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Post by NorrinRaddOfZennla on Jul 3, 2023 16:42:45 GMT
..and I do mean that the immersion is to the entire MCU. Case in point is the very first episode needs you to care about a MCU character before hand to even understand or be sympathetic to the character's loss through the other characters. It is a gut punch but if you have just dropped-in to Secret Invasion to see what the series and episode (Resurrection) is about it will be a challenge. I personally think it is fantastic and pushes you into almost having to dig in deeper into the MCU (previous series on Disney+ and of course the theatrical films). Not to mention the printed source material. One aspect of the MCU for both the theatrical releases and the Disney+ series to date that frustrates me are the viewer and review complaints. I do enjoy engaging in the secondary conversations around the MCU but too many have given themselves over to critiquing manufactured grievances. Another case-in-point: WandaVision. So much conversation was spent on damning the series because it didn't meet some preconceived Fan-Fictionalized expectation. Oh, Mephisto was teased, the Avengers didn't appear, Where was Dr. Strange, the X-Men should be in this? !! Some didn't allow for WandaVision to be about Wanda and Vision. So far Secret Invasion review response is going down that same path with some viewers immediately wanting their Avengers fix like they are MCU Crack Addicts and wanting it to be something totally different in the same visual injection.
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Post by Jemma Simmons on Jul 3, 2023 17:06:23 GMT
..and I do mean that the immersion is to the entire MCU. Case in point is the very first episode needs you to care about a MCU character before hand to even understand or be sympathetic to the character's loss through the other characters. It is a gut punch but if you have just dropped-in to Secret Invasion to see what the series and episode (Resurrection) is about it will be a challenge. I personally think it is fantastic and pushes you into almost having to dig in deeper into the MCU (previous series on Disney+ and of course the theatrical films). Not to mention the printed source material. One aspect of the MCU for both the theatrical releases and the Disney+ series to date that frustrates me are the viewer and review complaints. I do enjoy engaging in the secondary conversations around the MCU but too many have given themselves over to critiquing manufactured grievances. Another case-in-point: WandaVision. So much conversation was spent on damning the series because it didn't meet some preconceived Fan-Fictionalized expectation. Oh, Mephisto was teased, the Avengers didn't appear, Where was Dr. Strange, the X-Men should be in this? !! Some didn't allow for WandaVision to be about Wanda and Vision. So far Secret Invasion review response is going down that same path with some viewers immediately wanting their Avengers fix like they are MCU Crack Addicts and wanting it to be something totally different in the same visual injection. I definitely agree with you here. I think that the people who are critiquing shows because certain characters didn't show up or things didn't happen a certain way are likely comic book purists. There seems to be a certain group of comic readers who like to hold the comics as canon and it frustrates them when the movie or series isn't comic-accurate. I think that the need to dig deeper to really appreciate the show is something I really like about them. It feels to a lesser extent like the world-building and such that you do when doing table-top RPGs like D&D.
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