Disney+ Loki (2021) (1 Viewer)

[jayembee]

I loved the finale. A thought had occurred to me as the end played out...

Spoiler

Mobius mentioned that some Kang variants were spotted and dealt with, and that they apparently had no idea how to find the TVA. If Marvel decides to officially part company with Jonathan Majors, they could simply drop Kang completely by saying that the TVA is dealing with him/them.

 

[Sean Bryan]

Loved it. What a fantastic finale!

This show has been great.

 

[Walter Kittel]

Very enjoyable finale.

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I thought the groundhog day aspects of the episode worked very well. The title of the first episode of season one was 'Glorious Purpose" and they (appropriately) looped back to that with the title of the final episode of season two.

The idea of destroying a thing to replace it with a better thing sort of reminded me ( a little ) of Baylon Skoll's line "One must destroy in order to create."

Ren Slayer is at the end of time, but it looks like Miss Minutes gets a do-over.

Probably need to watch this again to digest certain aspects of Loki's solution.

- Walter.

 

[Josh Dial]

Excellent finale.

Loki collecting the infinitely branching timelines into Yggdrasil was smart and satisfying (and looked beautiful).

Characters "Groundhog Day-ing" always entertains me.

The season 2 story--and especially the finale--borrowed to great effect some of the best bits from the brilliant comic run The God of Stories.

 

[Sean Bryan]

Also, I always loved “A Fifth of Beethoven” and its use here was perfect.

 

[Jeff Cooper]

I loved the finale. A thought had occurred to me as the end played out...

Spoiler

Mobius mentioned that some Kang variants were spotted and dealt with, and that they apparently had no idea how to find the TVA. If Marvel decides to officially part company with Jonathan Majors, they could simply drop Kang completely by saying that the TVA is dealing with him/them.

Spoiler

They mentioned one variant 'caused a ruckus' but was dealt with. I took that as a reference to the events of Quantumainia. I don't know if the specific timeline number matches up with the main MCU timeline, but I assumed it did.

 

[NeilO]

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They mentioned one variant 'caused a ruckus' but was dealt with. I took that as a reference to the events of Quantumainia. I don't know if the specific timeline number matches up with the main MCU timeline, but I assumed it did.

Well

Spoiler

Earth-616 is the primary continuity in which most Marvel Comics titles exist

 

[Sean Bryan]

Spoiler

They mentioned one variant 'caused a ruckus' but was dealt with. I took that as a reference to the events of Quantumainia. I don't know if the specific timeline number matches up with the main MCU timeline, but I assumed it did.

In The Multiverse of Madness, they referred to “our” Universe as 616.

 

[jayembee]

Characters "Groundhog Day-ing" always entertains me.

I almost fell off my chair during the bit:

Loki: "How long will it take for me to know everything about this stuff?"

O.B.: "Ah...centuries!"

[card] Centuries Later

My wife almost fell over when I said to her, "He probably already knows how to juggle."

(A reference to the SG-1 time-loop episode, "Window of Opportunity".)

 

[NeilO]

Some behind the scenes interview stuff on the Marvel site.

'Loki': Loki and Mobius in Episode 6

"Mobius and Loki are kind of an odd couple but, they found a friendship. They make each other better.”

www.marvel.com

 

[Jake Lipson]

It’s like they completely changed the writing staff

They did. Michael Waldron, who created the show, left to write Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Secret Wars.

That being sad, I'd encourage you to go back for episodes 5 and 6. I'm on record that I was not a fan of the first four episodes this season. But 5 and 6 have been a remarkable turnaround.

Loki is actually the main character in the final two episodes, and his emotional journey is being serviced by the plot mechanics instead of being subservient to them. I still don't love the season as a whole. But given what they already did, the last two episodes were a much better conclusion than I would have expected even a few weeks ago.

 

[Joe Wong]

It was a nice, conclusive arc for one of the great MCU characters. Well done.

 

[Jake Lipson]

conclusive

Agreed.

If this is the last we see of Tom Hiddleston as Loki, I would be satisfied with this ending for the character.

 

[Jake Lipson]

Spoiler: Tom Hiddleston on The Tonight Show

 

[Sean Bryan]

Agreed.

If this is the last we see of Tom Hiddleston as Loki, I would be satisfied with this ending for the character.

It certainly would be if that were the case, but of course it won’t be. This positions him to have somewhat of a key role in Secret Wars.

 

[Jake Lipson]

I don't read the comics so don't know what is coming in the future with Secret Wars. If there is a significant story reason for Hiddleston to return, I would certainly welcome that as long as he wants to continue playing the role. But it really felt to me as though his arc is complete here.

 

[Jeff Cooper]

But how does he pee?

 

[Sean Bryan]

Well, you don’t have to have read the comics to know what’s coming. I mean, not specifics but a general direction. Unlike with the “Infinity Saga”, Marvel Studios has told us from the start that this is the “Multiverse Saga”and Loki (season 1 finale and basically all of season 2) has been telling us that a multiversal war is coming.

With the position Loki is now in, it’s about as unlikely that he won’t have some important role to play in that war as it was that a multiversal Spider-Man movie featuring villains from the Maguire and Garfield Spider-Man universes wouldn’t feature the two Peter Parker’s from those universes as well. It’s just good storytelling. So obviously no guarantees but it’s what I think we should expect from a good storytelling perspective.

But I agree that IF they don’t go that route and there is nothing more of Loki this would serve as a very satisfying conclusion to his story.

 

[Joe Wong]

It goes to show that even though the MCU has been inconsistent lately, when thought-provoking, satisfying stories like Loki seasons 1 and 2 come around, it restores some faith that they can right the ship, so to speak.

 

[Sam Favate]

The finale was great. This was some of the best work Marvel has done lately, and it might be Hiddleston’s best performance as Loki.