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[GateofD]

Wow, what a snoozefest.

I don't know if the ending will make up for it, but was bored with the first few episodes, and I'm pretty sure no one said "what if.." for any of these scenarios.
Really liked the first season, second season was weird and have no idea why they think Peggy Carter is so important.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

it was fine, the ideas they showed for the canceled s4 at the end looked more interesting though, rip

The weirdest part was anyone thinking it was a good idea to have kat dennings fuck a duck and give birth to an egg

 

[ManaByte]

 

[March Climber]

Is it still being hamstrung by the movie timeline? That is what's holding this series back, and if there was one thing I would have done differently with the series, it would have been to hold this third season until after the next Avengers movie so they can take concepts in a more wild direction.

 

[ManaByte]

Is it still being hamstrung by the movie timeline? That is what's holding this series back, and if there was one thing I would have done differently with the series, it would have been to hold this third season until after the next Avengers movie so they can take concepts in a more wild direction.

The Multiverse won’t exist after Secret Wars.

 

[March Climber]

The Multiverse won’t exist after Secret Wars.

Isn't Secret Wars being split into two movies? Or did that plan change?

 

[RagnarokIV]

What if they fuck off and drop this shit for a decade

 

[Spyxos]

Season 1 was soo good. Season 2.... yeah. Season 3 i could not even finish 2 episodes. I think i am done.

 

[ManaByte]

Isn't Secret Wars being split into two movies? Or did that plan change?

First movie is Doomsday where the universe is destroyed and then Secret Wars is a year later.

 

[March Climber]

First movie is Doomsday where the universe is destroyed and then Secret Wars is a year later.

Which universe? All of them? I'm only asking because I would have placed this season somewhere between or maybe set it mid-Secret Wars. I could tell by the end of season 1 that it was being too heavily shackled by needing to coincide with the MCU. Season 2 made this more obvious.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

I could tell by the end of season 1 that it was being too heavily shackled by needing to coincide with the MCU. Season 2 made this more obvious.

It was tied to the MCU only because they used the MCU as the source instead of the comics, the stories they told didn't have to coincide with anything else because that's the entire point, these are what if's, alternate events where anything is possible, the actual MCU can just ignore everything about them.

 

[March Climber]

It was tied to the MCU only because they used the MCU as the source instead of the comics, the stories they told didn't have to coincide with anything else because that's the entire point

Right.

These are what if's, alternate events where anything is possible, the actual MCU can just ignore everything about them.

And this is where they messed up, because it's anything is possible* with a very strong asterisk.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

And this is where they messed up, because it's anything is possible* with a very strong asterisk.

The strong asterisk being only that the source is MCU not comics, I mean come on bruv darcy fucks a duck and gives birth to a human/duck hybrid via an egg, if that doesn't qualify as anything is possible, I dunno what is.

 

[ManaByte]

Which universe? All of them? I'm only asking because I would have placed this season somewhere between or maybe set it mid-Secret Wars. I could tell by the end of season 1 that it was being too heavily shackled by needing to coincide with the MCU. Season 2 made this more obvious.

All universes die in Doomsday. Then there’s just Battleworld until Secret Wars does a soft reboot.

 

[March Climber]

The strong asterisk being only that the source is MCU not comics, I mean come on bruv darcy fucks a duck and gives birth to a human/duck hybrid via an egg, if that doesn't qualify as anything is possible, I dunno what is.

Reizo...even if we keep this to MCU, they have barely been using their gigantic amount of B-listers/C-listers and villains. Hell, they actually have free reign to put The Hulk in more adventures(since this is technically a cartoon and Universal has been less BS about Hulk cartoons), and he still barely gets to be in a few episodes.

Like what are we even talking about here man lol why are you defending this show? I feel like the level of interest in this season is so low that me, you, and ManaByte are the main ones keeping this thread alive. I'm mainly keeping up with the MCU because I am a fool but I'm self aware enough to know this and know that they are at a really low point right now, especially in terms of writing.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

Like what are we even talking about here man lol why are you defending this show?

What am I defending exactly? I clarified it was only tied to the MCU in a one way direction, because they used that as their source instead of comics, but they weren't bound to any specific timelines or whatever you were asking about, heck they made some brand new characters even.

 

[March Climber]

What am I defending exactly?

You just said this:

I mean come on bruv darcy fucks a duck and gives birth to a human/duck hybrid via an egg, if that doesn't qualify as anything is possible, I dunno what is.

Making a defense that "Anything is possible" with this show against my earlier point.

I clarified it was only tied to the MCU in a one way direction

No, I did originally, here:

I could tell by the end of season 1 that it was being too heavily shackled by needing to coincide with the MCU. Season 2 made this more obvious.

Then you took that same point I just made, and repeated it back to me in a different manner:

It was tied to the MCU only because they used the MCU as the source instead of the comics

Maybe I should have responded "I just said that" instead of "Right" idk.

but they weren't bound to any specific timelines or whatever you were asking about, heck they made some brand new characters even.

They are being bound under the MCU, which is literally what we both meant above. They can't suddenly introduce Beast from the X-men even though he was literally in an end credits scene in The Marvels. They also can't show future villains like Dr. Doom because he hasn't been 'introduced' yet under Kevin Feige's grand plan.

That is literally being bound to the MCU and arguably, their timeline of movies. That is only freedom within the confinement of what they are allowed to create. That's not actual freedom, which is why this show has been falling flat with people because everyone knows the showrunners are not allowed to go any further than what they're told, only back or around.

Edit: If you reply to this post not understanding, I will assume you are trolling and end things here. I know you're a reasonable poster, so please don't disappoint. You will know when I give you the strength emoji. It's my version of a goodbye handshake.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

They can't suddenly introduce Beast from the X-men even though he was literally in an end credits scene in The Marvels.

Why not? They brought in storm

 

[Kraz]

Agatha's episode was good for me. It wasn't at all as occult developed as her show, but didn't really expect it to be with different creatives.
It does show the difference between an occult show and an occult inspired show. Jarvis seemed like a self-insert for the writers in that one. I'm glad this show is its own thing and doesn't change Agatha.

My main criticism is a minor peeve in the missed opportunity to embellish on the similar physical appearance between young Howard Stark and Jack Parsons.

The octagram in the center of her summoning circle, and the Arishem being pinned to an averse pentagram were nice touches, if maybe incidental.

Peggy Carter seemed important in the story for the same reason as Steve Rogers. A central anchor to ground the story to the world. Kind of expected the character to be involved throughout.

 

[GateofD]

They should have made sure to insert Spider-man in each What If episode, and have him die in each one randomly. Because if its a What If story with spider-man, he will die in it.

 

[jshackles]

Some ideas for Season four, to liven things up from this one:

"What if... Star Lord went to therapy?"
"What if... Doctor Strange was a nurse?"
"What if... Groot was a sentient bamboo?"
"What if... Wolverine was gay?"

 

[ManaByte]

What if...? was always a comic series that took known storylines from the comics and flipped them. That's what made it fun and interesting. The point of the show was originally to do that with the MCU.

I think they ran out of MCU storylines to base the show on at the beginning of Season 2 (the Iron Man S2 episode was originally in Season 1 also) so they turned the show into the Captain Carter series, and it sucked.