The Ragnarok director returns with more space-Viking shenanigans, and a new villain in Christian Bale.

(Which doesn’t even account for some half-dozen TV offshoots.)

Getting back to his former glory involves a general glow-up (farewell, poncho!

Thor Love and Thunder

Natalie Portman and Chris Hemsworth in ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’.Jasin Boland/Marvel Studios

Love and Thunderis pretty much all that again, poured into a centrifuge.

(And so much Guns N' Roses Axl Rose is essentially the spirit animal of this soundtrack.)