This version of events shows a different, earlier forming version of the Avengers, although it gets my vote for Least Accurately Titled Episode, at least so far. Now we delve into “What If Peter Quinn Attacked Earth’s Mightiest Heroes?”
You know going in things aren’t going to be great from the somewhat spoilery title, “The Last Will and Testament of Sylvester Pemberton.”
Say what you want about the DC movies, and believe me I know they have their problems, they did a pretty good job with casting in many of them. Gal Godot is a great Wonder Woman, Afleck worked surprisingly well as a world-weary Batman, and Jason Mamoa is very entertaining as Aquaman.
This episode also is the live action debut of the titular villain Jinx, a member of Titans’ enemies, the Fearsome Five.
When Disney+ starting making shows set in the MCU, they included an animated version of What If, which featured many of the stars of the movies coming back to reprise their roles. It was so successful, it became the second Marvel series on Disney+ to get more than one season, just behind Loki. Returned for a new series of could-have-been tales, What If started off with an out of this world story.
The TVA has a new status quo to adapt to, individual present and former members get a lot of unexpected revelations, and there are a lot of startling events for all concerned. The Sacred Timeline is indeed a multiverse now, as we see when we get a look in “The Heart of the TVA.”
The main character and his wife, among the few remaining characters from the first season, take most of this episode off, they bring back a minor character from the dead (thanks to more complications and ripples from Crisis), and there are a few inconsistences and just plain weird things happening throughout the show.
Iron Man 2 gets a bad wrap. I’m not entirely sure why some movies get all of their faults examined with a microscope and others get a pass… but whatever. I enjoy a good bad guy speech (as may be apparent already) and this one is just that. I had no idea Sam Rockwell was…
I know we don’t usually cover shows like this, but I hope we start doing more of this. There’s often just a pinch of comedy in comic book movies and tv shows and comedy is a big love of mine. So, if you’re not familiar with Adventure Time or the character Lemongrab or his brother…
There are a lot of interesting interactions in the Dreaming and the waking world as the various cast members are “Playing House.”
There’s a lot to talk about when it comes to Batman Begins, but I tend to get hung up on the cast. This cast is amazing, but maybe my favorite performance is by Tom Wilkinson as Carmine Falcone. The performance speaks for itself, but if you’re not familiar with Wilkinson, go check him out Michael…
Superman was the first superhero by just about every definition. He started the industry, and all the others, from Batman to the Avengers and everyone else, can be said to owe him a debt. There have been many takes on him over the years, and the newest (as I write this) is a cartoon called “My Adventures with Superman.”
I wrote about this excessively on the YouTube post, but again, Justice League and Justice League Unlimited are still two of my favorite action adventure TV shows of all time. We may never see their like again. I’ll have to get deep into these shows on here or YouTube at some point… Thanks for reading!…
There’s nothing quite like a good fight, is there? The finale to Justice League Unlimited delivers just that, but this confrontation between Superman and Darkseid is particularly memorable. This speech Superman gives is easily one of my favorites in comic book entertainment across all mediums. I really enjoy hearing from Superman on what it’s like…
Now, in his own series, he’s actually fighting for something larger than himself, his own glory, or personal power. Loki and Mobius are on a desperate quest to save time, and everything else, requiring a journey to “1893.”
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