Marvel TV

[Mikey]

I just watched it and have no interest in spoilers.

I was scared it'd be Tom King-y like the last two DCU offerings but instead it appears to be a cross between Tron and Pixar's Inside Out.

But at least it has a larger special effects budget than Lanterns. Maybe they saved money by hiring Michael Giacchino's kid instead of the real guy.

That Welsh girl's accent isn't very strong. I guess her character is trying to conceal it.

Poor J.A.R.V.I.S...

 

[05XR8]

I'll watch it in about an hour's time.

X-Men '97 Season 3 trailer shown at NYCC. There's also confirmation of Season 4 and 5.

 

[05XR8]

I agree about the Tron and Inside Out.

Guess it’ll be interesting to see how Vision evolves now that his Jimini Cricket isn’t around.

 

[Mikey]

Halfway through this week's instalments.

As I guessed last week he still has a Jiminy Cricket following him around, although one perhaps less burdened by conscience.

Having read piles of comics I'm well aware of who the killer is supposed to be by this point although this is a wholly new take on her character.

The only major mystery is the identity of the client. I really hope it's not Sharon.

Not being familiar with Gaelic spelling I assume Ruaridh is how they write Rory in traditional Irish. Ruaridh's character is also a lot better delineated than his literary counterpart and he gets a couple of #speedforcedidit moments.

I also wouldn't've guessed E.D.I.T.H. was a backronym.

[EDIT] Just started the fourth episode and they finally clued me in to who Lisa's character is. That's one hell of a deep dive but thematically accurate.

https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Lisa_Molinari_(Earth-616)

Bettany really gets to show off his acting chops at the end. I found his performance most convincing.

 

[05XR8]

All I have to say is Hmm…

Wonder how this will tie in to Doomsday or Secret Wars.

 

[Mikey]

All I have to say is Hmm…

Wonder how this will tie in to Doomsday or Secret Wars.

I'm pretty sure he'll be in the movie. As himself, hopefully.

 

[05XR8]

Wondering if we’ll see one big happy family reunion.

 

[Mikey]

I thought up a quick A.I.-style executive summary of why I like this show.

It's accessible, well cast and acted, fast-paced and has high production values. I can't say all of that about Wonder Man or Lanterns.

I'm pretty sure part of one of the episodes (on "Gloucester Road") was actually filmed in Uxbridge which is the nearest large town to me. Tommy attempts to walk into a branch of Randalls when he gets captured by Paladin, but the only branch of Randalls is on Vine Street which is down the road from where I live.

I don't think Lisa will suffer permanent ego death. Jo's nano is bound to have recorded her personality and, as she showed with Ultron's cocktail, she's pretty good at it. Once she's defeated, Lisa will go back to normal and she and Tommy will have a happy ending (or several, in keeping with the Madripoor setting).

Also, TGIF. I'm glad they didn't forget about her.

 

[05XR8]

Probably the UK-ness in the depth of story telling in this series.

 

[Mikey]

It has a lot of British actors in the cast, but the writers are all or mostly American as far I can tell. This show rocks though and I hope it's the harbinger of an MCU renaissance.

 

[05XR8]

Keep a look out for The Watcher, in the scene with the TV's, after the power goes out in Madripoor.

That's two live action MCU shows he's appeared in.

 

[Mikey]

I compared Tommy's abduction by Paladin with my local street and it appears to check out.

 

[Famine]

I compared Tommy's abduction by Paladin with my local street and it appears to check out.

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You know he's bad when he kidnaps someone in his van... in a bus and cycle lane even Google won't go down.

 

[Mikey]

You know he's bad when he kidnaps someone in his van... in a bus and cycle lane even Google won't go down.

The contract comes above all else.

 

[Mikey]

My guesses on this show have been 50/50 so far. Paladin's (or "Crispy's" as I guess we can call him now) client wasn't Sharon. It wasn't Victoria Horton, the prof's estranged daughter. It appears to be Ultron's human template but he could be Victoria's son working off the notes she stole from her dad.

Having J.I.M.'s code buried in Vision's subconscious (and I guess every A.G.I.'s) is a nice nod to the fact that readers were led to believe his comics counterpart was built upon the remains of Jim Hammond, the original Human Torch from 1939.

Giacchino's doing a solid scoring job so far. He probably went to all the best music colleges. **** in' nepo baby.

Bettany doing a Meet The Klumps and playing his whole family Brent Spiner-style reminds me of that Tom King book I never met where he created a wife and kids of his own. "You have placed me on a pedestal so impossibly high, and not to honor me - not to honor me - but to spare yourself the effort of the climb" is a killer line.

 

[Mikey]

Marvel TV is going on hiatus after Born Again season 3 until after Secret Wars. Time to ditch my subscription.

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[05XR8]

Yeah, we aren’t renewing.

 

[Famine]

My guesses on this show have been 50/50 so far.

The only ones I've really had so far are:

Episode 1: Given the general ease of hacking Paladin's Stark-tech-based stuff, The Client is either an advanced AI to rival Ultron/Vision or someone who knows plenty about creating it. - vague, but kinda true I guess
Episode 2: The human basis for Ultron's avatar would be relevant, after Ultron swerved the issue when Friday and Edith were comparing forearms. - very much came true in Episode 7.
Episode 7: Victoria pinching one of Phineas's notebooks, combined with all the stuff about code predating Stark, means it's likely that The Client is a descendant of her (and therefore Phineas). - yet to be revealed
Episode 7: The human basis for Ultron's avatar is the mysterious sixth collaborator - also came true, very quickly
Episode 7: The human basis for Ultron's avatar is also The Client, and Phineas/Victoria Horton's descendant - first bit also came true very quickly, and we'll find the second one out soon but living in Horton's old house is a solid gesture in that direction.

I don't really know why The Client is (E7) so in need of both Jocasta and Vision that he tempted them both with the thing they were missing in order to deactivate and capture both. Their (E7) surprise at Ultron being in Jocasta's Mindspace, while still recognising it (given that Ultron also has the human avatar's voice; can't have escaped their attention during AAoU) was also intriguing.

As I recall, CB-A Phineas Horton was a student of Victor Timely. Would have been an interesting angle/cameo if not for the domestic violence enthusiast getting himself booted.