legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79586 posts
Thu Jun-10-21 11:50 AM
"Anyone watching Loki? "
Watched the first ep last night and that shit was hilarious AND entertaining.
now sure where its going but I’m along for the ride.
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1. "first episode preludes everything so nicely" In response to Reply # 0
rule of thumb...if they are a major actor/actress they are not just there for the TV shows...they will have an impact on future movies Gugu's role is MAJOR for upcoming movie arcs !!!!!
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79586 posts
Thu Jun-10-21 12:26 PM
2. "when he opened the drawer and saw all those stones.. lmao" In response to Reply # 0
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79586 posts
Thu Jun-10-21 02:34 PM
7. "this is what heaven is really like" In response to Reply # 3
prolly get up there and see all the things we crave like diamonds and gold coins and they are like “we use those for the cat litter”
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The pre-Ragnarok version of Loki needed all these kicks in the (gender-fluid) dick. The DB Cooper thing was kind of a let down because I thought that would’ve been a full episode sometime down the line. I’m glad my boo from Lovecraft Country is in this.
11. "They've already cast Kang for the films" In response to Reply # 10
He's going to be the villain in Ant-Man 3, and they're reportedly setting him up to be the next Thanos type. Plua, onw of the characters already has a connection to Kang in the comic books. So it's likely that he may figure into this somehow. At least alluded to at some point.
15. "I doubt they actually show him in the series" In response to Reply # 13 Fri Jun-11-21 02:01 PM by mrhood75
You're very likely right that they're setting things up for him, and the characters will probably allude to him, especially by the end, where they could reveal that he's the force behind whoever is the villain here.
But they usually introduce the "major" MCU characters on the big screen, rather than the small one. The one exception was in Falcon and Winter Soldier, and that was because Black Widow was supposed to be in theaters before that show premiered. So I doubt we actually get to see Majors as Kang yet. Or at least I'd be VERY surprised.
20. "On another note, did they really show Chronopolis in Ant Man & The Wasp?" In response to Reply # 15
My boy was telling me they showed Chronopolis for a quick second when Hank and his wife were about to leave the Quantum realm. I’ve seen the movie like 5 times and never noticed it but when I went back to where he was saying, it really does look like a city in a bubble in the background as they rocket out of there. Which makes sense if that’s the case cuz that could have been where Hank’s wife lived for those 20 years. And now it really does look like they were setting up to talk about it in Ant Man 3. I totally missed that.
17. "I haven't like a show this much in a minute. " In response to Reply # 0
The whole premise of the TVA is amazing and the fact that the place that is untouched by time looks like 70s bureaucratic design that every city still has is hilarious
23. "you might have a point" In response to Reply # 22
i think the newest episode started hinting harder at something else going on with the TVA.
maybe its more about the fact that loki left his previous timeline and the repercussions of that. or maybe even the loki we are seeing now would had gone on to mess things up, which they in theory already saw happen, so they went back and got him before he had a chance to.
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79586 posts
Fri Jun-25-21 07:31 AM
25. "I’m all types of confused. Isnt the Loki the TVA captures" In response to Reply # 22
the same one that just killed millions on earth?
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79586 posts
Fri Jun-25-21 09:53 AM
29. "I’m not even going to attempt to act like I know all of this" In response to Reply # 26
but didn’t Loki variant lady say the TVA is just regular ass people from earth who think they have been doing Gods work all this time.
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31. "He is supposed to go back to Asgard" In response to Reply # 26
As soon as he vanished with the Tesseract, care of Tony by way of a rampaging Hulk, he broke away from the way the timeline was supposed to progress. They gotta whack him at that point before he causes a bunch of other timeline branches. Imagine if they let variant Loki run wild and he, say, popped back up on Earth, joined Hydra, and helped Bucky murk Cap on the Helicarrier? LOL.
28. "I think that's the point..." In response to Reply # 22
The people convicted as "Variants" aren't necessarily doing anything wrong, just something that wasn't "supposed" to happen based on the Time Keepers idea of what the sacred timeline is. It's not about purposefully doing something wrong or evil, or the Time Keepers would be stopping Thanos and other villains. So end the end it's likely that there's a Wizard of Oz type of reveal for the Time Keepers where they are the real villains, resetting all these innocent people, calling them variants and making them work for the TVA.
>He picked up the tesseract and boom, he was a criminal. >But he didn't purposely break the timeline.
34. "All signs point to...." In response to Reply # 32
KAAAANNNNGGGGG
but we'll see
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79586 posts
Mon Jul-12-21 03:26 PM
35. "my coworker predicted Dr Doom" In response to Reply # 32
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79586 posts
Mon Jul-12-21 03:29 PM
36. "and with the Fantastic Four coming to the MCU in 2023" In response to Reply # 35
this would be the perfect introduction
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39. "I'm hoping for Immortus" In response to Reply # 32
Which would be tough to explain, given that they're introducing Kang soon. But I don't think they're introducing Kang straight-up in a TV series. They're going to wait for the movies.
