I was a collector long ago (starting c. 1962, just after Atlas, formerly Timely, became Marvel), and enjoyed much of the MCU before now.
To each his own: Thor: Ragnarok was my least favorite of Phases 1-3, behind even Captain Marvel.
It was the prelude to Endgame: They turned the God of Thunder into the God of Blunder.
It was a chance for petty, vindictive, self-righteous Social (In-)Justice Warriors to turn a handsome, noble, mighty white male into a blubberous, blubbering buffoon.
They would suffer torture en masse before doing that to non-white T’Challa or non-male Carol Danvers.
Journey Into Mystery with The Mighty Thor was one of my favorites as a boy, because I already knew Norse Mythology, and because Thor was portrayed as majestic, not pathetic.
The idea that a 1,500-year-old paragon would quickly transform into a 30-year-old couch potato was a transparent plot device of profound absurdity.
I started collecting comics with The Incredible Hulk #1. I read a lot of the pre-superhero monster comics published by Marvel. I have a collection of at least 20,000 (have to catalog them one of these days) and stopped buying and reading them when I was in my early 40’s (I’m 66 now).
One of my favorite Thor stories was when Walt Simonson (who both wrote and illustrated it) was Thor, The Frog of Thunder. It may have demeaned the “god of thunder” is some eyes, but I thought it was clever and quite entertaining.
“It was a chance for petty, vindictive, self-righteous Social (In-)Justice Warriors to turn a handsome, noble, mighty white male into a blubberous, blubbering buffoon.”
I think people are getting carried away with SJW BS and reading it into stories where it doesn’t exist. I admit I didn’t like seeing a fat and drunken Thor, but I still found it humorous. He came back, didn’t he?
Having the character (with Hemsworth) showing his comic (as in funny, not books) side probably will keep the character going for a couple of more movies. I’m all for it. Hemsworth as Thor was almost as good casting as Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man.
Journey Into Mystery/Thor was always one of my favorite mags. I still re-read them. I particularly liked it when they started having Thor speak in pseudo-Shakespearean English ("Thor says thee nay!"). The Thor part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been one of my least favorites. Hemsworth has always played him like sort of a dumb jock. By not showing his Earthly alter-ego of gifted surgeon Dr. Blake, he just never seems to be very intelligent. And Loki keeps "doing the right thing" in at least two of the movies, whereas in the comics he was 100% dick.
I knew there would be problems with Ragnarok when I read that Hemsworth suggested adding more humor like Guardians of the Galaxy. The humor came off exactly as if they were imitating another (and better) movie. One thing I did like about Ragnarok was that Hela's costume looked a great deal like the comic book version drawn by Jack Kirby and John Buscema.
Of course, I get that part of the problem is that the plan all along was to link the solo movies into a grand Avengers saga in which the individual characters suffered a bit by not getting fleshed out.