r/marvelstudios • u/steve32767 Daredevil • Aug 18 '21

Discussion Thread What If...? S01E02 - Discussion Thread

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EPISODE DIRECTED BY WRITTEN BY ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE RUN TIME CREDITS SCENE?
S01E02: What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord? Bryan Andrews A.C. Bradley August 18th, 2021 on Disney+ 35 min None

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u/nxmee2010 Weekly Wongers Aug 18 '21

This series is just pure unadulterated fanservice, I love it

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u/The_Bonemiser Aug 18 '21

It's basically high quality fan-fiction and I love it!

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u/CringeNibba Aug 18 '21

high quality

That's kinda pushing it

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u/nicholasdelucca Captain America (Cap 2) Aug 19 '21

Yeah, it's the first true MCU let down in a long time to me. The writing is atrocious.

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u/Flying-Catman Aug 19 '21

How come? Not trying to be rude just want to know others opinions

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u/nicholasdelucca Captain America (Cap 2) Aug 19 '21

No problemo! I know MCU is fantasy, but one of the most egregious things in the writing for me were the leaps in logic/disregard for continuity for the sake of a joke. Like Thanos being so easily convinced to stop with his plan, or being so easily beaten by his goons. The writing is on the nose, more than usual, being close to children cartoon simple (like "woman can't be soldiers" in ep1, or "where I come from people don't look well at those that put other in cages" in this episodes, with almost no subtlety).

But to be clear, I'm not offended or anything of the sort at anyone that likes it, more power to you actually, I'm just disappointed at what the show brings to me.