<\/a>‘Chance… eh… erm… always finds a, uh, way.’<\/p><\/div>\n
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Grandmaster is the Elder of the Universe who likes to play games. He is obsessed with games of chance and has pit many a Marvel character against one another for the purposes of gaining some prize or another. He is the ultimate chess master, though, rarely competing himself but often able to stack the deck in his favor in order to overcome a foe with a higher degree of strategic acumen. Notably, the Grandmaster was a reoccurring foe of the Defenders, a group that included Hulk, Doctor Strange, and Valkyrie, all of whom will be appearing in the third Thor film.<\/p>\n
I anticipate this will be a tour de force<\/em>\u00a0performance. Goldblum is a master of landing character just right while still maintaining his signature style and the Grandmaster’s bombast will likely come across in this. It’s exciting to know nothing about this performance as press on Ragnarok has primarily focused on the appearance of the Hulk.<\/p>\n(Notably, the two Elders’ focuses, collecting and gaming, seem to align with nerds and geeks of many types. Is this a statement to the fanbase from the MCU? Hmm…)<\/p>\n
So are these all the Elders that have shown up (or will show up), so far?<\/p>\n
Well, I have a theory that the answer is ‘no’ and I will be discussing this next week. I think you’ll find that my theory embraces the a wonderful\u00a0pivot of translation from comics to film and has been cast perfectly…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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