Board Thread:Movies/@comment-3048593-20171206004220/@comment-3048593-20180517175715

LoveWaffle wrote: KalKent wrote: LoveWaffle wrote: Are there any other remaining Asgardians? Thanos blew up the ship, and the Russos said Sif is dead. So it's just Thor and Peter MacNicol's character on Agents of SHIELD for now. I rewatched the movie yesterday, and like the first time I saw it, I remember it being mentioned that Thanos specifically killed half of the Asgardians on that ship, presumably letting the other half escape before the ship was destroyed. Hence why we didn't see anything of Valkyrie, Korg and Miek, among the dead bodies (although there was one colored female Asgardian being pointed out among them, but she had what looked like tattoos and war paint on her face, something which Valkyrie didn't have towards the end of 'Thor: Ragnarok'). He killed half, and then blew up the ship. What could they escape on? If they're still alive, they bailed. Not only does that undo her character development in Ragnarok, but it makes her the Yajirobe of the MCU.

Please don't make Valkyrie the Yajirobe of the MCU... Joe Russo did confirm at a Q&A event that Valkyrie off-screen survived by escaping, along with other Asgardians via escape pods. Since it was at one point reported that Tessa Thompson was in the movie as Valkyrie, my guess is that a scene was cut with her in it, which perhaps included Thor entrusting her with protecting the remaining Asgardians.

And judging by other actors who were said to be in the movie (Angela Bassett as Ramonda for example), but ended up weren't, there were many scenes filmed either intended for the movie or just the trailers. Or the reports came from when they were shooting scenes specifically for 'Avengers 4' (which perhaps stems from reports of Hawkeye, Ant-Man, and even Captain Marvel, supposedly appearing in 'Infinity War').