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What If...?: What If... Peter Quill Attacked Earth's Mightiest Heroes? (2023)
Some of the worst of What If...
I think my biggest problem is the storytelling. In a show like What If... a butterfly effect has to happen to explain why a particular event changed. A hydra agent invading the super serum experiment, Doctor Strange falling in love, Ultron successfully connecting to Vision. But in this episode, it's nothing but Yondu randomly changing his mind. It's such a lazy way to spring off what could have been an amazing premise. You're not given much of a reason to care and it only makes what happens next worse than it already will.
I already had a problem with most MCU character designs but the choice to make all of the avengers look like they came from modern day was baffling. You couldn't have chosen some cool 70s comic inspirations for the character designs? And looking like modern day avengers is one thing but to have them quip just like them was another. Everyone was so unbelievably annoying. They had to rub in their quirky joss whedon "well THAT just happened" dialogue that was already outdated since Age of Ultron.
I couldn't really remember the rest because it was so forgettable. There was so much wasted potential it genuinely makes me upset.
Justice League (2017)
Guilty Pleasure
The movie's a mess but there's something about this that made me like it more than Suicide Squad and Batman v Superman. Suicide Squad was a generic blockbuster finished with atrocious editing and BvS was an insult to everything I loved about movies and DC Comics in general.
Justice League doesn't have this problem. It fails in a ton other areas but I couldn't help but like it. I even liked this more than Thor Ragnarok, which is weird because Thor 3 is a much better movie than Justice League.
I guess it came down to not feeling disappointed. I wasn't expecting much. I just didn't want to feel miserable and I wanted "justice' for Superman. I had a fun time watching this movie and my favorite moments were the scenes involving Superman. They pretty much delivered for me.
I can understand the flaws too. Steppenwolf was boring, the film was ugly to look at, and the last minute editing was very noticeable (although, I didn't notice the upperlip which is still an issue (why didn't they make Henry Cavil put on a fave beard for Mission Impossible? Did he really need the authenticity? )). As much as I hate his directing skills, I still feel bad that Zack Snyder's cut was butchered by Warner Bros. I really did like the scenes Joss made but the movie would have been better if it was longer than two hours.
Oh well. Better luck next time.
We Bare Bears (2014)
It's Pretty Good
A while back I made a review on this show and was overly enthusiastic, giving it a 10/10. It was kind of embarrassing so I'm going back to review it again. OK, so We Bare Bears is a show that aired last year on Cartoon Network. It's still going with a positive reception. The show is about three bears: Griz (a grizzly bear), Panda (a well Panda), and Ice Bear (a Polar Bear). They live in the sunny city of San Francisco as they try to fit in with society. The show's central theme is pretty relatable. We humans try to fit in with other humans and three bears trying to awkwardly fit in with them is pretty funny. When they're not trying to fit in, they're doing other weird things like getting tote bags or starting a food truck. It's basically a slice of life anime except it's not in Japan and the characters aren't school girls. I like this show a lot. The characters are pretty funny and relatable. My favorite bear has to be Panda. He's basically the bear equivalent to every otaku in the world and it's hilarious. He's probably the most awkward out of the bunch and I can't help but laugh with him. Oh yeah, the show has a unique premise I really like. It uses a lot of modern day references like smartphones and laptops, except when they mention them they feel, get ready for this, SUBTLE. They very clearly have a use for them and they don't shove them into the audiences' faces to act cool or modern unlike other cartoons. The art style and animation is also nice. It's cute and tame but maybe a bit too tame. I don't know, it looks too friendly at times but I guess that's only a nitpick. I also don't really like how some people in the show just act like jerks around the bears. Don't get me wrong, there are some nice people but I felt like at times some of society would act a bit too mean. So yeah, that's my thoughts on the show. It's one of the best shows on Cartoon Network and I'm glad it's in its family.