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Post by codystarbuck on Jun 26, 2022 17:48:57 GMT -5
One thing did bother me, and that has to do with the fact that her parents are so grossly over-protective Have maybe read a little bit of the comic, but not much, so I have no clue if that's faithful to the book or what
It's pretty faithful to the comic, and her parents were no touch on how overprotective my mother was before I left for college, so I could very well connect with the character on that level. -M My mother asked, "Are you still here?" as we finished packing the car to take me to the Univ of Illinois. She also seemed to sign the waiver for me to start NROTC (I was 17 until after the semester started) pretty fast.  |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jul 4, 2022 9:16:24 GMT -5
I watched the first two episodes. It's...fine. I'm clearly not the target audience and I've never read a comic with Kamala Khan, so I'm not remotely invested. Which is fine. Good for them for doing something to expand their representation. It's still better than Moon Knight or the incredibly dire What If? You should... it's really good Teen superheroing. The fact that Kamala is representing a group that doesn't ever get portrayed in comics really adds to it... while I can't personally relate to that stuff, it rings really true. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2022 22:22:20 GMT -5
Watched the finale with Mrs. MRP this evening and thoroughly enjoyed it and the series overall.
-M
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Post by The Captain on Jul 14, 2022 5:54:17 GMT -5
Watched the finale with Mrs. MRP this evening and thoroughly enjoyed it and the series overall. -M Watched this with my crew last night. Disney/Marvel definitely did this one right, creating something that appealed to both of my daughters as well as something that my wife and I could really get into. Even though it wasn’t aimed at me, Ms. Marvel may be my second-favorite D+ show. I still like Hawkeye just a little bit more, but I think this surpassed Falcon and Winter Soldier for the next slot down on the list. |
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Post by dbutler69 on Jul 14, 2022 9:13:31 GMT -5
It's pretty faithful to the comic, and her parents were no touch on how overprotective my mother was before I left for college, so I could very well connect with the character on that level. -M My mother asked, "Are you still here?" as we finished packing the car to take me to the Univ of Illinois. She also seemed to sign the waiver for me to start NROTC (I was 17 until after the semester started) pretty fast. So, to paraphrase Bobby Heenan, "Your parents ran away from home."  |
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Post by codystarbuck on Jul 14, 2022 10:26:49 GMT -5
My mother asked, "Are you still here?" as we finished packing the car to take me to the Univ of Illinois. She also seemed to sign the waiver for me to start NROTC (I was 17 until after the semester started) pretty fast. So, to paraphrase Bobby Heenan, "Your parents ran away from home." Yeah, I had an inkling when something was up when they started measuring my room, for remodeling, 6 months before I graduated high school! Just kidding. The U of I was only 90 minutes away from home. However, due to economic necessity, we learned to be self sufficient at a relatively young age, though we had neighbors available in an emergency, in our small town. |
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Post by Jesse on Jul 15, 2022 16:06:30 GMT -5
Embiggen!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2022 6:43:46 GMT -5
Watched the first episode of this last night (it’s rare for me to binge anything).
Loved the music, dynamics, sets, etc. But it did feel uneventful. I’m not sure what that bracelet is (I have read people’s views here, so I know they are moving away from any Inhumans stuff). I guess I just expected something a little more eventful.
But we’ll see. I have a rule about NEVER reading spoilers (I don’t read movie magazines now), so I have no idea who the villain is, what direction the show will go in, what Kamala’s journey will be, etc. So I look forward to that.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Sept 22, 2022 8:01:53 GMT -5
Watching ep 2... they keep changing stuff for the sake of change, and it annoys me. Like, why does Bruno go to 'Cal Tech' instead of Wakanda? Are they making sure it's NOT related to the MU? IF one gets over that stuff, it's a good teen show, but I'm struggling |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Sept 23, 2022 8:14:42 GMT -5
ep. 3 is really good. I think if you just watch it as a show on it's own without thinking about it as a marvel show or a comic adaptaion its alot better... which, honestly, most people are doing. It's not like the comic is super well knownto the non-comic geek public.
