Offering the God of Mischief dominion over his brother’s favorite realm Earth, Thanos requested the Tesseract in return. Adopted by Odin and Frigga at the end of the Asgardians' war with the Jotuns, Loki is treated as a true prince of Asgard and was never informed of his true jotun heritage throughout his youth - however, Odin secretly i… In the first Avengers movie, Loki (Tom Hiddleston) steals the Tesseract from S.H.I.E.L.D. In other words I doubt Loki's shortcut works that conveniently. Looks like you're using new Reddit on an old browser. Following the version of Loki that escaped with the tesseract in Avengers: Endgame, the series promises to incorporate elements of time travel and … They're controlled by a Mother Ship which never shows up on the battlefield, instead preferring to stay in the Chitauri's own dimension, far away from the conflict. Before the Avengers came along to offer their united protection of Earth in 2012, Captain Marvel made a powerful statement to Ronan the Accuser and, by extension, the entire Kree Empire. According to the "Thor: the Dark World Prelude" graphic novel, Loki's mother, Frigga, finds him in a vision a year after his fall from the bifost. The other surviving Asgardians were there. At the end of the movie, Thor (Chris Hemsworth) takes the Tesseract to his home planet of Asgard for safe keeping. In exchange for the tesseract, he would supply the Chitauri army for Loki to invade Earth and become the supreme ruler. Pretty sure that was why they teamed up. Earth) from Asgard without using Bifrost may not have happened in the comics. Loki Laufeyson is the son of Queen Farbauti[citation needed] and King Laufey,[citation needed] leader of the Giants of Jotunheim. Warning: SPOILERS ahead for Captain Marvel. The Avengers. edited Jun 4 '20 at 15:16. I think that was another way but not the way he did it in avengers. well remember, loki was in a way influencing Selvig, as shown in the after credits scene for Thor, my guess is Selvig just pointed the cube int loki's general direction while testing it and loki used the staff to activate the portal, hmm now that you brought that out, how did Loki show up behind and influence Selvig like that? Earth) from Asgard without using Bifrost may not have happened in the comics. I'm probably looking too deeply into this, but hey! It comes from what looks like a giant arc reactor like from Iron Man 1, only it glows purple. In the film, it's clear that the Bifrost is still not functional. Third Alien Prequel Would Have Answered Mystery Of Original Xenomorph Eggs, Avengers Theory: Thanos Had Loki Invade Earth Because Of Captain Marvel. Loki Laufeyson was an Asgardian prince, the God of Mischief, and usurper of the Asgardian throne. • A subplot shows how HYDRA's weaponry, found at the time Captain America was rescued, has been reverse-engineered by S.H.I.E.L.D. He's gone and zooming his way to earth like he was riding the Bifrost. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Speaking of which, you can follow Hannah online at @HSW3K, All the latest gaming news, game reviews and trailers. 1. answered Sep 20 '18 at 9:16. Avengers deaths: Loki KNEW he was going to die and THIS is why he did it AVENGERS INFINITY WAR showed Loki die and it was not an illusion. The site may not work properly if you don't, If you do not update your browser, we suggest you visit, Press J to jump to the feed. What MCU Movies Are Coming After Captain Marvel? When the Avengers go back in time to get the Infinity Stones, one team heads to Stark Tower just after the team has captured Loki in Avengers. Using the power of the Tesseract, Selvig opened a portal above New York City which would allow Loki’s army of Chitauri to attack Earth. Further information is revealed in the Thor: The Dark World Prelude comic, which is canon. Loki mentions that with the Bifrost destroyed (in the first Thor movie) Odin would have had to summon Dark Energy to transport Thor to Earth. A one-stop shop for all things video games. That said, they had 5 years in the meantime for someone to rescue them and to set up on Earth. Maybe a delayed reaction? Thor appears, revealing the blow to have been his trusty hammer Mjolnir, which he had thrown at the Crew member and then recalled to his hand. So the particular issue of Thor needing to get to Midgard (i.e. I'm sure it's some kind of illusion but still