Loki, S2 premiere - Oct 6

 Obligatory disclaimer: real life sucks, which is why I’ll try to talk about ‘Loki’ S2 instead, now that it’d premiered, and-

And nothing. It is not as bad as SI was, for example, but-

-But the two shows were quite different, and not just on the obvious level. Namely, SI was supposed to be MCU’s live-action version of the comic storyline – and it was not. The two ‘invasions’ were quite different, pardon the pun. ‘Loki’, on the other hand, was completely original, and it showed through the S1, period. Now, it still does that – it retains its’ originality, but…

Let us talk about villains – they are one of MCU’s greater problems. Initially, they tended to die at the end of each film; now, with the appearance of the multiverse since the premiere of Phase 4, MCU has instead nullified the value of their deaths – one can almost count on them popping up and out, one version or another, out of the multiverse whenever the people in charge of it need them to do so; the same thing goes for the ‘good guys’ too, with the same results… So, what does ‘Loki’ do?

In the S2 premiere, ‘Ouroboros’, it is not about villains, and more about problems: Loki is being affected by the time stream itself, and agent MMM and his new cohorts, (well, new to the audience), having to rescue him using new gadgets and thingamabobs to do this. Again, there is nothing wrong with lore; in fact, ‘Loki’ S2 is doing things right, developing and expanding itself within the greater MCU field; it is just that something feels missing here, or maybe it’s just the fatigue that has settled in MCU for real, since SI has aired, (come and gone) – in any case…

In any case, ‘Loki’ S2 was quite more restrained, and still is, than the first season has been; I was only able to watch it quite recently, and I am not certain that the secrecy was worth the wait. The dialogue was spiffing, and the plot is not bad, but the secrecy surrounding the S2 premiere (and onwards) was, and is, uncalled for. Of course, there’s also the fact that so far ‘Loki’ is self-contained, and there’s nothing specific to discuss about it, but, hey, this is just the first episode out of six, there’ll be more to come – just look, Sylvie is in McDonald’s’, and she’s worried that she’ll be served rat or squirrel instead! Hilarious, really! Maybe she had eaten a variant Rocket Raccoon, who knows?! What is known is that she has ended up in yet another universe, where humans are the dominant species, at least on Earth. Where the dimension that is ran by the Yetis? We want to see the Yetis, darn it!.. Just kidding, what we really want is to know as to why Biden is continuing to build Trump’s wall? Ah yes, because while the Democrats are more apologetic than the Republicans are, there is little more to them than that, sadly – but that is real life, it sucks, and it is another story.

For the moment, though, this is it. See you all soon!