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Loki S1E4 “The Nexus Event” hit us with a million different whacks to the head from every direction. (There’s a reason this article is coming out two days post-airing.) The completion of Loki’s first character arc, Marvel’s meta-examination of villainy, commentary on religious extremism or bureaucracy, Sylvie’s backstory, how the Timekeepers connect to the greater […] More
We have come to a glorious, glorious point where Loki consists solely of brilliant character work set against a backdrop of comic book easter eggs, goofy sci-fi junk, and underhanded social commentary. I love it dearly. Loki S1E3 (“Lamentis”) has dropped us at the end of the world—or, rather, someone else’s. At the end of […] More
In a new weekly column called Beyond the Screen, author A. J. Black unpacks what we’re all discussing from the world of cinema and television. This time, he consider’s Marvel’s Loki two episodes in and what it might be saying about order and chaos… There was a moment watching Loki’s second episode where he was described […] More
In a new weekly column called Beyond the Screen, author A. J. Black unpacks what we’re all discussing from the world of cinema and television. This time, he takes a look at the second season of Star Trek: Picard after a brand new trailer… Everything about Star Trek in the modern era, nay the Alex […] More
Loki S1E2, bluntly titled “The Variant,” rolls with the new show’s Loki-esque brand of misdirection and easter eggs. Mostly. Jumping right in: the biggest twist came (massive spoiler) in the form of Lady Loki, played by British actress Sophia Di Martino. While many fans knew this was coming—if for nothing but the egregious and obvious […] More
“You weren’t born to be king, Loki. You were born to cause pain and suffering and death.” Us Loki fans really knew what we were doing in 2012. Loki is Marvel’s third TV series on Disney+, following the surprise hit WandaVision and major MCU tie-in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. This next show follows […] More
Welcome to What’s the Buzz, where members of our staff provide you with recommendations on a weekly basis. This week, Hawk Ripjaw checks out Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K. on Hulu and Lor Gislason recommends you revisit Alita: Battle Angel. Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K. Hawk: So…I was going to do a WtB entry on the first episode of Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K., […] More
The Falcon and Winter Soldier went out with a bang. Join Rachel Stewart, Will Johnson, JP Nunez, and Don Shanahan as they team up once again to discuss how the Disney+ six-part series wrapped up, and how the finale will impact the MCU’s Phase 4. Rachel Stewart: A lot has happened since we last talked, and it feels […] More
Welcome to What’s the Buzz, where members of our staff provide you with recommendations on a weekly basis. This week, Clay Dockery gets around to watching Marvel’s Agent Carter and Hal Kitchen recommends that you check out Palm Springs (2020). Agent Carter Clay: It seems as though we are in the Golden Age of Marvel […] More
As we experience the end of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier in S1E6, it becomes increasingly apparent that, as audience, we entered the series asking entirely the wrong question. While Steve Rogers, having given up his life as Captain America, bequeathed his shield to his close friend Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) at the end […] More
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier structures its penultimate episode (S1E5, ‘Truth’) akin to the calm before the storm—the pause for breath to consider and contextualise—as all of our characters attempt to discover their own personal truth. ‘Truth’ is a perfect summation of Malcolm Spellman’s series to date, which has existed in the shadow of […] More
What is supremacy? Is it a Nietzschean object of literal physical superiority or an ideology, a state of mind? The Falcon and the Winter Soldier S1E4 suggests both in the Marvel Cinematic Universe might be part of the same formula. ‘The Whole World Is Watching’ is a title that knows just how provocative it is. […] More
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