villain that doesn't truly affect the plot and development of the characters. It's just basic shenanigans, mainly from Ben.

My rewrite of Season 3 focuses on the relationship and unity of the characters. And Ghostfreak would be opposite towards the theme: Disunity.

To make Ghostfreak intimidating and make the anticipation of his return more engaging, he must have competent lackeys hence why we have a small sub-plot of Dr. Viktor being responsible for sabotaging the Forever Knights.

Not only that, never did the Tennysons would truly beat Viktor and his allies nor do they get at least something out of it. They truly suffer complete defeats which propels Ben and his family to do better all the while setting up a truly memorable climax with the alien. When Ghostfreak finally appears, it isn't just fanservice, it's also a horrifying surprise that leaves fans and viewers dread on what's about to happen.

Ghostfreak would appear much early in Season 3. However instead of him charging headfirst for Ben, Ghostfreak takes a more hands-off role and deploys multiple tactics to wear down Ben's psyche. You see, Ghostfreak doesn't want to take over Ben, he wants to DOMINATE him and is more than happy to mock and torture Ben to do so.

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Ben's psyche would play an integral part in Season 3 as his relationship with Ghostfreak would be dark and depressing. For all of his cockiness and brashness, Ben is still just a 10-Year old kid who is going through an emotional downturn with a ghost alien hunting him and torment him throughout the season. This, along with other issues he is having with his other Aliens only makes the matter even worse.

The moment that truly cements Ghostfreak as a threat is in Episode 9: Ben is imprisoned by a morally-gray version of the Plumbers who wants to execute him and are going to imprison Gwen and Max. The only solution Ben has to save himself and his family is to call out to Ghostfreak for help.

Why this is such a significant moment is that not once did Vilgax nor Kevin break Ben to forgo his morals. Here, Ghostfreak is able to.

Even worse: Ghostfreak finally has access to the Omnitrix which neither Vilgax nor Kevin were able to achieve. Sure, it is temporary but the short time Ghostfreak had in using the Omnitrix is no short of horrific. He burns, maims, bashes, skewers, explodes Plumbers left and right.

A very grim reminder that if someone with malicious intent has the Omnitrix, there is nothing but Hell.

This is an episode that is near-universally loathed by viewers and fans of the Simpsons, mainly due to Lisa tormenting Bart.

Now, this is something I can agree with because for all their faults, both Bart and Lisa have each other's backs, especially in the well-loved episode, Lisa on Ice where the sibling relationship are the focus and ultimately proves to be a wholesome one.

To rectify this, I would have changed the focus from Bart to Milhouse.

This is something I think the writers never touched upon, just how much of a negative impact Milhouse had on Lisa. More notable when Milhouse's actions borders on stalker-levels and flat-out abuse.

Take for example the episode, Das Bus where Milhouse not only fingers Lisa as a suspect of a crime he did commit some of it but also leaving her to be killed by an angry mob.

Or in later episodes after this one where a future Milhouse admits being happy Lisa is going to have her future ruined or when he outed Lisa's ancestor as a fraud. That's not really a positive relationship. To me, Milhouse seems to take a lot of jerkassery from both his father and mother.

To me, an episode like this could have been where the breaking point can finally occur.

Maybe you could still have the inciting incident though by Milhouse's hands, leading Lisa to file a restraining order against him.

What happens after is up in the air.

\"A wise king never seeks out war, but he must always be ready for it.\"

Welcome welcome, folks.

Here, after a very busy and rather stressful summer, is the second part of my rewrite of Thor: Ragnarok. Latest in an ongoing rewrite which remixes both the MCU and various Marvel film properties.

Before proceeding, have a look at previous posts.

• Spider-Man (Part 1)
• Spider-Man (Part 2)
• X-Men
  • Wolverine (Part 1)
  • Wolverine (Part 2)
• Fantastic 4
• Ghost Rider
• Venom
• MCU Phase 1 Rewritten
• MCU Phase 2 Rewritten
• Avengers: Age of Ultron
• Civil War (Part 1), (Part 2)
• MCU Phase 3 Rewritten (Part 1), (Part 2), (Black Panther), (Planet Hulk)

Picking up from the colorful action film adapting Marvel Comics' Planet Hulk, now's the time for the epic fantasy which brings Thor's world to a cataclysmic end.

