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
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-t - Sep 04, 2021 7:04:39 am PDT #3494 of 4001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Tom Scola - Sep 04, 2021 8:40:42 am PDT #3495 of 4001
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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?”
-t - Sep 04, 2021 2:22:38 pm PDT #3496 of 4001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
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
Steph L. - Sep 04, 2021 3:37:58 pm PDT #3497 of 4001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
-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.
-t - Sep 07, 2021 9:45:44 am PDT #3498 of 4001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
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.
Steph L. - Sep 07, 2021 9:50:09 am PDT #3499 of 4001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
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 ?"
-t - Sep 07, 2021 9:51:46 am PDT #3500 of 4001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
You are correct. Sigh.
-t - Sep 09, 2021 10:35:48 am PDT #3501 of 4001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
This last one was definitely bonkers enough for me.
Consuela - Sep 09, 2021 10:19:25 pm PDT #3502 of 4001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
And pretty fucking grim. Didn't love it.
-t - Sep 10, 2021 6:12:14 am PDT #3503 of 4001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I couldn’t take the grim and bleak seriously, I guess. I was highly amused. Early on it put me into a Community paintball episode mood, somehow.