Infinity War "You'll kill me? Evidently there will be a line." The Loki / Tom Hiddleston Thread

[warcam]

+1 for him biting the dust in the 1st 5 minutes (along with Heimdall).

Unless he fakes his death and returns in the finale only to be killed for real.

 

[Zant]

+1 for him biting the dust in the 1st 5 minutes (along with Heimdall).

Unless he fakes his death and returns in the finale only to be killed for real.

Loki faking death...How very original..

The character is just a parody of himself at this point. Its time to end it.

 

[Spiderine]

Loki faking death...How very original..

The character is just a parody of himself at this point. Its time to end it.

Absolutely agree.........No fakeout this time.

 

[Spider-Fan]

I think he will die and it will stick. My one issue in killing Loki is it hurts any potential Thor 4 severely. The Thor/Loki brotherhood has been the biggest highlight of the series and one of the major focal points. If you lose that, I think it is a major obstacle as it leaves a giant void.

 

[markjoedelonge]

But killing him in the first 5 minutes won't square with Feige saying Loki will be an ally to Thanos.

 

[Solfari]

But killing him in the first 5 minutes won't square with Feige saying Loki will be an ally to Thanos.

Loki being Thanos' ally is still a false report based on a tweet though. He never said that.
What Feige said at that convention was that Thanos might have some company for a while and that this company might include a certain brother of Thor's. Which could mean anything. It's not like he would admit to killing off Loki in the first five minutes. The character is quite popular, particularly among the ladies. Twitter would implode.

The complete lack of pictures however, his not being included in any of the promo material and the fact that the actor apparently wasn't filming, are all pretty good indicators. This isn't like Hawkeye. We know Renner was on set, we've seen BTS pictures, they clearly have some surprise planned there. Not so with Loki.

They wanted to off him as early as Thor 2 and it showed in Thor 3 - they had no idea what to do with him so they turned him into the butt of every joke. After Ragnarok it'll be a mercy killing.

 

[Aximili86]

Yeah, if Loki's assisting Thanos in this it's likely just to save his own skin, silver-tongue talking his way out of being pulverized over his failure to secure/hand over the Tesseract in Avengers.

Thanos, being Thanos, could still just kill him anyway after he's outlived his usefulness. We know nothing so far.

 

[Adhesive Boy]

I couldn't disagree more with those that say Loki wasn't good in Ragnarok. He wasn't a focus in the story but he had some nice character moments with small means and a new direction in his character.

 

[Zant]

I couldn't disagree more with those that say Loki wasn't good in Ragnarok. He wasn't a focus in the story but he had some nice character moments with small means and a new direction in his character.

He was a punching bag and a walking punchline in that film. He was just a passenger in it. The only important thing he did was obtain the space stone at the end.

After watching Thor 3, its hard to imagine that this guy was once a big bad in an Avengers film and would be ruler of Earth...But now Doctor Strange alone would own him.

 

[Abudefduf]

He's not even a real villain anymore, he's just a lovable, morally ambiguous rogue... a shame. I guess we'll never get to see him portrayed as the cunning Trickster God that he is... was... in the comics.

 

[Mjölnir]

He was a punching bag and a walking punchline in that film. He was just a passenger in it. The only important thing he did was obtain the space stone at the end.

After watching Thor 3, its hard to imagine that this guy was once a big bad in an Avengers film and would be ruler of Earth...But now Doctor Strange alone would own him.

Loki was never about being a physical threat on his own. Your Doctor Strange line suggests that you've already forgotten that Thor already beat him on his own before The Avengers.

Loki is all about plans and mind-games. It was like that in phase 1 and it is like that now. As for important things, resurrecting Surtur was more important than taking the Tesseract. Being a good character isn't just about such superficial things like being powerful or being crucial to the plot either, for that matter.

 

[Drizzle]

After watching Thor 3, its hard to imagine that this guy was once a big bad in an Avengers film and would be ruler of Earth...But now Doctor Strange alone would own him.

Loki underestimated Strange when he charged at him in Ragnarok but I think if he were prepared it would be a more even fight. Besides that, he kind of got his ass kicked by pretty much every Avenger except for Cap (who still held his own against him anyway) and Black Widow (who still managed to outsmart him). While he is a god of sorts, Loki isn't invincible. Much less so than Thor, anyway. When Hulk pulled his "Puny God" move on Thor in the arena, he pretty much got right back up, unlike Loki, who was immediately taken out of the fight when that happened to him in The Avengers.