haha. He cuts a deal with a big, bad purple alien named Thanos: Thanos will lend Loki an … Loki mentions that with the Bifrost destroyed (in the first Thor movie) Odin would have had to summon Dark Energy to transport Thor to Earth. and uses it to open a portal to space. Loki Laufeyson, also known as Loki Odinson, is a character portrayed by Tom Hiddleston in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film franchise, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name.In the films, Loki is known as the "God of Mischief" and is one of the most powerful of the Asgardians, an alien civilization with long ties to Earth, who are therefore considered on Earth to be gods. She's now a features writer and editor, covering the hottest topics in the world of nerddom from her home base in Oxford, UK. This is one of the six Infinity Stones that ended up in the hands of Thanos in last year's Avengers: Infinity War, and was the reason that Thanos sent Loki to Earth in The Avengers. Hannah enjoys weird horror movies, weirder sci-fi movies, and also the movie adaptation of Need for Speed - the greatest video game movie of all time. Captain Marvel offers some fascinating backstory to the Marvel Cinematic Universe - and may actually explain why Thanos sent Loki to invade Earth in The Avengers. Loki steals the Tesseract from S.H.I.E.L.D. A lot of pre-planning went into the MCU - particularly from Phase 2 onwards - but there has been some retconning of the early movies that has created potential plot holes. It was a convoluted and, quite frankly, bad plan for a supposed master strategist and manipulator. No different than a child throwing a tantrum, Loki's invasion of New York in The Avengers was an attempt to get a reaction from Odin - perhaps even an act of revenge for how he'd been treated. Loki fans have argued for years that the trickster god was under someone else’s influence during his peak villainy in The Avengers.Now, Marvel would seem to confirm it. • Loki questions how Thor was able to travel to Earth due to the destruction of the Bifrost, and implies that Odin had to summon dark power to send him to Earth. He fell into space so I doubt he made it back to shortcut land in Thor 2 and then the shortcut decided to go to where the tesseract was. Unfortunately for him, his adoptive father didn't have to expend much effort towards his antics, as the newly-formed Avengers were able to stop him without needing any help from Odin beyond sending … Thanos sent Loki to retrieve the Space Stone from Earth, but gave him the Mind Stone in order to help him achieve this goal, and in the process ended up not only getting the Infinity Stone he was after but also losing the one that he already had. inside… When Loki (Tom Hiddleston) was killed at the beginning of “Avengers: Infinity War” it was very sad because Loki was kinda everyone’s favorite character, thanks in large part to Hiddleston’s charm. The Avengers By now, Thanos was looking for all of the Infinity Stones, and he sent Loki to Earth to retrieve the Tesseract and the Space Stone inside it. Does anyone know how Loki was able to teleport to Earth through the tessaract without the possession of it? Loki decides he wants to become supreme ruler of earth. The Mad Titan's decision to get his hands dirty was cemented when Ronan the Accuser stole the Power Stone for himself in the original Guardians of the Galaxy. In The Avengers, when Thor takes Loki off the jet after Iron Man and Captain America first capture him, the two brothers have a chitchat. The Avengers, a group of super-powered and remarkable people known as Earth’s defenders, which includes Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Thor, and later Falcon, Vision and Scarlet Witch, pose a threat to Loki’s schemes to take over and rule Earth. Transported by the wormhole to Sanctuary, Loki encountered The Other who offered to serve under Thanos ' command and gave him the Scepter. Similarly, Loki's invasion of Earth in The Avengers doesn't quite make sense now that Thanos' long game has been revealed. Based on what we learned in Captain Marvel, we have a theory that this fateful explosion set in motion the events that eventually led to Loki's attempted takeover of Earth - and that retrieving the Space Stone may not have been Thanos' only goal. WARNING: This article contains SPOILERS for Avengers: Infinity War The Hulk will meet Thanos at the start of Infinity War - and we've got a theory on how he returns to Earth. Discovering a powerful A.I. Thor is immediately worried for his fathers health, as using Dark Energy seems to take a great toll on the user. Share. A subreddit dedicated to Marvel Studios and the Marvel Cinematic Universe! Thanos and Loki had an agreement. Once the Scepter was transported to the Avengers Tower, Stark began experimenting on it, aiming to unlock its secrets before Thor could take it to Asgard. