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[cubik]

Surprised it's so quiet in here but I guess everyone is watching the very entertaining spectacle of the Tory party collapse in on itself.

 

I really enjoyed that episode, lots more character building and the Khan family just get better and better.

 

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Action wise, not a lot happened but have to agree that this episode contained some of the worst CGI I've seen in a long time.

Those skeletons were shocking.

 

[deKay]

Who is to say that isn’t exactly what they look like in those circumstances?

[Sabreman]

This is the highlight of my week, I'm going to be well gloomy after it's done.

[Popo]

Enjoyable episode. The family rejoining Kamala really helped. But…

 

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The way Kamala went back in time just to use her powers to save her grandmother, and then travel home again, felt so nakedly contrived, it didn’t make sense.  
 

I also didn’t really understand why Najima sacrificed herself - she seems to have transferred herself, or her powers, to Kamran? It was a total back-of-fag-packet calculation, it seemed to me, very silly. 

 

[womblingfree]

In terms of pure drama, I think this is the best Marvel show so far.

[JohnC]

She’s been spotted as a new addition to the Marvel Studios animation at the start of Love and Thunder. 

[Purin]

Christ, that was pure cringe.

[Vulgar Monkey]

The story beats were predictable enough, but

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I think they did a better job of the costume than I'd expected, best they've achieved for a while I think. Makes sense that an asian family would have hooked up with all the best textiles workers in the neighbourhood.

 

Also liked how they arrived at the name, though in the following scene I did think that Bruno was going to say she was adopted. Instead we get a musical sting (wonder how much that cost them?)

 

No fucking clue what happened at the end. I thought Danvers would just turn up to sort out copyrighting or something.

 

[MansizeRooster]

That final reveal was basically just lazy. Continuity via soundtrack.

[Matt Defis]

I really enjoyed that little piece of music we got. 

[Protocol Penguin]

5 hours ago, Purin said:

Christ, that was pure cringe.

That sums up the whole series for me, TBH.  

[makkuwata]

47 minutes ago, Protocol Penguin said:

That sums up the whole series for me, TBH.  

 
Yeah, I largely stayed out of this thread as I didn’t want to yuck anyones yum and so many people seem to really rate it. Now that it’s done I’ll say the only thing that kept me watching was the compulsion to stay up to date with the MCU.

 

For that reason the musical sting and post credits scene were the highlights of the whole thing for me!

[Thor]

I thought it was great, and stuck the landing. I'm now looking forward to seeing Kamala Khan in The Marvels more than Captain Marvel. 

 

I honestly don't see what was so cringeworthy about the finale. 

[deKay]

4 hours ago, MansizeRooster said:

That final reveal was basically just lazy. Continuity via soundtrack.

That wasn’t the final reveal.

[deKay]

Well, despite being Home Alone that was all fucking awesome. Amazing series.

 

Anyone think that 

 

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Bree Larson

was looking painfully thin? Might have been CGI I suppose.

[MansizeRooster]

12 minutes ago, deKay said:

Well, despite being Home Alone that was all fucking awesome. Amazing series.

 

Anyone think that 

 

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Bree Larson

was looking painfully thin? Might have been CGI I suppose.

 

I kinda thought the same of Chris Pratt in Love & Thunder.

[cassidy]

Well that was bloody fantastic. 

 

Someone explain to me how the shot was done when the camera went under the car and then flipped around to focus on Kamran. Without a visible edit? 

 

 

[Popo]

6 hours ago, MansizeRooster said:

That final reveal was basically just lazy. Continuity via soundtrack.

 

3 hours ago, Matt Defis said:

I really enjoyed that little piece of music we got. 

Did I miss something? What are you guys talking about?

 

1 hour ago, deKay said:

Well, despite being Home Alone that was all fucking awesome. Amazing series.

 

Anyone think that 

 

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Bree Larson

was looking painfully thin? Might have been CGI I suppose.

 

I assumed

 

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De-aging? She looked younger and shorter, like she’s supposed to be a different, younger version of Captain Marvel. 

 

I thought it was great! All the trademark charm, fun and imagination that made the series stand out in the first place. Major Spider-Man energy at a few points, I love that this show tapped into those ‘low on stakes, big on community’ themes that many people will identify Marvel with. Embiggen!

 

Also:

 

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Mutants! It’s happening!

 

[Gambit]

16 minutes ago, Popo said:

 

Did I miss something? What are you guys talking about?

 

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During the reveal that she has a "mutation", it played a little jingle from the XMen cartoon. The same one used in Multiverse of Madness.

