Overthinking movies at panel speed.
Thor's Hour of Thunder treats movies as a group sport: one title goes in, and a pile of jokes, trivia, arguments, and detours comes out. Recent episodes bounce from 10 Things I Hate About You and 1408 to Apollo 11, Session 9, and Star Trek Klingon theories.
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Thor's Hour of Thunder is a movie podcast with a crowded table, a loose steering wheel, and enough shared history to make every episode feel mid-conversation. The stated film matters, but so does the route taken to get there. Recent installments move through 10 Things I Hate About You, 1408, 13 Ghosts, a 1997 12 Angry Men remake, Apollo 11, 1521, Session 9, and a Star Trek emergency episode about Klingon society. That range says a lot. The show is comfortable with comedy, haunted hotels, ghosts, courtroom remakes, space documentaries, historical oddities, asbestos-riddled horror, and deep fandom logic. It likes a premise with handles. Then it starts pulling. A typical opening may involve a song fragment, a joke about guest geography, a misremembered title, or a fake commercial before the movie discussion properly lands. The panel energy is quick and unruly. People correct dates, challenge rankings, plug side projects, compare unrelated films, and chase production details until a joke becomes analysis or analysis turns into a joke. The show can be blunt about a film that does not work. It can also pause over craft, performance, documentary structure, or the way a director's career fits together. Its Star Trek material has the same texture: canon distinctions, Klingon theories, and a willingness to treat a text-message argument as enough reason for an episode. The movie talk is informed, but not precious. The recurring voices give it continuity, especially when Thor, McFly, Mr. Monopoly, and Scarlet Witch appear around the table. The tone favors digression over neat segments and comic timing over tidy conclusions. It is best for people who want criticism that sounds alive, not laminated. The payoff is a show where over-analysis feels social, funny, and slightly out of control in exactly the intended way.
Made for: Best suited to film fans who enjoy horror detours, Star Trek canon arguments, and group chemistry more than tidy review formats. It rewards people who like trivia, side jokes, and strong opinions delivered at speed.
What sets it apart: The show stands apart through its long-running panel texture: recurring personas, topic-picker chaos, abrupt tangents, and serious movie talk folded into jokes without becoming weightless. It feels less like a review desk than a familiar room full of people trying to outthink and out amuse each other.
Email the show: hourofthunder (at) gmail Jokes and over-analysis about under-seen films. current cover art designed by DoomsdayLLC . Previous cover art: "Thor Against the World" album cover by Mark Dancey. Opening music when we have it is "Ride of the Valkyries" covered by grimmolehill747. Ending music when we have it is Franz Nicolay https://franznicolay.com/Want to listen to an old episode we no longer have posted? Have thoughts about the show or a movie we discussed? Email: hourofthunder (at) gmail
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Sharp craft talk and unruly group chemistry make an eclectic movie lineup worth arguing over.
Thor's Hour of Thunder turns movie discussion into a lively group argument, with jokes arriving alongside close attention to filmmaking choices.
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A moon-landing documentary review orbiting broadcast clips, conspiracy movies, and Buzz Aldrin.
This single-episode review treats Apollo 11 as the landing point for a broader look at how moon missions survive on screen. The discussion spends time with the documentary's use of Walter Cronkite's broadcast descriptions and the return to his face, then drifts through Johnny…
A loose, funny autopsy of 1521, anchored by Danny Trejo as Magellan as the thing most likely to stick.
Thor's Hour of Thunder treats 1521 as a messy case study in historical ambition running far past execution. The panel measures it against 1492: The Conquest of Paradise and Pocahontas, with a James Bond detour folding neatly into the larger argument.
A lively Session 9 discussion where asylum dread, Brad Anderson context, and silver dollars collide.
Session 9 gets a lively, darkly comic conversation as the panel follows an asylum job worth $10,000 each into murkier territory, where practical corner-cutting starts to look uncomfortably close to something supernatural.
Ocean's 8 prompts a lively mix of character critique, Soderbergh theory, and Springfield chaos.
Ocean's 8 works best here as a heist movie with one nagging pressure point: why a fashion designer who lost five million dollars does not loom larger.
A food-from-the-sky comedy gets tested through practical suspicion, callbacks, and one deeply questionable pair of shoes.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs gives the panel an easy way in: would anyone actually trust food falling from the sky, and would it smell good when it landed?
A discussion about the 1985 film 'The Stuff', focusing on casting choices and comparisons to other movies.
A comedic podcast episode where hosts humorously introduce their discussion of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.
Thor and his panel discuss the 2009 animated film Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.
A podcast episode celebrating the 1100th episode by discussing the 1992 film Batman Returns, with humorous commentary and personal anecdotes.
Two podcast hosts humorously critique the movie '2:22' and discuss other films with the number two in the title.
Thor's Hour of Thunder reviews the 1997 Showtime remake of 12 Angry Men, a version Thor says has no score and no music.
The hosts discuss Hitchcock's 1935 The 39 Steps, noting that the lady spy is a male spy in the book and that Mr.
A podcast episode discussing the 1999 movie '10 Things I Hate About You' with guests, focusing on its soundtrack and filming location.
A comedic review of the 2007 horror film 1408, blending movie critique with a fictional haunted inn review.
A group of podcast hosts and guests discuss the 1960 horror film '13 Ghosts' and its legacy.
The hosts discuss the 1997 TV remake of 12 Angry Men, its lack of a musical score, and banter about episode counts and Klingons.
A humorous emergency podcast episode discussing fan theories about Klingon technology and society in Star Trek.
Thor's Hour of Thunder talks about Apollo 11 (2019 Documentary) through the lens of NASA's 70 millimeter footage, unreleased national archives negatives, and IMAX restoration.
Thor's Hour of Thunder episode 1122 centers on 1521, a 2023 film about Ferdinand Magellan and Lapu-Lapu, with Danny Trejo playing Magellan and B.
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Thor’s Hour of Thunder uses Ocean’s 8 to compare a female-led heist cast, a Met Gala setting, and the older Ocean’s films.
A discussion about the 2009 animated film Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, its creators Lord and Miller, and the film's humor and concept.