From 6a9655061109d3971d8db799e66d9309c1e8d1d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julio Biason Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 12:48:31 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] Series review: Loki --- content/reviews/series/loki.md | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/reviews/series/loki.md diff --git a/content/reviews/series/loki.md b/content/reviews/series/loki.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..eb167e5 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/reviews/series/loki.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ ++++ +title = "Loki (2021)" +date = 2021-08-26 + +[taxonomies] +tags = ["series", "reviews", "series:2021", "stars:3"] ++++ + +[Wikipdia Summary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loki_(TV_series)): The series +takes place after the events of the film Avengers: Endgame (2019), in which an +alternate version of Loki created a new timeline. + + + +{{ stars(stars=3) }} + +What do you make when a villain actually gets popular and the person in the part +is actually liked? You turn it into a hero! + +Sure, it worked wonders for Catwoman. + +But yeah, this time is Loki. + +For the action of taking the tesseract in "Endgame", Loki is now under arrest by +some time agency, which you never heard before, for "breaking the timeline". Of +course, the Avengers, when they broke the timeline, it was expected, so they are +Ok, but Loki is not. So, what happens? The agency hires Loki to take the other +representations of Loki, so now Loki is in to save the universe. + +So, while "Falcon and the Winter Soldier" tracked the problem with the way USA +deals with black people (including black soldiers) and "Wandavision" tracked the +problem of dealing with loss, "Loki" deals with... the idea of turning a villain +into a hero for money. + +Not that Tom Hiddleston let his acting down, or even Owen Wilson, but the fact +that the series was created purely to take on the popularity of Hiddleston +character is a major let down.