As there's a lot I want to do covering additional characters and lore, I'm gonna have to cheat and split this post in two.

(That and I had a busier week than expected.)

Sound the horns and hop into the longboats. It's the twilight of the gods in...

THOR: RAGNAROK - 2018

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Premise, Tone and Stakes

Now, as the first half of this two-parter covered the Hulk's side of this story, Thor Odinson is by all means the protagonist of this revised film.

Ragnarok here is envisioned as the epic and sometimes dark fantasy film originally teased before Taika Waititi took the helm. With all the changes one would expect.

• Visuals more reminiscent of the fantastical 2011 movie, but with a more intense and apocalyptic flavor which calls to mind some other, more violent fantasy films.
  • Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings.
  • John Boorman's Excalibur
• A vivid but visceral color palette paired with moodier lighting.
• Less emphasis on comedy and hijinks.

As the stakes here involve the fate of Thor's beloved home, the tone is not that of a comedy. It's a clash between gods, with all the weight that comes with it.

• Something in the vein of a Wagnerian opera, and the aforementioned fantasy epics.
• No tongue-in-cheek or "self aware" silliness to drag things down.
  • Because as enjoyable as the Ragnarok film might have been, it set what would become a bad precedent for the MCU Thor mythos, especially by the time Phase 4 came along...

Opening Act

The first of the major changes here is an extended prologue, one which fills in the gaps in Planet Hulk and explains how Thor

1. Uncovered Loki's deception in Asgard
2. Lost Mjølnir
3. Landed on Sakaar

The prologue lasts long enough to essentially function as the opening act of the movie, with the payoff being what happens in the present day.

(Heads up, this part will go on a while)

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In this extended prologue, we the audience catch up on Thor dispensing justice across the Nine Realms as they grow steadily more chaotic. The armies of Asgard haven't been keeping the peace, instead they've been coalescing and maintaining a vigilant watch over their borders. Keeping out any outsiders.

• Thor is aided by the Warriors Three and Sif.
• The fight against Surtr is played more for spectacle and drama than for laughs, with the added dimension that years ago the giants of Muspelheim (like Jotunheim) waged war against Asgard and were violently punished.
  • Though Surtr curiously doesn't name Odin as the butcher of his people.
  • Surtr is imprisoned, not killed.
• The Warriors tell Thor that Odin has been uncharacteristically cold and even paranoid lately, as if preparing for some disaster.

Suspicious, Thor returns to Asgard to find that Heimdall has been working "overtime" in watching the Realms. The tired guardian is worried about Odin's mental state, confiding in Thor that his father has been pouring over maps of systems far beyond the known universe.

Something is coming. Something that has even Odin terrified.

Thor knows his father well enough to guess something is very wrong.

• Even when afraid, Odin went out of his way to safeguard the lives of innocents, Asgardian or not.
• The king has thrown a lengthy feast in memory of his "beloved" Loki, arousing Thor's suspicions.
  • Though Odin regretted how things went with his adopted son, it wasn't like him to make such a show of it.

Thor's exposure of Loki takes place in the palace, when the disguised Trickster is apparently in the middle of weaving a spell. The scene is comedic at first for Loki's frustration at being so easily found out, but quickly takes a dark turn.

• Aside from Thor's threat of force, what finally shakes Loki's disguise is his visible fear as the spell fails.

The spell, tied to the Bifrost, causes a break in Asgard's mystical defenses. And to Thor's shock and horror, the realm of the dead, Hel, starts to crack open.

Loki, desperate to stop what's coming, uncovers Odin's "prison". A hidden gateway to Earth, where a befuddled and weakened Odin has dwelled while Loki siphoned his power. The mystical "Odinforce".

• Loki's ability to wipe Odin's mind shows not only how powerful and dangerous the Trickster has become, but also hints yet again how his exile beyond known space took many years, far longer for him than for everyone else in known space.

Odin regains his senses in time for the three to return to Asgard. Loki is uncharacteristically apologetic, and terrified even, begging Odin to help him stop "them".

