aria: ([thor] loki liesmith)
valinor spider party ([personal profile] aria) wrote2011-06-13 01:56 pm
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[personal profile] songofsongs: we are seeing loki tomorrow
[personal profile] aria: hahaha
[personal profile] aria: LOKI
[personal profile] aria: that is the actual name of the film
[personal profile] songofsongs: IT'S TRUE
[personal profile] songofsongs: we have a plan. it involves several different ways this is gonna play out
[personal profile] songofsongs: on the one hand, no one will be in the theatre because it is a tues and late in the running of the movie
[personal profile] songofsongs: in which case CONSTANT SCREEN-CALLING
[personal profile] aria: do you have anything planned?
[personal profile] songofsongs: not yet! but I want to!
[personal profile] aria: omg obvs you have to yell CONVENIENT ODINSLEEP
[personal profile] songofsongs: wanna yell something at convenient odin!sleep
[personal profile] songofsongs: ...
[personal profile] aria: slkfsjdfsjsdfjdfs
[personal profile] songofsongs: OH GOD
[personal profile] aria: WHAT ARE WE
[personal profile] songofsongs: EVERYTHING AWESOME
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[personal profile] themeletor 2011-06-13 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
oh god last time i went i shouted HAWRRR! at the appropriate moment and then lost my shit and THEN realized that the theater wasn't as empty as i thought it had been.





oops.
aria: ([thor] loki liesmith)

[personal profile] aria 2011-06-13 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
sddkjsdjsd MEL THIS IS WHY YOU ARE MY FAVORITE. Oh my god Odin's HAWRRR! It is screamingly hilarious. <333

[personal profile] feverbeats 2011-06-13 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I KEEP TRYING TO CALL IT LOKI TOO
aria: ([thor] loki liesmith)

[personal profile] aria 2011-06-13 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
BECAUSE IT IS THE NAME OF THE FILM

MAYBE THERE IS ANOTHER FILM ABOUT THOR ON EARTH OR SOMETHING BUT IT IS UNIMPORTANT
sophia_sol: Geoffrey with his head resting on a podium, with text saying "headdesk" (S&A: Geoffrey: *headdesk*)

[personal profile] sophia_sol 2011-06-14 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I have multiple times just barely managed to keep myself from calling the film "Loki" too. Because OBVIOUSLY that's what it's called...
aria: ([thor] loki liesmith)

[personal profile] aria 2011-06-14 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Hah, right? Because it's not like I'm going to see Thor again! I'm going to see Loki again. The film's about him and everything!
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[personal profile] sophia_sol 2011-06-14 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Exactly -- the film is named after the main character, and it's clear which character that is!
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[personal profile] aria 2011-06-14 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe the film is named after the protagonist's unhappy obsession with his brother? And that's why it's called Thor?
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[personal profile] sophia_sol 2011-06-14 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
An excellent theory, and it certainly makes sense. It's a fascinating diversion from usual titling decisions, a decision that I think needs to be analyzed to truly understand the impact. Is it saying something about Loki's constant feelings of being sidelined by his brother, overshadowed by him, and the title of the film adds a meta-level to the degree to which this occurs? Perhaps!
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[personal profile] aria 2011-06-14 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Exactly! And it's not too heavy-handed, as of course it would have been had the film been called Odin. A good compromise between examining Loki's issues and being too obvious about them.
sophia_sol: photo of a 19th century ivory carving of a fat bird (Default)

[personal profile] sophia_sol 2011-06-14 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
You make an excellent point! I must laud the film-makers for the subtlety and thought that went into this decision of theirs.
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