Posted6/9/2021 5:23 PM
The first episode of Loki, now streaming on Disney+, offers glimpses of a clever sci-fi pastiche in between rehashed scenes from the Marvel villain s previous film appearances. Tom Hiddleston s god of mischief, the main antagonist in 2011 s Thor and 2012 s The Avengers, took a convoluted path from the big screen to your living room, and this week s 51-minute premiere goes to great lengths to explain it.
Of course, the hard-core Marvel Cinematic Universe fans already know it, and the uninitiated won t be able to follow it they ll just wonder why they re watching Loki watch scenes from his own movie. (This literally happens.)