While the story isn't similar, the vibe definitely captures the energy and feel of the comic, which is good. I wasn't totally sure I was going to finish watching it after the 1st 2 epidosdes, but I definitely will now,.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Sept 24, 2022 10:08:04 GMT -5
Had some free time this morning, so I watched the rest of the show.. loved how they snuck a bit of history in there, even if it did mean a bit of time travel (it was ok though, since it was a closed loop). LOVED the easter egg at the end when Bruno told her she was different.. I wonder how many people picked up it on the first try. I actually think they are going to merge her into Capt. Marvel (the Kree ones) origin story in the movie, but we'll see. (pretty sure the 'bangle' is a nega band) I'm ok with that, as long as they don't make her a space hero. Definitely thinking that's going to feed into Secret Invasion too. It was nice to have a light, fun show, instead of always dark and violent.... Marvel has trouble with 'fun but not a joke', and they did it alot better here than usual. Definitely one of the better shows if you take it by itself... but definitely seems like more time line issues. Clearly, this has to be pre-snap, but then that post credit scene? I guess at this point (like with the comics) I'll stop worrying about it |
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Post by The Captain on Sept 24, 2022 12:51:02 GMT -5
Had some free time this morning, so I watched the rest of the show.. loved how they snuck a bit of history in there, even if it did mean a bit of time travel (it was ok though, since it was a closed loop). LOVED the easter egg at the end when Bruno told her she was different.. I wonder how many people picked up it on the first try. I actually think they are going to merge her into Capt. Marvel (the Kree ones) origin story in the movie, but we'll see. (pretty sure the 'bangle' is a nega band) I'm ok with that, as long as they don't make her a space hero. Definitely thinking that's going to feed into Secret Invasion too. It was nice to have a light, fun show, instead of always dark and violent.... Marvel has trouble with 'fun but not a joke', and they did it alot better here than usual. Definitely one of the better shows if you take it by itself... but definitely seems like more time line issues. Clearly, this has to be pre-snap, but then that post credit scene? I guess at this point (like with the comics) I'll stop worrying about it According to my younger daughter, who is an MCU timeline fanatic, Ms Marvel takes place in spring 2025. She calculates this by the following: 1. The Bishop Christmas party in Hawkeye occurs in December 2024, per the date on the invitation. 2. The “Eid” that is celebrated in Ms Marvel is the “smaller Eid”, as that occurs in the spring, which lines up with something that Kamala said in episode 1 about it being near the end of the school year and her needing to figure out what to do with the rest of her life. When I asked her about this, her eyes lit up and she asked “did someone on your forum have a question about this”? It really is her passion to figure out when everything takes place in the MCU so she has a coherent idea of how all of the pieces fit together. |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Sept 24, 2022 21:20:58 GMT -5
So it's just a happen coincidence everyone in Kamala's family and all her friends didn't get snapped? (Or all of them did?) And no one bothered to mention that in the whole story? That is too much for my suspension of disbelief.
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Post by The Captain on Sept 25, 2022 9:32:11 GMT -5
So it's just a happen coincidence everyone in Kamala's family and all her friends didn't get snapped? (Or all of them did?) And no one bothered to mention that in the whole story? That is too much for my suspension of disbelief. Why does the “blip” have to be an ongoing issue in the MCU? It happened, sure, but is it necessary that every show/movie rehash it or incorporate elements of it into the story? I’m actually OK moving on from that story at this point. Otherwise, they stay stuck in their past, which limits the progression of the next phases of the MCU |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Sept 25, 2022 19:36:42 GMT -5
Because it DID happen, it's a huge thing, and it should impact things going forward. If you want a continuous story, that's how it works, one event effects the next. If they don't want that, I guess it's fine, but that not what most fan expect.
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