The post credits scene for Episode 2 of She-Hulk is some of the most blatant pandering to a fanbase I've seen in a while. Not complaining, just saying. lol
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Also, I think the SHIELD helicarrier at the end of Age of Ultron was something TV related. Or, they didn't explain it in the movie anyway.Yeah, it was definitely a one-way street.
EDIT: Actually, with one exception: James D'Arcy, who played Edwin Jarvis on Agent Carter, also appeared briefly as (a version of?) the same character in Endgame.
I think this is a case where "We created a shared universe with tons of fantasy/scifi shit" just crashes really hard into the "we wanna tell a story about a real problem that exists in the real world."Jane Foster lived in a world where people can travel to outer space, aliens routinely visit Earth, gods are real, nanotechnology can put a regular human on par with a demigod, where super futuristic societies like Wakanda exists, etc. She had the interpersonal connections to probably cure her cancer a thousand different ways, and yet she ignored the issue and did last-century chemo only when she was Stage 4. The hammer 'made her worse' because it helped facilitate her running away from her problems instead of confronting them - the same way she ran away from her problems with Thor instead of confronting them. I thought there was some neat thematic interplay there that is the kind of depth in writing that most Marvel movies/Disney schlock could only dream of having.
I mean I guess we *CAN* make judgement calls on Jane for using "last century chemo" instead of pulling rank as someone who knows an avenger to get Stark Industies to put her brain into a perfect replica of her body, or calling up Wakanda (who have still only used their fabulous wealth and resources to build a single rec center in Okland) and getting them to cure her with magic lasers and shit.
But like.
Maybe we shouldn't?
The thing is, I think that's kind of the main thesis of the movie though? (And broadly, that of Phase 4 in general?) The film introduces Gorr who resents the gods as being cruel and poor stewards of their loyal subjects. Then it juxtaposes that by cutting to Thor who is just romping through the universe, leaving trails of destruction in his wake, maybe even doing more harm than good. Even his comrades in arms - who themselves are notorious for being massive blundering buffoons seem to be at wit's end with the guy. All of that is further juxtaposed by Jane. Thor is out there basically jacking off in the universe, and meanwhile the love of his life is dying and he has no idea because he's too busy doing Thor-things to notice or help.yeah if that's what they're trying to do it's more of an indictment of superheroes than jane foster—makes you think too hard about how much all the main characters in these movies are basically evil and accidentally shifts it into Planetary/The Boys territory
Where did I say it was his 'fault'?I think it's a bit much to characterise anything that happened to Jane as Thor's fault.
I mean, I read that as being somehow Thor's fault. The film is pretty clear that the Power of Thor (TM) can't do anything about her cancer and even among us non-Gods people you care about drop out of your life. That actually makes him more relatable. And the reason they split was explicitly both of their fault.Thor is out there basically jacking off in the universe, and meanwhile the love of his life is dying and he has no idea because he's too busy doing Thor-things to notice or help.
This is the problem with anything like this set in the present day with such fanciful technology. There's likely no diseases that this technology couldn't cure, so the main cause of death would end up being heroes having a fight in your town. But they want to still have disease for story line purposes and it raises all kinds of unfortunate questions.yeah if that's what they're trying to do it's more of an indictment of superheroes than jane foster—makes you think too hard about how much all the main characters in these movies are basically evil and accidentally shifts it into Planetary/The Boys territory
Madisynn + Wongers 4 evaMan, I love She Hulk more and more each week.
I still think Loki & Ms. Marvel are my 2 favorites, but She Hulk still has time. It’s certainly in the running.It really might be my favourite of the MCU shows
Already surpassed both long ago imo. Loki is only really good because it is buoyed by the incredible charisma of its main leads. But its shenanigans are almost nonexistent for a show about jumping about in time with trickster gods. Ms Marvel is very good at what it is - which is a teenage hero origin story. But I'm now at the point in life where I've lived more years as an adult than all the years pre-adulthood combined, so it's not particularly relevant or engaging to me anymore. And that's fine, I'm just not its audience.I still think Loki & Ms. Marvel are my 2 favorites, but She Hulk still has time. It’s certainly in the running.