Thor Ragnarok Inspired By Flash Gordon and Queen

August 15, 2017Entertainment News, Movie News

If you’ve seen the new trailer for Thor Ragnarok, you might have noticed the visuals are similar to that of Flash Gordon. That is because director Taika Waititi has revealed the superhero movie was influenced by Flash Gordon and Queen.

We are super excited for Thor Ragnarok, and after hearing about Taika Waititi getting his inspiration from Flash Gordon and Queen, we can’t wait. Read on…

CelebNMovies247.com knows that the Marvel Studios’ first two Thor films led by Chris Hemsworth were nowhere close to being failures.

Although, Thor has stood out on its own in every way and now it’s getting a visual makeover for the better if you ask us.

The Thor Ragnarok trailers have been stunning from the jump and with Waititi in the director’s seat, Marvel was more that willing to kick things up a notch or more. This movie looks to have similarities to that of James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy visually.

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Taika Waititi explained to EW about some of the things that influenced his vision for Ragnarok. Most notably Taika pointed to a classic ’80s film for one source of inspiration, Flash Gordon. Not only the film but the movies soundtrack composed of music by Queen.

Here is what he said:

“I loved the kind of cosmic trippy vibe of the Thor comics. Another influence for me was Flash Gordon. I grew up loving that movie. … I’ve often said if Freddie Mercury were alive, I would have asked Queen to do the soundtrack. It just has that feel: it’s a cool bold, colorful cosmic adventure. And it just needed to be fun.”

Waititi instead enlisted Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh as the film’s composer. No full official tracks from his score have been released, but samples of his score can be heard in the second Thor: Ragnarok trailer. Waititi originally wanted Queen as the main score of the film, but that didn’t happen.

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