At Disney's D23 Expo today, Marvel Studios presented a new clip from the Thor sequel and the website Bleeding Cool was on-hand to give a brief account about it. This clip focuses on Natalie Portman's Jane Foster and kind of answers some questions across the Internet and social media on if Foster is sick or possessed while in Asgard.
"This one showed Jane Foster in Asgard, being analysed [sic] by whatever means the Asgardians have instead of medical science. There’s a piece of kit in the scene that the magic-minded Asgardians see as a 'soul forge' but Foster calls 'a quantum field generator.'
There’s some kind of 'dark energy' inside Foster and, apparently, it’s transforming to better defend itself. It’s the kind of plot point that only makes sense when seen as magic, but hey—it establishes that Foster is in grave danger this time around.
And I wonder if they’ll be playing this as some kind of pregnancy metaphor? Seems like real a possibility. The romance between Foster and Thor is clearly central to the scene, with Odin pleased to see Foster, and her exclaiming to Thor, 'You told your Dad about me?!'"
UPDATED with more footage description, via Slash Film:
"The scene opens with Jane on an operating table, surrounded by strange energy fields and Asgardian doctors using 3D spatial multitouch screens to examine her. 'She will not survive the amount of energy surging within her,' Thor says gravely.
"Jane starts talking science with the physicians, asking if she’s in a quantum generation field. After some back and forth, they establish that the field is called something different in Asgard, but that’s indeed what she’s in. While the doctors are unable to determine the nature of her sickness, it’s clear that she’s mortally ill.
"Odin, meanwhile, is none too happy to see her. 'You told your dad about me,' Jane says to Thor. After two guards try to grab Jane, she deflects them with a surprising burst of red energy. Odin notices something in her arm, and they realize that the infection is defending her—or maybe just itself."
Per Entertainment Weekly:
In new footage previewed at D23, a cluster of jittery, frightened British cops approach a disheveled Jane as she clings to Chris Hemsworth’s Thor. “Step back, she’s dangerous!” one cop shouts.
“So am I,” Thor replies, triggering an energy beam that takes her back to his celestial realm.
There we see Foster laid out on a glowing table while medieval-looking doctors operating futuristic, holographic scanning devices examine her. “Is that a quantum field generator?” Foster asks.
The doctor says it is not.
“Does it transfer molecular energy from one place to another?” Foster, the astrophysicist, asks her examiner, who nods. She smiles to Thor: “It’s a quantum field generator.”
Anthony Hopkins’ one-eyed ruler Odin enters the room, furious that his son brought the human to their kingdom. “She does not belong here in Asgard any more than a goat belongs at a banquet table,” he shouts.
Portman, of course, disputes the notion that she is a goat.
Odin replies that he knows who she is. “Jane Foster.”
Portman beams. “You told your dad about me!?”
But there’s no levity from Thor. “Something is in her, father, something I have not seen before.”
Odin is unmoved. He suggests dispatching her back to Earth so human doctors can deal with the problem. But as guards seize her, a blast emanates from her skin and throws them across the room.
What exactly is infecting Jane? We don’t know. Count on it being the fault of the main villain Christopher Eccleston’s Malekith the Accursed, who is scheming to tear apart the fabric of reality.
Thor: The Dark World releases in theaters on November 8, 2013.
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