Amph Ms. Marvel [Disney+ series] (Click thread to embiggen)

It actually reminded me a lot of the first issue of Ultimate Spider-Man wherein it's pretty decompressed and getting inside the high school character drama (with some fun fantasy interludes) until the big powers twist happens at the end, and it was nicely antic when that happened.

I thought it was funny when

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when at the cosplay contest they mention the girl in the Captain Marvel Swimsuit and sash look as "that's not even accurate" when it's actually incredibly accurate to Carol Danvers' / Ms Marvel's original outfits



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Also the cop at the end is from Spider-Man: No Way Home ("Child endangerment is a nasty rap."), bit of a surprise as I figured since he popped up in a Sony movie he could only be in Sony movie / characters but apparently not.

 

and introducing Bruce willis as Green lantern

 

Spoiler: Deadpool Rate R violence.

Problem solved.

I'm too much of a jaded comic book reader to love this Ms. Marvel series to its fullest. I mean, I enjoyed the actual comic book art displayed during the credits than the actual show. Which led me right to the end credit scene.

 

I'm like 90% certain that the bangle that is giving Kamala her powers will be revealed to be the Nega Bands (or one of them, or a version of them), literally ended with her saying "Cosmic" so tying into Carol Danvers in outer space Cosmic Captain Marvel.



Maybe even tying into the Ten Rings which was shown in Shang-Chi to be old and sending a signal, or an offshoot of that. So I buy Feige's general statement that her power change is tied into the larger (space!) MCU story they're telling now.

And I don't think it's entirely because Inhumans TV show as bad and not made by Marvel Studios/Kevin Feige, because y'know Anson Mount just showed up as Black Bolt again in Multiverse of Madness which is probably the craziest acknowledgment that the show actually happened / does exist.

Also, as mentioned, save the stretchy human powers for Reed but we still saw Kamla do an extended power-hand glowy thing grab anyway.

 

Can I mentioned how incredible the soundtrack is for this show. The original score has to be my favourite piece from the entire Phase 4! It’s just so adventurous and unique, and the cultural music fits in so well.

 

This was a really great first episode, and I also think "Nega Bands"... there were a lot of credit spaces not used, so I'm interested to see where this goes and how this gets expanded...

 

I absolutely loved this first episode. Kamala's powers are obviously very different from her iteration in the comics and even Kamala herself is not quite the same but I think the show is doing a banger job of capturing and conveying the essence of the character and those origin story comics.

 

So, thinking about this more...

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Is the implication that the mom is very against the grandmother's trinkets that the grandmother either was, or was involved with, a superhero -- and that's why she has the band?

Maybe the mom didn't believe the grandmother's stories? Or we'll come to a rapprochement between mom and daughter later on because she finds out it's true?

And just where did Kamala go/see when she first put on the band?

 

enjoyed the first episode, the comics I’ve read with the character are exceptionally fun reads, and so far this is doing a decent job of capturing that vibe

how they are depicting her powers will take some getting used to

and yeah the soundtrack is great

 

So the Avengers-con set at Camp Lehigh was a nice touch, wonder when that happened as it's not the place / museum where Issah Bradley and Cap's sheild was on display. also blaring Star Spangled Man was cool. I noticed that the cosplayers included Groot, Drax and Gamora which was nice but I'm not sure how the MCU citizens found out about them as they're Guarding the Galaxy. I think the costume they were selling for Groot was labelled "Tree Man" as they wouldn't know I Am Groot. Probably lots of Battle of Earth bootlegs floating about (sold by the same guy who was selling Battle of New York bootlegs) to find out who they were. And Scott Lang has a podcast so he probably blabbed about all of them, especially Rocket.

 

I don't think Scott has his own podcast. Kamala mentioned "Scott Lang's podcast interview" but if you look to the lower right corner of the thumbnail there is a This Powered Life logo. I think that's supposed to be a riff on This American Life, the long-running NPR series hosted by Ira Glass which generally takes deep dives into things or people most likely to be overlooked by society and how they interconnect with or are impacted by big issues.

 

I really liked this reaction because it shows a perspective on the show that I don't and cannot directly have; that of the children of immigrants to the US.

 

I think the lead actress is terrific , but otherwise I wasn't that involved .

 

This was a great start and a very smart adaptation.

As to the whole idea of Avengerscon, it works well. Hawkeye established that a generation has grown up with all kinds of crap going on around them. Plus, Captain America: The Musical. This simple extends those ideas further.

The temporal aspect that they are now delving into sets the films apart from the comics in a very smart way.

 

Fun introduction, nice little Easter Egg references at AvengerCon.

 

So, of note: it's possible this is reversed: AvengerCon sparks the idea for someone to create Rogers: The Musical, since the Statue of Liberty is clearly shown pre-Cap's Shield renovation in the episode (end credits, about 42 and a half minutes in)...

So this happens clearly before both Spider-Man: No Way Home and Hawkeye...

 

Explanation for the weird off market name for the Guardians of the Galaxy at Avengerscon and, yah, basically bad guesswork based upon Battle of Earth footage

 

I thought that was more fun than Moon Knight or Obi-Wan Kenobi. The uptight parents/rebellious daughter storyline is well worn territory but I loved the leads and thought they had great chemistry. I look forward to hanging out with these characters again. It was also nice that all the actors on this show can uh...actually act.

Plus the visuals were fresh and more unique than pretty much anything else scene on other Marvel Disney+ shows.

 

Was left cold, but everyone involved in the text/art effects deserves a raise. And probably to go home and see their families.