Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1031724-20161023204704/@comment-3347453-20161029210715

The reason that people like Loki so much is that he's the only MCU movie villain who is a multi-layered character. He isn't one-dimensional like the rest of them.

Sure, it's a relief to be rid of boring villains, but there's a disappointment because they had a chance to make those villains more interesting and memorable and they didn't pull it off.

Plus, there are ways to give your film a climax without killing off the villain. Darth Vader wasn't killed until the end of Return of the Jedi, but they gave A New Hope and Return of the Jedi climaxes through the destruction of the Death Star and the reveal that he is Luke's father. The Hannibal Lector series was able to keep him around by giving each story anoher antagonist like Buffalo Bill, Mason Verger and Francis Dolarhyde and killing them off instead. Funny thing is, all of those guys were more intertesting and memorable than most of the MCU villains.

As for Dormammu, do you really think he will give up that easily? He's immensely powerful and has a massive ego, so I can't imagine that he won't make more attempts to conquer Earth.