More details! --The voice in the intro wasn't Karli, but Shuri's line from Black Panther: "Another broken white boy for us to fix." (Thanks Ri-Bread and others for pointing that out!) --Right after he says "Don't tell me I'm a disappointment," Jonathan Majors looks DIRECTLY at the camera. That was also intended for the viewers. --He Who Remains' spiral window appeared in the background of an earlier poster for the series! --Deeper dives and theories into Renslayer, which TVA Loki is in at the end, and He Who Remains' true agenda are coming to the channel in the coming days!
Any theories about all the other moments where Actors look directly at the Camera? Loki and Sylvie both do it I belive on Lamentis at different moments not sure if an accident or intentional but I can't see them doing it more than once on accident and not fixing the scene.
I took Renslayer saying “in search of free will” as her going to look for Kang. Since 5 seconds before that she says “he’s the only one with free will” I thought it was a smart line or something.
I don't think it's because he loved that they were fighting, I think it's because this is the first time in millions of years where Kang didn't know the outcome of something. That's why he looked happy, the pure excitement of suspense for him.
I agree. Eons of being alone and knowing every outcome of everything and then suddenly not knowing jack shit essentially. The most change he’s had in, you guessed it, eons.. lol
So the reason why "He who remains" let the Avengers time travel is to make the Loki of 2012 become a variant. In order for loki to meet Sylvie and then together finding "He who remains" to replace him (or kill him) . It was all seen and planned by "He who remains" until the last moment where he said "he doesn't know what would happen next".
“You mess with Time , It tends to mess back” how Tony Stark made that callback to Avengers Endgame on how the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe or “Marvel Cinematic Multiverse” will absolutely change now
If you notice Kang's entire citadel has gold streaks all over the walls similar to the japanese art of "Kintsugi". If you look it up it is the art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage using Gold powder. Perfect symbolism as this Kang is literally holding together the timeline from breaking.
Good catch! Right in the two Asgardians faces! Other immortal apples: The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, hinting at Kang's impending death. The Song of Wandering Aengus, "...pluck until time and times are done, the silver apples of the moon, the golden apples of the sun." Barbossa's death and return in "Pirates of the Caribbean."
The meaning of the green apple is a nod to the cover of the book "Life and Death" which pictures a green apple 🍏 and is a gender swapped, alternate reality version of "Twilight" which pictures a red apple 🍎. Going with the gender swapped, alternate reality theme of Loki.
The Kang variant was hoping to be killed. Snatching every Loki who caused a nexus event trying to find the one to do it. Everyone until Sylvie chose a timeline to rule. He knew that two Lokis would have different views and that a changed Loki who would accept a timeline would lose to a vengeful Loki who escaped the TVA. Sylvie fell for the trap. The last episode had a Saw vibe to it when Jigsaw got killed.
@@sunsetskye483 it's not that complicated. Loki by nature will only want to rule a timeline on his own. Kang needed a certain type of Loki, a Loki that would be different, to come and kill Kang as a part of some big plan
Maybe that's because, unlike a lot of other creators, he actually doesn't fill a lot of time with useless yapping and stalling for time. Erik gets straight into it right away and just keeps telling actual interesting information. And as long as what he's telling you is interesting, time flies. But a lot of those other creators keep telling too much uninteresting stuff so time seems to just drag on and on. I for real just watched 10 minute video just to see like 10 blooper shots, the rest was FILLED with useless commentary and just describing what was going to happen in the upcoming video, while the video material in the back wasn't even always related to the MCU at all. Had it been just the bloopers the video would've been 1 minute long. And he didn't even say anything interesting or anything we didn't know, no fascinating inside knowledge or background or whatever, just personal commentary and descriptions. I just felt so used for monetization... And I get that content creators need a little sponsoring and a little help to be able to make enough money off of it, but that video was just LUDICROUS. Making a 10 minute video out of 1 minute of blooper footage while not saying anything of worth for 9 minutes is just disrespectful to the viewer. So thank you Erik & team, for showing us how GOOD content is created! Don't give us minutes we don't need! Keep up the great work! :D
This is a pretty solid way to explain why certain characters such as the Fantastic Four haven’t shown up yet. Kang has purposely kept them from existing for specific reasons he’d have from knowing them in other timelines before he took control.
And mutants for the most part. This opens them up to legitimate ways of bringing different variants of dead characters or evil versions of heroes or good versions of villains. The setup is perfect and I look forward to wherever they take it. At this point I have a hell of alot of trust in the people running the MCU lol
Doctor Strange: Did you do it? Sylvie: Yes Doctor Strange: What did it cost? Sylvie: Everything Doctor Strange: No shit, it's going to cost me everything to fix this
Why is it that Loki variants don’t all like alike, but other variants are perfect copies? And I’m not talking about the young and old versions, more the female, satyr, beast, and black loki’s.
