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FOR THE GREATEST MOTHER IN MUSICAL HISTORY

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:19:00 -0400

FOR THE GREATEST MOTHER IN MUSICAL HISTORY

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Thu, 09 May 2013 13:53:00 -0400

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Iron Man 3 review (SPOILERS INCLUDED)

Mon, 06 May 2013 16:16:34 -0400

Iron Man 3 review (SPOILERS INCLUDED)

Last Words …

Sun, 05 May 2013 14:55:00 -0400

Last Words …

THE WAS FINALE GOING TO BE A QUARTET WITH EPONINE...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:10:22 -0400

THE WAS FINALE GOING TO BE A QUARTET WITH EPONINE INCLUDED!!!!!!!!!

Jimmy Novak’s final moment.

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:48:00 -0400

Jimmy Novak’s final moment.

Why Loki Needs To Die in Thor: The Dark World

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 23:11:58 -0400

Why Loki Needs To Die in Thor: The Dark World:

jared-may-care:

mblostma:

jared-may-care:

mblostma:

daughter-of-water:

mblostma:

Comments both negative and positive are welcome

So basically the gist of this is, redemption arcs are hard to write. The easiest way to pull them off is redemption through death. Ergo Loki must die in order to redeem himself. Forgive me if I find that to be a bit of a cop out.

I just can’t conceive of a non-cheesy way for him to redeem himself. Can you think of a better resolution? *By the way, tone is really hard to convey in writing. I didn’t mean that question sarcastically or rudely. I mean it. Do you have an idea for a better redemptive arc? *

My personal thought is that Loki might play second fiddle for the entire movie to the big bad. Loki will play subservient and “watch” as the big bad attempts to defeat Thor and destroy Asgard. However Loki will be pulling strings with the stereotypical “This is all part of the plan” and end up reaching to a new height of villainy. This could happen by taking the big bad’s power or means of power or killing him to serve his own goal as he was just in the way of his scheme. Loki might just be a bad guy forever but that is my opinion.

But he can’t believably reach any new heights of villainy because he’s already been beaten twice. If that twist were to take place and he kills Malekith and usurps his power, then Thor would have to beat him again and it would be Thor vs. Loki for a third time. We would have no real reason to wonder if Thor could beat Loki because we’ve already seen it happen TWICE.

I guess I’m so used to villains getting unbelievable sources of power endgame that I would suspect Loki to get a new power or ability that could seemingly crush Thor, but doesn’t. But considering his losses, he doesn’t seem to have much in him, his pride has now fallen to great depths but I wonder how the director is going to twist this.

That’s why I’m hoping that Loki redeems himself and they don’t fall into that old conflict again.

Why Loki Needs To Die in Thor: The Dark World

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 23:00:00 -0400

Why Loki Needs To Die in Thor: The Dark World:

jared-may-care:

mblostma:

daughter-of-water:

mblostma:

Comments both negative and positive are welcome

So basically the gist of this is, redemption arcs are hard to write. The easiest way to pull them off is redemption through death. Ergo Loki must die in order to redeem himself. Forgive me if I find that to be a bit of a cop out.

I just can’t conceive of a non-cheesy way for him to redeem himself. Can you think of a better resolution? *By the way, tone is really hard to convey in writing. I didn’t mean that question sarcastically or rudely. I mean it. Do you have an idea for a better redemptive arc? *

My personal thought is that Loki might play second fiddle for the entire movie to the big bad. Loki will play subservient and “watch” as the big bad attempts to defeat Thor and destroy Asgard. However Loki will be pulling strings with the stereotypical “This is all part of the plan” and end up reaching to a new height of villainy. This could happen by taking the big bad’s power or means of power or killing him to serve his own goal as he was just in the way of his scheme. Loki might just be a bad guy forever but that is my opinion.

But he can’t believably reach any new heights of villainy because he’s already been beaten twice. If that twist were to take place and he kills Malekith and usurps his power, then Thor would have to beat him again and it would be Thor vs. Loki for a third time. We would have no real reason to wonder if Thor could beat Loki because we’ve already seen it happen TWICE.

Why Loki Needs To Die in Thor: The Dark World

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 22:52:55 -0400

Why Loki Needs To Die in Thor: The Dark World:

latitans:

mblostma:

Comments both negative and positive are welcome

I wanted to post this below a cut, but then Tumblr decided to be a butt and I gave up. This got away from me and may not be entirely coherent. I’m afraid I’ve drifted away from the point of what’s realistic to expect from Marvel, but I won’t be constrained by my expectations of Marvel. And oh gods I hope my expectations are too low but I’m afraid they’re just about right.

First of all (I’m sorry I’ve written thousands of words of meta on JiM and I have to say something), the why of Loki killing himself has been thoroughly explained in the finale of JiM. I don’t think it’s contrived, it’s actually very much in character and logical from a watsonian perspective. Siege!Loki having an intricate plot behind killing himself is what made me buy his suicide in the end. A selfless sacrifice would have to be written and motivated really, really well for me to believe Loki would do that. Because it’ll probably make me cringe otherwise.

