What If...? (Disney+)

[BTBaboon]

I actually liked the Killmonger episode. Not in the top half of this series, but a good 30 minutes of entertainment.

I’ve really loved this show and concept. It’s a nice glimpse into all the possibilities in an animated MCM, without going all in on conclusions and letting the viewer ponder how everything ends (usually not well).

I haven’t watched the new episode yet, but a couple observations:

1) this show could have also been called “What If We Kill Tony Stark in Every Episode?” poor Tony is not doing well in these

2) The Watcher is getting closer and closer in frame in every episode. That’s surely intentional, but I’m not sure what the implication is

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[mthawk07]

Originally Posted by Roose13

Party Thor was so stupid and so funny.

Really dumb but “Did you know Midgard was the birthplace of the Snuggie?” got audible laughter.

[Roose13]

OK, this week’s was the best one

[clayj41]

Phenomenal episode.

[blaise34]

Holy crap that was good

[BTBaboon]

That was fantastic. Can’t wait for the finale and payoff.

and once again, Tony was unceremoniously killed off

That’s 4 of the 8 episodes where he has been murdered on screen

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[DMBZeppelin]

That was great! My rankings heading into next week's finale.

1. Ultron Won?
2. Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?
3. Zombies?!
4. T'Challa Became Star-Lord?
5. The World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?
6. Thor Were an Only Child?
7. Captain Carter Were the First Avenger?
8. Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark?

[BTBaboon]

1. Ultron Won?
2. Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?
3. T'Challa Became Star-Lord?
4. Zombies?!
5. The World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?
6. Thor Were an Only Child?
7. Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark?
8. Captain Carter Were the First Avenger?

[WidespreadMule3]

1. Ultron Won?
2. Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?
3. Zombies?!
4. The World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?
5. Captain Carter Were the First Avenger?
6. T'Challa Became Star-Lord?
7. Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark?
8. Thor Were an Only Child?

[clayj41]

1. Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?
2. Ultron Won?
3. Zombies?!
4. T'Challa Became Star-Lord?
5. The World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?
6. Captain Carter Were the First Avenger?
7. Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark?
8. Thor Were an Only Child?

[Useliteski]

1. Ultron
2. Strange
3. Zombies!
4. Killmonger
5. Thor
6. Lost its Heros
7. Captain Carter
8. T'Calla

i've liked all, but thats pretty much how its ranks for me.

[bigeyedpigs]

This week's was great. I figured they would go the comic route with the watcher but didn't expect until next season.
One gripe I have with the show is it should be longer. Even though they are thirty minute episodes the last, almost ten minutes is credits and art. They should do away with that and stretch them a bit longer.

[DMBZeppelin]

Originally Posted by bigeyedpigs

This week's was great. I figured they would go the comic route with the watcher but didn't expect until next season.
One gripe I have with the show is it should be longer. Even though they are thirty minute episodes the last, almost ten minutes is credits and art. They should do away with that and stretch them a bit longer.

It's possible. They are hiring animation directors left and right. They're going to have a full fledge animation studio inside of Marvel Studios, but What If was very much a trailblazer for them.

Overall I've enjoyed the animation style. I'd like to see improvements with the voice acting and lip syncing in season 2. Hopefully as they expand they'll be able to produce longer episodes. Though any episode with Spider-Man has a time limit because Sony owns feature length animation rights for Spidey.

[mthawk07]

Great stuff. Is that going to lead into the season finale?

[UCFish]

Yeah I think next week is the finale.

[BTBaboon]

1. Ultron Won?
2. Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?
3. The Watcher Broke His Oath?
4. T'Challa Became Star-Lord?
5. Zombies?!
6. The World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?
7. Thor Were an Only Child?
8. Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark?
9. Captain Carter Were the First Avenger?

Was a really fun series and I thought they wrapped it up really nicely. Looking forward to season 2!

[clayj41]

Originally Posted by clayj41

1. Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?
2. Ultron Won?
3. Zombies?!
4. T'Challa Became Star-Lord?
5. The World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?
6. Captain Carter Were the First Avenger?
7. Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark?
8. Thor Were an Only Child?

I'd also put the finale in the 3 slot. Strange is such a boss.

[DMBZeppelin]

I enjoyed the finale, but I think some of what is laid out in this show contradicts what we've seen in live action. As a result I'm knocking the finale down to #4 in my rankings.

Hopefully that post credit scene leads to a really cool story in Season 2.

1. Ultron Won?
2. Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?
3. Zombies?!
4. The Watcher Broke His Oath?
5. T'Challa Became Star-Lord?
6. The World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?
7. Thor Were an Only Child?
8. Captain Carter Were the First Avenger?
9. Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark?

[Roose13]

1. If Ultron won
2. Zombies
3. If Watcher broke his oath
4. T'Challa as StarLord
5. Strange
6. Killmonger
7. Party Thor
8. Captain Carter
9. If the Avengers all died

[mthawk07]

Fun show, glad they brought back everyone for the finale. Tony Stark getting shade thrown at him yet again cracked me up.

