![]() ![]() The dialogue was written in a antiquated style that had an almost Shakespearean ring to it, while being easier to understand. ![]() ![]() The artwork was beautiful in places, even though not everyone may enjoy the motion comic format. There were definitely things I liked about it. The motion comic does as well as the movies, if not better, at establishing Loki’s mistreatment, but not as good a job establishing that Thor cares about him. In the absence of Thor, there’s no one to really like. With the interesting dynamic between this characters, this feels like a missed opportunity. Until then, the only interaction between the two comes in brief flashbacks. The main complaint that I have with Thor and Loki is that the title is misleading, as Thor stays locked away until the very end. A surprise visitor from his past finally comes along and changes the game. Loki continues to wrestle with this decision, however. He resolves to have Thor executed by beheading, and to destroy the Rainbow Bridge (which connects Asgard to the other Nine Worlds) at the same time. He had earlier gotten Odin to admit that he deliberately raised Loki and Thor as counterpoints to each other, providing the court with a despised outsider to increase Thor’s glory. Loki becomes certain that executing Thor is the only way to avoid a horrible fate. The sorceress Karnilla, another ally of Loki’s, casts a spell that confirms Balder’s vision. In these alternate possibilities, Loki’s life took many different paths, but always ended up with him defeated and imprisoned under a venomous serpent. Then the god Balder tells Loki that during the period when died, he saw a multitude of parallel universes. Loki initially resists this idea angrily he grew up in Thor’s shadow, but Thor always showed him more affection and respect than anyone else did. (Interestingly, Hela is Loki’s daughter in mythology and in some Marvel stories, but not in this one.) She’s convinced that Loki will look weak unless he executes his brother. One of Loki’s most insistent petitioners is Hela, goddess of death. The people who helped Loki take power are coming to call in the favors he owed him, but Loki puts them off, instead continuing to wallow in how badly he was treated as an adopted child growing up in Odin’s court. (In Marvel’s version of the myths, this is on another planet.) Thor is chained in one of the dungeons, and Odin, too, is Loki’s captive-in fact, most of the court is either in chains or under house arrest. (For those who may not know, a motion comic is a slightly different style of animation, where the background is more static and the movements are less fluid.) It’s based on a 2004 storyline with no connection to the Marvel films.Īs the story begins, Loki has gained control of Asgard, the home of the gods. I watched Thor and Loki: Blood Brothers, a four-episode motion comic from Marvel Knights Animation. ![]() Recently, I had the opportunity to see another interpretation of these characters. Their painful family history also added a layer of complexity to this summer’s Avengers, even if Loki was far less sympathetic the second time around. Like many people, I enjoyed Chris Hemsworth’s endearing portrayal of Thor, god of thunder, and Tom Hiddleston’s mesmerizing take on Thor’s brother Loki, the god of mischief. I have a confession to make: Until the movie Thor came out last summer, I didn’t know that Marvel comics had characters based (somewhat loosely) on Norse mythology. Thor and Loki: Blood Brothers Published on August 9th, 2012 in: Comics, DVD, Movie Reviews, Movies, Reviews | ![]()
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