Hawkeye Disney+ Limited Series (spoilers)

[Morrus]

So in that universe, KB Toys somehow managed to shift to e-commerce and survive an ill-planned IPO that wound up with the company getting purchased by venture capital.

Yeah... I'm not seeing it.

I can buy the Snap and the Blip and Skrulls and megadoses of gamma radiation turning people into beings of infinite strength. What I don't buy is a universe without a long drawn-out retailpocalypse or a non-gentrified Brooklyn.

Blimey Tough crowd!

 

[embee]

Blimey Tough crowd!

And that's another thing...

A functional subway. In New York City?! Absolutely NOT!

That's as bad as the bus scene in Shang Chi - like that bus was able to drive like that without some Google employee shuttle bus illegally using the bus lane!

 

[Ryujin]

So in that universe, KB Toys somehow managed to shift to e-commerce and survive an ill-planned IPO that wound up with the company getting purchased by venture capital.

Yeah... I'm not seeing it.

I can buy the Snap and the Blip and Skrulls and megadoses of gamma radiation turning people into beings of infinite strength. What I don't buy is a universe without a long drawn-out retailpocalypse or a non-gentrified Brooklyn.

Nope. In that universe a major big bad bought the warehouse, left the signs up as cover, then moved in his low level minions. It's what you do when you operate your cartel in a major North American city, that for some reason has a dearth of volcanoes in which to build secret bases.

 

[Thomas Shey]

Nope. In that universe a major big bad bought the warehouse, left the signs up as cover, then moved in his low level minions. It's what you do when you operate your cartel in a major North American city, that for some reason has a dearth of volcanoes in which to build secret bases.

One of the TSM types actually complains how hard it is to find a decent warehouse any more.

As an old superhero gamer, my reaction was "This is what happens when you don't build a proper abandoned warehouse district."

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Very good so far. The tone is perfect, the dynamic between Clint and Kate is great. A lot from the Fraction and Aja series is baked in, but it’s not just an adaptation (and couldn’t be). I saw Fraction had a consulting credit, so that’s awesome. I like when they do right by the comic guys.

Considering your user image, you having a high opinion of it definitely bodes well.

He looked like he had the Tracksuit Mafia thing well in hand until Kate dropped by, for example.

Seems like a call back to Nat in Avengers so that would track. (pun intended)

Also I sell autoparts to a few guys who remind me of the tracksuits. Great sense of humour about themselves, very aware that they say bro way too much. Good customers. I wouldn't piss them off lightly.

 

[embee]

Nope. In that universe a major big bad bought the warehouse, left the signs up as cover, then moved in his low level minions. It's what you do when you operate your cartel in a major North American city, that for some reason has a dearth of volcanoes in which to build secret bases.

Your theory fails for a very important reason.

We live, according to Grant Morrison, on Earth 33. On Earth 33, KB was bought by Bain Capital.

The MCU takes place on Earth 199999. But Bain Capital would never be a front for a major big bad on Earth 199999.

That's because Earth 199999 exists as a highly profitable fictional universe on Earth 33, where, on Earth 33, Disney/Marvel's use of the name "Bain" as a big bad guy would result in contentious litigation between Disney/Marvel and AT&T/Warner Bros/DC Comics, which owns the trademark and copyrights for supervillains named "Bane" on any and all Earths, real or fictional, regardless of numeric designation of any particular Earth.

Presumably, this would also include homophones of "Bane." Including "Bain."

So, no, there is no way that any major MCU villain would be associated with KB Toys or its erstwhile VC owner, Bain Capital because The One Above The One Above All (to wit, Disney's legal department) would never allow it.

I leave you with some freestyle rap, courtesy of Bane.

 

[billd91]

Your theory fails for a very important reason.

We live, according to Grant Morrison, on Earth 33. On Earth 33, KB was bought by Bain Capital.

The MCU takes place on Earth 199999. But Bain Capital would never be a front for a major big bad on Earth 199999.

Is there any horror Bain Capital will not visit upon the toy store chains of my youth? KB and Toys R Us - looted for value and saddled with the burdens of being "rescued" by capitalists. To the barricades, comrades! URRAAHHH!

 

[Paul Farquhar]

One of the TSM types actually complains how hard it is to find a decent warehouse any more.

As an old superhero gamer, my reaction was "This is what happens when you don't build a proper abandoned warehouse district."

Flashbacks to City of Heroes, fighting minions through endless abandoned warehouse maps...

 

[Tonguez]

So in that universe, KB Toys somehow managed to shift to e-commerce and survive an ill-planned IPO that wound up with the company getting purchased by venture capital.

Yeah... I'm not seeing it.

I can buy the Snap and the Blip and Skrulls and megadoses of gamma radiation turning people into beings of infinite strength. What I don't buy is a universe without a long drawn-out retailpocalypse or a non-gentrified Brooklyn.

yeah its things like this that make me truely beleive that Merica is an entirely fictional country

 

[beta-ray]

Loved the trick arrow bit, but did an eye roll seeing that the "regular arrows" that they ran out of had field points

After that whole bit as Ronin, I suspect he generally uses less lethal hardware (though there was that whole exploding arrow thing…)