tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post7327489880790647458..comments2024-03-28T08:20:49.107-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Loki: LamentisBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-38883778066184096902021-07-13T17:46:21.421-04:002021-07-13T17:46:21.421-04:00This show feels like a smash up of Legends if Tomo...This show feels like a smash up of Legends if Tomorrow (TVA) and Lucifer (narcissist rebelling against predetermined destiny by overlords) without the case of the week syndrome. Plus both Toms look damn good a suit - I’m pretty sure that DB Cooper scene was purely so they could dress Tom Hiddleston like Don Draper.Serena + Pumpkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10676817343327371251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-11461503913250383542021-06-25T11:46:56.715-04:002021-06-25T11:46:56.715-04:00Is Sylvie really a Loki? Or could she be Enchantre...Is Sylvie really a Loki? Or could she be Enchantress? There's one Enchantress called Sylvie. <br />I dig Loki being bi even if he's never shown any romantic interest in anyone, guess he's too busy scheming. Princes though? Hmm..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-75366898528343521862021-06-24T19:33:13.139-04:002021-06-24T19:33:13.139-04:00I think the question of Loki understanding love mi...I think the question of Loki understanding love might also be an issue of the difference between experiencing loss (which we've seen the in MCU movies): that led to character development. But in this show, with EarlyLoki, he is aware of his mom's death and the destruction of Asgard, but he hasn't lived through it, so it hasn't had the same impact on him.<br /><br />I've often (well, not really often, but sometimes) wondered which questions I would ask an alternate-universe version of me, and I think it's quite telling that Loki jumped right to the adoption issue. That is still his foundational trauma. I wonder if the Loki who lived through the events of the film would have asked the same questions?<br /><br />I really enjoyed this episode, even though it went almost literally nowhere. Little details made me so happy, like Loki rolling up his sleeves to look cool in the middle of an apocalypse, and Sylvie tying her hair up so it's out of the way as she goes on her adventures.<br /><br />Michael, I also wonder if maybe this whole episode was an elaborate illusion. Josie Kafkanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-9960778967185024812021-06-24T16:59:38.181-04:002021-06-24T16:59:38.181-04:00After Sylvie tried to charm Loki, I kept thinking ...After Sylvie tried to charm Loki, I kept thinking that everything that followed might be an elaborate illusion where one of the Lokis was trying to play the other one. And I was so sure the broken TemPad was a trick and Loki still had the real one. But I guess not. That's the problem with both main characters being tricksters - how can you believe anything you see?<br /><br />But anyway, the show is great, so I guess I'll just let them surprise me. 🙂Michal Dvorakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09047652605478282288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-2903787989050840162021-06-24T15:35:47.581-04:002021-06-24T15:35:47.581-04:00I got a very Doctor Who-vibe from this episode (th...I got a very Doctor Who-vibe from this episode (the good ones :) ) - it was fun and I really liked it. <br />Looking forward to the last half of the season!cittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05004923761827288294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-13371676356862094332021-06-24T10:11:31.249-04:002021-06-24T10:11:31.249-04:00Thank you for an excellent review, Samantha.
Rich...Thank you for an excellent review, Samantha.<br /><br />Richard, I get your point, but I also don't think Loki understands love. He keeps showing such confusion when he thinks about his mother's death, like he doesn't understand why he is grieving.Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-56534946242536296222021-06-24T08:13:17.575-04:002021-06-24T08:13:17.575-04:00Loki completely understands love, however we all a...Loki completely understands love, however we all assume he's on the up and up with us, the audience. I think that he's playing every viewer into this current state to garner more info. He's not ready to turn this variant in unless he knows exactly what for. To that end his displace of "brand new powers" is also a ruse because him rebuilding a collapsing building is very time stone like.<br /><br />He spent so much of the episode not giving Sylvie the teleport stick only to finally relent and have it break. He knows what he's doing and he's trying to keep the both of them alive for as long as possible.<br /><br />"Keep talking and nobody explodes." he can get them out of this whenever he wants but he wants to see how she ticks. I doubt he was really even drunk on the train, but wanted some more stakes...Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11023871143456676898noreply@blogger.com