Amph Marvel's Loki [Disney+]

^ Alas, the cereal and Marshmellow shapes did not change. So it’s just a new box.

 

Yeah, would have been nice to have a Tesseract in there.

 

It a lot cheaper to just print up some different boxes than it is to re-tool a production line which is what it would have taken for new shapes for everything. They'd also have to do quality control testing for how different shaped cereal cooks up on an industrial scale.

 

I know...but if you’re only going half way, it’s disappointing.

 

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strong Rick and Morty vibes, I appreciated it. Infinity stone paperweight one liner was amazing. "You can smell two Tony Starks" And I thought Moebius was going to show Loki his Thanos death but him watching it alone was even more dramatically powerful

 

Well that was all kinds of interesting.

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Oh look, a Mephisto misdirection. I wonder if perhaps they'll use Mephisto Easter Eggs as a denial/misdirection to the point of "ha ha another not gonna be Mephisto thingy" and then at some point it does turn out to have been Mephisto all along.

I liked the Infinity Stones gag, but also want some sort of explanation as to how they do or do not work in the TVA. I mean really, can one TVA Minute Man show up outside the TVA and smack Thanos around while he wears the Gauntlet? I don't care for that.

So, this Variant Loki hunts what, his future Variant self who agreed to help and is up to something?

I effing love that he was DB Cooper.

 

Wow, mind blown.

 

Honestly, I think this just had the best premiere of the three shows so far. I'm digging this.

 

Very good first episode, albeit more set-up than action.

 

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There is no Mephisto; only Loki.

 

Whoa. This show is off to a fantastic start. Owen Wilson is pitch perfect doing what he does best as a chilled out low key foil to Loki.

The visuals are excellent. I had a few laugh out loud moments from surprising gags.

Is this show every Wednesday now?

 

First episode ... as a setup for what may come, really really good. And then there's the music. If you liked the synth elements in the Captain Marvel score ... this is some very delicious jam.

Out there prediction from just the one episode time:

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There is no one "sacred timeline". All of them are sacred in their own right.

The Multiverse War was instigated by the Timekeepers themselves. They ain't no kind of good guys.

 

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Evil Loki's reveal at the end was shot just like the David reveal in Alien: Covenant. Maybe we'll see some David/Walter type interplay...

Also, I loved the animated lore dump flashback stuff here. Miss Minutes made for a great host, the hand-drawn animation was gorgeous, and it taps into that realm of wacky cosmic oddities that make up the core of what I actually really like about Marvel stuff when it is firing on all cylinders.

The TVA itself with its retro-futurism design is also something I'm really loving.

 

Very good first episode

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The infinity stone scene was great
The humor is on spot
Would have been great if there were a sarcastic comment on Coulson that Loki failed as well on killing him.
Anyway, can't wait for more

 

Seeing Loki go from ...

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"I am Loki, burdened with glorious purpose." to the everyman frustrations of traffic court .... only to realize the death penalty for running the stop sign was waiting for him on the other end was ... yeah.

 

Also, loved seeing Josh Fadem (of Better Call Saul and Twin Peaks: The Return) in here!

 

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There is a concept in fantasy fiction that some characters are outside the effects of magic. Usually these are a character or group specially imbued by some older past or history. This makes them a step removed from other characters reality and troubles. It also renders even the most powerful magical object useless. So they regard that object only for its basic physical properties not for any greater power.

It’s like Tom Bombadil in Lord of the Rings. The One Ring had no effect on Tom. I believe that is because he was from an earlier time - one of the very few beings from that long ago age still in Middle Earth. His magic is from a different time and the Ring can’t reach him. To Tom the One Ring is little more than what it’s made of. His reaction to seeing it and putting it on is slight amusement at how such a meaningless bit of metal can be so important to the world.

I think TVA works the same way. The infinity stones just don’t have meaningful power there. They either have other ways of doing much more powerful things, or they can undo their magic, or Infinity stones have no power. What the MCU spent 20+ movies fighting over are no more special or useful than a paper weight. I was going to say glass marbles, but you can play a game with those.

 

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The Infinity Gems attract trouble. They are probably a flashpoint for constant time line disruptions. So a large amount of the TVA’s work gets delicates to cleaning up after the gems. Duplicate gems just pile up.