Loki is a shapeshifter. Remember Thor explained how he changed into a snake and stabbed him. At some point, he could’ve changed his appearance that he liked and stuck with it
Loki is a shapeshifter, so it’s a lot more likely for variants of him to look different. Also, he’s from Asgard, a mythical realm, not the mortal realm.
Because there are infinite versions of Loki. Its more entertaining if there are different versions of him. The writers can be more creative. Also Easter eggs.
I could live a thousand lives, and still never have figured out everything contained in the opening sequence! You sir, are the GOAT of all breakdowners! I could hug you for just that alone!
I got so excited when Jonathan Majors stepped onto screen. That manic energy he was channeling, with all the subtle facial shifts... He was fantastic. I'm super excited to see more of him as Kang.
The reset TVA doesn't recognize Loki because suppression of variants is no longer, er..never was, their purpose. They are Kang{Conquerer}[n]'s personal time/space army. Notice how they are discussing what He wants them to do.
@@alfonsor.4161 I don't think there are multiple tva's for multiple universes... Because variants from other universes came to the TVA we saw in the series , eg Slyvie and Loki himself...
@@ssjxn the point is we dont even know for sure if they came from other universes, or simply parallel dimensions/timelines. Imo it makes sense if loki got transferred into another tva since the sacred timelines been compromised, meaning alternate versions of he who remains resurfaced agains to start a multiversal war, one of them could be running an alternate tva since sacred timeline's he who remains is dead.
@@alfonsor.4161 the TVA and the time keepers was the body that used to manage these alternate timelines. There cant be another TVA. I thought the same as you did when I first saw the scene but then I realised. The same TVA had pruned various variants from different timelines. It's like the TVA and the timekeepers manage these alternate timelines. There cant be another TVA.
@@ssjxn maybe there wasn't one version of the tva from the start. Something about the broken statue in Kang's place made me feel like it happened recently and if so, it could be because Loki and Sylvie messed up one version of the tva or timeline. Maybe each statue represented a different tva?
And remember, during the scene where variant Nebula secretly messes with the Quantum Tunnel, it can be seen that somebody linked it to other points in time, outside the timeheist.
This variant in ep6 loki series is kang not aggressive and dangerous type. I just agree what he did to prevent for multiverse war, he also scared of their other variant. So with sacred timeline, the balance of universe is confirm. but was. Now slyvie just unleashed the strongest than thanos
The whole time we watched The Avengers, we were led to believe Thanos was the biggest threat to everyone's existence. And literally the first episode of Loki you meet the TVA that invalidates any threat Thanos poses to them. So you start thinking, who can be so powerful as to create the literal Time Police that can rewrite all of existences' history? Now that threat is coming soon.
marvel can made unlimited version of kang, so i doubt kang will be the final boss in MCU. he probably cameo and being another variant to fight, but as immortus i dont think so. not to mention immortus is far away stronger than any of marvel enemies they ever made
There are multiple threats in the Marvel universe and there a lot more threats than Kang who has power that is inconceivable. The Beyonders would make Kang look like a grunt.
Now that the MCU has busted open into the Multiverse, wouldn’t we now consider it the MCM? For Marvel Cinematic Multiverse!? That’s a legit question!!!
@@ScofieldStudios And maybe Phase 5 and on, if they keep it going. I'll probably slip up (MCU slides off the tongue better than MCM), but it is technically the MCM now.
@@malloryjostes2129 which is something you only get by experience which sylvie didnt have due to the tva. Its a nice little detail that a lot won't pick up on
Majors crushed the Immortus, can't wait to see the Kang so gooodd how the MCU has gone from classic superhero films to high level character performance by great actors driven in this 4th act
So am I the only one that connected the speech he who remains gave about himself, naming himself plus 3 other kangs and dubbing one "jerk"? As if the 4 "time keeper" statues were actually kangs and the jerk is the broken statue.
Yep, I was thinking that the four timekeeper statues may have been the four versions of him/kang that first met each other and began to collaborate across universes. Then one of them crossed whatever line the rest of them felt was "going too far".
He "weaponized" Alioth. Does that mean the TVA's reset charges contain a bit of the creature and that's what devours the branch timelines when released?
no; the visual effect we see when a timeline is pruned is the same as that of variants being pruned; thus implying that they, like variants, are being transported to the "end." After all, all those buildings and set pieces we see didnt get there by getting tapped by a dinky little pruning-stick
Alot of us old school marvel fans know he's way worst than Thanos. Shout out to Marvel for creating more movies, and ways to reintroduce old Avengers (hopefully), and other Marvel heroes.
