Loki: Brother of Thor

So, I've just watched this tonight, and it wasn't quite what I expected. Someone took Thor, the Avengers, and the Dark World and recut them a bit to make a two-hour movie that tells Loki's side of the story. I didn't agree with some of their choices, but it was overall enjoyable.

http://vimeo.com/107290209

Spoilers under the cut.

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( Loki: Brother of Thor )

December Posting Meme - Spaced

glamjam wants me to talk about Spaced.

I saw this after Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, and went into it not knowing anything about. I knew it was a sitcom, and I knew it was under Pegg and Wright's creative team, and that was it.

I found the first episode in its entirety on YouTube (and something that surprised me: it was allowed to stay on YouTube because Simon Pegg, at the time of my finding it, wanted it there. It hadn't been released in the US at all, and didn't seem like it would be at any point in time, and he wanted people to see it). It's such a weird little show, and even though I had no idea what to expect, it wasn't what I expected. It's just a normal show about normal people. 20 somethings who couldn't quite get their shit together. As a 20 something failing to get his life together, it resonated with me.

Spaced was also where I realised what a NOTP was. Tim and Daisy live in a constant state of sexual tension, largely brought on by the fact that they're pretending to be a couple in order to rent their flat. But it also wasn't a cloying will they/won't they? That aspect was never at the front of anything, and once Sophie was introduced, it got pushed even further back. And Sophie. The character you expect to hate, and then absolutely fall in love with. She knows Tim and Daisy are in a weird situation, and she knows that she has to sneak around and pretend to be a friend of Daisy's when she's over. And she kind of seems to like doing it.

And then there's Mike, Tim's best friend who loves guns and video games and being in the Territorial Army, and who will also put on a skin tight pink shirt and go to a rave. He was also the first time I'd ever seen a gay character on television whose story doesn't revolve around his sexuality.

Another aspect of the show I didn't expect to like was Brian's relationship with Twist, and in fact, even Twist all together (Twist is a person. Her parents were hippies). She's so hilariously self-obsessed and doesn't think at all before she opens her mouth to speak, and she's kind of the character you wind up liking even though she has few redeemable qualities. But you start to realise that there's still a person under all that vanity when she agrees to go on a date with Brian after he brings her some comfortable shoes (since her whole reason for not going was that she doesn't like to stand in the shoes she was wearing). They're so mismatched, and when pretentious art... whatever the hell he is Brian takes Twist to an all-white painting gallery, where all the paintings are done only in white paint, you wind up surprised that she has a really good time.

Also, I totally ship their alcoholic, chain-smoking landlady Marsha with Bernard Black. They'd be perfect one one another.

There are still a lot of slots left for this month, because I'm late to the game. Go add things! http://loki-of-sassgaard.dreamwidth.org/47708.html

Potential new projects

AKA, I should probably finish what I've already got going, but I have other ideas I want to play with, and probably will, eventually.

Possible spoilers ahead

( Sitcom Avengers )

( Trickster God sequel )

( Loki with Amnesia )

( Loki Annoys the Marvel Universe sequels )

Norse Marvel

I'll probably stick these up on my sticky as well, even though they're not really the sort of things I put up there. But for anybody looking to get into Thor comics, I've done something slightly insane, and compiled some reading lists. The New Reader List is that: a list for new readers. It has some annotations for which books can be skipped, or should be read separately, or in tandem, or anything else. It's a fairly big list, but a lot of it is skipable. This list will take you through explaining why the fuck Asgard is now hovering above Oklahoma, the Siege of Asgard and the rise of Asgardia, Kid Loki, Fear Itself, and the absolute heartbreak that was Everything Burns.

That one is here.

I haven't added anything to this since making it, because there are so many places you can go from there. This list is just a primer, but if you want any more pointers, let me know.



If you want to start from the beginning, I also have an Everything List, which has not been updated since April, because that's when my flipping browser history deleted itself, and I've been working on figuring out what I've already indexed and what I haven't yet. This list has over 3000 books on it, starting from 1949. Once I get my master list straightened up again, I'll update it in the Gdocs spreadsheet. But, you know. This should keep you busy for a while. Some of this list may be inaccurate, and there are definitely missing titles everywhere. It's a very long work in progress, which I update by going through character appearances as listed on several wikis, and information from ComicList. Which is why I require working browser history to continue to build the list. :(

That one is here.


Both lists have the dates attached, to easily sort them in a rough release order. However, some issues only list a publication date, which is different from the release date (the release date is the date the comic was published. The publication date is when comic shops are supposed to pull it off the shelves and stick it a box as a back issue. I'm not sure why they're called what they are, but whatever). When a release date is available, that's what I've listed. Otherwise, the publication date is listed. Publication dates are the ones ending in 0, usually. Sometimes, they end in 15, and rarely, some other random number. Once in a blue moon, it's actually the real legit release date, but mostly it's just something I assigned for ordering purposes. This is primarily to keep everything in a linear order, but half the time it's still kind of out of order, because Marvel doesn't understand continuity.