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I want to watch that ! In a theater but I also want to eat popcorn and all that stuff and I don't want to be in a theater around here without a mask.
I watched some more What If, and I'm not really into it. Episode 2 felt like some kind of fix it fic
fix it fic
That was, to some degree, what the What If? series was in the comics: [link]
Episode 4 is not a fix it fic
I’m not sure what I think of this series. I may not have found the right attitude for watching it yet
I was pretty meh on episode 4. It was like they decided
Dr. Strange, but evil,
and worked their way back from there, rather than “What if X happens, let’s roll with it and see how bonkers it can get?”
Mm, yeah, that encapsulates my dissatisfaction. To summarize my review of the season so far : (1) not bonkers enough for me but a required premise (2) enjoyable with minor reservations (3) weirdly reminiscent of Identity Crisis , but that works for me (4) meh
-t, yes, episode 3 reminded me of Identity Crisis, too!
I really liked episode 2. I thought it was sweet. And the running gag of Thanos going straight but still trying to explain to people how his plan would have worked but getting busted for it being genocide was hilarious.
Episode 4 just made me think (1) is this an argument in favor of fridging female characters?, and (2) Dr. Strange was essentially going what Kingpin did in Into the Spider-Verse, and I liked *that* animated feature a lot better.
I was also really bothered by the insistence in episode 4 that
something that didn't happen in the movie was an absolute point in time. I am generally irritated by any concept like an absolute point in time but
this seemed particularly nonsensical.
the insistence in episode 4 that
I guess you have to go with the "What If..." premise there, which would make the question, "What if
fridging Christine was an absolute point in time
?"
This last one was definitely bonkers enough for me.