What do you think of Marvel post-Endgame?

[Blue]

Disney+, being a streaming service, won't work on my non-smart TV and watching shows on my desktop is a serious PITA.

I have a Senile TV. As in, it used to be a Smart TV but every service has moved on. APIs have updated and it won't connect to things like Youtube anymore. It's not getting updated for Hulu of Disney+ or ay of those.

My solution for was spending $30 on a Roku Express. Tiny box, plugs into a normal HDMI port on the TV, just like your cable or DVD or game console. Gets all the streaming. Has it's own remote and interface.

If you do want streaming, there are other options to explore than a TV upgrade.

 

[Thomas Shey]

Except Netflix, so far we've had it continuously and I don't question getting rid of it, even for a while.

On the other hand, the only time I'd have bothered (and it wasn't practical then) was several years ago.

 

[Hussar]

Watched Doctor Strange Multiverse last night. Liked it.

But my daughter whose last Marvel viewing was Endgame really was quite lost. Heck I was lost more than a few times. There were characters popping up that I had no idea who they were.

I think the MCU is going to suffer the same problem as the comics for me. I gave up on comics in the 90’s because there were just so many titles and so much crossing between them.

Imagine what that Illuminati scene looks like when you have no idea who the Xmen are. Whoo bald dude in a wheelchair. Nothing is explained. Heck they don’t even mention that he’s a telepath. But suddenly he’s in the mind of the Scarlett Witch looking at a weird door.

Bwuh?

I think as time goes forward these shows are just going to get more and more self referential and become completely opaque to everyone who isn’t keeping up.

 

[Blue]

Black Widow was so mediocre I don't think anyone shined in it. And Oscar Isaac did a good job, but he is no Iron Man.

I think you will find yourself in a minority to think that Florence Pugh didn't do a great job, even if you sacreligiously didn't appreciate David Harbor.

But I agree with you on the second point, Oscar Isaac isn't Iron Man. That's because he's Moon Knight. Where he did a damn fine job.

 

[Blue]

Watched Doctor Strange Multiverse last night. Liked it.

But my daughter whose last Marvel viewing was Endgame really was quite lost. Heck I was lost more than a few times. There were characters popping up that I had no idea who they were.

I think the MCU is going to suffer the same problem as the comics for me. I gave up on comics in the 90’s because there were just so many titles and so much crossing between them.

Imagine what that Illuminati scene looks like when you have no idea who the Xmen are. Whoo bald dude in a wheelchair. Nothing is explained. Heck they don’t even mention that he’s a telepath. But suddenly he’s in the mind of the Scarlett Witch looking at a weird door.

Bwuh?

I think as time goes forward these shows are just going to get more and more self referential and become completely opaque to everyone who isn’t keeping up.

My problem is the opposite - in a connected world there should be people showing up when there's huge incursions or whatever.

Bald man that they don't mention being a telepath ... was in multiple AAA movies over the past few decades as that character. And that's part of what they seem to be doing for the Multiverse - bringing in Marvel characters from non-Marvel Studio productions to show they are "not from here".

 

[Hex08]

Thor 2 is a pretty darn bad movie

This was my least favorite until Iron Man 3

 

[Zardnaar]

Thor 2 is a pretty darn bad movie

Touche. Low side of average for me.

 

[trappedslider]

Watched Doctor Strange Multiverse last night. Liked it.

But my daughter whose last Marvel viewing was Endgame really was quite lost. Heck I was lost more than a few times. There were characters popping up that I had no idea who they were.

I think the MCU is going to suffer the same problem as the comics for me. I gave up on comics in the 90’s because there were just so many titles and so much crossing between them.

Imagine what that Illuminati scene looks like when you have no idea who the Xmen are. Whoo bald dude in a wheelchair. Nothing is explained. Heck they don’t even mention that he’s a telepath. But suddenly he’s in the mind of the Scarlett Witch looking at a weird door.

Bwuh?

I think as time goes forward these shows are just going to get more and more self referential and become completely opaque to everyone who isn’t keeping up.

The fact that I had no clue who black bolt was or where he came from didn't bother me or my enjoyment at all

 

[Zardnaar]

I have a Senile TV. As in, it used to be a Smart TV but every service has moved on. APIs have updated and it won't connect to things like Youtube anymore. It's not getting updated for Hulu of Disney+ or ay of those.

My solution for was spending $30 on a Roku Express. Tiny box, plugs into a normal HDMI port on the TV, just like your cable or DVD or game console. Gets all the streaming. Has it's own remote and interface.

If you do want streaming, there are other options to explore than a TV upgrade.

Not sure about our smart TV but it wasn't that smart even when new and everything worked.

But we use Xbox and PS4 to run stuff it's just easier anyway.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I think you will find yourself in a minority to think that Florence Pugh didn't do a great job, even if you sacreligiously didn't appreciate David Harbor.

Both where good, and it's probably fair to say they raised what would have been complete garbage to mediocre level.

But I agree with you on the second point, Oscar Isaac isn't Iron Man. That's because he's Moon Knight. Where he did a damn fine job.

And Moon Knight was a boring character in a boring TV show.

RDJ wasn't Iron Man. He was RDJ, and RDJ is always entertaining to watch.