The last time we saw Thor, he was delegating a bunch of kids to go kill a God butcher or something like that. That sentence perfectly sums up my feelings on the God of Thunder’s last outing, Love and Thunder, in that it wasn’t very memorable. There have already been plenty of articles written on why Love and Thunder was not great, but people like Thor, and more importantly people love Chris Hemsworth.
Sure, when Thor doesn’t work it can be pretty bad, but when Thor is done right he’s right up there with Iron Man and Captain America where he belongs. If we could get more Thor that was in the vain of the Ragnarok or Infinity War sweet spot (after Dark World but before the questionable fat suit in Endgame), I think most people would be okay with another movie, if not another trilogy of movies.
With all that said, due to the negative reception from Love and Thunder not much has been mentioned about a Thor 5. Before Marvel does that, I think they know they need to recalibrate the character with audiences and it looks like the animated series What If…? is their chance. According to the website The Direct, Hemsworth is voicing his character once again in What If…? season 3, and I think it’s a great next move.
Hemsworth himself has been coy about returning in live action, saying he would only come back if the next movie was, “very drastically different in tone”, and if Deadpool and Wolverine proved one thing it’s that there is nothing wrong with the cleansing of the palate every now and then. What If…? is the perfect opportunity for Thor to do the same thing. I’m not saying they should reinvent the character, but they need to make some tonal adjustments before they foolishly spend hundreds of millions on another movie. The character has already been on the series five times before this already, and the whole point of the show is to explore different versions of the mainline MCU characters so they can tweak them as little or as much as they would like.
Do you want to see Chris Hemsworth come back for another Thor movie, and are you excited for the next season of What If…? The next season premiers on Disney+ December 22nd!