[DMBZeppelin]

So the head writer A.C. Bradley and director Bryan Andrews spoke with variety, and there's a couple nuggets worth knowing:


Inside Marvel’s ‘What If…?’ Finale, Season 2 Plans and the T’Challa Spinoff That Never Was

You’re already working on Season 2 of “What If…?” — and based on the post-credits teaser, it appears we should expect to see more of Captain Carter (Hayley Atwell) after she discovers that her beloved Steve Rogers is still alive in modern day?

Bryan Andrews: I would wager it’s a relatively safe bet. (Laughs)

A.C. Bradley: For me, the difference between a twist ending that we were doing all season and a post-credits teaser is that a twist ending is fun, but a post-credits teaser is a promise.
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There’s also a brief moment in the finale where we meet an alternate version of Gamora with a sort of space Tony Stark. Will we get to see more of that universe in Season 2?

Bradley: That’s a definite yes. Basically what happened was we originally had an episode planned for earlier in the season that was a fun, light-hearted, living, breathing Tony Stark-centric episode with Gamora. However, due to the COVID pandemic, one of our animation houses was hit incredibly hard, and the episode needed to be pushed into Season 2, because it would not be finished in time. Given everything that we’ve all went through over the past two years, pushing an episode of television is absolutely nothing in comparison. And we understood. We hope fans enjoy the ride next year.

It almost felt like a nice teaser for what you could expect, suggesting that there are these other universes that you hadn’t seen yet.

Bradley: Definitely. I think everyone’s going to be surprised by the way Gamora gets that armor, and how her relationship with Tony evolves, because they’re obviously good friends in that bit that we see. So, it will be a fun universe to see, hopefully, next year, and I think you found the silver lining there. It is a promise of more stories to come.
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Will Season 2 incorporate any alternative universes of the live-action Disney Plus shows?

Bradley: We definitely use the characters.

Andrews: In Season 2, a lot of the stuff that we’re doing, we’re doing concurrently with the Disney Plus live-action shows. We were already writing. So we may not get a chance to explore some of the stuff that showed up in those shows, because we’re doing them almost at the exact same time. [Marvel Studios chief] Kevin [Feige] was like, “No no no! No touching! Don’t touch that! Not yet!” Maybe one day, maybe, if these things continue, we can play with some of that stuff. But we definitely get to play with some other parts of the MCU, for sure. There’s fertile ground.
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It was so lovely to see so much of T’Challa this season. It felt like a gift to audiences who felt like they didn’t get to see enough of Chadwick Boseman’s performance. Was he able to record anything for Season 2?

Andrews: Unfortunately, no.

Bradley: We were lucky we had him for Season 1.

Andrews: Chadwick had recorded his Star Lord T’Challa stuff early. But we had those later episodes that he appeared in sporadically, and it was a long stretch before we got him [again]. And it was not long after the final recording that he passed. I think it was maybe just a few months, or a month. None of us knew, obviously. But we got him in time to have everything [for Season 1]. I think he was also trying to make an effort because T’Challa was so important to him — and also this new version of Star Lord T’Challa was so important to him. He dug it.

I don’t know if he knew this, but there was planning to have Star Lord T’Challa spin off into his own show with that universe and crew. We were all very excited. We know he would have loved it, too. And then, you know, he passed, and so all that’s in limbo. So, who knows? Maybe one day.

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[Roose13]

^

So that answers my Gamora question!

[DMBZeppelin]

SEASON 2
12/22 - Ep 01: What If… Nebula Joined the Nova Corps?
12/23 - Ep 02: What If… Peter Quill Attacked Earth’s Mightiest Heroes?
12/24 - Ep 03: What If… Happy Hogan Saved Christmas?
12/25 - Ep 04: What If... Iron Man Crashed Into the Grandmaster?
12/26 - Ep 05: What If… Captain Carter Fought the Hydra Stomper?
12/27 - Ep 06: What If... Kahhori Reshaped the World?
12/28 - Ep 07: What If... Hela Found the Ten Rings?
12/29 - Ep 08: What If… The Avengers Assembled in 1602?
12/30 - Ep 09: What If... Strange Supreme Intervened?

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=8V2...&v=TiEVqZ2Bc_c

[DMBZeppelin]

I almost forgot this was happening, but the social media reactions look positive. I wish we were getting another zombie episode.

[WidespreadMule3]

Loved S1...looking forward to watching these at some point next weekend.

[UCFish]

First episode was enjoyable.

[DMBZeppelin]

Episode 1 was solid. Enjoyed seeing more of Howard. I thought Episode 2 was even better. Hopefully it keeps trending that way.

[Useliteski]

light beer does seem like something Thor would think was some Midgard magic. loved that short scene.

[Roose13]

Enjoyed the first three so far. Happy saves Christmas was hilarious.

[crounsa810]

I wasn’t a fan of Season 1 but this has been a blast so far