Because this is Disney Plus we’re talking about, it’s impossible for them not to have a Star Wars or Marvel show on the air at any given time in order to avoid cancellation by non-family-having adults. Well, now with Ahsoka ending tonight, we will go exactly one day without one or the other, then on Thursday, it’s time for Loki season 2 to debut.
Early reviews are in, and while they’re currently positive, the RT score is below Loki’s 92%, currently sitting at a 76% at the time of this writing. Given that this is the first season of a Disney Plus Marvel show to even get a second season, it’s a bit of an experiment.
While Loki season 1 is one of the best-reviewed Disney Plus series, if those scores hold for season 2, that would be pretty far down the live action list:
- Ms. Marvel (98% critics, 80% audience)
- Loki season 1 (92% critics, 90% audience)
- Hawkeye (92% critics, 88% audience)
- WandaVision (91% critics, 88% audience)
- Moon Knight (86% critics, 89% audience)
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (85% critics, 82% audience)
- Loki season 2 (78% critics, —- audience)
- She-Hulk (77% critics, 32% audience)
- Secret Invasion (54% critics, 49% audience)
So, if that score holds, it would be the third lowest on the entire list, ahead of only Secret Invasion, which I think you could argue was one of the worst MCU projects…period, and the ever-controversial She-Hulk. However, it’s still early, and this can go up and down (though on average, scores tend to slip in time). I would be surprised, at this pace, if it got above Moon Knight.
You can argue with some things on this list (I love Iman Vellani as Ms. Marvel, but that’s not a 98% show), but generally, critics and audiences agree pretty closely on everything that isn’t She-Hulk, and it’s not like critics are being elitist and giving comic book projects low scores (they almost never have with the whole MCU).
I have previously written about growing superhero franchise fatigue among critics, where on average, critics actually used to rate most comic book projects higher than fans, but lately that has flipped quite a bit. So I think there’s some built-in stuff to consider here, the longer these Disney Plus projects continue. Just…exhaustion, after a certain point.
My gut tells me that Loki season 2 is probably going to be good, and I’d be shocked if I personally didn’t like it more than Moon Knight or Falcon and the Winter Soldier or even Hawkeye, given how much I liked season 1. But we’ll find out on Thursday, I suppose.
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