The two dangers in question emerge from the abyss of Hel in a blast of hellish flames. One a woman clad in dark green robes and an antlered mask, the other an armored warrior who bears an uncanny resemblance to Odin.

While Loki is petrified at the sight of the woman, Odin's countenance turns outright hateful as the man appears.

Thor, for his part, is clueless until the two are named.

1: Hela. Goddess of Death, and ruler of the underworld.

(Still portrayed by actress Cate Blanchett)

• Hela summons a storm of undead warriors, who lay siege to Asgard's outer defenses.
• Also at her beck and call is the Fenris Wolf, imprisoned in Hel long ago.

2: Cul Borson. God of Fear, elder brother to Odin, and self-proclaimed rightful king of Asgard.

(Portrayed by actor Ian McShane)

• Cul carries the mark of a serpent on his armor, and has venomous looking golden eyes.
• The god's mere presence appears to strike fear in most of Asgard's defenders.

Thor is bewildered by the serpent on Cul's armor, recalling prophecies of the dreaded Ragnarok. Paired with the skirmish against Surtr, and Hel itself breaking open, he realizes the stories that haunted him as a child are coming true.

Cul targets Odin, clearly relishing their overdue "reunion" and amused that Thor never knew he even existed. Meanwhile, Hela advances on Loki, overpowering any spell or attack he throws at her.

When she moves to kill him, Thor in a moment of sentiment for his adopted brother casts Mjølnir at her...

Only for the goddess to break the weapon.

The battle quickly turns against Asgard's heroes, and the city is soon engulfed in flames. Finally, with all hope seeming lost, Odin does the unthinkable.

Calling both Thor and Loki his sons, he tells them both to run.

Working with Heimdall to open the Bifrost, the Allfather summons whatever of the Odinforce he can to scatter Asgard's people across all worlds yet hospitable to them.

Thor refuses, wanting to stay and fight to the last. But Loki, after a severe and apologetic look from Odin, obeys. Seizing Thor, Loki attempts to calm his brother's mind as they are cast into the Bifrost. But a strike from Cul disrupts the transport and flings them beyond Asgardian space.

Off to the planet Sakaar...

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Refuge

The extended flashback to the disaster ends, returning to the Odinsons in the present.

They are still onboard a Sakaar vessel, with a course set for Asgard. According to Loki, weeks have passed since the attack, and a group of Asgardian refugees are coming their way.

As Loki predicted, Thor is shocked and aggrieved by the result of what happened. And his anger at Loki starts to rise again. But as he saw on Sakaar, Loki isn't denying his mistakes anymore. He's not blaming Odin, or Thor, or anyone else this time.

The refugees arrive, under the protection of Brunnhilde. Last remaining captain of the brave Valkyries.

• As actress Tessa Thompson could play the Sakaar-based character of Caiera, Bruunhilde is instead played by Hera Hilmar.
• Her overall appearance harkens back to concept art for the second Thor film.
• The captain has a friendly history with Thor, and is relieved to see her prince still lives.

Brunnhilde has to be restrained from killing Loki on sight. She says Loki's "poisonous seed" has become Asgard's doom.

By his own admission, the would-be usurper admits her accusation is quite literal.

Hela isn't just the Goddess of Death.

She is Loki's daughter.

War of Conquest

As the film jumps back and forth between Thor and Loki's attempt to gather the remnants of the Asgardians and resist the overthrow of their kingdom, backstory is gradually provided for both Cul and Hela as villains.

• Said backstory is given via bits of exposition, imagery, vivid flashbacks and even simple subtext.

Cul's claim of being the rightful king isn't entirely untrue. As Odin's elder brother, he was appointed to succeed King Bor and inherit the title of Allfather, as well as the great cosmic power that came with it.

• Here, it's Cul who is portrayed as having embarked on a violent war of conquest beside Odin in ages past.
  • Together they subdued the giants of Muspelheim and razed their realm to the ground.
  • The rivalry with Jotunheim began during Cul's reign, with Odin having engaged in several bloody battles against them.
• As Cul's bloodthirst and cruelty grew, Odin by contrast grew disillusioned with his brother.
• When a prophecy by the Norns foretold Cul, the "Serpent", would see to the end of Asgard, Odin decided enough was enough and usurped the throne.
  • Victory was decided by Odin seizing the Allfather's power, what would later become known as the Odinforce.
  • For his crimes, Cul was imprisoned in Hel and stricken from the histories of Asgard.

