Loki: the Disney+ TV series

[ZariusTwo]

A bit 'talky talky' again this week, but was book-ended by decent action and things moving along.

Spoiler:

I dug Loki's speech about good people not necessarily being all that good despite their intentions and vice versa, playing with Moebius' more accepting idealism. Order at the end of time doesn't sound all that bad, but someone versed in the thrill of chaos is always going to find that a bit lacking, so makes sense for Loki to punch some holes in that approach. Also glad that he admitted that, yeah, he was always going to betray Moebius of his own accord and look for a way of seizing control of the TVA

With Lady Loki possessing all these people, and the thing about the candy bar, they did a good job of convincing you the variant was going to be a subversion and we'd get Kid Loki....but maybe this itself is the subversion if she turns out to be Sylvie the Enchantress and could be working for Kid Loli

[Andrew NDB]

Yeah... a lot of standing around talking and stuff being explained to Loki/the audience. Still, I'm enjoying it.

I see they got Sasha Lane from American Honey as the kidnapping victim in this episode. No way they don't have big plans for her to come.

[Zulithe]

I find it really amusing that the song Holding Out For A Hero was used in Loki Episode 2, MOTU:Revelation trailer 1, and the GotG video game trailer... all within the span of about 7 days.

[Roseangelo]

Originally Posted by Zulithe

I find it really amusing that the song Holding Out For A Hero was used in Loki Episode 2, MOTU:Revelation trailer 1, and the GotG video game trailer... all within the span of about 7 days.

I haven't watched those last two videos, but this fan edit from the last episode of the Mandalorian was all I could think about:

[ZariusTwo]

Episode 3 sucked

Spoiler:

A little nugget of information on the TVA all being variants aside, nothing else of any note happened other than the plot conveniently calling for Loki to act like an imbecile on the train just to set up the scenario that leads into the downer cliff hanger. Besides that, **** all happened. And what was with all the 'love' metaphores?

[Autbot_Benz]

Loki is Bisexual

Kate Herron
@iamkateherron
From the moment I joined @LokiOfficial it was very important to me, and my goal, to acknowledge Loki was bisexual. It is a part of who he is and who I am too. I know this is a small step but I’m happy, and heart is so full, to say that this is now Canon in #mcu #Loki ????????????

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by Autbot_Benz

Loki is Bisexual

I'm sorry but does this Kate person have no life? What kind of reaction is that? Is this another one of those 'I can't relate to the character unless they're (blank) like me' scenario?

Loki's always been bi but this lady's reaction just gets to me. What a maroon.

[Andrew NDB]

Spoiler:

So Lady Sif shows up in this. Sort of. Neat.

But yeah. A lot of standing/sitting around and talking again until the end.

[ZariusTwo]

Bit better than last week

Spoiler:

Loki survives being 'pruned' at the end, which definitely means Mobius' fate earlier in the episode will probably be a fake-out too

Richard E. Grant is "retro 60s Loki', as well as a black Loki, Kid Loki, and they have a pet lizard Loki

No doubt Loki surviving his 'pruning' means Moebius could survive his similar fate earlier in the episode too

[Andrew NDB]

Got to admit... wow. This was a fantastic episode. Really delivered on what I was expecting going into this. This was some Neverending Story sh**.

Though I have to ask about the elephant in the room, because it doesn't seem super clear. The female Loki Variant. This IS a Loki male from another timeline decided to be female via shape-shifting at some point, yes? Because they showed the flashback of the capture as a child... but it was all sort of ambiguous. I mean, it's OK if it is -- of course Loki could only be in love with essentially himself -- but it's being played so gray I'm not sure.

Like, is this truly a variant female Loki? Or a dude Loki who decided to not only stop being a frost giant male but also a humanoid male via magic? They seem to sort of dance around it without really saying. This latest episode muddies the waters so much about what a variant Loki is that now I have no idea.

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Got to admit... wow. This was a fantastic episode. Really delivered on what I was expecting going into this. This was some Neverending Story sh**.

Though I have to ask about the elephant in the room, because it doesn't seem super clear. The female Loki Variant. This IS a Loki male from another timeline decided to be female via shape-shifting at some point, yes? Because they showed the flashback of the capture as a child... but it was all sort of ambiguous. I mean, it's OK if it is -- of course Loki could only be in love with essentially himself -- but it's being played so gray I'm not sure.

