5 cult classics that inspired the Loki series

Loki hit the Disney + screen on June 9 and already became the most viewed on the platform worldwide. The Marvel series has the style of the franchise, but also includes other inspirations that have nothing to do with superheroes. Between them, cult classics of the history of cinema and television. Know what they are!

The tapes were revealed by Michael Wardon, main screenwriter, who was also in another hit like Rick and Morty. In an interview with Variety, he acknowledged that he could not bring anything of the animated event to Loki, but he did maintain that he was inspired by movies and series that marked history to create the libretto.

5 cult classics that inspired the Loki series

Damn bastards

Premiere: 2009

Director: Quentin Tarantino

Protagonists: Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Mélanie Laurent, Diane Kruger, Michael Fassbender, Daniel Brühl, Eli Roth, Til Schweiger, BJ Novak, August Diehl, Mike Myers, Omar Doom, Sylvester Groth.

Plot: It is the first year of the German occupation of France. The Allied officer, Lieutenant Aldo Raine, assembles a team of Jewish soldiers to commit violent acts against the Nazis, including taking scalps. He and his men join forces with Bridget von Hammersmark, a German actress and undercover agent, to overthrow the leaders of the Third Reich. Their destinies converge with the theater owner Shosanna Dreyfus, who seeks to avenge the execution of her family.

Blade Runner

Premiere: 1982

Director: Ridley Scott

Protagonists: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet Walsh, Daryl Hannah, William Sanderson, Brion James, Joe Turkel y Joanna Cassidy.

Plot: In a gloomy and rainy future, an ex-policeman returns to the service to search and destroy a group of androids who pretend to be human to, integrated into society, find their creator and kill him.

Before dawn

Premiere: 1995

Director: Richard Linklater

Protagonists: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Andrea Eckert, Hanno Pöschl, Erni Mangold, Haymon Maria Buttinger.

Plot: Two travelers, a young American and a French woman, meet on a train and spend a romantic day in Vienna, Austria.

Mad Men

Premiere: 2007

Seasons: 7

Creator: Matthew Weiner

Protagonists: Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones, Christina Hendricks, John Slattery, Aaron Staton, Rich Sommer, Robert Morse, Bryan Batt, Alison Brie, Michael Gladis, Jared Harris.

Plot: In New York during the 1960s, dominant leader Don Draper struggles to stay at the top of the pack at the Sterling Cooper ad agency offices on Madison Avenue where there is a lot of pressure. In addition to being one of the most important men in the ad agency, Don is also a family man, and the father of young children.

Catch Me If You Can

Premiere: 2002

Director: Steven Spielberg

Protagonists: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Amy Adams, Nathalie Baye, Martin Sheen, Jennifer Garner, Brian Howe, Frank John Hughes, James Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, Chris Ellis, Ellen Pompeo.

Plot– A young con artist successfully impersonates an airline pilot, a surgeon and a lawyer.