The New Thor Film’s Spaceships Are Named After Holdens

In honour of the Australian company that shut down earlier this year, the director of the new Thor movie named the key spaceships after Holden cars
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Listen closely to the names of the space craft in the latest Marvel movie, Thor: Ragnarok, and you might notice something strange.

In an interview with YouTube channel triple j, director Taika Waititi revealed that he specifically named ships in the movie after Holden cars. A large craft at the end of the film is called the Statesman, while a ship the characters escape on is called the Commodore.

The late Holden Commodore
The late Holden Commodore

Others are called the Kingswood and the Torana. We can’t promise any of them run on whacking great V8 engines or would make good racecars after some time with a professional tuner, but it’s a pretty cool move nonetheless.

Holden was sadly shut down earlier this year as General Motors scrambles to cut costs, but this is a respectful tribute to a golden age of Australian motoring gone by. As the film was mostly shot in Australia, Waititi, who’s of Maori descent, squeezed a lot of local influence into the film including parts of the cast.

The movie should hit a cinema near you in early November. Expect loud noises.

Source: Jalopnik

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Anonymous

Shoutouts to the director! He deserves a medal!

10/19/2017 - 08:07 |
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Anonymous

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A holden medal..

10/19/2017 - 08:09 |
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Anonymous

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10/19/2017 - 09:41 |
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That Audi guy

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Plot twist Holden didn’t shut down.
It relocated to Asgard!

10/19/2017 - 16:39 |
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Rip CT, this shit was a good app back in the day

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10/19/2017 - 16:59 |
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Anonymous

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And also a album of men at work’s greatest hits

10/22/2017 - 17:28 |
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Christian González Alfonso 1

But those spaceships are going to do burnouts or something??

10/19/2017 - 08:12 |
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BV86_OFISHAL (AUDM Fanboy)

If Tony’s happy, I’m happy.

10/19/2017 - 08:19 |
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Give that man an onion!

10/19/2017 - 10:00 |
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SAVAGE DOGG (Ping-Pong Gang) (Corvette Squad)

Are they LS powered?

10/19/2017 - 08:31 |
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The New Thor Film’s Spaceships Are Named After Holdens
HF_Martini6

Does this mean that there is gonna be a flat black Spaceship with a giant Spacethingy inductor on its Hood called “the last Interceptor” in the next Movie?

.. Oh wrong Brand…

10/19/2017 - 08:54 |
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Anonymous

It’s a great day to be a commodore

10/19/2017 - 10:02 |
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Anonymous

The song called down under by men at work are not included.

10/19/2017 - 10:07 |
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David 27

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

it was suggested for the main theme, but got sadly rejected :(

10/19/2017 - 14:48 |
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JRod

Triple J is actually a radio station broadcast nationally by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and internationally online. A little more than just their YouTube channel, haha.

10/19/2017 - 10:25 |
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JRod

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Also Holden wasn’t shut down… Just local production.

10/19/2017 - 10:26 |
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Dprac1ng

This is actually great.

10/19/2017 - 10:31 |
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