@VistaCorp This is all about saving the sacred timeline.. All these entities.. always end-up defeated, just like Thanos... all he did was supposed to happened !
Marvel somehow went from needing 10 years and 20 movies to set up their big bad to only needing a few shows and movies. This episode set the stakes for 3 movies without technically showing off the main villain. The “nice” version of our big bad created the TVA and easily trumped the power of the Infinity Stones, now imagine what KANG THE CONQUORER will do.
I like the comparison that someone one made about how He Who Remains is the snake and Loki and Sylvie are Adam and Eve jumpstarting the multiverse/creation
The fact you took six or so minutes to break down EVERY thing they said at the beginning is just... OUTSTANDING. That must have been a nightmare...or a dream come true depending on your passion. 👍🏾
We love sitting down as a family watching your recaps and Easter egg finds each week for this season of Loki. Such an extraordinary amount of work put in by you and the NR team. Thank you. Going to miss these recaps of Loki as much we will miss viewing a new episode. The last two weeks I have suffered from ear infections and loss of hearing so we had to watch you, Eric, with captions and at .75 speed because I couldn’t catch all of the fast dialogue. That was such a trip in itself. LOL.
@@sonnygorenflo8180 yeah maybe he who remains was a another enternal who left to become the head of the tva and was inspired by the space ship to make his fortress
Another detail: The black with gold strip pattern also appears in the ship in the eternals trailer.... perhaps they also use the same technology as kang himself
Thank you for your insight and analysis. You are always our “go to” source for information and a better understanding of these episodes!! Keep on doing you!!
The space ship in the beginning looks a lot like the one that Thor and Loki rode in the dark world when the line “great job you just decapitated your grandfather.”
Ballet "The Swan Lake" is a symbol of the end of the USSR. On the day of end, all the country's TV channels showed only this ballet. So, this is not about the struggle between good and evil, this is a historical moment like everything else
"Swan Lake" also has a varient. The original has the tragic ending while the Soviet-demanded ending has the prince killing the wizard and he and Odette live happily ever after. Both versions are still performed.
Jonathan Majors was amazing and completely believable as Kang. They had to really get someone spectacular to make it work and to stand out among THAT cast and they found the guy. I don't see how anyone could have done a better job.
Jonathan Majors absolutely nailed it in the last episode. His performance was flawless and I’m definitely looking forward to seeing him in the MCU from here on. Another feather in the cap of Marvel Studios 🪶
Another detail I noticed is that when Loki reaches to mobius the code on each floors is different from the ones we saw in earlier episodes suggesting that this is a different TVA maybe in another timeline
I'm starting to think when Dr. Strange said "there's no other way", he meant that the only way possible was this because it's the only timeline possible.
Or maybe he intentionally made sure this would happen. Given how he observed Fourteen million, six hundred and five different timelines, with only one eventual success, and that we know the TVA resets all other timelines (even if there are multiple small variances of sacred timelines, considering the sacred timeline is for endgame to occur, it means that all other timelines he visited isn't of the sacred timeline), it's highly likely he knows the other timelines are being reset.
@@sinteleon actually he wasn’t observing other timelines he was observing all the possible outcomes and only saw one that was possible for that pacific timeline he can’t see into another timeline if he’s Not a part of that timeline so the comment you replied to isn’t right either but I can see what you guys were going for
@@avierellison488 We know every sacred timeline/outcome does succeed since it's planned by the TVA for such. Meaning every possible failed outcome Strange saw has to have been a deviation of the sacred timeline, and we know that every such deviated outcome will be targeted by the TVA for resetting because they decided that success is part of the sacred timeline. Therefore any failed outcome he saw, whether it's an actual timeline or not, has to have the TVA interfering to reset, even if it doesn't actually come to pass.
When the thunder began to roll, and you could see the unease on the face of Jonathan Majors, that was ACTING! He didn't even speak. That's what the pros can do, e.g. Tom Hiddleston crying, and then laughing while watching his own life. Frankly, I didn't know much about either Kang, or Jonathan Majors, but the director obviously told him to chew up as much scenery as necessary.
I don’t know what’s more incredible. Them sourcing all those clips for the intro….OR you, finding them all and making that intro guide!!!! Freaking Legendary!!!
This is the best RU-vid video I've seen in a LONG time. I love your in depth thought and digging into all of this. I LOVE it. I've been waiting to see a live action Kang my whole life. I am so excited for what is to come and completely satisfied with how the final Loki episode ended this season.
