Shame and opprobrium where it’s due: the people who wrotethe screenplay for Infinity War are Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. I blame them more than the Russo brothers for the bullshit that was IW … though of course the Russos executed Markus & McFeely’s shitty vision in predictably shitty fashion.
I’m only OK with this if I imagine it in a different context. I’m going to pretend this comes after Loki has done his damnedest to undermine Thanos’s team from within and actually keep Thor safe, rather than just dying pointlessly and leaving Thor no better off than he was. This is after Loki has played a long game and now his cover has been blown, or he’s been forced to reveal his true colors because he can’t do what Thanos demands to prove his loyalty. This is in the final act of Infinity War, not the first 5 minutes. That would be worth the acting job Tom Hiddleston is doing here.
People keep saying that Tom Hiddleston was paid something like $8 million for Infinity War and that’s cool and all but how much did he receive in compensatory damages and is there a class action lawsuit I can join
Loki is the Philosopher King 