After Secret Invasion, I’m fearful Loki season 2 would possibly stink

The Secret Invasion finale is nearly upon us, with episode 6 set to premiere on Disney Plus on Wednesday. However there’s nothing thrilling in regards to the finale, because the highly-anticipated TV present turned out to be a largely boring affair. Secret Invasion might have been as large and consequential for the MCU as Loki season 1 was. However Marvel couldn’t pull it off, and it wasted an unbelievable alternative to inform a tremendous story.

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It so occurs that Loki season 2 is Marvel’s subsequent and final remaining Disney Plus challenge this 12 months. After the Secret Invasion expertise, I’m already fearful about Marvel dropping the ball on one other key MCU Part 5 journey. Some spoilers would possibly comply with beneath.

Why Loki season 1 was so wonderful

Marvel is on a quest to repair the MCU after the problematic Part 4. However thus far, it’s failing to tug it off.

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and Secret Invasion are the one MCU titles which have been launched thus far. And solely Guardians Vol. 3 has been well-received by followers.

Apparently sufficient, Loki season 1 is the Disney Plus MCU present it’s a must to watch. Some would possibly say that WandaVision is even higher, however it’s actually Loki that units the stage for the Multiverse Saga.

Loki explains the principles of the multiverse and makes you see the Infinity Saga in a very completely different gentle. It additionally builds anticipation for what’s to come back subsequent, resulting in The Kang Dynasty and Secret Wars whereas telling a tremendous story.

Loki (Tom Hiddleston) and Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino) in Loki episode 3. Picture supply: Marvel Studios

Marvel has at all times stated that Disney Plus reveals aren’t necessary to know the bigger story that unfolds by the flicks. However if you happen to don’t see Loki, you’ll have a more durable time with motion pictures like Spider-Man: No Approach Residence and Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity

As I’ve already defined, Loki fully modifications Infinity Warfare and Endgame as nicely. And it instantly impacts one other wonderful superhero film, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

That places a number of strain on Loki season 2 to be at the least as spectacular as the primary season. And that’s comprehensible. We’ll must see Loki (Tom Hiddleston) take care of the occasions on the finish of the primary season and assist the TVA attempt to keep some management over the multiverse. All whereas coping with the huge Kang menace and the stunning love he present in Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino).

After Secret Invasion, I’m fearful that Loki received’t be an important standalone story.

Why Loki season 2 is so essential

I by no means dreamed that Secret Invasion could be as consequential for the multiverse as Loki. In spite of everything, the latter offers with forces that may bend time and manipulate existence. Whereas the previous covers an invasion of Earth the place no person is secure, not even the Avengers.

Secret Invasion might have deeply impacted the previous and way forward for the Earth within the MCU. Like Loki, it might have been a narrative it’s essential to watch to know what follows.

That’s not the case anymore, and I don’t suppose the Secret Invasion finale will remodel the present right into a must-watch affair. The worst factor about Secret Invasion is that it’s not an important story regardless of the wonderful Secret Invasion forged.

It’s a narrative I might have stopped following after the primary half with out worrying about lacking any of the motion. Secret Invasion is a wasted alternative that Marvel would possibly by no means get to redo.

Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) within the Secret Invasion trailer. Picture supply: Marvel Studios

I understand I had a lot greater expectations from Secret Invasion than I ever did for Loki. However the level continues to be the identical: Secret Invasion simply isn’t a superb story. Overlook all of the ties to the MCU that I count on Disney Plus to ship. Overlook the comparability to Loki. It’s not a present I’d advocate to anybody.

Whereas I didn’t have large expectations from the primary Loki season, aside from to see the multiverse unravel after Endgame, the occasions from that finale put a number of strain on season 2. I feel the upcoming Loki story could be probably the most essential adventures within the MCU, resulting in The Kang Dynasty and Secret Invasion.

Subsequently, it has to ship on two fronts. It needs to be an important story that provides us an important conclusion to this Loki journey. And it has to supply unbelievable occasions that may affect the MCU at the least as a lot as the primary season. Once more, the occasions in Loki can affect the MCU’s previous and future. After seeing how badly Marvel has been dropping the ball recently — particularly with Secret Invasion — I’m not too assured that Marvel goes to have the ability to ship.

Loki season 2 premieres on October sixth, so there’s loads of time to recover from Secret Invasion and into the correct mindset for this subsequent journey.