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as a comics liker who doesn't actually read many comics I don't really know who - -------- Kang --------------- - actually is, and when I look it up I get this picture and it is not exactly thrilling
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Parkingtigers posted:Hey thread, without wishing to come off as a prick, could I politely request that when a new episode comes out that someone, anyone, mentions it in thread as a paragraph break so we know that from that point on any spoiler text is likely about new stuff, not old? Not trying to come off as a dick as I had to retype this and emphasis that I really am not trying to be a dick because I’ve done the same as you a couple times but honestly just do not read this thread on new episode days until you watch the episode. It’s just the safest bet. Or even the night before, depending on your timezone.
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Jul 7, 2021 13:13
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MCU will absolutely make him look less stupid, like Scarlet Witch, unless it's for a reason. They'll probably have some gag cameo with original costume though.
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Anita Dickinme posted:Not trying to come off as a dick as I had to retype this and emphasis that I really am not trying to be a dick because I’ve done the same as you a couple times but honestly just do not read this thread on new episode days until you watch the episode. It’s just the safest bet. The other thing is that people should get called out more for putting their random speculation in spoiler text. The Grumbles posted:I thought the plot did progress! and it established some v significant things about Loki and what he's capable of. Although the exception is speculation based off spoilers and my own added speculation: nah that can't happen (or shouldn't be able to happen) because that 2012 reality where Loki escaped got pruned in episode 1. It's gone, everything went into the void, there's nothing for him to go back to. Just as there isn't a reality for any of the TVA variants to go back to. The character isn't going to be made to play-act out 2012 to 2020, they're just going to dump him back into the MCU 'today' Alchenar fucked around with this message at 13:29 on Jul 7, 2021 |
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Jul 7, 2021 13:16
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David Harbour has K A R L - M A R X tattooed across his knuckles lmao Thread relevant, there are (non-storyline specific BW spoiler) explicit ties to FATWS BurritoJustice fucked around with this message at 13:55 on Jul 7, 2021 |
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Jul 7, 2021 13:52
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Alchenar posted:The other thing is that people should get called out more for putting their random speculation in spoiler text. I agree with this.
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Jul 7, 2021 13:56
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I thought this episode was great. Sylvie being the Lokiest Loki and having a profound effect on the others was really impactful. Old Loki's sacrifice, and the fact that he recreated Asgard as the distraction, was way more emotional than a character dying in the only episode in which he appeared probably should be. I'm really curious where our Loki ends up after all of this. Does he go back to The Dark World and not get Frigga killed? The talk about a second season suggests not, I suppose.
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Jul 7, 2021 14:05
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One detail I noticed:The ruined Stark tower actually has a sign saying "Qeng". Google tells me this is yet another alias of Nathaniel Richards!
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Jul 7, 2021 14:13
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What a good episode.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Nah, it’s 100% Kang because we’ve already got Ravonna, Alioth, and the whole series is about someone making real sure the timeline follows a single path for some reason. Also, this person has assembled an army of people from across times and universes to enforce their plan. That’s Kang. They were laying it on pretty thick on this episode with The Sphinx, Alioth, Castle Limbo, and even Qeng Enterprises so if it's not that they are intentionally misdirecting us. It almost has to be some version of Kang/Immortus/Gryphon.
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Anita Dickinme posted:Not trying to come off as a dick as I had to retype this and emphasis that I really am not trying to be a dick because I’ve done the same as you a couple times but honestly just do not read this thread on new episode days until you watch the episode. It’s just the safest bet. Absolutely, the entire thread is an enter at your own risk thing. I guess just a combination of pandemic lockdown "wait... today's Wednesday?" and not being used to weekly TV episode drops just caught me (and in the past, you) out. Everyone is being cool by putting stuff in spoilers anyway, I'm sorry if I even accidentally came across as a bit snippy about it. Thread good, people in it good, just got a little wrongfooted because the days and posts all blurred together.
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Jul 7, 2021 14:26
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This page is a nice summary of all the various Easter eggs that fans spotted. Screenshots too. https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/loki-episode-five-easter-eggs-throg/
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Jul 7, 2021 14:28
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I like that Loci everywhere are so petty that "I killed Thor" is enough to make them immediately decide to make Kid Loki king.
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Jul 7, 2021 14:28
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Whoever’s around at whatever time when it goes up should put a ‘New ep is up!  type post so people can at least be aware they’re about to cross into new territory.
