Obligatory disclaimer: real life sucks. On the other side, I
found a… probably bootleg version of Marvel’s Kamala Khan animated movie – ‘Secret
Warriors’ (2018). And?
MNW is voicing Hala the Accuser, firstly. I must admit that
it was interesting to hear her voice someone else other than agent May, in a
freaky way – this must be what it is like breaking the mold, (though yeah, I am
not sure fully that this is what it means). There is a reason as to why Wen is
in a good mood lately – she is leaving Melinda May behind, while staying on one
hand in the Marvel Universe, (Hala is supposed to re-appear in at least one
another ‘Marvel Rising’ movie), and coming to the SW universe on the other,
(she’s playing some character in the ‘Mandalorian’, but so far details aren’t available).
Go, Wen!
(Yes, Jon Favreau, aka Happy Hogan, from Disney/Marvel is
also working on the ‘Mandalorian’. Disney is running a tight ship with all of
its’ franchises, it seems. Hah.)
And go Chloe, who voiced herself… ok, Quake, in the same
movie. Apparently, that woman is here to stay, and in this particular universe,
she is partnered with Patriot, who is Rayshaun Lucas, aka a protégé of Captain
America himself, in this corner of Marvel. As people can remember, MCU already
had its’ patriot, Jeffrey Mace, in the S4, but that went nowhere fast, as this
version of the Patriot didn’t survive AoS’ S4. Pity, but on the other hand,
Mace is deceased in the Marvel comics proper, so Lucas can be the new Patriot
without any copyright conflict. …Yes, a point is that Marvel continues to
reboot its’ ideas, there was once a potential Quake & Patriot couple in a live
action Marvel TV series…and now there’s a new potential Quake & Patriot
couple in a Marvel animated movie series.
Unlike Hala, who got her premiere in the
Marvel animated movie in question, Quake is a well-established Disney/Marvel
character by now, quite beloved, (regardless of what the fans think of the
actual AoS TV series themselves), and ‘Secret Warriors’ 2018 didn’t really do
anything other than to reboot her character – quite slightly – again. Chloe’s
character Skye/Daisy/Quake/etc. had been rebooted a few times in AoS over the
seasons, FYI, so ‘Secret Warriors’ 2018 don’t give any new twists in this
aspect either. Ergo, go Chloe regardless! May you live long and prosper!
Anything else?
Just wondering, how much the cast juggling had been
influenced by Marvel’s approval and disapproval as the months, show’s seasons,
and years went by? The critics loved the later seasons moreso than the initial
ones, the audiences – otherwise, but Disney/Marvel itself? The Mouse is keeping
mum, (at least until 2020, maybe moreso), but you cannot help but to wonder if
Disney itself didn’t have a hand in making AoS the broken and re-set mess that
it has ended-up at.
…There is another aspect to this situation – ‘Spider-Man’
the franchise. People are reckoning that AoS got cancelled at last for the same
reason as to why Disney/Marvel is letting SM franchise going – they are no
longer necessary. AoS had been the ‘proper’ Disney/Marvel toe- or fingerhold in
the TV land, (even though not everyone in MCU proper thought that that was
necessary, and as a result there were – and are – times, when AoS seems to
exist in a slightly difference universe from the MCU one), but now that the
Disney+ is launching properly, it is unnecessary, (and maybe also embarrassing)
instead, and so they are getting rid of it.
With ‘Spider-Man’ the franchise it is more complex; ‘Far
From Home’ (2019) set-up Tom Holland’s version of Peter Parker to be an
important part of the MCU phase 4, and as we’ve discussed earlier, with him
apparently gone, (and now it sounds like a done deal, Spider-Man is out of MCU
for good for now), it will cause quite a bit of rebooting and redesigning to
minimize the ripple effect; MCU has done it in AoS, and to a lesser extent –
with Agent Carter both in regards to her own TV show and to her role in MCU
proper – but it is a hit and miss thing. Does not mean that that fact will stop
Disney/Marvel from doing that now that Spider-Man is gone, but Ms. Marvel, the
Moon Knight, and the She-Hulk are in, (among other characters, new and old). Someone
different will take over Peter Parker’s role, somehow, and we will only be able
to wonder as to how Phase 4 was supposed to have been. Disney/Marvel will
survive, somehow; Sony was able to hurt it quite painfully by standing its’
ground and not rolling over in submission, but nothing more. Now that it has
acquired both the ‘X-Men’ and the ‘Fantastic 4’ franchises, Disney/Marvel has
an even bigger range of options as to how to fix the damage its’ rift with Sony
has caused. The fans, of course, are the true losers in this clash of corporate
megafauna, but it’s real life. Did I not mention in the opening that it sucks?
I believe that I have, but if you have forgotten, feel free to consider this a
repetition of this mantra, period.
…And for now, this is it. See you all soon!
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