Disney+ Loki series is the latest film to take on time travel, but not in the way you think. If you recall, Loki (played by Tom Hiddleson) debuted in the first Avengers film. In Endgame, Loki died, but thanks to the film’s time travel storyline, he is now alive and in possession of the Tesseract which he used to escape before being thrown in Asgardian prison. The show follows THAT Loki and his interactions with the Time Variance Authority (TVA) – an organization that polices time.
Michael Waldron, head writer on the show, created his own rules, which expand on the time travel ideas that Marvel has already set in place. He spoke to Collider as he tried to explain the organization (in the least confusing way possible) and what fans can expect to see on the show.“I think that what’s fun about the TVA is it takes something remarkable, like time travel, and really packages it in a very soulless, sort of bureaucratic way.” He says. That’s what was exciting to me, as a writer, was to take something so magical and just make it utterly soulless.’”
Loki Writer Michael Waldron Explains The Time Variance Authority
Disney+ Loki series is the latest film to take on time travel, but not in the way you think. If you recall, Loki (played by Tom Hiddleson) debuted in the first Avengers film. In Endgame, Loki died, but thanks to the film’s time travel storyline, he is now alive and in possession of the Tesseract which he used to escape before being thrown in Asgardian prison. The show follows THAT Loki and his interactions with the Time Variance Authority (TVA) – an organization that polices time.
Michael Waldron, head writer on the show, created his own rules, which expand on the time travel ideas that Marvel has already set in place. He spoke to Collider as he tried to explain the organization (in the least confusing way possible) and what fans can expect to see on the show.“I think that what’s fun about the TVA is it takes something remarkable, like time travel, and really packages it in a very soulless, sort of bureaucratic way.” He says. That’s what was exciting to me, as a writer, was to take something so magical and just make it utterly soulless.’”
Loki Writer Michael Waldron Explains The Time Variance Authority
Thank you for posting this. I was having the hardest time figuring out how the hell Loki was alive and what the premise was, lol.
Yeah I have almost no doubts this series is going to have some massive implications on the rest of the MCU.
I know most people expected Wandavision to have serious implications and to set the stage for the multiverse...
I think Loki is pretty clearly heading in that direction.
The DB Cooper part was hilarious.
I loved it. That would make a great 'what if?' story right there.The DB Cooper part was hilarious.
After the episode I tried to explain Loki, time travel, Asguard and Heimdall to my wife.I had never heard of that guy before this.
Well they did have to explain the TVA and which Loki this was so casual fans/watchers of the show understand this is not the Loki that dies.Solid opening but feels like we had A LOT of just plain setup even for a pilot, hope the 2nd goes in more directions. F&WS was definitely a bit more fast paced and felt like more happened in its opening.