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the marvelstudios community. They were exiled to their far corner of space, but they bid their time until they are led into the other worlds again. A Frost Giant born smaller than the rest of his species, he was the adopted brother, former nemesis, and friend of Thor Odinson; the adopted son of Odin Borson and Frigga; and the biological son of Laufey. – IronSean Aug 5 '19 at 12:46 In The Avengers, when Thor takes Loki off the jet after Iron Man and Captain America first capture him, the two brothers have a chitchat. Loki manipulated Norman Osborn into leading his Dark Avengers and H.A.M.M.E.R. We know from Ronan and Thanos' alliance in Guardians of the Galaxy that the Mad Titan has links to the Kree Empire, so it seems inevitable that he would have heard about not only Captain Marvel, but also the presence of the Space Stone on Earth. Didn't he show Thor how he did it in Thor 2? An alien army streams through the portal to invade Earth. Related: What MCU Movies Are Coming After Captain Marvel? The Chitauri are a warrior race. the Space Stone. The Space Stone has a long history on Earth, having also played a pivotal role in Captain America: The First Avenger, but it may well have been Captain Marvel's discovery of it that tipped Thanos off to its presence on C-53. Loki mentions that with the Bifrost destroyed (in the first Thor movie) Odin would have had to summon Dark Energy to transport Thor to Earth. Loki is killed by the Void.. Rebirth. Odin (Anthony Hopkins) sat on the sidelines during The Avengers, even though it was his son who nearly brought the Earth to its knees.In the 2012 Marvel movie, Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Iron Man (Robert Downey, Jr.), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), and Black Widow (Scarlet Johannsson) were brought together by SHIELD to protect the planet from an … Just as the Mind Stone gave Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver their powers, the Space Stone is actually what gave Captain Marvel her powers, in the same explosion that wiped her memories of her life on Earth. Improve this answer. Arriving at the Sanctuary through a wormhole caused by the Bifrost, Loki met the Other, ruler of the ancient race of extraterrestrials the Chitauri, and Thanos. In the film, it's clear that the Bifrost is still not functional. He was born small and was an embarrassment to his parents,[citation needed] and was segregated from other Giants. So the particular issue of Thor needing to get to Midgard (i.e. and creates a wormhole above New … In 2012, Loki came into contact with Thanos, powerful warlord and the master of Chitauri.Thanos had already been seeking the Tesseract in order to retrieve the Space Stone, and Loki promised to retrieve it from Earth and give it to him in exchange for his army. We use cookies on our websites for a number of purposes, including analytics and performance, functionality and advertising. I'm glad you posted about this. Thanos, wielding the Power Stone, overpowers Thor and Hulk, and claims the Space Stone from the Tesseract. When the Avengers … He tells Thor to bring Loki and the Tesseract back to Asgard. @XtremeBaumer They were on earth before the final battle, as the Avengers went and found Thor in "New Asgard" in Norway to recruit him for Endgame's heist. This may well explain why no other alien race tried to invade Earth before the Chitauri. This is in fact a really good question. She tells him through tears that she is happy to learn he is alive but he brushes her off. Now he's landed on the strange planet of Sakaar. They live in their own area of space, possibly by Sanctuary, Thanos's domain. both Nick Fury and Phil Coulson encountered aliens, no other alien race tried to invade Earth. In Thor, the Bifrost, or more accurately the