![]() The storm is at the gate.”Įwing wants readers to grok that Immortal Thor will be a book of a similar tune to Immortal Hulk, but sung in the key of Thor. And even then, he might not make it through. “Doors are indeed opening,” Ewing wrote, when we asked if he could share anything about the story of Immortal Thor that didn’t make it into the solicit, “buried secrets are waiting to be unearthed, and ancient gods - elder gods, if you will - are coming to bring trial and sorrow to Earth, Asgard and Thor personally, and he’s going to need to be his absolute highest self to face them. When injustice grips the Earth and ancient powers bring down the sky, he fights for those who cannot - and when the tale is done, we will know what that cost him. The Gods know him as Asgard’s King, keeper of Mjolnir, hero of the tales. “In Norse myths, they called him Thunderer,” says Marvel Comics’ official solicit for Immortal Hulk #1. ![]() ![]() I want to write something that goes as far and as hard and as powerful as the other book did, to give a similar experience to the people who supported that book and supported me through it and took something deep out of it, but with the benefit of experience.” “I want to take another swing at that ball, and this time, I don’t just want to knock it into the outfield, I want to hit it right out of the park and stroll calmly around the bases. Can I do a book like that again? Can I do my end of it better this time? I have to try, because the alternative is just lie down and let the grass grow where I fell. “I was the one who pitched the title - not editorial, not anyone else - and it was basically a self-challenge. “Putting on a book I’m writing is a promise to the reader, and to myself,” Ewing wrote. If he has his way, Immortal Thor won’t just equal Immortal Hulk, it will surpass it. Speaking to Polygon via email, Ewing said the book’s title is his version of throwing down a gauntlet. Naming an Al Ewing project “immortal” is no subtle thing. ![]() Ewing’s Hulk ran for 50 riveting, horrifying, smashing issues, climaxing with a story in where Hulk traveled through the hell of hells to force God to explain why bad things happen. For fans of his blockbuster series Immortal Hulk, that title immediately raises eyebrows. We really wanted it to feel Space Age and not too out-of-control sex pot, which I think added with the flared leg and the mock turtleneck.This August, writer Al Ewing will take the reins on Marvel Comics’ god of thunder with Immortal Thor #1. "Doing it in spandex or anything else didn't give the same effect that latex did. But it was what she really thought would be the best look for ," recalls Stanley. She got really overheated when she would have to dance because something like that really traps heat in. "That was the most intense part, keeping her cooled down. "I knew that that would be really hard for her because, obviously, latex holds in all of your sweat." After the first take, Stanley remembers unzipping Spears' jumpsuit and "literally a bucket of water poured out of it." "This jumpsuit made me very nervous because it was latex and I knew how much she had to dance," stylist Estee Stanley tells NYLON over the phone. One's plans of having this gorgeous outfit all put together, which really had some style, I felt, were just chucked out the window and we went with a rubber suit basically." Plus, the black shoes that finished her look happened to be what she wore to set that day, since the original (red) pair was rejected. "The night before the shoot, I was informed that Britney had hired a guy who did wardrobe for Michael Jackson to come up with a suit that she was going to wear on the day," says director Nigel Dick. According to Bustle, the red outfit was one of Spears' top requests for "Oops… I Did It Again." Miley Cyrus even wore her own homage to the catsuit for her "Mother's Daughter" music video in 2019. The iconic ensemble has become a pop culture staple, referenced at Halloween for the past two decades and quite possibly one of the most recognizable looks from a time when music videos were at their peak in the early aughts. The then-19-year-old pop star was gearing up to drop her sophomore album, an edgier follow up to her debut release ".Baby One More Time." To solidify this new era, the video for her first single - one that would top the Billboard charts and garner its own Grammy nomination - was a risky rendition of a space-age romance between an all-American astronaut and Spears as a Mars-based alien vixen with a penchant for red latex jumpsuits. It was exactly 20 years ago to this day (April 10) when MTV's Making The Video aired a behind-the-scenes episode on filming Britney Spears' "Oops… I Did It Again" music video.
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