Loki (2021)

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   Siskoid

   You know that bit in the Avengers when Hulk slaps Loki around, how we laughed? Well, it's sort of defined the God of Mischief ever since. He's mostly been comic relief (Thor 2) or a punching bag. The Loki series essentially has him as both, which is a problem. I'm all for such a character eating humble pie, but that's almost all he does. As a path to redemption, it's a little one-note. I've made my peace with these MCU series being geared towards setting up future movies (and in this case, a second Loki series), but I've started to wonder how those movies are going to play for people who don't watch the shows. Loki introduces the next Thanos, but I guess we got Infinity Stone recaps pretty often, so I can look forward to people explaining this apocalyptic plot line again and again in the films so no one's lost. Hope it's not as tedious as the long exposition we got in episode 6. Thing is, knowing that it's a piece of a larger design means I can foresee the twists - if X, then Y, Y being stuff like Multiversal Madness and What If - but I did enjoy Loki Season 1 nevertheless. The TVA is a cool idea (if derivative of The Umbrella Academy's time agency) and it was fun that the show didn't feel the need to include it in every episode and let Loki free-range a bit. The Loki variants were good too, especially Sylvie, a fine addition to the larger MCU cast. And who doesn't like Owen Wilson in this?
   
   While Loki Season 2 ended on a spectacularly epic note (I especially like the nod to Norse Myth), I felt it was playing for time (not a pun) for most of its run time. Too often, scenes pretty much stopped so characters could engage in semi-improvised banter as if this were a dumb comedy's Director's Cut. The new Kang variant slowed everything down with his delivery as well. A lot of dead air and as with the first season, a lot of moments spent on doing something only to show it was futile. Never mind the plot hinging on technobabble. And what about that MASSIVE McDonald's ad? Like, I can understand a show on the cusp of being cancelled going to Subway or some car manufacturer for commercial placement money (I endured it in Chuck, for example), but a Disney 6-parter? Come on. Bonus points for adding Ke Huy Quan, fresh off the tangentially similar Everything Everywhere, and it was fun to open an episode with a plonky piano version of the MCU theme. Otherwise, the MCU has lost its touch and become a formulaic parody of itself, consistently going after DC concepts and breaking for programmed laughs and applause. This is coinciding with many fans' fatigue (including mine, even if I lasted longer than most). 2 years 9 months ago
2. 

   Aeon Rio

   I guess he lived long enough to see himself becoming a hero.
   
   Godspeed, my fine lad, Godspeed. 5 months 1 week ago

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