This particular movie earned its reputation as the nadir of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with this dismal scene.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has garnered much of its popularity from select scenes that have resonated profoundly with the general public. Moments like Hulk decimating Loki in The Avengers and the final funeral scene in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 inspired such intense reactions from moviegoers that they took on entirely separate lives divorced from the movies they originated from.
To illustrate this, Thor: The Dark World cuts to a news report showing Selvig running around Stonehenge completely naked while holding a gigantic scientific device. In Selvig’s brain, this inexplicable biuret of nudity makes total sense, but to the outside world, he looks like he’s lost his marbles. During this news footage, we see that authorities are trying to close in and contain Selvig.
Why This 'Thor: The Dark World' Scene Is So Bad There are countless issues with this Thor: The Dark World scene, but let’s start with its lack of humor. Despite being such a broad stab at comedy, this sequence just isn’t very funny. Leaning exclusively on the concept of “naked older man=funny” with nothing else to add humor to the scene smacks of lazy writing.
It's not just the comedy of this scene that fails, though. Selvig’s naked romp is also poorly conceived from a narrative standpoint. This news broadcast is not initially watched by characters in the universe of Thor: The Dark World, it’s just shown to the audience. Much later on in the movie, Darcy and her intern end up watching a similar broadcast and realize where Selvig is.
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