If they do the film and it's a hit, I would save a meeting with Hercules for the second film. You have to spend time making so much plausible about Thor, Asgard, and whatever the peril is - I don't think the screentime could be shared like that. But, in a sequel, it's like - this new peril, we need help. Let's call my old friend Hercules!
No way, that guy or any other can never be Thor. Is not the body or high but the face and combining them is a challenge. Blake became Thor and this is beyond our understanding, Odin knew this man would be his son. Yes, they are the same person, one man the other a god. I support CGI. I am talking about the clean shaven Thor. Does Hercules look like a man? I don't think so.
Let's say Odin killed his son and sent his spirit to earth. This man Dr. Donald Blake became Thor, not the real one that once lived but a "reincarnation". He is the same man who recalls every moment of his life as a mortal and his god personality as time passed by. Have you ever read his first comic appearance? For that there is only one performance to play by an actor and that is the doctor. We must see the transformation when he hits the cane on the ground, not just a blinding flash light. Thor is a CGI character just like Hulk. Imagine Thor with no knowledge of the present, lost in the city.
Yes, I have seen Thor's first appearence. Just because that's how it was done in the comic doesn't mean that's how it must be. Thor could be making his first return to Earth since hundreds of years ago, maybe he meets and befriends a couple named Donald Blake and Jane Foster, who show him how things have changed while he pursues some sort of menace.
Going from Blake-to-Thor in the past was a magic switch, not biological like The Hulk. It could be anybody. In Marvel 1602, Thor shares his form with a frail old man who carries around a magic 'stick'.
You are smart and imaginative. In my opinion I would like the comic version because it is delightful how a man shares the conscience of a god, that is why the comic was entitled "Journey into Mystery". I was thinking about the music video Black in Black by Michael Jackson and I can picture the transformation. As you said it's not biological but in disguise, somehow like the guyver, Blake summons Thor but still the same person/mind. Loki can do that and much more. Also remember what he does, he swings the hammer, flies, and make thunderbolts, he's golden hair not dirty blond, among other things-hard for an actor.
I think they are quite capable of creating CGI Thor. Hulk has a line in the movie. Just hire a german guy with a perfect english to play the Doc. We have this future with all of them, when sooner or later they unite, nobody should fail or quit showbiz. Why not accepting the support of CGI. And keep the music score from the 66 cartoon that bull horn like sound is great. Sorry I mention Captain America but in this case is the opposite-a CGI Steve Rogers, which is biological. We have this problem with the same person changing.
The CGI Hulk hardly had to act - he was a simple creature - and had only one line. CGI might be neccessary for someone like Hulk or Juggernaut ( we'll see about what X3 does), but my point about Nathan Jones is, it's not needed. When he steps out onto the screen early in Troy, I gasped, becuase I thought it WAS CGI; a human being coudn't be as big & muscled as that! I thought. But he's real. 6'10, 320 pounds, won a world's strongest man competition - he's who we need. I am not gonna limit my casting because he and Donald Blake have to look alike. To get the right Thor, I would punt Donald Blake outta here!
CGI works for motions or bodies better than face, so I was thinking of having an actor just like the last one here playing both roles and give him the body&performance he needs as Thor. This is better than my previous idea. When he hits the cane we see a bright light around him and with the light comes the helmet/cape/etc.
I hope they do this movie, rather than an Avengers movie. But they need to do enough to distinguish it in the public's mind, away from Superman. His films will deliver similar super feats; plus if New Line Cinema gets Shazam off the ground, it will be a crowded market for this kind of film.
I continue to say, get the best actor to fill this role, instead of CGI.