Thor: Ragnarok Page #13

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Enter Thor. Gladiator Thor. Shaved head, trimmed beard,

minimalist armor, covered in weapons. Two swords on his

back, giant mace in one hand, spiked shield in the other.

GRANDMASTER (CONT'D)

Watch out for his fingers. They

make sparks.

Thor looks up at the throngs of SCREAMING FANS. And then...

...puts on his helmet. A badass gladiator variation of his

classic winged helm. Thor is ready to rumble.

ABOVE:
Find Valkyrie in her Warsong ship, parked amongst the

other tailgaters. She POPS open a bottle of booze. Drinks.

GRANDMASTER (CONT'D)

Okay, this is it. Let's get ready

to welcome this guy. Here he comes.

He is a creature. What can we say

about him? Well, he's unique.

There's none like him. I feel a

special connection with him.

Suddenly the floor beneath Thor's feet LOWERS. A slow,

tension-building GRIND as he sees-

-A DOOR across the arena. Bigger and bigger.

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The entire crowd is on its feet. Palpable anticipation. The

spotlights change to bright stadium lights.

GRANDMASTER (CONT'D)

He's undefeated. HE'S THE

REIGNING...HE'S THE DEFENDING...

Ladies and gentlemen... I give

you...

KA-BOOM! EXPLODING through a door is the Champion...

...THE INCREDIBLE HULK! He wears an armored shoulder guard

and a Spartan helmet. He carries a warhammer in one hand and

a battleaxe in the other. Hulk POUNDS his chest and ROARS,

further energizing an already frenzied crowd.

Meanwhile, the sight of Hulk makes Thor's arms drop to his

sides along with his jaw dropping to the ground. And then-

-Thor LAUGHS his ass off. Like, "that's my buddy over there!"

THOR:

Yes!

IN THE VIP BOX:
Loki goes ghost white. Traumatic memories of

being Hulk-smashed flood his brain. Gone is all his joy.

LOKI:

I have to get off this planet.

Loki tries to exit, but the Grandmaster stops him.

GRANDMASTER:

Hey, hey, hey! Where are you going?

Grandmaster plops Loki down in the front row, right against

the glass. Loki casually tries to hide his face in his hand.

IN THE ARENA:

THOR:

Hey! We know each other. He's a

friend from work.

(to Hulk:
)

Where have you been? Everybody

thought you were dead. So much has

happened since I last saw you. I

lost my hammer. Like, yesterday,

so that's still pretty fresh.

(then:
)

Loki! Loki's alive. Can you

believe it? He's up there.

(waves to Loki:
)

Loki! Look who it is!

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Loki is petrified.

THOR (CONT'D)

Banner, I never thought I would say

this, but I'm happy to see you.

IN THE ARENA:
Hulk is still eyeballing Thor while the

capacity crowd CHANTS insanely for "HULK! HULK! HULK!"

THOR (CONT'D)

Banner. Hey, Banner!

Hulk's face grimaces and contorts, suppressing puny Banner.

HULK:

NO BANNER! ONLY HULK!

Hulk CHARGES at Thor. Insanely fast.

THOR:

What are you doing? It's me.

Thor DODGES the first few attacks, but then Hulk SHATTERS his

shield and sends Thor FLYING.

Thor draws a sword and STABS it into the ground to slow his

momentum. Draws the other sword and faces off against Hulk.

THOR (CONT'D)

Banner, we're friends. This is

crazy. I don't want to hurt you!

They engage again. Hulk KICKS Thor, sending him SLAMMING

into the wall.

GRANDMASTER:

Here we go.

Thor jumps down just in time to avoid Hulk's warhammer, which

HITS so hard that it remains lodged in the wall.

With Hulk charging again, Thor RIPS the warhammer out of the

wall and WALLOPS Hulk with it.

Hulk goes CRASHING alongside the arena. He ends up sprawled

out in a pile of rubble, slightly dazed.

GRANDMASTER (CONT'D)

What?

ABOVE:
Val is watching through a set of high-tech

binoculars. She reacts to Thor, reluctantly impressed.

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Thor advances on Hulk with all the swagger. He takes off his

helmet and CALLS OUT to Hulk, provoking him.

THOR:

Hey, big guy. The sun's getting

real low.

Hulk takes off his helmet. Scowling. Teeth GRINDING.

THOR (CONT'D)

That's it. The sun's going down.

I won't hurt you anymore. No one

will.

WHOOSH! Thor is suddenly dragged out of frame. Hulk has

Thor by the leg and is WHIPPING him against the arena floor.

Over and over and over again.

IN THE VIP BOX:
Loki's whole mood shifts. The joy returns to

his face, like "everything will be alright!" Loki LAUGHS.

LOKI:

Yes! That's how it feels!

(to Grandmaster:
)

I'm just a huge fan of the sport.

Thor is SMASHED into the floor face first.

Hulk ROARS and RUSHES Thor with his axe.

THOR:

All right. Screw it.

CLANG! The giant weapons CLASH! Now Thor and Hulk are

fighting warhammer versus battleaxe...

...and Thor is winning! He's getting the better of these

exchanges, using Hulk's aggression against him. Thor

continually KNOCKS and/or TRIPS Hulk off his feet while

evading all of Hulk's best attacks.

THOR (CONT'D)

I know you're in there, Banner.

I'll get you out!

One particular vicious blow DISARMS Hulk, and Thor BREAKS

Hulk's axe with the warhammer. Thor then BASHES Hulk in the

chest, KNOCKING him to the ground.

THOR (CONT'D)

What's the matter with you? You're

embarrassing me! I told them we

were friends!

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GROWLING, Hulk stands up and HITS Thor with a straight jab

that sends Thor TUMBLING across the arena. Hulk immediately

LEAPS after him and LANDS ON Thor!

Hulk is now on top of Thor as they slide across the arena,

just PUMMELING him with punches. Left-right-left-right.

Thor's head snaps back and forth.

In the carnage, Thor sees VISIONS OF ODIN. Then-

-his eyes GLOW WHITE WITH ELECTRICITY. Like an instinctual

defense mechanism, Thor suddenly KNOCKS HULK BACK WITH A

BURST OF LIGHTNING!

Seething with electricity, Thor springs to his feet and then

BLASTS HULK WITH A MASSIVE LIGHTNING PUNCH! Hulk is LAUNCHED

BACKWARDS and Thor hits the ground HARD.

CROWD:

Thunder! Thunder! Thunder!

KORG:

Thunder! Thunder! Thunder!

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