Director Taika Waititi has exclusively revealed that cult ’80s movie Flash Gordon is the biggest influence for his sci-fi threequel Thor: Ragnarok. Taking the box office by storm, the God of Thunder seems to have struck gold (and lightning) for the third time, and it could all be thanks to the flowing hair of Sam J. Jones’ portrayal of Flash.
Both Flash Gordon and Thor may come from the colorful pages of comic books, feature colorful villains, and flying heroes, but it would be easy to end the similarities there. Looking at 2011’s Thor and the 2013 sequel Thor: The Dark World, you would be hard pushed to find ...
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