I know I may be in the minority on this, and man I'm really trying to like Loki, but I've found each new episode of Loki worse than the last. Here is a few of my non-spoiler takeaways:
-I found this episode extremely boring, filled with a bunch of exposition to reveal just a couple things. Felt like they could have done these things way quicker and way more effective. Inevitably, this made it feel like your typical filler episode on a TV series, which is fine with 22 episode network TV shows, but with only a 6 episode streaming show?? Seems like such a waste.
-The action/fights in this series not only are pretty terrible and seemingly low-budgety (this isn't CW), but they are detrimental to the Loki character. This is the same Loki who just took on the entire Avengers team and almost won, but now he/her are struggling with fighting about anyone, including a Louisiana hillbilly and whatever stupid security guard they run across. I'd much rather they spare the CW fight scenes and rather have Loki win in some clever way where he avoids fighting like he does in the movies. It would be much more effective.
I'm trying really hard guys to like this series, but due to many of the above things, out of all the new Marvel streaming series, this is the one that feels most like your typical low-budget TV. Things could change moving forward and maybe all of this setup will pay off, but I'm not optimistic at this point with only 3 episodes left. I mean, we are halfway through this series and why do I still feel like nothing has happened except a bunch of exposition??? Don't get me wrong, I love me a bunch of Hiddleston and Wilson back and forth, as that was a lot of the best stuff of the series, but that can only carry the series so far. I've also found Sylvie or whoever she is to be underwhelming and her interplay with Loki boring at best. At this point, I almost don't care who she really is.
