The Good, the Bart, and the Loki

Loki gets banished to Springfield. The people of Springfield get their Marvel on. This is a short for Disney+. It's low level sarcastic fun although it's trying to have its cake and eat it too. It's trying to make fun of corporate but it's made solely for corporate reasons.

I expected much more, although we know it is a short, they could have done something much better.

I feel as though this short had too much of a focus on the gimmick (i.e. The crossover, the artwork in the credits and the characters being in their Avengers form) and little to no focus on the storyline which was strongly lacking and also very disappointing. Take The 8-Bit Guy's analogy as to why he preferred the games for the original Game Boy rather than those made for the Game Boy Color as an example, the reason why he preferred the original is because they actually had good gameplay, and the ones for the Color focused too much on the graphics and not much on the gameplay. I think that analogy applies here as well. This short tried to wow the viewers with the graphics and artwork, yet they fell through and failed on the storyline. AT THE VERY LEAST it would have been cool to see what Bart would be like as an Avenger, and yet that (for obvious reasons) didn't happen because of what Loki and Lisa did. I just can't help but feel very disappointed.

Update/Edit - I'm gonna have to disagree with Amelia Ortega on this one. It might seem fun, but out of all Simpsons characters to play as Marvel characters, I wish Bart was one of them, as I think it would have been really cool as this would totally be his thing. Sadly, we visit the root issue: what Lisa and Loki inevitably did which stopped that from happening. That seems to be all there is to the failing storyline.

The Simpsons has always known how to artfully parody many films or series that marked popular culture and with this Marvel crossover they could have done something very interesting. It would have been spectacular as a special of at least half an hour instead of being a short film that was too short. Bart and Loki could have interacted very well and when they meet, you can tell that they could have been a great duo. The bad thing about this crossover being a short film is that it limits too much the possibility of providing a great tribute to Marvel. That several characters from The Simpsons have the powers or abilities of many Marvel characters is sensational and could have offered a great show. This crossover could be considered part of the multiverse and the first seconds arouse quite a fascination, but it is a shame that they did not do something that lasts longer and only leaves us wanting to have seen more. My final rating for this crossover is a 6/10.

I was excited to see this short to see the collaboration with the Simpsons and the MCU. When I watched it, I was expecting more. The runtime should've been 15 minutes at most. I feel like the whole reason for this short was to show off the Simpsons as Marvel characters. Also, how no one cared about Bart at all was really sickening. Soon, he might become the Meg of the Simpsons. Overall it's an underwhelming short.