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TychoCelchuuu posted:That's an urumi, from South Asia. Lol I'm an idiot. Don't mind me.
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MiddleOne posted:Laughing my rear end off at the bad villains being turned into skeletons. Looked like Blade twenty years ago. Or the original Spider-man lol, that was sure something
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Jul 6, 2022 08:44
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The first 25 minutes of that was absolutely stunning, coulda made even more of that imo. I would have happily spent the whole episode with Aisha and Hasan. Lmao at the lovely baddies and world-ending catastrophe getting punked out before we even get to the finale. I'm interested to see what they've got left for the last episode considering most of the conflict is done.
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Skeleton suprise counts as failed terrigenesis in my books, and the final episode will probably be Kamala and Kamran going through the crystal cocoon process and at least Kamala coming out with fully realized powers No idea how they are gonna wrap this up in 40 mins next week in a satisfactory manner
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Jul 6, 2022 09:02
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I don't know... I love the comic to bits, but this show... The characters are all extremely likable and have great chemistry, but for my taste the show moved far too quickly into cosmic stuff and other dimensions and time travel and all that. I really would've liked it to stay more grounded, just have some low-key adventures with Kamala and her troubles with her family and friends as a more steady focus instead of rushing off to Karachi. Or maybe just have more episodes and spend a few more episodes in New Jersey before leaving the country; six episodes seems extremely rushed.
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Rarity posted:The first 25 minutes of that was absolutely stunning, coulda made even more of that imo. I would have happily spent the whole episode with Aisha and Hasan. Lmao at the lovely baddies and world-ending catastrophe getting punked out before we even get to the finale. I'm interested to see what they've got left for the last episode considering most of the conflict is done. Figure the final conflict will be with Damage Control
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Jul 6, 2022 09:41
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The Back to the Future reference in ep 2 just paid off, so I'm betting the Terminator reference last week means we're getting time-travelling villains next week.
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Jul 6, 2022 09:46
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Uhhh ok didn't expect turbo-skeletification but hey I guess that's one way to make it absolutely clear they weren't just teleported away to some other location.  Yeah really wishing there were more episodes of this. Every second of airtime just feels so precious now.
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Jul 6, 2022 10:49
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I love extended flashback sequences, they are too few in media. Gave us time to really appreciate that these are real people, and get attached to them. Aisha could sleep in my rose garden any day.
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Jul 6, 2022 11:35
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Firebert posted:Or the original Spider-man lol, that was sure something I got more Raiders of the Lost Ark vibes
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Episode wasn't bad, but weakest of the series.Everyone posted:Figure the final conflict will be with Damage Control You mean the bumbling idiots that couldn't keep the djinn locked up for more than a couple of days? Not impressed
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Jul 6, 2022 12:57
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All the bangle/superhero stuff is very weak, but the stuff about partition, family, and Pakistani culture is very strong. Bits of it remind me of stuff like Blinded by the Light which I think was referenced at the end.
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Jul 6, 2022 12:59
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Man I am loving this show! The superhero/cosmic stuff really is just to set up further family/character stuff, as it should be in a show like this. I'm really digging that the main Veil stuff appears to be resolved already.
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What the gently caress damage control?!?! just goddamned drone striked an entire US building
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Soonmot posted:What the gently caress damage control?!?! just goddamned drone striked an entire US building Yeah that fits
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Maybe it's a relic of the Ghostbusters-y 1980s, but I definitely prefer Damage Control as a civilian agency that actually serves a conceivably valuable purpose in fixing super damage instead of a convenient proxy that helps Disney avoid pointing the finger at Homeland Security/the FBI/the CIA
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Jul 6, 2022 14:08
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Well that’s the first time Marvel has ever made me cry like that. That’s what I get for watching first thing in the morning. So, between Spider-Man, Luke Cage, and now Ms. Marvel, that’s the third time a corner bodega has been destroyed in the MCU. These poor businesses can’t catch a break.
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Jul 6, 2022 14:52
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Kamala's mom is the best character on the show. I love the patience the script has showing the humanity of these people. There could be a regular twenty-six week network series with this cast, the characters have been fleshed out so well.
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Jul 6, 2022 14:54
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That was some good rear end TV - this is a legit GOOD MCU property. I hope they don't gently caress it up.
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OnimaruXLR posted:Maybe it's a relic of the Ghostbusters-y 1980s, but I definitely prefer Damage Control as a civilian agency that actually serves a conceivably valuable purpose in fixing super damage instead of a convenient proxy that helps Disney avoid pointing the finger at Homeland Security/the FBI/the CIA Punisher is still there if that's what you want.
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I get that they are telling a bigger story with the Pakistan stuff, and it’s interesting. But given that the season only has six episodes I have been spending the last two episodes just wanting them to get back to Jersey.
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still one of the best of the Marvel Studios Disney+ series, and I might even end up calling it the best to date if the finale manages not to poo poo the bed, but this episode really should have been another 10 minutes or so longer, and the Clandestines continue to be the weakest and most underdeveloped part of the show. I have a bad feeling that Kamran will end up being the villain for the big climactic fight, even though the show has done next to nothing to set up a heel turn for him. Also, how exactly did he get energy powers when none of the other Clandestines seem to have them?
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Jul 6, 2022 17:00
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Barry Convex posted:I have a bad feeling that Kamran will end up being the villain for the big climactic fight, even though the show has done next to nothing to set up a heel turn for him. Also, how exactly did he get energy powers when none of the other Clandestines seem to have them? You can tell this will happen because he has the same powers as the protagonist lol
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Jul 6, 2022 17:07
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Very light comics spoilers (and new ep spoilers): Kumran's comics powers resemble Kamala's in the show quite a lot. Plus he has glowing crystal skin. It always seemed inevitable that it would go this way in the show. Now to see if they manage to pull a successful heel turn or if Damage Control will be the main antagonist.