Rainbow Bridge that allowed the Asgardians access to the Bifrost, was destroyed in the final fight between Thor and Loki. The Space Stone has a long history on Earth, having also played a pivotal role in Captain America: The First Avenger , but it may well have been Captain Marvel's discovery of it that tipped Thanos off to its … They were under the command of Thanos and The Other, and lent to Loki to conquer Earth. Thus, 2012 Loki has escaped the original Avengers timeline, where, during the Battle of New York in the first Avengers film, he is defeated and returns to Asgard. Odin mentions that it affects Thor negatively as well, but the comic doesn't really show these affects in an obvious way. Loki was the son of Laufey, but was abandoned as an infant and adopted by Odin, with the intention of using him as a bargaining chip to maintain peace with the Jotuns - but these plans met a moot point almost immediately. As the Asgardian God of Mischief, Loki is cunning, manipulative, deceptive, and a trickster by nature. It ends with Thor being all like, "Sorry Padme, I can't get back to earth to see you." Was Loki Sent To Test For Captain Marvel's Presence? He then shoots the the Dark Energy out of his spear at Thor and POOF! Selvig: Well, I guess that's worth a look. My theory on Thor feeling the negative effects is that Thor did feel these like a dimming down in his power. In 2018, Thor, crowned king, decides to take his people to Earth despite Loki's concerns about how he will be received there, but they are intercepted by a large spacecraft. When the Avengers invaded and captured Strucker's fortress, Tony Stark discovered the Scepter in the secret laboratory. [citation needed] Odin has a great many secrets that he keeps, and harnessing Dark Energy is apparently one of them. Loki, now returns with a nefarious plot to conquer Earth and will stop at nothing to see his vision realized. When Steve Rogers led the true Avengers in defense of Asgard, … But in the Avengers, when Cap and Iron Man are transporting a captured Loki back to Shield or wherever, Thor shows up out of nowhere and comes flying in, tackles Loki, and they have a big talk. When Thor was stranded on Asgard at the end of Thor, I, like most people, wondered why Marvel chose to do this.A lot of people said that if Marvel spent any time in The Avengers bringing Thor back to Earth, it would be a waste of precious movie time. I never really got that. When he is thrown from the Hellicarrier, later in The Avengers, he seems to struggle picking up the hammer. We see the scene where Odin sends Thor to Earth. Hannah has been with Screen Rant since the heady days of 2013, starting out as a humble news writer and eventually clawing her way up the ladder through a series of Machiavellian schemes and betrayals. We can't know how, but Loki made him to design the device and make it work so that it can open a door to let Loki teleport. The Wrecking Crew, trying to steal a piece of Stark Industries technology, are confronted by a squadron of police, whom they easily defeat using their powers. Captain Marvel's ending may well explain why Thanos sent Loki to invade Earth in The Avengers, losing the Mind Stone in the process. The go-to source for comic book and superhero movie fans. For starters, Thor was originally said the be SHIELD's first contact with alien life, but Captain Marvel has now "revealed" that both Nick Fury and Phil Coulson encountered aliens long before Thor came along. In The Avengers, when Thor takes Loki off the jet after Iron Man and Captain America first capture him, the two brothers have a chitchat. With Odin disapproving of his actions, Loki allowed himself to fall through the deep abyss of space, entering a wormhole created by the sudden termination of the Bifrost Bridge . This is one of the six Infinity Stones that ended up in the hands of Thanos in last year's Avengers: Infinity War, and was the reason that Thanos sent Loki to Earth in The Avengers. Set in 1995, the movie reveals that Earth was invaded by aliens long before the Chitauri came through a wormhole to attack New York - though the Kree and the Skrulls were a little more subtle with their arrival on planet C-53. To add even more confusion, Loki's official character breakdown on Marvel's website claims that Loki's outright villainy in The Avengers was due in part to being "influenced" by