LOKI - Marvel's best TV Series To Date?

LOKI - Marvel's best TV Series To Date?

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andymc

7,370 posts

208 months

Friday 17th November 2023
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all the spin offs have been dog st, she hulk was a new low in woke crap

mk2 24v

651 posts

165 months

Friday 17th November 2023
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andymc said:
all the spin offs have been dog st, she hulk was a new low in woke crap
Really?
I must be one of the odd ones out, and have enjoyed all the series so far.

I always take it as entertainment fluff, and not soap opera or Downton Abbey kind of story telling

bolidemichael

13,945 posts

202 months

Thursday 30th November 2023
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Finally watched s2 and really enjoyed the nuance of the relationships and the development of the character. The acting was fantastic, particularly Majors and Hiddlestone; but it was generally well casted across the board and it’s well worth googling the Miss Minutes actresss for her hour glass figure.

The presentation of the series was excellent — the set design was curated and thoughtful (okay, quite a strong vibe of S1 Umbrella Academy) and the soundtrack, excellent.


Lucas Ayde

3,585 posts

169 months

Friday 1st December 2023
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I finished off the show after not watching it for a while .... Would have to say that they wasted the chance of really making something special.

The concept was solid, the production value was high and the acting was mostly decent but it was just written in such a disjointed, hopping-all-over-the-place way with uneven pacing. It just didn't hold my attention (hence why I forgot to watch it for a couple of months...).

StephenP

1,887 posts

211 months

Sunday 3rd December 2023
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I didn't realise until Tom mentioned it on the Radio 2 that Ke Huy Quan, who plays OB, was also Shorty in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

Apparently he gave up acting in the 90s due to lack of work and only returned to it in 2022 for Everything Everywhere All at Once, for which he won an Oscar!

bolidemichael

13,945 posts

202 months

Sunday 3rd December 2023
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Welcome to 2023! biglaugh

21st Century Man

41,048 posts

249 months

Monday 4th December 2023
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Apologies, I've not read back 16 pages. Quick question, is Loki something I can just dip into and watch without knowing much about Marvel or back stories? Thanks

Lucas Ayde

3,585 posts

169 months

Monday 4th December 2023
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21st Century Man said:
Apologies, I've not read back 16 pages. Quick question, is Loki something I can just dip into and watch without knowing much about Marvel or back stories? Thanks
It doesn't feature too much crossover with other MCU characters .. , unless you count Kang who is being built up as a major baddie for the Mulitiverse stories in the MCU. But most of the Kang screentime has been in Loki itself and then recently in Ant-Man 3.

There was a brief bit crossing over with the first Avengers movie right at the start of S1 to explain how this version of Loki comes to be.

21st Century Man

41,048 posts

249 months

Monday 4th December 2023
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Thanks. I think I'll watch the first movie first then.

Skodapondy

309 posts

49 months

Monday 4th December 2023
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Lucas Ayde said:
21st Century Man said:
Apologies, I've not read back 16 pages. Quick question, is Loki something I can just dip into and watch without knowing much about Marvel or back stories? Thanks
It doesn't feature too much crossover with other MCU characters .. , unless you count Kang who is being built up as a major baddie for the Mulitiverse stories in the MCU. But most of the Kang screentime has been in Loki itself and then recently in Ant-Man 3.

There was a brief bit crossing over with the first Avengers movie right at the start of S1 to explain how this version of Loki comes to be.
Maybe Avengers Endgame as that has a mahoosive link to Loki.

bolidemichael

13,945 posts

202 months

Monday 4th December 2023
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Skodapondy said:
Lucas Ayde said:
21st Century Man said:
Apologies, I've not read back 16 pages. Quick question, is Loki something I can just dip into and watch without knowing much about Marvel or back stories? Thanks
It doesn't feature too much crossover with other MCU characters .. , unless you count Kang who is being built up as a major baddie for the Mulitiverse stories in the MCU. But most of the Kang screentime has been in Loki itself and then recently in Ant-Man 3.

There was a brief bit crossing over with the first Avengers movie right at the start of S1 to explain how this version of Loki comes to be.
Maybe Avengers Endgame as that has a mahoosive link to Loki.
TBH, I'd forgotten most of the detail in the movies and was able to pick it up easily as the scenarios are prefaced with some sort of explanation. However, don't let me stop you from a few winter nights of escapism!

carl_w

9,229 posts

259 months

Tuesday 5th December 2023
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21st Century Man said:
Thanks. I think I'll watch the first movie first then.
I haven't watched any of the movies but still enjoyed Loki

21st Century Man

41,048 posts

249 months

Tuesday 5th December 2023
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I thought I'd work through the movies, there are 33 of them!

I've seen a few of them without really realising they were from the same franchise. EG Iron Man.

bolidemichael

13,945 posts

202 months

Tuesday 5th December 2023
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Disney+ organises them into sequences for easy viewing and there are online guides so that you can pick and choose the relvant ones. However, as above, perhaps one of the Avengers movies and End Game.

ian_c_uk

1,258 posts

204 months

Thursday 21st December 2023
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Just caught up so had been avoiding this thread. Enjoyed it, but didn’t grab me like the first series.

Had to google to confirm, but Mobius / Owen Wilson’s Jetski showroom was the Ace Cafe in London. My wife was surprisingly unimpressed by this excited observation.

SpudLink

5,970 posts

193 months

Thursday 21st December 2023
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ian_c_uk said:
Just caught up so had been avoiding this thread. Enjoyed it, but didn’t grab me like the first series.

Had to google to confirm, but Mobius / Owen Wilson’s Jetski showroom was the Ace Cafe in London. My wife was surprisingly unimpressed by this excited observation.
No way! How did I not realise that?

C5_Steve

3,349 posts

104 months

Friday 22nd December 2023
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SpudLink said:
ian_c_uk said:
Just caught up so had been avoiding this thread. Enjoyed it, but didn’t grab me like the first series.

Had to google to confirm, but Mobius / Owen Wilson’s Jetski showroom was the Ace Cafe in London. My wife was surprisingly unimpressed by this excited observation.
No way! How did I not realise that?
Having never been there (I know, shocking) I only recognised it because they filmed and episode of The Apprentice in the same part of the cafe! They shot season 2 in Pinewood in the UK so there are loads of London locations in there. One of the things I enjoyed most about it was the use of real locations and architecture.

bolidemichael

13,945 posts

202 months

Friday 22nd December 2023
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C5_Steve said:
SpudLink said:
ian_c_uk said:
Just caught up so had been avoiding this thread. Enjoyed it, but didn’t grab me like the first series.

Had to google to confirm, but Mobius / Owen Wilson’s Jetski showroom was the Ace Cafe in London. My wife was surprisingly unimpressed by this excited observation.
No way! How did I not realise that?
Having never been there (I know, shocking) I only recognised it because they filmed and episode of The Apprentice in the same part of the cafe! They shot season 2 in Pinewood in the UK so there are loads of London locations in there. One of the things I enjoyed most about it was the use of real locations and architecture.
That’s impressive, I hadn’t recognised any locations and am certainly familiar with the Ace Cafe!

carl_w

9,229 posts

259 months

Friday 22nd December 2023
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bolidemichael said:
That’s impressive, I hadn’t recognised any locations and am certainly familiar with the Ace Cafe!
The McDonalds is the former Happy Eater between Colliers End and High Cross on the old A10. Now a supermarket for Plymouth Brethren.

spitfire-ian

3,848 posts

229 months

Friday 22nd December 2023
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The old covered slipway at Chatham Dockyard was used for a few scenes too.