Hela, meanwhile, is a more eldritch being who has apparently existed for millennia, but whose origins lie in recent events. She was sired by Loki during his exile beyond the known universe, following his fall into a singularity caused by the Bifrost.

• Hela's mother is Angrboda, a giantess with Jotun ancestry.
• In the lifetime Loki spent wandering the cosmos, prior to his discovery and recruitment by "the Titan" and his followers, he taught his daughter all he knew in the ways of sorcery, illusion and combat.
• Hela adopted and raised a mighty wolf, whom Loki named Fenris.
• Hela proved as willful and troublesome as her father, until a quarrel caused the Titan to force Loki into a painful choice.
  • A) Return to the universe and take his revenge on Asgard, thus abandoning his children.
  • B) Stay, and give up the throne for a life in exile.
• Loki, still burning with resentment against Thor and Odin, chose the former, with Hela's desperate attempt to return with him casting her into darkness, and a fall into the realm of Hel.

In the present universe, the two dark gods escaped their eternal prisons thanks to Loki's reckless overthrow of Odin. Without the Odinforce keeping the gates of Hel closed, they broke out and have finally unleashed the end of Asgard. The fated battle, which prophecy named Ragnarok.

Odin himself is now prisoner, with Cul torturing his brother in an attempt to wrest the Odinforce from him.

• Cul can't simply kill Odin, or else the power he seeks will dissipate altogether.

Hela isn't interested in queenship as much as she wants revenge against her father and the realm of Asgard altogether.

Cul, meanwhile, is eager to exploit her pain and anger. Their shared resentment of Odin and his sons spurs both gods to pursue not only a violent suppression of Asgard and its people, but a new war of conquest which will engulf all of the Nine Realms. They've captured many by now, forcing them into submission.

Despite his power and cunning, however, Cul finds it hard to control Hela.

Last Hope

Despite their losses, the Odinsons decide to return to Asgard and do what they can to free their people.

As Loki is surrounded by those who were once his enemies, he has little choice but to stay and help. He's not looking forward to seeing Hela again, afraid of her terrible power and her capricious, unpredictable attitude.

• Thor, for his part is darkly amused that Loki was finally on the receiving end of his own brand of mischief.
• Taking a short break from the mostly grim and foreboding tone of the film overall, the scene centers on Thor and Loki being brothers.

"No, no, no. You don't understand.

Hela's a nightmare. An absolute nightmare. One moment you think she'll filch some sweets, and you think that's the end of it.

The next she's springing that mongrel of hers on you because you didn't brew her kind of tea. It never ends with her!"

"Oh yes, of course...

Sounds absolutely terrible."

"...What are you saying, Thor?"

Thor and Loki receive word from the Warriors Three that Heimdall is still alive, and leading a small resistance on Asgard. If they can reconnect, and unite their forces, they stand a chance of striking at Cul and Hela before they can move against the Nine Realms.

• Also featuring in Heimdall's insurgency are Sif and the Warriors Three.
• On Sakaar, the now-king Hulk is marshalling an army of his own, and will join them when the battle begins.

The guardian of the Bifrost retains the power to open or close it, meaning the Odinsons have to find him before Cul and Hela do.

But as they prepare for the voyage, Loki warns Thor that this battle may truly be their last.

Not only does the prophecy of Ragnarok foretell the destruction of Asgard, it speaks of Thor's death at the hands of the feared "Serpent".

• The sigil on Cul's armor tells Loki that there is truth to the omen.

Thor brushes off his concern. If Odin defeated Cul long ago, his sons can help him do it again.

But as Thor readies for the coming battle, he recognizes his power does indeed seem diminished.

Thor isn't the god he once was. And for the first time in hundreds of years, he feels fear at the thought of death claiming him at last.

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And that's where we leave it today.

Hope you like it so far. I'll be back in a few days with the epic conclusion.

Until then, go ahead and let me know your thoughts. How you'd approach Ragnarok in an MCU movie, who you'd pick if Taika Waititi wasn't an option.

And where you think the Thor franchise we got should go next..