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Samuel Beckett's More Pricks Than Kicks: In a Strait of Two Wills

John Pilling

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Drawing on private correspondence and little known documents, published and unpublished, Pilling...

Pure Contradiction: Selected Poems

Rainer Rilke and Ian Crockett

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Rainer Maria Rilke's work spans the divide between turn-of-the-century Europe's decadence and its...

David McK (3425 KP) rated Loki - Season 1 in TV

Jul 25, 2021

Loki - Season 1

2021 | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

6.4

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The most recent (at the time of writing) of Marvels post-Endgame TV series (after both WandaVision and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) and, once again, this is a very different beast than any of those two previous.

In this one, Tom Hiddleston portrays Loki, as he was just after stealing the Tesseract during the time travel heist of Avengers: Endgame ie before this version of him had lived through those events that occurred after Avengers Assemble (eg Thor: Dark World, Ragnorak, Infinity War etc etc) and is almost immediately arrested by the Time Variance Authority (the TVA), an organisation whose sole purpose is to police the 'sacred timeline'.

Over the course of the series, things prove not always to be as they seem, with this series also (or so I've heard) leading directly into Marvels phase 4 of the MCU.

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Cori June (3033 KP) Jul 27, 2021

I'd say it's because it's slow. There's a lot of exposition and it can be draggy. That would be why I'd rate it lower. Worth watching, just be aware.

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Erika (17788 KP) Jul 28, 2021

I disliked the show completely, the only reason I rated it as high as a 5 is because when I averaged the ratings for each episode, the 2 good episodes outweighed the other trash episodes.
It was boring, it turned Loki into a vanilla-boring character, and the writing was terrible. The only reason I continued after the 3rd episode is because of Hiddleston, as I'm a huge fan, and he said that eps 4 and 5 were where it got more interesting. Episode 4 was an abomination. The plot was nonsensical and Hiddleston's acting was cringey. Seriously, the Ragnarok flashdance hair flip occurring multiple times was odd and annoying. I'm in the minority, I apparently watched a completely different show. It caused me to have zero interest in the MCU beyond Shang Chi.

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The Purple Dolphin

M.S. Saxon

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A critical parent with alcohol issues, a parrot with a knicker fetish, death threats in the post....

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chandler ellis (3 KP) rated Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) in Movies

Jul 14, 2017

Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

2017 | Action, Adventure

8.1

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Michael Keaton's portrayal of his character: The Vulture. (1 more)

The idea that his Peter Parker, tried to prove himself worthy for the Avengers, and that he wouldn't let someone die just because their bad.

More detail, within the post-credit scene to foreshadow Avengers: Infinity War or Thor: Ragnarok. And maybe hint some other villians, for example Doc Ock or even Hammerhead. (0 more)

Spiderman swings into a 9/10 place, giving a comical take on the teenage superhero

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Spiderman Homecoming swung into theatres last week, and provided a comical take on the young superhero. It gives us an opening on Peter, enjoying his time and experience through the events of Civil War. But this comes to an end, when it shows him as a normal teen. Michael Keaton, gives a hatred to play-boy millionaire Tony Stark. So he retrieves pieces of weaponry and tech, from previous Marvel films. And he sells them to make money, and give his family a good life. Through this Peter learns of the idea of trust, bravery, and of course doing the right thing no matter what. All in all, Spiderman Homecoming makes a great film for the new generation and for some in the old generation.