I was going to say, THAT was a final shot cameo.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 1 July 2021 04:57 (two years ago) link
no idea what that final shot was all about or who but it was a v enjoyable episode
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 1 July 2021 05:05 (two years ago) link
Does explain all the random “RICHARD GRANT!” posts on my Twitter timeline. I just thought people were celebrating him for being him, which is always a good idea.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 1 July 2021 05:07 (two years ago) link
I am extremely happy about the show’s wholesale embrace of peak nu-Who and would gladly watch any sort of crossover as long as it wasn’t run by Chibnall
― an eco-conscious Music Box (DJP), Thursday, 1 July 2021 09:46 (two years ago) link
Haha I didnt even realise it was REG til the credit came up afterward I went WHAAAAAT and had to rewind it. Whats with his absurd undies-on-outside and handbag lol.
They were more Lokis werent they? Did one have Thor's hammer??
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 1 July 2021 10:36 (two years ago) link
Also, Alligator Loki?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 1 July 2021 12:21 (two years ago) link
there was a frog thor for a while, why not a gator loki
― you are like a scampicane, there's calm in your fries (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 1 July 2021 12:25 (two years ago) link
Frog Thor was anthropomorphized, wasn't he? I like the idea of Loki as an alligator full-stop, no opposable thumbs and all. Like, how would you even know if it was a Loki if it couldn't talk? And wouldn't someone have to stick the crown on it? I find that really funny. Like, "we're not sure this alligator is even a Loki, but we crowned it, just in case. Helps us keep it apart from the other alligators."
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 1 July 2021 12:39 (two years ago) link
Haha I didnt even realise it was REG til the credit came up afterward I went WHAAAAAT and had to rewind it
― Notes on Scampo (tokyo rosemary), Thursday, 1 July 2021 12:43 (two years ago) link
A little more about all them new variantshttps://gizmodo.com/how-lokis-mid-credits-revealed-the-most-promising-part-1847205559
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 1 July 2021 22:02 (two years ago) link
watched all four of these today. owen wilson is really good! the fight scenes are whatevs
needs more pillboi tho
― mookieproof, Thursday, 1 July 2021 22:11 (two years ago) link
lol the existence of pillboi's character should've had the tva question whether they were products of divine creation far earlier on
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Thursday, 1 July 2021 22:19 (two years ago) link
*questioning
From the Giz story comments:https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1165/3c6b151641a989023543f8d0eb5e0b3d.jpg
― DJI, Thursday, 1 July 2021 22:20 (two years ago) link
lol!
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 1 July 2021 22:51 (two years ago) link
I'm hoping that in his past life Mobius was Owen Wilson.
Who is really enjoyable in this, absolutely lovely to see new acting multiverses opening up to him.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 1 July 2021 22:54 (two years ago) link
"Maybe I rode a jetski". I hope he is somewhere else after his pruning.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 2 July 2021 02:04 (two years ago) link
...sorry, how spoilery are we allowed to be here doh.
Though the sets look to be almost entirely digital
the hand-to-hand combat in this covid-safe filming looked pretty dire BUT at least 100x better than the big fights in Endgame
(forgot that Eugene Cordero played Pillboi, was confused by this thread briefly)
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Friday, 2 July 2021 04:30 (two years ago) link
can't believe i out-pillboied sic
what a moment
― mookieproof, Friday, 2 July 2021 04:35 (two years ago) link
he's still Tito Ben to me
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Friday, 2 July 2021 06:49 (two years ago) link
I'm only on episode 2 of Loki but this show is VERY MUCH MY SHIT. I thought WandaVision was going to be the whole reason I caught up with the MCU but how wrong I was.
― Ima Gardener (in orbit), Friday, 2 July 2021 15:38 (two years ago) link
lol @ Loki using classical Latin pronunciation at [scene of historical disaster]. Also I love the design of everything so much. Love the orange, love the midcentury vibe that somehow looks both futuristic and regrettably dated at the same time.
― Ima Gardener (in orbit), Friday, 2 July 2021 15:48 (two years ago) link
please tell me you watched Legion, in orbit.
― DJI, Friday, 2 July 2021 17:01 (two years ago) link
Never even heard of it! I’ve been catching up via Disney+ (for my sins)—I’ll see if Legion is available.
