Originally Posted by
Albert1981
I liked the Loki show a lot myself, and thought it was well-written and well-acted, but I DO feel SOME members of the audience would feel frustrated by the series. One British dude I found online was not so much disappointed for himself, but for his daughter (who LOVES Hiddleston):
"As family viewing, I found it strangely inaccessible; silly in a 'middle aged nerd' sci-fi kind of way (everybody's noticed the Dr Who, Hitchhikers vibes); but also serious and verbose with little of the humour, action and fun of the previous Marvel films that feature the character. I think the main reason I'm being such a negative nelly is that my daughter was anticipating this. She loves the first Avengers film, Guardians, Endgame and especially Thor Ragnarok- mainly for the zany antics, goofy humour and cool action scenes. She laughs uncontrollably at those and I had been looking forward to watching this with her for more of the same. I can't imagine her sitting still for this exposition dump of a show that's almost exclusively set up for future films, full of arcane comic references, and places greatest emphasis not on Loki but on a stroppy, serious side character.
Loki is just along for the ride in this. Barring a few moments where he takes momentary control, he's been like a feather in the wind. Captured, lost, recaptured, beaten, berated, scolded, bewildered. Not a God of Mischief, but a God of listening to exposition and following Sylvie around. Where’s the duplicitous throne seeker from Avengers? Or the charming, comedic cad we know and love from the later films? Where's the mischief?
Seems to me when you have a 'God of Mischief' in a series that heavily involves time travel (!) the possibilities for hilarious and imaginative shenanigans are almost endless. We could have him undermining crucial historical events, meeting famous figures from history, or interacting with other Avengers at earlier moments in time. What we got was fairly dreary to my eyes, but then I've never been a comic book reader so perhaps the more exciting references were lost on me."
I'm curious to see how folks interpret the Loki show depending on whether they're comic book fans or not. I have a vague understanding of the comics, so I can appreciate why the "geek/nerd" community loved it. But I think the lack of "fun" in this series might have turned off some folks who don't give a shit about the comics. I think Feige would be making a HUGE mistake to neglect the non-comic reading public by appealing to the comic book reading community too much. Kids have EVERY right to enjoy Hiddleston's Loki as much as the adults do. I fell in love with the Transformers when I was VERY young, and I think Marvel Studios should continue to appeal to that crowd for its future prosperity. Sure, I want Loki to grow, but I think this series smoothed away his moral wrinkles FAR too much and made him far too passive in my opinion.