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Gavok posted:Not counting What If: Annihilation. We go into it thinking that it's 616 Uatu showing us this alternate universe. In the end, it's the guilt-ridden Uatu of that world showing everyone on Earth the story because everyone needs to bear witness to Cap, Iron Man and Nova's inspiring sacrifice for the sake of worldwide morale in the face of tragedy. Side note, my fiancé asked me what What If…? comics were about and I explained that there was an entertaining article series written by a guy I knew about who read all of them, and the short answer was, “how many ways can Spider-Man die?”
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Sanschel posted:Side note, my fiancé asked me what What If…? comics were about and I explained that there was an entertaining article series written by a guy I knew about who read all of them, and the short answer was, “how many ways can Spider-Man die?” Are you gonna link us to that article series, bud?
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Aug 11, 2021 23:47
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I always liked the Punisher What If?s because his family inevitably died no matter what.
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Aug 11, 2021 23:49
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Thought the What If was pretty weak, dialogue, plotting, visuals, etc. Did like super strong lady Captain Britain tho. Hope the next one is better written. Felt like I was watching a Star Wars CGI thing which is absolutely not for me.
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Dr.D-O posted:Are you gonna link us to that article series, bud? The article series is nearly 15 years old and I'm afraid of it not aging well. So instead here's a guest article I did for Comfort Food Comics about how What If: Annihilation is my comic book comfort food. And here's a thing I did on the top 100 What If moments.
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Most of the reviews I've seen by people who've gotten to see the first three episodes agree that the first ep is the weakest. So if you didn't like this one, see if the second episode works better for you. And if you did like the first one, hey, apparently it gets even better!
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site posted:horny for huge Captain Carter I did like how they made Peggy get huge, I guess that's one of the benefits of doing a cartoon.
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I really liked it, and if that was the weakest, I'm definitely looking forward to more.
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Aug 12, 2021 00:46
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jng2058 posted:Most of the reviews I've seen by people who've gotten to see the first three episodes agree that the first ep is the weakest. So if you didn't like this one, see if the second episode works better for you. And if you did like the first one, hey, apparently it gets even better! Here's hoping. Def going to try it again next week.
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Aug 12, 2021 00:50
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Apparently Lake Bell does Black Widow for the later episodes, which seems like she's probably not gonna be as uncanny a soundalike as Josh Keaton was for Evans, but she'll probably nail ScarJo's deadpan delivery.
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Aug 12, 2021 02:06
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I'm certain I read a comic that the whole castle ending was pulled from. Anyone else remember it, know what I'm talking about?
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Aug 12, 2021 02:27
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Really upsetting Howard Stark never shouted, “Do the thing!”
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Aug 12, 2021 02:27
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Jagermonster posted:Really upsetting Howard Stark never shouted, “Do the thing!” Thank you! I knew the voice and the character were suited for each other but I couldn’t figure out why I thought so.
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Aug 12, 2021 02:29
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Is that something he said in the movies that I'm forgetting?
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Aug 12, 2021 02:32
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X-O posted:Is that something he said in the movies that I'm forgetting? It’s a reference to another character the voice actor is responsible for, Varrick from The Legend of Korra, who is similarly a mad science tech bro billionaire.
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Aug 12, 2021 02:34
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Dominic Cooper did not voice Varrick, that was the excellent John Michael Higgins
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Aug 12, 2021 02:48
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Arist posted:Dominic Cooper did not voice Varrick, that was the excellent John Michael Higgins I guess I was assuming Dominic Cooper didn’t reprise and was replaced by JMH, my bad.
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Klungar posted:I guess I was assuming Dominic Cooper didn’t reprise and was replaced by JMH, my bad. I only noticed because I'm watching it right now and Dominic Cooper's actually in the opening credits.
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Aug 12, 2021 02:51
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So... do we think they're all going to be that fun, or did Captain Carter just get a boost by being 30 minutes of Nazis getting the absolute poo poo murdered out of them in new and inventive ways?
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Aug 12, 2021 03:40
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There were some fun parts to that episode, but overall it was just okay. Looking forward to the Marvel Zombies episode the most, I think.
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Aug 12, 2021 03:57
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The animation really reminded me of the old MTV Spider-Man animated series.