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Another exceptionally pretty ep of Loki. Epic as gently caress. The ship gave me Baron Munchausen vibes
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Jul 7, 2021 16:09
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So the post-credits scene in Black Widow is a tease for Hawkeye, right?
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Jul 7, 2021 16:23
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The Loki Simpsons short is also up. It’s actually kinda cute.
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Jul 7, 2021 16:39
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Parkingtigers posted:In this new episode, I'm really starting to notice the heavy use of The Volume. It really sticks out in comparison to the rest of the show. Episode 3, as well. There's a very noticeable blur around the edges of the actors in foreground, especially around the hair. I guess that's the Volume's telltale equivalent of green spill. The depth of field / focus definitely feels off a lot of the time.
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All I can say is that I liked this episode, I was laughing my rear end in several points and David Lynch would hate me for watching tv and movies on my tiny phone screen 
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Jul 7, 2021 17:02
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Loki popping out of the shelter into the hands of even more Lokis cracked me up. Naruto Loki?? Also was Mobius driving the Pixar Pizza car? 
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good episode, dug all the easter eggs, wish there had been more screen time to develop the other Lokis villain speculation: I think the villain will be revealed to be yet another Loki, and that Kang will be relegated to a mention or cameo. yes, I know there are the various Easter eggs and characters who are closely tied to Kang in the comics, but Kang hasn't even been mentioned in dialogue. for your mystery villain reveal to work properly, there has to be setup within the context of the story you're actually telling, not purely in relation to the source material will eat crow if wrong!
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So I'm guessing next episode is the rebirth of the multiverse. Hope we get brief glimpses into pre MCU Marvel movie worlds, even if it is just characters looking at window to another world briefly.
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TinTower posted:So the post-credits scene in Black Widow is a tease for Hawkeye, right? It leads from FATWS and into Hawkeye. It's pretty obvious they added it on and it wasn't in the original intended release. It was amusing hearing the couple next me in the theatre saying "who is that?" "Oh they're from the show, you know, the Disney plus one. We need to watch it" "oh, that's strange, why'd they do that". Will definitely confuse a lot of casual watchers.
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Barry Convex posted:good episode, dug all the easter eggs, wish there had been more screen time to develop the other Lokis I agree. Plus, it feels like too big of a reveal. If Kang is going to be the big bad of a giant blockbuster there's no way he's gonna make a major appearance on TV first. I bet we'll get a cameo appearance for his debut, just like Thanos.
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I'm now somewhat convinced Kang is involved in some fashion but I don't think he's gonna be the main antagonist, no. Probably just a tease or something.
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I'm telling you, it's Miss Minutes. That's HER castle and giant purple smoke guard dog.
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Kammat posted:Also was Mobius driving the Pixar Pizza car? There were similarities, but no. The Pixar Pizza car is called Pizza Planet. This was...something else. And the Pixar one has a rocket ship on top. This one had a slice of pizza on top. I suppose having him drive Lightning McQueen would have been too obvious.
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How have people seen Black Widow already? It doesn't come out until Friday. The Void was literally Easter Egg, the setting. Stuff i saw that was not directly referanced Helicarrier Dark Astor Thanos Copter Red Skulls FW Triebflügel Polybus machine The Great Lighthouse directly from Civ6[spoiler] Inside the [spoiler] castle is going to be another Loki, it's like on American Dad when they go visit someone and it turns out to be Roger mutata posted:I'm telling you, it's Miss Minutes. That's HER castle and giant purple smoke guard dog. Or its actually Tara Strong doing her best Dolly impression.
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Barry Convex posted:good episode, dug all the easter eggs, wish there had been more screen time to develop the other Lokis Yeah I still believe it's not Kang. I'm holding to my Loki variant theory. There's still a couple of scenes from the trailers we havent seen yet and I doubt that's TVA Loki.
