disney+ Loki

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Loki as rogue timecop? I may be on board for this.

 

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Marvel Studios' 'Loki' to Premiere on Disney+ on June 11

In all its glorious purpose.

www.marvel.com

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

We need a drool reaction [sorry, not sorry]

 

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The "official trailer" is out. More crazy timecop stuff:

 

[Evil String]

It looks far more promising than the Falcon Series. I couldn't move forward from minute 30 episode I

 

[danielravennest]

This looks to be a fun series.

So it turns out a lot of the Time Variance Agency scenes were shot in the Marriott Marquis hotel in downtown Atlanta. I've stayed at that hotel, and attended multiple Dragoncon conventions there, and recognize the gigantic atrium, and some of the "function space". Those are meeting rooms and ballrooms. Given the COVID shutdowns of travel and tourism, I expect Marvel got a good deal on using it as a shooting location.

Trilith Studios (formerly Pinewood Atlanta Studios) is about 20 miles south of downtown, where a lot of Marvel productions are shot, and they have used places all over the area for location shoots. The reason they film here is Georgia has a 30% tax credit for entertainment production

 

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So, first episode: Yay, Nay, Meh?

I liked it.

Spoiler

Other than the Loki was D.B. Cooper thing being a tad twee (he was *young* when it happened? I thought Thor and Loki were like, hundreds of years old. MORE TIME TRAVEL HIJINKS?!) Also, the emotional bit with Loki seemed to come a bit too easily. But the TVA stuff worked pretty well on me. That is, other than how an ALL OF TIME AND SPACE agency gets 100% populated by standard humans of the North American variety when the Time-Keepers are space lizards. But I get it; gotta keep the costs down somehow.

 

[Veritable Quandry]

I really enjoyed the first episode. A lot of exposition but it was very well done and has me wanting the next episode already.

 

[Cristiano]

I loved the first episode! After the high of WandaVision, Falcon and Winter Soldier was a let down. Loki is giving me the same feeling that WandaVision did - I can't wait to see more.

 

[Romana]

Definitely Wandavision feels, including "wait, what?" and guessing the episode will probably make more sense after I've watched a few more, and Endgame, which I'd passed on previously.

 

[danielravennest]

I really enjoyed the first episode. A lot of exposition but it was very well done and has me wanting the next episode already.

That's why I'm waiting till all the episodes are available to watch it. I don't like to wait a week between episodes. In the mean time, I'm catching up on DC Universe stuff that's been coming out.

Just finished watching the 2013 and after DC films, but in chronological story order. I found it makes more sense in that way:

Wonder Woman, WW1984, Man of Steel, Aquaman, Batman v Superman (extended version), Justice League (Snyder cut).

Now on to the TV series.

 

[Veritable Quandry]

Give Legends of Tomorrow a chance. Season 1 is not great. Season 2 starts to shake up the series in a good way. But you can skip both. The later seasons are some of the most insane superheros on the small screen.

Also look up crossover episodes if you are watching one series at a time. Some of the stories are spread across up to five series, so if you suddenly run into an episode that involves different heroes or if the action seems to pick up in the middle of the story, you might be watching a crossover episode out of order.

 

[Veritable Quandry]

Wonder Woman, WW1984, Man of Steel, Aquaman, Batman v Superman (extended version), Justice League (Snyder cut).

Now on to the TV series.

Shazam! Is one of the better films. Missing the first Suicide Squad is no big loss. The one coming up looks good. There's also Birds of Prey, which is not exactly clear how to fit chronology (probably at the end).

 

[Ghost Pepper]

I haven't seen it yet but from what I've heard Falcon and the winter soldier is just a very long MCU movie while Loki and WandaVision are trying something different.

 

[Free]

I haven't seen it yet but from what I've heard Falcon and the winter soldier is just a very long MCU movie while Loki and WandaVision are trying something different.

A good way of looking at it.

 

[Ghost Pepper]

‘Loki’ First-Day Viewership Sets Record for Marvel Series on Disney+

 

[Veritable Quandry]

I liked it.

Spoiler

Other than the Loki was D.B. Cooper thing being a tad twee (he was *young* when it happened? I thought Thor and Loki were like, hundreds of years old. MORE TIME TRAVEL HIJINKS?!)

Spoiler

While it seems a bit twee to just throw the DB Cooper stuff in there, IMDB lists the flight attendant as appearing in 6 episodes. Either we get that flashback a lot, or there is more to it than we see at first.

 

[Veritable Quandry]

A good way of looking at it.

Falcon Captain America and the Winter Soldier had a very specific job to do. It could have done it with four episodes or shorter episodes in my opinion, but it was there to put Sam in the Cap uniform. It threw a few balls in the air to play with later, but it had a more traditional narrative structure because the characters are well known and the major points were pretty much pre-determined. It was good for what it was, it just isn't Marvel's most ambitious storytelling.

Spoiler: On the other hand...

WandaVision was the first series to put Wanda at the center of the story, and it had lots of magic to build on her powers and her potential. It also had some mentions of the Nexus and other concepts that seem to be important in a couple of upcoming movies, both Spiderman 3 and Dr. Strange 2 appear to have the multiverse as a major element.

Loki has starred in three movies already (I think Thor was in them) so we know him better, but we now get to see a bit deeper. But if the TVA is on the level, there currently is no multiverse. So I'm not counting on the TVA remaining unscathed in the series, unless they are lying about the multiverse (possibly without the field agents knowing). Before next year, there will be a Multiverse of Madness or else the Dr. Strange film is going to be a major letdown.

These two stories are links in a bigger picture, much the same way that they built up to Avengers and then Infinity War. I see them as having much more impact on the longer MCU plans than passing off a frisbee. WandaVison and Loki are expanding the universe to pull in more characters and stories (perhaps even adding mutants to the MCU).

 

[Khamon]

(I think Thor was in them)

ha ha ha

ha ha ha ha ha

 

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because the characters are well known

I could argue Loki is the most known character in the Marvel Disney+ lineup.

He's also been in 6 movies so far, not 3. (I know some like to try and forget the first 2 Thor films, but they still count.) And it's pretty public knowledge that the events in WandaVision and Loki are setting up the next Dr. Strange.