Like, is this truly a variant female Loki? Or a dude Loki who decided to not only stop being a frost giant male but also a humanoid male via magic? They seem to sort of dance around it without really saying. This latest episode muddies the waters so much about what a variant Loki is that now I have no idea.

Eh, you know how it is, the future is female. I doubt they'd do it because woman love their Tom Hiddleston, but if they wanted, they opened the door for getting rid of male Loki and keeping female Loki as their main Loki going forward.

[ZariusTwo]

Richard E Grant certainly wasn't wasted, and he had a boss moment at the end.

Aside from that though, nothing was really learned further about the TVA.

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Richard E Grant certainly wasn't wasted, and he had a boss moment at the end.

Aside from that though, nothing was really learned further about the TVA.

All of these shows are basically a waste of time and filler. I feel the movies, like the Dr Strange one that will have Wanda in it, and then any other movie down the line that brings in Loki or Falcon Cap or whatever will carry on as if those shows didn't happen. As in, the audience won't be lost if they haven't seen their stupid little shows.

Kinda like AoS, it helps to understand them if you seen the movies, but you don't need to see AoS to understand the movies.

[ssjup81]

I like the series so far. Sucks it's going to be short, but it's also good that they're not dragging stuff out. I really like the characterizations of Loki and Sylvie. In all honesty, any time Loki's character acts human, I like it. It's like in Thor 2 how he was very upset over the death of his mother, even though she was adopted. I view Loki as an anti-hero type anyway, so seeing him take to Sylvie and reacted to her welfare was nice, despite his acting like he didn't care. His eyes gave it away. Same with Mobius' character and his fate. You could tell that it bothered Loki and that's something I just love about the character. Just imagine if they were basing this off of the real Norse legends surrounding Loki. Not likable at all. lol

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Aside from that though, nothing was really learned further about the TVA.

Well, we did learn that there's more to them than what it seems. Theory...

Spoiler:

When they prune folks, they get transferred to whatever that place is, and they are sacrificed to or eaten by the real TVA creators. What if they are lizards like Loki randomly referred to them as. lol

[Autbot_Benz]

The Cameo of

Spoiler:

Throg

was pretty cool

[Jester]

Originally Posted by Autbot_Benz

The Cameo of

Spoiler:

Throg

was pretty cool

I dunna...now the

Spoiler:

Thanoscopter

was were it's at.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

Eh, you know how it is, the future is female. I doubt they'd do it because woman love their Tom Hiddleston, but if they wanted, they opened the door for getting rid of male Loki and keeping female Loki as their main Loki going forward.

I don't really think that's what's going on. Though you can bet if they do their "all female Avengers" movie they were threatening to around Endgame, she might make the roster.

[Warhorse]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

I'm sorry but does this Kate person have no life? What kind of reaction is that? Is this another one of those 'I can't relate to the character unless they're (blank) like me' scenario?

Loki's always been bi but this lady's reaction just gets to me. What a maroon.

Seriously, you have to laugh at all the nonsense. The character I relate to the most is Raphael, and it has nothing to do with species, gender, sexual orientation, blah, blah, blah. These people are becoming the very thing they claim to be against.

[Andrew NDB]

Just saw the finale. Weak. A letdown. And there clearly will be a season 2.

Spoiler:

When the "real" timekeeper asked, "I hope I'm not a disappointment," I was like... "Uh, yeah. Kind of."

I guess this whole show mostly exists to just explain the upcoming "What If?" show into things. Nothing exciting happens.

[ZariusTwo]

The real timekeeper was

Spoiler:

Kang the Conqueror, and now there's an infinite number of him unleashed on our reality and everywhere else. One variant takes over the TVA at the end, with everyone, Mobius included, forgetting they ever worked with Loki.

All the men got their asses kicked in this finale btw. Loki was outfought, outsmarted, and really was a total victim caught up in events and not driving them. If this were made ten years ago, he'd have been the one to kill Kang and set the multiverse in motion, but no, instead it's Sylvie, who nobody gives a f*ck about