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Because all the military hoo-rah type stuff bores me to tears (couldn't even finish that second captain america film everyone gets jazzed about), I couldn't make it through FAWS. Is there any key future of the MCU stuff I need to know from that? I will never watch it.Desperado Bones posted:Yeah I still believe it's not Kang. I'm holding to my Loki variant theory. There's still a couple of scenes from the trailers we havent seen yet and I doubt that's TVA Loki. They've avoided doing any of the flat circle style time travel stuff where the end is also the beginning so far, which is good because that always feels like a cop-out, and now you're getting me worried that's exactly what's going to happen next week. Like, it's a Loki that got erased by the TVA who then created the TVA in order to eventually free himself, or something equally terrible. The Grumbles fucked around with this message at 17:42 on Jul 7, 2021 |
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twistedmentat posted:How have people seen Black Widow already? It doesn't come out until Friday. Limited preshowings in Australia and New Zealand yesterday (7th), wide release today (8th). We often get Marvel movies before the rest of the world, for whatever reason. I remember seeing civil war at a midnight release and it worked out almost a week before the US. AMA about Black Widow, I guess. The Grumbles posted:Because all the military hoo-rah type stuff bores me to tears (couldn't even finish that second captain america film everyone gets jazzed about), I couldn't make it through FAWS. Is there any key future of the MCU stuff I need to know from that? I will never watch it. BW spoiler on what FAWS stuff is relevant Countess Fontaine appears in the post credits scene. she is set up in the last episode of FATWS where she recruits USAgent. BW spoiler explanation of the scene of the scene Yelena is in the same gig that USAgent is presumably in and picks up a mission from the countess to assassinate Hawkeye to avenge Black Widow. Seems like dark Avengers. BurritoJustice fucked around with this message at 17:46 on Jul 7, 2021 |
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Lucky you. I can't go to the movies (delta variant is breaking havoc in my city and I'm still waiting for my second shot) and D+ premiere is crazy expensive.
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The Grumbles posted:Because all the military hoo-rah type stuff bores me to tears (couldn't even finish that second captain america film everyone gets jazzed about), I couldn't make it through FAWS. Is there any key future of the MCU stuff I need to know from that? I will never watch it. No, the outcome of FATWS is pretty much what was supposed to happen after Endgame: Steve Rogers is gone and Sam is Captain America. They added convolutions in FATWS but the whole series was pretty superfluous, especially compared to something like Wandavision.
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Firebert posted:No, the outcome of FATWS is pretty much what was supposed to happen after Endgame: Steve Rogers is gone and Sam is Captain America. They added convolutions in FATWS but the whole series was pretty superfluous, especially compared to something like Wandavision. It's tangentially relevant, I added it to my post above.
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Desperado Bones posted:Lucky you. I can't go to the movies (delta variant is breaking havoc in my city and I'm still waiting for my second shot) and D+ premiere is crazy expensive. Ah drat. I am planning to go Friday, even though i have to get up at 5:30am to get to work that day. Nova Scotia is one of the best places for dealing with Covid in North America.
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The Grumbles posted:(couldn't even finish that second captain america film everyone gets jazzed about) There are a lot of things I could say about Winter Soldier, the movie that explicitly says that the Nazis learned things about being evil from the US Government and that they were able to take over because there was functionally no difference in what they wanted and what the military-industrial complex wanted, but "military hoo rah" would not be one of them. The climax is literally saying the United States government can't be trusted to do the right thing and that our heroes will be ignoring them from then on.
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Black Widow will be on Disney+ for the $30 new movie markup or whatever. So at least there's that? :/
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(Lokis fight scene) wtf am I watching and how is this so great and how did it happen whattt
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Mulva posted:There are a lot of things I could say about Winter Soldier, the movie that explicitly says that the Nazis learned things about being evil from the US Government and that they were able to take over because there was functionally no difference in what they wanted and what the military-industrial complex wanted, but "military hoo rah" would not be one of them. The climax is literally saying the United States government can't be trusted to do the right thing and that our heroes will be ignoring them from then on. Yea that's like the people on a discord i'm in talking about how they wish Captain America wasn't a thing anymore because he's just Propaganda and I was "dude do you not know why Cap was created? Jack Kirby hated nazis, and made an Ayran Superman that would punch the poo poo out of Hitler because gently caress NAZIS was The Kings motto" and then told them about Kirby wanting to fight some nazis that came to the offices. Cap is the promise of America, the good is could and should be doing. He has always been shown to stand up for people and human rights, against who ever is coming for them, be them nazis, aliens or their own Government. If Steve Rogers was a real person, he would have choke slammed Trump the first chance he got.
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mutata posted:Black Widow will be on Disney+ for the $30 new movie markup or whatever. So at least there's that? :/ yeah. I don't see anything wrong with it just to make it clear, although the fee is a bit too high I'm glad a lot of people will have that option! In my case I'm gonna have to do like the old days 
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