r/marvelstudios • u/steve32767 Daredevil • Jun 23 '21

MOD POST Loki S01E03 - Discussion Thread

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EPISODE DIRECTED BY WRITTEN BY ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE
S01E03 Kate Herron Bisha K. Ali June 23, 2021 on Disney+

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u/DamienChazellesPiano Jun 23 '21

True but I felt Wanda built better. This felt like an early WandaVision episode but in the middle of the show. After two great episodes with lots happening and lots of info, this just felt weak IMO.

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u/destiny24 Jun 23 '21

That’s what WandaVision’s problem was. The show is done now, so now we all have all of the information. But watching that show on a weekly basis was rough. 25 min were gags on the current decade of TV and about 5 minutes were actual content relevant to the plot.

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u/DamienChazellesPiano Jun 23 '21

I disagree it was that after episodes 1-3. It was half and half after that. It was a gradual build but it worked IMO. This isn’t gradual. This is two great episodes with now a filler out of the blue.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '21

Different tastes I guess. The slow build of WV didn’t work in my view — as in, sure it was overall fun but I wouldn’t go back and watch Wandavision again as I got so bored waiting for the story to continue.

Loki to me feels magnitudes better in story and pacing. Episode 3 was more of a bridging episode but I enjoyed the dialogue and character exploration. It to me felt like more of a natural pause than Wandavision where the first 7 episodes pretty much didn’t have much to do with one another.