Re: Ultimates 3 #2 preview and interviews (spoilers i guess)
So the thing that aggravated me the most was Thor's death.
Oh yes. Thor dies in this issue.
The whole, "Verily, I speaketh like a dick because 'tis my true nature" pissed me off.
They need to decide, properly, if the Ultimate Universe is a separate universe or a ****ing prequel. If it's a prequel, Thor talking like a **** is fine. It's stupid, but it's fine. If it's an separate universe, drastically changing a character's speech pattern for no storytelling reason other than to harken to the 616 version is a waste of an original take on a character.
In that sense, Ultimate Thor has died and we've got this ****ing stupid punk *** olde-speake guy in his place.
THE ULTIMATES was one of the best ultimizations they ever did. Forget the quality of the art or story, I'm talking about sheer reimagining.
They took the idea of the Avengers - several dysfunctional heroes who band together to fight the uber-bad, who reside in a mansion together in unwieldy numbers and turned it into a military superhero unit with such incredible power that they could only fight villains who were planning to end life as we know it (invasion, destruction, conquest - didn't matter which). More than that, each member, got reimagined as much as appropriate. Captain America loses the frivolous serendipity of his costume in favour of something more militaristic, and is given command of a military unit. Transforming the team into a branch of the military also increased Captain America's unique appeal as the super soldier. Removing that element turns him into a guy who likes to play army. Iron Man's suit and financial workings change, but the rest stays the same. Thor - a bizarre creation is remodeled to fit the efficient and practical theme of the Ultimates team dynamic, what's more, Thor was used, brilliantly, to connect the team to otherworldly forces. The Ultimates versus a monster of science? No problem. The title is set in the contemporary world. The Ultimates versus aliens or time-travelling gods? Thor is that little nod that maybe such things exist. And that question - maybe, maybe not - heightened the ominous tension those beings created. It made things secret. It made things intriguing.
I dunno. This feels to me like pornography. Everything's just out in the open for all to see, and there's no real point to any of it.
Ultimate Thor is the biggest casualty. Hawkeye, Captain America - you can retcon those guys back. But Thor... they changed his entire identity. Gone is the David Icke, "You're ****ing crazy - but really powerful" fun, gone is the subtle hint of insanity, gone is the WONDER. Do you remember, in "Thunder" (v1 #4) when Thor said to Banner, "These powers are neither mutant nor machine..." - do you remember that question pop up in your head - "Then what is he?" That terrifying element that he may or may not be telling the truth?
The pay off to all that mystery? He's a reject from WETA digital with a deus ex machina army. And now, talks like an idiot who pretends he was born in the 14th century.
Rest in peace Ultimate Thor. You sir, were one of the finest superheroes created in this generation. After 19 issues, they went and ****ed you up.
(what can I say, I am a writer not an artist!). Well, they were boring so I would toss on random phrases underneath. It was good times 
