MCU news/things that don't have their own thread

[whisky]

6 was ok too.

 

[whisky]

I feel this was miss sold as a wacky comedy, but it's a study of loneliness, loss, and being an adult with no friends. Add in some betrayal, redemption, and some unfortunately timed ice analogies.

 

[CaptainWacky]

First two episodes of Wonder Man: I liked that it is about Hollywood first and the MCU stuff a distant second. This is what the tv shows should be like, just telling a story within the universe rather than trying to shoehoren an Avenger in or something. Does seem a bit weird that Simon didn't know there was going to be a Wonder Man movie directed by a famous director though, you'd think it would have been widely reported!

I wonder if they tried to get Anna Kendrick in the opening instead of the much less famous Twilight actress Ashley Greene who I had to look up.

I thought Joey Pants looked old too but I guess The Matrix was 27 years ago now (and he's 74.) I liked that he had two different 'Baby's Day Out' posters.

It's good that Trevor's a bit more serious here because that's what's needed if he's a main character. While still talking about whipping John Glelud's arse with a belt.

 

[whisky]

I never thought Coronation Street would get a name drop in a marvel show.

 

[CaptainWacky]

Third episode - I'm glad he destroyed his smug brother's kitchen (okay it was his mother's kitchen really so it's sad for her.) I don't know if we're getting a longer origin for Simon later but this made him seem like a mutant.

Fourth episode - Pretty good standalone episode, though the joke with Doorman was starting to wear thin. It's funny that they kind of rely on the view finding Josh Gad a bit unlikable so we aren't really horrified by him dying or whatever happens to him.

 

[CaptainWacky]

Epsidoe 5 to 8 - I can see why they released it all at once, as I think you need to really watch it all to properly like Simon's character. He's very guarded at the start due to hiding his feelings, and it's really not until he gets the part in the movie that he loosens up. So if they'd just released even half the episodes people might have stilll not cared about him enough to keep watching. Anyway, I think if you do watch it all you will like it because it does really come together in the end. Trevor spends the whole season being recognised as the Mandarin, and you might think "oh they're just referencing Iron Man 3 a lot." But it's important to his arc and he spends the whole season trying to reinvent himself and becomea serious actor again, then gets a big film role...and gives it all up by going back to his lowest moment, all to save Simon. It's the best "bromance" (can't we just call it a male friendship instead of that stupid word?) that the MCU has done in a long time and it's why the show works. Simon becomes a hero out of that friendship at the end and it's fitting his first heroic act is rescuing Trevor rather than beating people up (which he didn't enjoy doing at all earlier.)

 

[whisky]

I got the feeling Simon didn't even like being an actor, he just did it to make his dad feel proud even though his dad was gone, then Trevor kind of became a replacement dad, and Simon gave up everything to rescue him, and seemed happy to do so.