the Scepter - which eases Loki's eventual redemption arc, but also makes Thanos' plan seem even more complicated and unlikely to work. But The Avengers … One of the big reveals of Captain Marvel is that the MacGuffin at the center of the movie - which powers an engine that can travel faster than the speed of light - is actually a familiar MacGuffin: the Tesseract, a.k.a. into attacking Asgard, intent on having it returned to its proper place in the Nine Realms.However, he underestimated the destructive power of the Sentry, who had given into the whispers of his Void persona. In exchange, Thanos provides Loki with an alien army to attack Earth. Odin holds up his spear to the machine and it absorbs the Dark Energy. He is extremely arrogant, and thinks himself above others and superior to all, thus making him feel as if he is destined to rule the world. At the end of Captain Marvel, after destroying bombs that were headed for Earth, Carol Danvers flexed her fully unleashed powers in order to send Ronan and the other Accusers running - in the process sending a powerful message to the entire galaxy that Earth was under her protection. Her hobbies include drawing, video games, long walks in the countryside, and wasting far too much time on Twitter. As the comic reveals, before Project Insight got underway Strucker’s SHIELD base was already starting experiments on the Scepter and were ready to move into human testing. In a last act of self-sacrifice, Loki pretends to swear allegiance to Thanos, only to attempt a futile attack on him, after which Thanos chokes Loki … When Jane Foster arrives to treat the wounded, she is surrounded by the Crew, who start to advance on her when one of them is knocked back by a powerful blow. The Hulk took off in a ship bound for nowhere at the end of Avengers: Age of Ultron. As mentioned, Loki’s appearance in “Endgame” comes during the part of the film where the Avengers enact their big plan to undo the damage Thanos did at the end of “Infinity War.” Community ♦. A frustrated Thanos then resolved to stop working through his proxies to power the Infinity Gauntlet after Loki lost the Mind Stone on Earth in a failed effort to recover the Space Stone. It was planned near the end of Thor already. … It seems there are a lot of questions regarding how the two Asgardians, Thor and Loki, got to Earth. Loki asks Thor how much "dark energy" Odin had to summon to "conjure" Thor to Earth, but we don't see the process happen. It's all connected. Well thanks to a new prelude comic for Avengers 2: Age of Ultron, we know now that their origin is indeed via experiments with Loki’s Scepter. This would not only explain how Earth became a target, but would also explain why Thanos sent in Loki rather than attacking himself. According to this new theory, Thanos was using Loki to make his capture of the Tesseract, aka the Space Stone, simple and without intrusion from the Asgardians watching over Midgard, aka Earth. Loki asks Thor how much "dark energy" Odin had to summon to "conjure" Thor to Earth… Vision Finally Became The Hero Age of Ultron Teased, How Mission: Impossible Fallout's Helicopter Chase Stunt Was Filmed, Don Hall, Carlos Lopez Estrada & Qui Nguyen Interview: Raya and the Last Dragon, Mission Impossible 7’s Director Still Hasn’t Seen The Movie’s Trailer, Lee Daniels Recalls His Disastrous Wolverine Pitch, POTC: Why Cutler Beckett Left Davy Jones’ Heart On The Flying Dutchman, Why Marlon Brando Refused His Oscar For The Godfather, Wrong Turn's Creator Wrote The Worst Reviewed Movie In Rotten Tomatoes History, Johnny Cage Confirmed To Exist In Mortal Kombat 2021 Movie Universe, Why Tom Holland's New Movie Is Being Dumped In Theaters, Spider-Man: Far From Home's EDITH Was Secretly Teased In Iron Man 3, Thor 4 Set Video May Hint at How Jane Foster Gets Mjolnir in Love & Thunder, Marvel Theory: X-Men Movies Are Part Of The MCU Multiverse, Son Review: A Compelling, Nightmarish Thriller Worth Consideration, Night Of The Kings Review: A Captivating Film That Explores Storytelling, American Pie 3: Why So Many Characters Didn't Return For American Wedding, Stephen King's Rose Red Was Originally A Remake Of The Haunting, Pixie Review: Olivia Cooke Is Magnetic In An Energetic Heist Film. She has lived and studied in New York and Toronto, but ultimately returned home so that she could get a decent cup of tea.