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] 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.
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[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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