Oh. And I just watched The Avengers. Loki hits many of the same beats, I think: he's got supervillain appeal, he has a mysterious plan and the only people he directly kills are SHIELD agents.
To this we add the classic "sympathetic villain" appeal (nobody wuvs him), and, more interestingly, the outranked villain maneuver, where Loki's allies are nastier than him and it's obvious he's a bit scared of them. Even though he's the main villain of the movie, he's in the Baltar role.
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Re: Oh yeah.
Date: 2012-05-09 03:29 am (UTC)To this we add the classic "sympathetic villain" appeal (nobody wuvs him), and, more interestingly, the outranked villain maneuver, where Loki's allies are nastier than him and it's obvious he's a bit scared of them. Even though he's the main villain of the movie, he's in the Baltar role.