Second, I don’t like the implication that Loki somehow needs to die for the crimes he has committed. That it’s crucial for his redemption process. (I misinterpreted, please tell me.) I’m fundamentally against the death penalty and death-as-recompense narratives. He’s done terrible things, but he doesn’t deserve to die. And what kind of good it that kind of ‘redemptive’ death to him? Or us, as an audience? I would be very, very dissatisfied. I’d rather have him die as a villain than see him ‘redeemed’ like this.

Another one of my problems is the implication that a redemption for Loki would have to go along with a reconciliation with Thor. (Again, if I’m reading this wrong, please tell me!) I agree with you that an actual reconciliation between those two would be cringe-worthy if it happened in the next movie. But why does it have to happen? Can’t Loki redeem himself without mending his relationship with his family? Because if he does that he has to conform to Asgard and give up who he is, on a fundamental level. And that’s why I would find a reconciliation cringe-worthy. Unless Thor is written in such a way that he redeems himself to Loki first, and I’m not very optimistic about that, especially if they try to cram it into one movie. I’m not very optimistic about writers handling these characters right, anyway.

So I just thought about what I would want for Loki in Thor 2. And it’s something I think could happen within the MCU. I don’t think it will happen, sadly, but still. Would be pretty cool.

Loki can be redeemed without choosing to return to his family. Let’s say Asgard is in danger. From the looks of it, it will be. There are strong indications Frigga will be fridged (*incoherent rage*). Both of these could fuel Loki. I mean, he still calls himself Loki of Asgard, and Frigga is still his mother. He could very well choose to help save his old home, because it was his home. For a very, very long time. And he’s possessive and jealous. Someone else destroying Asgard? No, that’s his thing. So the enemies, the Svartalfar, attack his old home, and he won’t have it. He lets himself be convinced to fight with his brother against them. Because he won’t be talked into it that easily, even if he does want to help. (If they do fridge Frigga then he’ll have extra motivation and I’ll be very upset. Especially if, what my projection is, he was at one point buddies with the Svartalfar and inadvertently gave them the info they needed to get into Asgard. So now he’s sad and he feels guilty, and that’s why he join Thor in the fight. Then Thor finds out Loki’s involvement in everything that happened and they clash. No seriously I will rage so much if this happens.)

And now we have Loki fighting to save Asgard. Wouldn’t that redeem him as a character, and as a person to the people who know him? He has proven that he can be different. That he doesn’t have to be ‘evil’. Everything is okay now, right? His family can embrace him again and everybody is happy, hurray! But actually, no. Because Loki is a villain, but he as very legitimate reasons to be upset with his family. And as long as they, well, especially Thor and Odin because Frigga is pretty awesome, don’t redeem themselves to him, he shouldn’t return to them.

What does happen? Loki can save Asgard and then turn his back on it. How awesome of a victory would that be for him? He, as the Jotun, the Monster, the Other, can save Great Golden Asgard, and say, “no, you are not good enough for me to stay.” The first time he left was because of a (perceived, because Odin and Loki can’t communicate) rejection. This time it’s because he rejects them. And so Loki can return to being a neutral force. He can show up on either side of a battle, because the only side he’s on is his own. He’s proven his might in combat, too. It’s not the same kind as Thor’s. He uses trickery and steals and opens the eyes of at least some of Asgard to their merits. It did save them.

And so what if this means Loki isn’t going to be one of the major players anymore? He will always be important because of his relationship with Thor, and if his role is diminished then the writers don’t really get either of them. Loki will always be important to Thor.

Loki could be the guy Thor pesters when he needs help with something. And by showing genuine appreciation for him as a person and for his abilities, Thor could redeem himself to Loki, and then a reconciliation could take place. Loki would be a minor character, but so what? It’s not all about him. He can be a good guy without joining the Good Guys. He’s Loki, he’s neutral. He helps Thor but doesn’t need to return to Asgard. He can have his own schemes running in the background. Terrorising Asgard being among them. He isn’t a Good Guy, after all. He does benefit from being buddies with Thor, though. Could come in very handy when Thanos comes to call. (Because they’d better deal with that plot thread.)

There are other options, is what I’m trying to say. Loki can be redeemed without an immediate reconciliation. Nor does he have to turn into a sidekick villain. And even if he does, there are scenarios where he could kick ass by fooling everyone. He’s not limited to four options, because this is Loki we’re talking about. But will Marvel give us anything besides those four option? I’m afraid not. Still, if Asgard, Thor included, keeps its current attitude towards him, I’d rather see him die a villain than die redeeming himself to people who don’t accept him for who he is on a fundamental level. Or don’t understand why he’s so upset with them. (Looking at you, Thor.)

