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What If 2x04 Full Reaction! (Patreon)

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2024-01-08 14:07:12
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Ryan

This episode had a lot of buildup behind it, as the one they weren’t able to finish in time for Season 1’s release which caused this Gamora’s selection for the Guardians of the Multiverse to be a total mystery. And boy, is it clear why they selected this as the one to abandon with what a resource sink it must have been. I’m also incredibly amused at how it adds further to Tony inadvertently being made the big loser of the first season, as after a rare time he survived and was even the main star, Uatu still casually brushes him off in favor of his partner. And even with both of them around, the episode truly belongs to Goldblum and Waititi, who I’m pretty sure are just allowed to improvise anything they want at this point. And of course, for the full experience you should go back to this story’s scene in the Season 1 finale, where it’s confirmed they killed Thanos and are melting the Infinity Gauntlet in the Forge. I’d be very interested in how this Tony alters the timeline further once he gets back to Earth with all he can report about the wider cosmos, maybe even bringing in the Guardians as full time allies.

Thomas Corp

Start by saying you are correct as this episode was intended to be in the first season. As to why it was pushed to this season, I don’t know, though I see Ryan’s comment on this being a resource sink, and that would make sense. Oh yeah, Jeff Goldblum returning as the Grandmaster was a riot. I also enjoyed Rachel House returning as Topaz, loved her absurdly relatable moment of her deadpan “wheee.” whilst racing. The highlight of the reaction, Jess, was every time you laughed at Korg. You mention how there are divisive opinions of the humor in the MCU. Sometimes that does bother me, sometimes not. It depends on the story being told. In Thor Ragnarök’s case, the humor fits like a glove, and Korg is a big source of it. I would be tempted to do the drinking game you suggested, particularly as one, I’m confident on being able to hold my liquor, and two, it sounds far less deadly than the Home Alone drinking game where throughout the first two films, you take a drink for each trap Harry and Marv are victim to, and you finish your drink whenever a trap realistically should have killed them. I’m still just amazed that the whole episode went by, and Tony never once called Korg “Rockbiter”. I hear you on the nostalgia of the racing, Jess. You cited Crash Team Racing. Me, there’s more Mario Kart and especially the nostalgia from the memories of playing Star Wars Episode I Racer on the computer with the joystick. Even watching the episode, the thought was it was like watching podracing on Fury Road. The showmanship of it all was spectacular. A strength of the show is one’s familiarity with the characters, which lends itself to the great character moments such as the ones between Tony and Gamora. Said scenes reminded me of my biggest complaint of Endgame which was we got so little scenes of Nebula and Tony stranded in space, and subsequently, tragically little of the subsequent friendship and/or bond that would have been forged between them as a result of that. Even in the theater, I was disappointed, saying, “Oh. I was very much looking forward to more of that.” But I took what I could get, and hopefully we get future material that delves into that some. In any event, it is great when Tony and Gamora team up at the end to take down Thanos, whose presence in the closing scene is spoiled by listing Josh Brolin in the credits, hence my gratitude to my fellow viewers and subscribers for advising you to look away during said credits. I must say, Thanos took being melted rather calmly all things considered. Or hell, the Grandmaster seemed to quite relish his Margaret Hamilton moment. A few other small notes. First, for the most part, yeah, the recasting of the MCU characters has been great; the spirit of the characters is captured well. Second, it is an unexpected emotional moment when they allude to Coulson’s death. Your own reaction got to me, especially when you called him “Coulsy-Bear”, I loved that bit by the way. Just such a fun reaction, Jess, thank you.

Thomas Corp
>>126455352

Yeah, that would have been funny if this was the first season that even in the rare occasion that Tony lived, Uatu is completely uninterested in him. Jeff and Taika do indeed steal the show. As I commented, Rachel did so for me as well. I don’t doubt there was copious ad-libbing done in the recording sessions. It would be interesting to see the ramifications of Tony’s actions in this universe.

Ryan
>>126467762

The first season was also being made right as COVID first hit, and from what I've read it quickly became clear that they wouldn't have time to finish everything, so they opted to completely give up on this one rather than risk leaving multiple episodes on a rushed schedule. Which I'm sure was very confusing to people who hadn't kept up with the franchise news when the finale hit, but it was better than the alternative.