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Loki... itall just feels so... weak. Like, maybe like Wandavision, things pick up later after a curious first few episodes, but so far, I am just disappoint. The characters feel too dumb, the story weak, the situations bad. The Time Agents feel hilariously incompetent. Loki doesn't feel all that clever. It just... it feels dumb.

I've been mentally comparing it to Legion since we got into the colorfully claustrophobic TVA, and there's just nothing in Loki so far Legion didn't do better. Umbrella Academy and Agents of SHIELD both have Timekeepers (note, checking for robots? Chronotrons) done so much better. Even Legends of Tomorrow has better workplace humor with their time agency.

I don't know what Loki is offering so far. There's some joy in Hiddleston's & Wilson's performances, but it's just a hollow sort of joy. It's... Night at the Museum: Battle for the Smithsonian where it just feels dumb, half-assed, easy, and a hefty lack of gravity or respect for anyone and anything. Everyone a baseline semi-competent stick figure of one or two character notes with a lead who plays the only sane man but just does dumb stuff and we're supposed to find it cute.

Actually, yes. This feels like a Ben Stiller protagonist written for Ben Stiller but played by Tom Hiddleston. The sets are cheap, the action unexciting, the funny bits awkward... does anyone else actively dislike this show?

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