THOR: THE DARK WORLD: Marvel Studios Concept Artist Andy Park Reveals Amazing Alternate Malekith Designs

Christopher Eccleston played Malekith in Thor: The Dark World but these alternate designs are so much better than what we got in the movie itself, it's not even funny! Hit the jump to check them out...

By JoshWilding - Oct 09, 2017 06:10 AM EST

Filed Under: Thor: The Dark World

Thor: The Dark World was enjoyable enough but with Game of Thrones director Alan Taylor at the helm, many fans expected a movie which would be considerably better. Malekith, in particular, was wasted and has now become one of the most underwhelming and forgettable Marvel villains to date.

Much of that can be blamed on how bland his plan was but in terms of appearance, Malekith was every bit as disappointing. However, things could have been a lot better for the iconic Thor baddie had concept artist Andy Park had his way. As you can see below, he created some much better designs for the character before the sequel was released which Marvel decided against using for some reason.

As Park notes, these designs are much closer to what we're used to seeing in the comic books and Malekith would have looked far more formidable had Marvel stuck to that. What do you guys think?

#ThorRagnarok is about a month away! But let's take a look back at his previous cinematic adventure. I especially enjoyed exploring concept designs for Malekith. Here's one that was very similar to his comic book look. #malekith #thor #villian #darkelf #conceptart #costume #design #digitalart #illustration #그림 #그림스타그램 #marvel #marvelstudios

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Oct 4, 2017 at 8:54am PDT

Closeup of another Malekith concept design I painted up on #ThortheDarkWorld #thor #villian #conceptart #costume #design #digitalart #illustration #그림 #그림스타그램 #marvel #marvelstudios

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Oct 5, 2017 at 8:59am PDT

Closeup of another Malekith concept design I painted up on #ThortheDarkWorld #thor #villian #conceptart #costume #design #digitalart #illustration #그림 #그림스타그램 #marvel #marvelstudios

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Oct 6, 2017 at 9:03am PDT

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LarryDee - 10/9/2017, 6:56 AM

The main problem of Malekith wasn't his desig (sure, the overall look and feel of the Dark Elves were a little bland after a while). The problem that it was SOOOOO Bland. Such a boring, apathetic villain. Malekith is supposed to be a fantasy version of the Joker.
If you want to do a villain who is bad "just for the sake of being bad", at least make it entertaining.

noahthegrand - 10/9/2017, 7:12 AM

@LarryDee - I dont really know the character, but that sounds cool. Can you explain him a bit more?

Doomsday8888 - 10/9/2017, 7:38 AM

@noahthegrand -
"Space Joker" is a close approximation tbh, but Malekith isn't all that funny, and is a sick motherf*cker, truly evil. :P

noahthegrand - 10/9/2017, 7:44 AM

@Doomsday8888 - well that could have been amazing...

BrettMan - 10/9/2017, 8:55 AM

@LarryDee - Since we're nitpicking Malekith, I'm just gonna add that it still bugs me to no end that they scarred the wrong side of his face in the movie.

LarryDee - 10/9/2017, 11:27 AM

@BrettMan - Well they also cut off Ulysses Klauw's wrong arm, so let's call a tradition. XD

LarryDee - 10/9/2017, 11:29 AM

@Doomsday8888 - Well of course i didn't mean entertaining in a comedic way, but certainly it would have been interesting to have him engaging. I don't know who was more self-pretentious and stiff in the movie between him and Thor.

Doomsday8888 - 10/9/2017, 6:56 AM

Much better, close to the comics, but whatever, i just want to forget this movie now.
Let's just Ragnarok & roll!

blackandyellow - 10/9/2017, 6:57 AM

The best design in the world couldn't have saved this character from sucking.

SuperCat - 10/9/2017, 6:59 AM

@blackandyellow - LOL.

knocturnalzen10 - 10/9/2017, 7:13 AM

@blackandyellow - ben is so frustrated at this point

GhostDog - 10/9/2017, 7:06 AM

I LOATHE this movie. Boring ass Malekith.

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THOR: THE DARK WORLD: Marvel Studios Concept Artist Andy Park Reveals Amazing Alternate Malekith Designs

Christopher Eccleston played Malekith in Thor: The Dark World but these alternate designs are so much better than what we got in the movie itself, it's not even funny! Hit the jump to check them out...

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