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I quite enjoyed that What If...? went the whole "ripples" direction and made a bunch of changes and got weird with it. Kept me good and engaged and wondering what happens next. Not mind blowing or anything but fun. Definitely more interested in this series after that episode. I also enjoy that the ripple changes line up with MCU stuff. Hydra Smasher = Iron Monger. Skull's interdimensional Hydra monster = Agents of SHIELD's interdimensional Hydra monster. Just fun little use of the big world they have and look forward to seeing more of stuff like that. STAC Goat fucked around with this message at 06:07 on Aug 12, 2021 |
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I can understand people thought the first episode was kinda corny, but I got the feeling it was very intentional and in keeping with the tone of the first Cap movie. This assumption of mine is partly based on the fact that a lot of the effects they used for Iron Steve reminded me a great deal of the Iron Giant.That and, as an anthology series, it's probably not going to drill super down into the details of any specific story. Though I can understand if there are people disappointed with how it doesn't seem to be aiming to be as edgy as the What If comics tend to be. As far as a first effort for Marvel Studios animation (and not that tasteless gray Marvel paste that's been airing on regular TV) I thought it was very promising
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Lobok posted:The animation really reminded me of the old MTV Spider-Man animated series. I sorta see it, but that was so, so much worse.
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Lobok posted:I'm certain I read a comic that the whole castle ending was pulled from. Anyone else remember it, know what I'm talking about? You prob remembered it bc its a stale cliche, nazi's bringing in a generic Cthulu in a foreboding castle. Its in a million comics and I think Hellboy made a series about it
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The usual suspects are verklempt about Large Peggy as those Steve's serum also didn't give him like a foot and half plus several pounds of muscle too. You love to see it.
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I think the Watcher should have a big nerd voice. A lot of the movie actors are not good at voice acting. The like sixth time they did a "a *dame,* fightin'?" bit probably could have been cut. The whole thing looks like "the Red Skull will remember this" should be popping up in the corner after you pick a dialogue option.
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Aug 12, 2021 13:42
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Shageletic posted:You prob remembered it bc its a stale cliche, nazi's bringing in a generic Cthulu in a foreboding castle. Its in a million comics and I think Hellboy made a series about it It's very similar to the captain america episode in the avengers EMH cartoon.
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Aug 12, 2021 13:56
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Kingtheninja posted:It's very similar to the captain america episode in the avengers EMH cartoon. Oh I think you're right! My memory seemed unusually vivid because I tend to be crap at remembering comics. Skwirl posted:I sorta see it, but that was so, so much worse. Totally, I don't mean it was identical. This was better in every regard.
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Karma Tornado posted:I think the Watcher should have a big nerd voice. He threw me a bit when he called Steve a “skinny kid” at the beginning of the episode, just felt weird to have a vast cosmic observer speak so casually. I also briefly confused Jeffrey Wright with Jeffrey Combs when I saw the name in the opening and was disappointed when he started speaking.
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Aug 12, 2021 14:42
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But Wright is the cooler one.
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Aphrodite posted:But Wright is the cooler one. Combs is still pretty cool. I half expected Uatu to sound like Dr Nidaba from Venture Bros. Either way the autist in me is disappointed in their ripple logic. So if Preggy stays in the room the Hydra spy uses a bomb instead of shooting and he makes his move before Steve gets juiced instead of after...because there was a woman near by? Had he at least noticed her clocking him I could see him springing the trap early but no, it's an entirely different plan.
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What are you talking about? The Hydra spy detonates the bomb when the observation room is empty in both timelines. The difference is when the room is empty, in the original timeline it's after the experiment and in the Captain Carter timeline it's before.
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Aphrodite posted:But Wright is the cooler one. Nah
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Aug 12, 2021 16:08
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Jeffrey Wright is free of the stain of Star Trek.
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Aug 12, 2021 16:20
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I'll take that over Wright's entrepreneurial ventures
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Aug 12, 2021 16:34
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Titans roped me in again. Every season I start interested and am sick of the show by the end. The trailer for season 3 looked pretty great and after one episode I'm still interested!
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I had to run away from the board because I hadn't seen Loki and still haven't seen Black Widow, but I did manage to get through Loki and started What If. Both really fun. I always liked What If comics as a kid.
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Gaz-L posted:Apparently Lake Bell does Black Widow for the later episodes, which seems like she's probably not gonna be as uncanny a soundalike as Josh Keaton was for Evans, but she'll probably nail ScarJo's deadpan delivery. She's really good as Poison Ivy in Harley Quinn so that's awesome.
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Sgt. Politeness posted:Combs is still pretty cool. I half expected Uatu to sound like Dr Nidaba from Venture Bros. That felt off to me too. On the whole I liked the first episode, but I'm not sold on the animation twistedmentat posted:She's really good as Poison Ivy in Harley Quinn so that's awesome. Hell yeah!
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