Ironheart

[Drunk Monk]

[Drunk Monk]

Forewent the midtown concert because Tara activated her ‘traveling’ D+ and we fell into watching the first 3 eps. We liked the characters and recognized a lot of the soundtrack, but we both had issues suspending belief. Which is ridiculous because it’s the MCU so you gotta believe in superheroes. Time was weird because everything seemed to happen in a few days, really fast considering. And the whole ai hologram brought up lingering questions I’ve had about the Doctor in ST:Voy - like how does that even work? I didn’t quite remember who Stane was but Tara jogged my memory. I do like RiRi and Stane, so that’s keeping me watching. Plus e3 ended with a decent cliffhanger.

Only 3 more eps. The jury is still out about a D00M recommendation… I’m confident Greg will chime in soon…

[Greg]

Scheduled for this evening.

[Greg]

Ep01. I guess this works if the genius is also an idiot. For the life of me I cannot remember Riri's backstory or where we saw her last. That might help with this story.

[Drunk Monk]

I will grant you I'm not in the best frame mind for three hours of a story about loss and mourning. But would it have killed them to throw in a few chuckles?

Well, yes, there is that. However I found plenty of chuckles. M'Baku was funny. And Riri has some decent, albeit hackneyed lines. Which brings us to Riri...

Didn't we just have a kid as the center of all the problems in Dr. Strange? 

Riri was a college student, at MIT no less, so not quite a kid, but we're old, so that one slides. Riri is key to yet another upcoming MCU show, specifically her upcoming Disney+ series Ironheart. Riri's father, the one who she thinks is dead and left her that sweet ride, is a member of the Ten Rings. Enter Shang-Chi. The Ten Rings emblem also appears in Ant-Man (setting up the next one - Phase 5.1 Quantumania) and in Mrs. Marvel (setting up Phase 5.3 The Marvels). This is scheduled to all play out in 2023. 

Wakanda Forever

[King Bob]

Skipping all this. I just can't care about the MCU any more.

[Drunk Monk]

I am a professional nerd. Srsly, it’s how I make my living. If im being honest, I’ve always made my living with my nerd knowledge.

So it behooves me to keep up on such things.

[Drunk Monk]

One & a half more eps in. There’s a great opportunity for a tech vs magic metaphor here but I doubt the MCU is that smart. Are they setting up the next Doctor (Strange) with Riri’s new friend?

[The Queen]

We haven’t seen much if it yet, but I’m guessing that the cape that the head criminal wears that is causing his skim to get scaly is some sort of dark relative of the Dr. Strange cape… and in my head, every time he appears on screen, I hear Edna from The Incredibles declaring, “No capes!”

[Drunk Monk]

It’s magik! 

I was hoping Strange’s cape would make a cameo for a cape duel. But it’s closer to Agatha than Strange, although he is referenced.