 

[Mogster]

I loved that.

 

Among other things...

 

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Embiggen!

 

It looks like Kamala's getting her comic book powers after all, except as a mutant rather than an inhuman. The very first thing she does with her powers in the comic is accidentally shapeshift into Carol Danvers, so that was a nice touch.

This has been by far my favourite of the Marvel shows so far. Even the inevitable big fight was great fun.

 

[makkuwata]

5 minutes ago, Mogster said:

I loved that.

 

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The very first thing she does with her powers in the comic is accidentally shapeshift into Carol Danvers, so that was a nice touch.

 

 

I’m not familiar with the comics

 

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but that was Carol at the end, surely? Why else was she shocked after taking in all the art of her around the room.

 

[deKay]

1 hour ago, Popo said:

I assumed

it did seem that way but how could she be younger than she was when

 

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She became Captain Marvel?

 

Unless as well as swapping with Kamala she also swapped age?

 

[Mogster]

1 hour ago, makkuwata said:

I’m not familiar with the comics

 

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but that was Carol at the end, surely? Why else was she shocked after taking in all the art of her around the room.

 

You're might be right actually.

 

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In the comics, she's wishing she was Carol when she gets her powers activated, and ends up shapeshifting into Ms. Marvel era Carol as a result. I assumed the same thing was happening here, although it wouldn't make much sense thematically.

 

It does seem like she's swapped places or something based on her reaction, like you say.

 

[Stig]

1 hour ago, Mogster said:

I loved that.

 

Among other things...

 

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Embiggen!

 

It looks like Kamala's getting her comic book powers after all, except as a mutant rather than an inhuman. The very first thing she does with her powers in the comic is accidentally shapeshift into Carol Danvers, so that was a nice touch.

This has been by far my favourite of the Marvel shows so far. Even the inevitable big fight was great fun.

 

 

I couldn't tell at the end if was her

 

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Shape-shifting into Carol or 

 

(Shang-chi spoilers)

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some kind of link between the Ten Rings and the Bangle as this show seems to suggest they both came from the same source.

 

Carol was investigating what the rings were so I thought Carol and Kamala swapped places.

 

 

[Stig]

4 hours ago, Thor said:

I thought it was great, and stuck the landing. I'm now looking forward to seen Kamala Khan in The Marvels more than Captain Marvel. 

 

I honestly don't see what was so cringeworthy about the finale. 

 

This isnt a slight against anyone but it's a show about a Gen Z Muslim girl who older people probably just can't relate to, therefore her and friends actions probably come off as cringy.

 

This is the only explaination I can come up with it because I thought it was really great all around and a breath of fresh air.

[SaintAnselm]

God the last three episodes were utter dreck, I loved the first three though, so that still makes this one of the better Marvel TV shows.

 

[Broker]

13 hours ago, Vulgar Monkey said:

The story beats were predictable enough, but

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I think they did a better job of the costume than I'd expected, best they've achieved for a while I think. Makes sense that an asian family would have hooked up with all the best textiles workers in the neighbourhood.

 

Also liked how they arrived at the name, though in the following scene I did think that Bruno was going to say she was adopted. Instead we get a musical sting (wonder how much that cost them?)

 

No fucking clue what happened at the end. I thought Danvers would just turn up to sort out copyrighting or something.

 

Nothing?

 

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Since the fox acquisition they own everything xmen related. The ‘92 show that the music is from is on D+

 

6 hours ago, deKay said:

Well, despite being Home Alone that was all fucking awesome. Amazing series.

 

Anyone think that 

 

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Bree Larson

was looking painfully thin? Might have been CGI I suppose.

Yeah she’s been looking really, really thin on Instagram recently. Hope she’s ok. 

[Unofficial Who]

Just caught up, loved it. The cast is just amazing especially her family. Her big reveal to her family and

 

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...them trying to pretend to be surprised. And her brother teasing her about letting the kid fall and break a limb in an earlier episode...

 

So many little touches, that's where it really shined.

[RK1D]

Can't understand all the love for this, it's bang average at best. To say its the best of the Marvel series is a bit much. 

[Garwoofoo]

I really liked the first couple of episodes but it lost its way badly halfway through when the bad guys turned out to be the biggest bunch of dullards since the Eternals.

 

I'd have been up for a series that consisted of Kamala, Bruno and Nakia solving crimes while dodging nosy aunties and attending fabulous weddings. The low-key family and teenage stuff was far and away the best bit of this show and every time it reached for "epic" it just fell flat.