In all fairness, although the second episode did not reach the supernatural level, it greatly satisfied my imagination of the variant of the main Marvel universe, and finally played the concept of parallel universe, which is much better than the Feminist Captain.
The overall feeling of the second episode is like a revolving lantern after some branch variants of the Marvel universe. While there are many easter eggs and characters, it also reflects the charm of the butterfly effect after different choices.
And the theme has filled up a small emotional bug of a character in Silver Protector 1. Why did Quill never want to go back to Earth to see (I didn’t remember anything when I left, and when I came back, the earth became the ruins of the final battle, which was quite miserable) . In the new story, this emotional buckle is turned into a small reversal, and Yondu tricks T'Challa into saying that Wakanda is destroyed, so there is no value to go back. And T'Challa, who finally learned the truth, had to face the "foster family" who had deep feelings but deceived him for several years, and the "original family" who did not support his dreams but his roots. At first glance, this frame sounds very routine. Family films often use comedy conflicts, poor dad is the moon, and rich dad is sixpence. But this "New Lord" who is neither Star Lord nor Black Panther has a certain character arc and character empathy. The last time I said that the first episode was dull, and some people said that I couldn’t make a flower in half an hour, and I didn’t take the dimensionality reduction of Rick Morty’s narrative efficiency. I think it is enough to achieve the level of the second episode. .
The most interesting thing is that the operation of the two families at the end is really eye-catching. While Wakanda doesn't say much in the variant universe, it's still interesting to see a Marvel version of the "Squad Squad" and "Elders of the Empire" meeting. Therefore, a real family man can take care of both the original family and the foster family, and Boss Tang only cares about one, and it is time to give up the title of "family king".
Of course, there are regrets about what the family has done in this regard. Because it is a parallel universe, the concept of "Silver Guardian" is gone. T'Challa directly followed his godfather to rob the rich and help the poor, and there was an "Oliver Twist" team. Groot and Crispy Noodles, which I most want to see, didn't appear in this episode, the Destroyer also appeared as a bartender, and Gamora didn't appear because Thanos didn't slaughter and wasn't adopted. Although the new team has Thanos (like a Hulk replacement) to join, and Nebula, who is still blond and blue-eyed because Thanos has not been blackened, but the remaining three small characters (Gun brother, the old man who betrayed Yongdu in Silver Protector 2) , a new horse boy picked up halfway), but the per capita human background. In addition, the overall feeling of Xin. Thanos and Xin. Nebula is that they have been making trouble for their parents, so this "foster family" is actually not enough for the concept of family (in fact, it does not even have a sense of team), and the sense of belonging is greatly affected. reduce. It's a bit disappointing to have a new star but no new silver guard.
Furthermore, the line of Thanos Nebula is actually a bit tasteless. Without the gloves and the vicious Thanos, he can be hanged and beaten by any of the Obsidian Generals. Nebula inherits the family's guiding ideology and saves his father bravely. But the problem is that from the beginning, I didn't see how big the gap between father and daughter. In the end, it's a bit confusing to just embarrass such a "pistol to hit a black dwarf". Thanos is the most interesting of the supporting roles, there are Easter eggs everywhere, and he is ridiculed everywhere. The Obsidian Fourth General, who used to kneel and call Dad, could kill him with one blow, and the finger snap plan was also exposed as genocide. Link 3". And the unemployed Obsidian Fourth General has now become the security guard of the planetary city management and collectors (it turns out that Thanos' subordinates were really picked up on the street).
Compared with the above interesting designs, the main story is not so important, but the screenwriter also cleverly chose the collector of the cyberpunk version as the villain, and thus added various easter eggs that could not be broken up in several articles. Because there are too many easter eggs here, I will not unfold them one by one. Among them, the most happy to see is Howard Duck, which has a strong sense of animation in the cartoon, but it really looks like a CG person in the cartoon.
But after watching two episodes of what if, I feel that the biggest problem with the series is the rhythm. Although this episode seems to show a lot, but to be greedy, there can be more. The rhythm is really too slow, and the main story is very dull. Although a lot of easter eggs can make up for the interestingness of the story, it cannot blindly rely on this as an album. For example, Crispy Noodles and Groot were originally interstellar gangsters, so they could make cameo appearances, and Gamora could also explain it in one shot. Ronan was mentioned as losing in his lines, and he could also show it a little. However, compared to the last episode of the last episode, I didn't even see the shadow of the old American team. At the end of this episode, Quill and Egg actually appeared, and I am still quite content.
In short, in the second episode, it can be seen that Marvel still quite understands how the parallel universe plays well, and I hope to see more exciting developments in the follow-up episodes.
RIP Chadwick Boseman
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