# Chris Hemsworth in Thor costume **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 3, 2010, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hemsworth-in-thor-costume/538097 "2010-05-03T00:55:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hemsworth-in-thor-costume/538097/1 "2010-05-03T00:55:59Z")
[Not bad](http://splashpage.mtv.com/2010/04/30/thor-picture-chris-hemsworth-in-costume/). I hope they lose the beard. Any thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hemsworth-in-thor-costume/538097/2 "2010-05-03T01:16:09Z")
Looks OK to me, beard and all. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hemsworth-in-thor-costume/538097/3 "2010-05-03T01:20:42Z")
Fine by me. I don’t mind the short beard. Kinda like it. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hemsworth-in-thor-costume/538097/4 "2010-05-03T01:34:25Z")
Lose. The. Beard!!! ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hemsworth-in-thor-costume/538097/5 "2010-05-03T01:34:29Z")
Looks good. I like Thor better with a beard. As a matter of fact I wish it was thicker. It might just be this one picture but does his armor look a little… I don’t know, ‘rubbery’? I wish it looked more metallic. The movies still over a year away though and this is still a very early sneak peek. Still, it looks good. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hemsworth-in-thor-costume/538097/6 "2010-05-03T01:49:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Looks OK to me, beard and all. I’ve got to agree with this. Keep the beard. I’m kind of annoyed with the choice of Hemsworth as Thor but since I can’t think of anyone I like better, I should probably just shut up about it. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hemsworth-in-thor-costume/538097/7 "2010-05-03T02:12:48Z")
The beard is fine. Simonson was my favorite Thor artist anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hemsworth-in-thor-costume/538097/8 "2010-05-03T02:18:41Z")
> [@](#): > > It might just be this one picture but does his armor look a little… I don’t know, ‘rubbery’? I wish it looked more metallic. The movies still over a year away though and this is still a very early sneak peek. That’s what I was thinking, too. It looks more like a costume meant to look like armor than like actual armor. The beard’s fine, though. Thor is supposed to be a manly-man, and beards are manly. ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hemsworth-in-thor-costume/538097/9 "2010-05-03T02:22:32Z")
I agree that the beard looks good; I think it was a good choice and I always thought he looked better with a beard in the comics. The costume does look a little rubbery, but maybe it’s just this picture. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hemsworth-in-thor-costume/538097/10 "2010-05-03T02:24:42Z")
The beard works. Ultimate is the new Marvel. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hemsworth-in-thor-costume/538097/11 "2010-05-03T03:01:43Z")
Don’t mind the beard, but the armor is bad. Wish they showed [del]my[/del] the Hammer… ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hemsworth-in-thor-costume/538097/12 "2010-05-03T04:59:31Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > That’s what I was thinking, too. It looks more like a costume meant to look like armor than like actual armor. Well, Thor is more of a superhero meant to look like a Norse god than an actual Norse god, so… ---
**Author:** ![Rrose\_Selavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rrose\_Selavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rrose_Selavy)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hemsworth-in-thor-costume/538097/13 "2010-05-03T10:55:31Z")
Forget the beard, is his winged helmet at the dry cleaners? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hemsworth-in-thor-costume/538097/14 "2010-05-03T12:44:23Z")
> [@](#): > > Forget the beard, is his winged helmet at the dry cleaners? Maybe he didn’t want anyone to mistake him for Asterix. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Asterixcover-asterix\_the\_gaul.jpg](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Asterixcover-asterix_the_gaul.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hemsworth-in-thor-costume/538097/15 "2010-05-03T13:05:06Z")
Besides the plasticy/rubbery issue, the flanged shoulders are going to look pretty cheesy from straight on. The downward angle on the photo helps to hide the effect, but I suspect it will stick out like two sore thumbs in the film if they don’t change it. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hemsworth-in-thor-costume/538097/16 "2010-05-03T16:59:15Z")
I agree with the rubbery look, but in the film it will probably be ok. I like the beard, and since the only Avengers stuff I’ve read in ten years has been Ultimate, I forgot Thor DIDN’T have a beard most of the time. But since the new Marvel films seem VERY inspired by the Ultimate universe, I wish they had gone with that costume design. Capes seem out of place in the Marvel Film Universe. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hemsworth-in-thor-costume/538097/17 "2010-05-03T18:41:29Z")
I like Thor best with a full beard. The blond hair of the comics has never bothered me, but the clean-shaven face is not appropriate for the Scion of Asgard. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hemsworth-in-thor-costume/538097/18 "2010-05-03T18:43:32Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Well, Thor is more of a superhero meant to look like a Norse god than an actual Norse god, so… I’m going to need you to take that back. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hemsworth-in-thor-costume/538097/19 "2010-05-03T18:44:15Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Well, Thor is more of a superhero meant to look like a Norse god than an actual Norse god, so… Well, in the comics he’s supposed to be an actual Norse god (even if the stories aren’t very true to the mythology at all . . . ) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hemsworth-in-thor-costume/538097/20 "2010-05-03T19:25:44Z")
Eh, the mythology isn’t very true to the mythology, either. It’s not in the nature of mythology to be consistent. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-hemsworth-in-thor-costume/538097.md?page=2)