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My guess is that they don't go full villain with Kamran for the finale, and he teams up with Kamala to protect the community from DODC. Now, after the season...I'm just saying that if I were hypothetically making a movie/series about a collection of superheroes of questionable morals or allegiance, maybe I would keep the guy with no direction and interdimensional powers around...
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Honestly, this episode was boring. Showing Aisha and that guy didn't really progress the story beyond what we knew already. I hope the final episode will turn it around because the first episode was really good, but it was a slow decline since then. Kamala herself is great, though.
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kazil posted:Episode wasn't bad, but weakest of the series. One of the interesting points of BlacKKKlansman was that the KKK was a pack of racist idiots - who were still really dangerous. Damage Control might be bumbling idiots, but given that they just blew up the Circle-Q because Kamran tried to blast one of their drones, they can still be dangerous bumbling idiots. cant cook creole bream posted:Honestly, this episode was boring. Showing Aisha and that guy didn't really progress the story beyond what we knew already. I'm okay that Aisha and her dude weren't about "progressing the story" because they were about "progressing" her as a character. I think it was important to see Aisha as a real living, breathing person who loved and was loved. Beyond that, we as viewers kind of needed a viewpoint character "on the ground" for the Partition. The Partition was a defining moment for Kamala's family, so we needed some "up close" time with it. Especially since figure 95% of the viewing audience (and I'll include myself in that number) is unfamiliar with it.
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The main thrust of the show is about unpacking generational trauma, in that lens I think seeing Aisha and the Partition was essential
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Oh, Clandestines, you evaporated as antagonists as quickly as your heel turn and I thank you for it. More time for grandma hugs. I think a lot of the previous Marvel movies would have been a lot shorter if there had been more grandma hugs. Marsupial Ape fucked around with this message at 20:42 on Jul 6, 2022 |
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Everyone posted:I'm okay that Aisha and her dude weren't about "progressing the story" because they were about "progressing" her as a character. I think it was important to see Aisha as a real living, breathing person who loved and was loved. Beyond that, we as viewers kind of needed a viewpoint character "on the ground" for the Partition. The Partition was a defining moment for Kamala's family, so we needed some "up close" time with it. Especially since figure 95% of the viewing audience (and I'll include myself in that number) is unfamiliar with it. It's pretty startling how much I've learned from this show. I went to high school in southern California in the early 2000s, and though I knew there was social/cultural/political tension between India and Pakistan, I somehow had no idea about the history of the Partition. It was a pretty major event in world history, and yet we didn't learn about it at all. Even if you didn't fully appreciate the Aisha/Hasan story in itself, it still set up the interesting time paradox of Kamala being the one to help Sana get on the train. Time travel fuckery is always a tricky thing to get right, but as long as they leave it at just this one incident, I think it adds a fun bit of character to Kamala's story.
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Dragonstoned posted:What's the "gold stick with a big ball on top" called? Is it just a "fancy mace" or does it have specific name? They're called gada.
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404notfound posted:It's pretty startling how much I've learned from this show. I went to high school in southern California in the early 2000s, and though I knew there was social/cultural/political tension between India and Pakistan, I somehow had no idea about the history of the Partition. It was a pretty major event in world history, and yet we didn't learn about it at all. It’s the Grandma Paradox, where you go back to save your grandma. It’s one of the few nice paradoxes.
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cant cook creole bream posted:Honestly, this episode was boring. Showing Aisha and that guy didn't really progress the story beyond what we knew already. Hard disagree.
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Barry Convex posted:I have a bad feeling that Kamran will end up being the villain for the big climactic fight, even though the show has done next to nothing to set up a heel turn for him. Also, how exactly did he get energy powers when none of the other Clandestines seem to have them? They didn't explain the exact mechanics, but when Najma got turned into a skellington she somehow activated Kamran's powers. A wisp of energy left her and inhabited him. I get the people who wanted the show to stay in jersey, especially since there are so few episodes, but I do appreciate the detour to unpack Kamala's generational trauma this early in the character's run.
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Marsupial Ape posted:It’s the Grandma Paradox, where you go back to save your grandma. It’s one of the few nice paradoxes. Futurama already claimed the Grandma paradox.
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I'm glad they wrapped up the Clandestines. The family aspect is the best part of the show. I'd rather see a 2 parter on Kamala sitting for her new brother in law than some cosmic save the planet poo poo.
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Darth Brooks posted:Kamala's mom is the best character Also Thor's out time for another thread derail.
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Did they really spend 22 minutes of television, a full episode of most shows, to do what they could’ve done in 40 seconds? “Wow, the person with my powers was actually me?!” The acting was fine, but if you’re going to introduce a drama, don’t spend the previous four episodes explaining how the drama works itself out. Any 30 seconds with the three generations of Khan women was worth five minutes of great-grandma stuff. And it’s not that interesting to show generational trauma if in the present, two of the three characters are dead. And the last one has already explained what the moment meant and what happened. It’s frustrating, because it’s clear that every other plotline has massive energy. Bruno and Kamran, Miss Marvel and her family, The mosque vs modernity vs damage control. Golden Bee fucked around with this message at 03:43 on Jul 7, 2022 |
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I love that after seeing Kamala with superpowers, her mom's first reaction who asking who the boy she's with.
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twistedmentat posted:I love that after seeing Kamala with superpowers, her mom's first reaction who asking who the boy she's with. He’s a nice boy who said hello and good bye and then made a very romantic gesture to Kamala while keeping a respectful arm’s distance away. The stabbity murders can be overlooked.
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