Folks, close your laptops. There’s no need to find a dodgy torrent of Thor: Ragnarok named like “THOR: RAGNAROK (2017) [CAM] [HIGH QUALITY NO SHAKE][dAMuRdErJunKie-RIP-XXX].wmv.exe”. Because Mark Ruffalo himself accidentally livestreamed part of the movie from his own damn pocket.
https://twitter.com/halrhorer/status/917950367983460352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.papermag.com%2Fres%2Fcommunity%2Ftwitter_embed%2F%3Fiframe_id%3Dtwitter-embed-917950367983460352%26created_ts%3D1507691397.0%26screen_name%3Dhalrhorer%26text%3DOMG%2BMark%2BRuffalo%2Bforgot%2Bto%2Bturn%2Boff%2Bhis%2Binstagram%2Blive%2Bvideo%2Bat%2Bthe%2BThor%253A%2BRagnarok%2Bpremiere%2Band%2B2000%2Bpeople%2Bare%2Blis%25E2%2580%25A6%2Bhttps%253A%252F%252Ft.co%252FaThFUDdSJL%26id%3D917950367983460352%26name%3DHal%2BRhorer
Yeah, okay, it was only audio. About 2,500 people tuned in when Ruffalo forgot to switch his Instagram live video off after broadcasting the huge crowd at the Ragnarok premiere. According to The Hollywood Reporter, who first caught wind of the situation, the film “was clearly audible”.
As you might imagine, the brunt of the comments were speculating on when Ruffalo or one of his handlers would realise the scale of his unforgivable crime.
At some point he did realise what was going on – potentially after a tap on the shoulder from whatever master assassin Marvel employs to ensure the sanctity of their films from the ungrateful masses. He pulled the camera out of his pocket and looked at it before turning the stream off.
https://twitter.com/halrhorer/status/917952922507448320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.papermag.com%2Fres%2Fcommunity%2Ftwitter_embed%2F%3Fiframe_id%3Dtwitter-embed-917952922507448320%26created_ts%3D1507692006.0%26screen_name%3Dhalrhorer%26text%3Dthe%2Bmoment%2Bhe%2Brealized%2Bhe%2Bwas%2Blivestreaming%2Bim%2Bactually%2Bin%2Btears%2Bhttps%253A%252F%252Ft.co%252F3qykyxtunV%26id%3D917952922507448320%26name%3DHal%2BRhorer
There you go. There are now approximately 2,500 civilians who have a rough idea of what the first twenty or so minutes of Thor: Ragnarok sounds like. This is clearly insanely valuable intel.
It’s possible this was a deliberate marketing ploy, as some have suggested online, but I don’t really reckon it is – Marvel wouldn’t provide a shit-tier quality audio-only stream of one of their most anticipated films just for the yuks. But who knows?