44. "RE: Either 'He Who Remains'" In response to Reply # 43
Read some theories that "he who remains" could be a loki variant... maybe the old head loki
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79586 posts
Tue Jul-13-21 11:44 AM
45. "another Loki variant would be wack af" In response to Reply # 43
we just watched 50 of them fighting each other.
the fuck I need to wait another week to see one more Loki?
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47. "It would, but it would also be in keeping with the theme of the story" In response to Reply # 45
People put a lot of expectations on these shows, but WandaVision and Falcon vs. WS have shown that these shows aren't here for fan service when it comes to introducing lots of characters. I may want them to introduce Immortus as the guy behind it all, but from a storytelling perspective it wouldn't make sense for the villain behind it all to be someone we haven't seen or hasn't been mentioned or even alluded to in the previous five episodes.
The show has been about the nature of Loki, so it would make that the "ultimate" Loki would be the one behind the scenes pulling all the strings.
And whoever it is in the castle, I'm pretty sure that they're controlling the Miss Minutes cartoon. And they **are** in some way Miss Minutes.
48. "I agree with you but with one wrinkle" In response to Reply # 47
I thought I heard they were going to do a season 2 for this one. If that's true then I can see them introducing a "medium bad" to focus on as some kind of cliffhanger.
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79586 posts
Tue Jul-13-21 03:00 PM
49. "man.. I want them to push these shows past the same old formula" In response to Reply # 47
I know its a bit greedy on my way end but why can’t this show introduce a new character or hint at the arrival of a major villain?
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79586 posts
Thu Jul-15-21 10:06 AM
54. "They hit it put the park with this one" In response to Reply # 49
now, I have no idea who Kang is but from what I hear he is a serious bass ass villain.
much better than another Loki variant.
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61. "He should be pretty cool for movie fans" In response to Reply # 54
I didn't read a lot of Kang as a kid, but what makes him interesting is that pretty much every version of him has come from the future to wield his knowledge against less intelligent civilizations, and like Loki's Kang argues it's often in a sort of Thanos-adjacent aim at benevolence, but he's also incredibly unpredictable and condescending because you're not always meeting the same Kang, but he's always coming from the same place of being smarter/"better" than everyone.
Given the performance, and set up, from Jonathan Majors in this episode, it'll be interesting to see if Phase 4/5/6 even focuses on any one version of Kang or if Majors becomes the Downey/Evans of this Marvel run, just playing different roles all the time.
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BrooklynWHAT Member since Jun 15th 2007 85068 posts
Thu Jul-15-21 09:00 AM
52. "Ok that casting was 10x better than I thought" In response to Reply # 0
I liked Majors in Lovecraft but he hit this portrayal out of the park. Dude was absolutely devouring the scenery Curious to see what he plays the other versions like
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79586 posts
Thu Jul-15-21 02:33 PM
59. "that movie was way too long" In response to Reply # 57
It was good but whoever made it needed to trim the fat on that joint.
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62. "i'm confused..where is 'there'?" In response to Reply # 60
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63. "everywhere" In response to Reply # 62 Fri Jul-16-21 01:04 AM by Nodima
Like, in some ways it's a pretty cynical move from Marvel. They're looking at all the re-cast superheroes and villains across time (I actually think Toby Maguire as Spider-Man is still the lock on the door even if Spider-Verse proved to be the key) and realizing that they've built the sort of beast that, even if it falters from it's phase 3 height, is basically an impenetrable fortress at this point. Marvel doesn't need to tell a decade-long story anymore (though it will) and it doesn't need central characters anymore (though it will have them), instead it has the constumes and the action and the "who knows who and who is where" question looming over everything now. They can tell just about any story they want and put any sort of actor in those suits, just like in the comics, but for now they've managed to maintain that everything is related to the core story they'd been telling for 15 years now.
The ending of this Loki series gives them an out for everything, from Steve and Tony dying to having to remember how they wrapped up the Hulk storyline or where they left Wanda in that cabin. Thanos can even come back as the villain for a movie if Brolin is available and they get desperate for a compelling performance. Everything is on the table now and anecdotally it seems like one 20 minute performance, essentially entirely table setting and monologue, from Jonathan Majors sold it to all but the most casual surface level MCU watcher.
From a corporate stance you could call it safe, I guess, but from a storytelling stance Marvel is really asking theater audiences to fully give themselves over to the machine in a way that really only comic book and maybe video game people are used to. And the consensus seems to be that the answer to that ask is "yes please!"
70. "excellent. i appreciate your explanation" In response to Reply # 63
and i'm here for it...all of it
i think "fans" are too demanding and it sucks that they gotta do all that just to cast whoever the fuck they want in shit
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"But rest assured, in my luxurious house built on the backs of people darker than me, I am sipping fine scotch and scoffing at how stupid you are." - bshelly
I enjoyed basically every moment of the season. The only point I wavered was the end of episode 4. It seemed like it was going to lose direction but nah they kept hitting.
Based on WandaVision I did not expect them to actually bring out such a big character at the end. For it to be from the beginning of the episode was something else too. This ending definitely has me geeked to see where it all goes from here.
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