(PS: You know what could be awesome? Loki turning up as the sidekick to primary villains for a whole phase. Bear with me. All the superheroes have a hard time taking him seriously after a while, because every time they defeat the villains Loki is there and come on dude, you almost took over earth once. You need to get your act together. You’ve gone totally crazy, it’s kind of pathetic. And every time Loki goes like, “Oh no, you’ve foiled me again! Curse you, superhero pets of SHIELD!” Or you get just a minor hint of his involvement because you don’t want it to be too obvious. But then the ensamble movie comes around and guess what? Loki working as the sidekick was him moving towards his Grand Scheme all along! They’ve been working right into his hand! I’m crap with endings and I don’t want to think about this one because it’s a superhero movie so they’ll defeat him anyway. But yeah… This didn’t really go anywhere. Sorry.)

Wow, you bring up some great points. I mean, seriously, I had to go through point by point and rethink my own stance.

Your argument that Loki shouldn’t have to die is an interesting one. Certainly, I wasn’t thinking of it in terms of real-world application. However, I do feel that Loki getting to rejoin “the good guys” or becoming neutral, as you suggest, would be ostensibly for the writers to go “Yeah, forget Coulson’s murder; forget gouging out that German’s eyeball. Forget all those people you killed. You, Loki, get to have everything and it costs you nothing.

Also, for me, death is a clean, non-cheesy way to get his character out of the story. My real concern with Marvel studios making all of these movies is that the quality is eventually going to suffer and I want Loki out of the franchise before that happens … like getting a brother onto a lifeboat of the Titanic.

You argue that Thor needs to redeem himself to Loki, well, I feel like he’s already done that. He apologized to him in “Thor” when he confronted the Destroyer. He didn’t even know what he had done but he still said that he was “truly sorry.” Then, in “The Avengers” he tried several times to reason with him. In the beginning of “Thor,” he was a bit of a prick to Loki but I never saw him do anything all that bad. Furthermore, I don’t think the brothers necessarily have to reconcile. The cheese ball in me wants them too but they don’t have to.

I refrained from mentioning Frigga in the blog post for the sake of avoiding spoilery but I am really hoping that Frigga’s death is what gets Loki to change.

Why Loki Needs To Die in Thor: The Dark World

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 22:28:51 -0400

Why Loki Needs To Die in Thor: The Dark World:

daughter-of-water:

mblostma:

Comments both negative and positive are welcome

So basically the gist of this is, redemption arcs are hard to write. The easiest way to pull them off is redemption through death. Ergo Loki must die in order to redeem himself. Forgive me if I find that to be a bit of a cop out.

I just can’t conceive of a non-cheesy way for him to redeem himself. Can you think of a better resolution? *By the way, tone is really hard to convey in writing. I didn’t mean that question sarcastically or rudely. I mean it. Do you have an idea for a better redemptive arc? *

Why Loki Needs To Die in Thor: The Dark World

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:33:22 -0400

Why Loki Needs To Die in Thor: The Dark World:

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Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:25:21 -0400

In the absence of a Thor: The Dark World trailer release, we have to content with poorly translated trailer description

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:08:21 -0400

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In the preview, a voice-over is heard with the oath of the God of Thunder as the new supreme ruler. We see a clash between Thor and the enemy army, in a world that is neither Asgard let alone the Earth. We see Chris Hemsworth wielding his hammer and Tom Hiddleston as Loki first wounded without a helmet, with long, loose hair and then imprisoned; his anger increasingly desperate and irrational. Then there’s a scene later in which he is free again, but still furious.

Against the backdrop of a forest, in the middle of a clearing, among the dust, we in fact face off anthropomorphic creatures, but also a big “gorilla” krosan tusker: a rather alien fauna varies so, although not extreme in size (there are also some envoys/ambassadors of a people mysterious, with oval face and black eyes, elongated and sunken).

The rest of the images show glimpses of Asgard, with Anthony Hopkins as Odin and Natalie Portman in clothes that seem more like a princess; an Asgardian princess. In between, there are images of an epic battle on horseback, who seems to have left an epic cloak-and-dagger. The threat to the Asgardians is certainly a new alien race pale (now identified as the dark elves).

A black spaceship shaped irregularly looks like a serious threat to Asgard. More sequences show Natalie Portman then alongside Thor lying on the ground, probably overwhelmed in a clash.

Take my hand the night grows ever colder Take my love for love...

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:18:00 -0400

Take my hand the night grows ever colder

Take my love for love is ever lasting

Probably not.

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:48:00 -0400

Probably not.

Eddie Redmayne really needs to work on his close ups … my...

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:28:20 -0400

Eddie Redmayne really needs to work on his close ups … my God.

Siblings

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:24:32 -0400

Siblings

Eddie Redmayne’s O Face in Birdsong.

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:09:00 -0400

Eddie Redmayne’s O Face in Birdsong.

Ben Whishaw discusses Abi Morgan’s original plans for...

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:20:00 -0400

Ben Whishaw discusses Abi Morgan’s original plans for season 3 of The Hour [x]

Let the unexplored possibilities buuuuuurn

magikallizard: mblostma: What was the most difficult scene to...

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:16:19 -0400

magikallizard:

mblostma:

What was the most difficult scene to film for “Thor: The Dark World”? [x]

omg loki dies? no.. Please no

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