Loki is a surrealist, kafkaesque mashup of True Detective and The Office—and it is a sight to behold. ... The show should not work, but it does. Loki (the series) was burdened with glorious purpose from the start and, unlike Loki (the character), you can consider that purpose fulfilled.
This has one of the most perfect endings for an original Marvel cast character. I am baffled at the low score for this, some saying this is worse than the MARVELS!
Such a shame as these bad reviews for Loki from these popcorn munchers are only further encouraging Disney to release more bad content like the Marvels.
Now this show being over and no one respecting it, i can officially say that Marvel is dead.
Deftly weaving together the second-season narrative braids, this episode should be studied by all other showrunners for how it delivers the finale of a redemption story to both astound and delight an audience. It may even be the best hour of MCU ever produced for any medium. Drama, pathos, metaphysics, fine acting, all on top of beautiful production design, bravo; the god of stories would be proud of you.
It’s incredibly promising from the first two episodes provided for press alone, especially as a series that doesn’t demand patience but instead straps you right into its heady and mischievous adventure.
If emo Loki is a bit of a drag — “Stop trying to be a hero,” someone tells him, “you’re a villain. You’re good at it. Do that” — Hiddleston gives the whole thing the patina of class. Even so, he’s not given much character motivation.
Only two episodes of “Loki” were screened for critics, making it hard to know exactly how successful the 6-episode season might be in shaping its own identity within the onscreen Marvel universe. Of these first two episodes, however, the second was far more engaging. ... When Loki sighs in frustration about the TVA’s tedious overreach dictating his story when he could be doing something much more dangerous and strange, it’s hard not to agree.
Loki could well improve, now that its arduous task of educating us about multiverses, and glumly explaining Loki to himself, is with any luck behind it. Let’s hope so. The character deserves a lot more room to get frisky and freaky than these cramped openers carved out.
The show is not bad and Tom Hiddlestone himselfs makes it worth it to watch it, but I have so many issues with this product of the MCU.
The show tries to explian the diference between the multiverse and variants in a single timeline. While multiverse is many timelines, variants are events that happen while they shouldn't happen so they are eliminated, but all of this in a single timeline.
Well... this was ok for me until I saw a crocodile Loki. After that, my engage for the story was heavily decreased.