― Ima Gardener (in orbit), Friday, 2 July 2021 19:03 (two years ago) link
i think it’s on hulu (perhaps)
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 2 July 2021 19:05 (two years ago) link
It's on Hulu. Check it out, and report back (if you feel like it)!
― DJI, Friday, 2 July 2021 20:49 (two years ago) link
https://i1.wp.com/www.lacasadeel.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/kirby-loki.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2e/a7/d4/2ea7d4b01b120d973189390896b43821.jpg
Most inspired casting ever.
― Profiles in Liquid Courage (WmC), Thursday, 8 July 2021 17:07 (two years ago) link
Give him credit just for being willing to wear the classic costume alone!
― Nhex, Thursday, 8 July 2021 17:09 (two years ago) link
he clearly had a whale of a time
― covidsbundlertanze op. 6 (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 8 July 2021 17:11 (two years ago) link
man that was a great episodetheyve all been great obv but this felt like a full-on adventure
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:11 (two years ago) link
OH does this mean there's a new ep out??! Going going gone (to the living room).
― Ima Gardener (in orbit), Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:16 (two years ago) link
Yeah, this episode was excellent. If they can stick the landing, this will be even better than WandaVision.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:17 (two years ago) link
Intrigued to figure out how they’ll do their usual thing and turn it into an airborne fight between two energy beings in the last half an hour.
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 22 June 2021 18:02 (two weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink
Well they kind of did this — although it wasn’t airborne — and it was actually pretty good for once! Three weeks ago, I, for one. could not have predicted this show would end its fifth episode with a fight between Richard E. Grant and an evil cloud.
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 8 July 2021 22:39 (two years ago) link
LOL I did wonder how it must have felt gesturing wildy into a green screen.
They do all those FX in a studio here in Melbourne as it happens.
That was a great episode. I'm curious next week to see what I am guessing will be a standoff between Mobious and his partner. Who BTW we're wondering if she's actually the big bad? She seems terribly invested in all this.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 8 July 2021 22:59 (two years ago) link
Ah! I knew that boat that fell out of the sky had to be something specific
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Experiment
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 8 July 2021 23:07 (two years ago) link
While we're waiting, I would like to make clear that all of this can go in my head as soon as possible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYBcjr8vjTA
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 9 July 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
Ooh heres a thought - is it likely the ending of Loki will directly link to Dr Strange?
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 9 July 2021 00:43 (two years ago) link
It looks like multiversity and time-fuckery will be among the threads running through this upcoming MCU phase (and it's right there in the name of the new Strange flick) so it seems very possible.
― I Scream For Ice Cream But Also Just All The Time And For No Reason (Old Lunch), Friday, 9 July 2021 01:09 (two years ago) link
also reality-bending magic. latest episode seems to imply that Loki(s) is potentially as powerful as Wanda at enchantments/world-creation.
― Roz, Friday, 9 July 2021 02:43 (two years ago) link
my stepkid's comment: "does the existence of alligator Loki mean that there's an alligaTHOR?"
― Roz, Friday, 9 July 2021 02:45 (two years ago) link
Music in this show is so good, which is shocking for the MCU world of "generically rousing/menacing."
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 9 July 2021 02:48 (two years ago) link
sylvie/loki makes me cringe lol, i hope they don't go any further with that than what we saw in this episode
― Roz, Friday, 9 July 2021 03:39 (two years ago) link
Re the music I had never heard of her before this series. She’s good.
― covidsbundlertanze op. 6 (Jon not Jon), Friday, 9 July 2021 03:40 (two years ago) link
Loki is supposed to go into the new Ant-Man movie and not Doctor Strange, which is why everyone is assuming the Big Bad for this is Kang The Conqueror since that casting for Ant-Man has been announced.
― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Friday, 9 July 2021 07:36 (two years ago) link
who is everyone
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Friday, 9 July 2021 07:56 (two years ago) link
Counterpoint: Sylvie / Loki is both hot and sweet
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 9 July 2021 08:35 (two years ago) link
I guess it’s a bit cringe but it’s meant to feel a bit cringe?Got a lot of Grant Morrison/Animal Man 25 vibes from this too
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 9 July 2021 10:20 (two years ago) link
The thing with the Loki variations is that they are all presumably adoptees and therefore presumably the result of different parentage on occasion. So hooking up with his other self is only a little squicky in that context.
― I Scream For Ice Cream But Also Just All The Time And For No Reason (Old Lunch), Friday, 9 July 2021 11:47 (two years ago) link