 

[Finarfiniel]

He's not even a real villain anymore, he's just a lovable, morally ambiguous rogue... .

I see this attitude elsewhere too (especially from the hardcore Loki fans) and I don't really understand it. Yes, he's more of an entertaining rogueish character who is a little more out of focus in Ragnarok, but let's not forget that this guy was still directly responsible for the death of hundreds, if not maybe thousands of innocent civilians in TA, not to mention he was perfectly willing to commit an act of genocide in Thor. Loki is definitely still a villain IMO. Entertaining? Yes. Nice and loveable? Heck no. It was clear he was still perfectly willing to sell Thor out to save his own skin throughout Ragnarok. Even when he was helping the Asgardians at the end, it was pretty clear to me he was only really doing it for his own glory. That's why seeing him getting taken down a peg or two by Doctor Strange, Valkyrie and Thor in Ragnarok was so satisfying to me. He's a sneaky, entertaining little prick that I love to hate. t:

Loki is all about plans and mind-games. It was like that in phase 1 and it is like that now. As for important things, resurrecting Surtur was more important than taking the Tesseract. Being a good character isn't just about such superficial things like being powerful or being crucial to the plot either, for that matter.

 

[Maxima]

He was a punching bag and a walking punchline in that film. He was just a passenger in it. The only important thing he did was obtain the space stone at the end.

After watching Thor 3, its hard to imagine that this guy was once a big bad in an Avengers film and would be ruler of Earth...But now Doctor Strange alone would own him.

Second that.
I was really disappointed by encounter with Strange because I wanted to see some impressive magic duel like in the comics, where Loki is a match for Strange and gives him a run for his money.
It took the entire movie to bring Loki down in The Avengers, so in Ragnarok he was depowered for no real reason.

 

[Mjölnir]

Second that.
I was really disappointed by encounter with Strange because I wanted to see some impressive magic duel like in the comics, where Loki is a match for Strange and gives him a run for his money.
It took the entire movie to bring Loki down in The Avengers, so in Ragnarok he was depowered for no real reason.

Depowered? How?

The reason Loki was successful in The Avengers had nothing to do with him being a powerful villain. It was mainly done by clever scheming and good use of the scepter. He actually didn't use his own powers that much.

 

[Finarfiniel]

Second that.
I was really disappointed by encounter with Strange because I wanted to see some impressive magic duel like in the comics, where Loki is a match for Strange and gives him a run for his money.
It took the entire movie to bring Loki down in The Avengers, so in Ragnarok he was depowered for no real reason.

The only reason it took an entire movie to bring him down in TA was because he had Thanos backing him. The sceptre and the chitauri army both came from Thanos, without them Loki wouldn't have stood a chance in hell of conquering earth on his own, Thor would have taken him down single-handedly with telative ease, like he did at the end of Thor. MCU Loki has never been shown to be that powerful, other than a little misdirection magic.

 

[Drizzle]

Second that.
I was really disappointed by encounter with Strange because I wanted to see some impressive magic duel like in the comics, where Loki is a match for Strange and gives him a run for his money.

Having Loki and Strange duel would have been an unnecessary detour that would've slowed the movie down.

 

[Xeno]

 

[Aximili86]

The reason Loki was successful in The Avengers had nothing to do with him being a powerful villain. It was mainly done by clever scheming and good use of the scepter. He actually didn't use his own powers that much.

I suppose it's all context, too. He's on Earth, and Hulk aside there's not really anyone local that can touch him (S.H.I.E.L.D. alien-tech superweapons aside), at least when he's got the scepter. Suited-up Tony, yeah, but you'd still figure if Loki wasn't intending to be caught and put up more of a fight he'd probably be able to take Stark out with his glow-stick of doom.

 

[HammerDown]

 

[Y0nder]

How will Thanos lose the armor though?

 

[Maxima]

This brings to mind a meme "I don't always die, but when I do, I don't"

 

[BigThor]

Spoiler

Loki went out like a pure G, still talking trash til the end!

 

[legendkillin]

Spoiler

He had a great end, I do wish he would have turned blue once dead. He did mention after all he wasn't Asgardian. Would have liked his original form one more time.

 

[The Shape]

Spoiler

Good riddance at this point, IMO.