The Avengers

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Loki himself is not very threatening (he's essentially a bratty teenager with abandonment issues trying to steal his older brothers toys), but the things he plans are threatening. Mainly because his plans all involve manipluating people who actually are dangerous into causing random chaos so he can take advantage of it. He is a trickster god after all.

Of course, if his threat level seems lower in this movie, it's only because he wasn't really the one in charge of the invasion plan, it was Thanos who wanted to unleash the Chitauri on earth, and he didn't seem all that put out when they failed, probably because to Thanos, both Loki and the Chitauri are simply expendable mooks and this invasion is merely a test of earths defenses.

[Lumenskir]

Of course, if his threat level seems lower in this movie, it's only because he wasn't really the one in charge of the invasion plan, it was Thanos who wanted to unleash the Chitauri on earth, and he didn't seem all that put out when they failed, probably because to Thanos, both Loki and the Chitauri are simply expendable mooks and this invasion is merely a test of earths defenses.

I thought Hellboy Thanos and his crony didn't even care/think much of Earth/humans until they beat Loki. Wasn't his whole plan to give Loki an army to rule over Earth in exchange for the Tesseract, with which he could rule over the universe?

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Ultimately yes, he wants the Cosmic Cube Tesseract, but only so he can kill everything (Thanos isn't much interested in ruling). He's just not in any particular rush and doesn't care about how many underlings die in the process either, so he sends Loki and his army in first, if they win, great, he gets the cube, if they fail, no problem, at least now he knows what he's up against.

Thanos literally loses nothing with this plan, except an army, but his army is meaningless, since he's way more dangerous than every single thing the Avengers faced in that whole film. The Avengers think they've won a great victory, but they know nothing, they don't even suspect that there IS a big bad coming to kill them all.

[Magus]

Loki's machiavellian scheming would probably have made him a better leader than Thor but Thor is all like, honorable, or whatever, so he wins because good is dumb but also has a super hammer. This inadequacy of Loki's makes him seek power in whatever place he can find it, and also become an egotistical douchebag who wants people to worship him.

[Japan]

No like Mjolnir is a totally legit reason to win pretty much anything. Its a wincon with a nifty leather thong.

Also that random girl in the Hiddleston dance gif needs to mover her ass so we can all get a better look at Mark-motherfucking-Hiddleston getting down.

[The Sevenshot Kid]

Originally Posted by Japan

No like Mjolnir is a totally legit reason to win pretty much anything. Its a wincon with a nifty leather thong.

Also that random girl in the Hiddleston dance gif needs to mover her ass so we can all get a better look at Mark-motherfucking-Hiddleston getting down.

Tom. Tom Hiddleston.

[Japan]

Mark sounds better.

(Also no idea why I thought it was Mark.)

[The Sevenshot Kid]

Originally Posted by Japan

Mark sounds better.

(Also no idea why I thought it was Mark.)

It's probably because Mark is the most attractive male name.

[RickZarber]

Was dicking around on IMDb, and did you guys realize that Evans and Hiddleston were born in '81, Hemsworth in '83, and Johansson in '84? That blows my goddamn mind. When did our generation become age-appropriate for superheroes? When did I get old? >.<

[The Sevenshot Kid]

Originally Posted by RickZarber

Was dicking around on IMDb, and did you guys realize that Evans and Hiddleston were born in '81, Hemsworth in '83, and Johansson in '84? That blows my goddamn mind. When did our generation become age-appropriate for superheroes? When did I get old? >.<

What do you mean "our" generation, old man?