Obligatory disclaimer: real life sucks, and our
2023-4 holidays celebration got carried away, in a weird way. The sudden shift
in weather did not help either. Where were we?
Ah yes, the 2nd season of ‘What if?’.
This was a heterogeneous mix, and a change from the 1st season. How?
If the 1st season was really a series of variations of the ‘Avengers’
theme, the 2nd season was not. Rather, it was an authentic anthology
of stories, most of which done in various genres, and then we come to Captain
Carter (and her new friend, Ms. K), facing off the Strange Supreme. The good people
won, the bad doctor lost, and it felt… like a reset of the ‘What if?’ S1, and
in an unnecessary way: the S1 finale gave him a purpose and a path to
redemption after all. Now, however, it all appears to have been in vain, and
instead we get, or rather, are going to get in S3, ‘the Watcher’s and Captain
Carter’s travel through the multiverse’. This is not a bad thing; when the show
went Meta, it really succeeded, but still, the S2 finale left a strange taste
in my mouth, (pun unintended).
The other show of the late 2023, PJ & the Olympians…
listen: Mr. Riordan has done his characters practically to the metaphorical
death… though the fact that the show (the show’s 1st season?) is
following the plot of the initial novel tightly, is a good thing, overall. Mind
you, the initial novel of the franchise might be one of its’ weaker points
instead; at that point in his literary career Mr. Riordan tried to imitate
J-Ro; Percy, Grover and Annabeth were supposed to be the new Harry, Ron, and
Hermy, but things quickly began to go in a different direction by the time of
the ‘Sea of Monsters’ already; it’ll be interesting to see as to how he and
team Disney will handle it. The original two films were flat-out failures after
all.
Now, on some level, I want to discuss all of ‘What
if?’ S2 episodes one by one, but, alas, real life intrudes. It sucks, after
all, and we are getting Marvel’s™ next show – ‘Echo’ – later next week. Maybe we
will discuss the ‘What If?’ episodes in that context instead.
Otherwise, for now, this is it. See you all soon!
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