Marvel Cinematic Universe

The Punisher: One Last Kill Review

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When this was announced I was definitely interested, I’ve always liked Jon Bernthal’s Punisher so getting a new special focusing on him was good news, but after watching it I was just sort of confused. I mean as a stand-alone 45 minute thing it was fine but it didn’t fit into the MCU timeline at all, didn’t connect to the original Punisher series, Daredevil: Born Again Season 1 (which still has unresolved Punisher story beats) or the then-upcoming Spider-Man film as it turns out, it was like a pilot for a Punisher series that had nothing to do with the MCU but was added to it anyway. Oh well, what’s it like? Well given its length it won’t take long to tell you…

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Daredevil: Born Again – Season 2 Review

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The second season of the revived Daredevil show (so technically the fifth, I guess?) was more focused, I guess because it wasn’t half another show entirely this time, but some of the interesting plot points were dropped entirely without explanation, which was rather annoying. Still though, as I’ve said a few times on this site, seeing Charlie Cox’s Daredevil face off with Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin is aways worth a watch! Let’s take a look.

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Fallout – Season 2, WonderMan and One Piece (Live Action) – Season 2 Reviews

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Hi all, while I’m not ready to fully commit to long-form reviews I didn’t want to lose out on months of watching / listening / reading / playing so I thought I’d put up a series of “mini-reviews” for the time being, going over my thoughts on things without going into deep detail. If/when I get fully back into the swing I can always revisit some of these things and give them a proper review, though I’ll admit when it comes to this trio it’s unlikely… Let’s take a look!

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The Fantastic Four: First Steps Review

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Time to catch up with the MCU and talk about “First Steps”, finally introducing an MCU version of The Fantastic Four… sort of. The film takes place in another universe entirely, presumably explaining why they haven’t appeared before now and due to the events of Doomsday/Secret Wars will be integrated into the MCU proper at that point. Due to this distance from the MCU though they decided to create a much more comic-accurate version of the super team and world they inhabit, which was really fun. Let’s take a look…

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Marvel Zombies – Season 1 Review

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After the fun but very tame and green-blood-filled Zombies episode of “What If…?” I wasn’t super-excited about a whole series spun off from it, but you know what? It was really fun actually, mostly because they went for the higher TV rating / Age rating and therefore upped the gore (with red blood!) and even some casual swearing but still kept things light and comic-booky. It’s an odd mix, but one that really worked, so let’s take a look at what I assume is “Season 1” given it ends on a cliffhanger…

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Thunderbolts* Review

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Thunderbolts, or “Thunderbolts*  *The New Avengers” was probably one of the most uninteresting MCU films announced in recent memory, but I don’t know whether it was because of extremely low expectations or if it is just that good, but I really enjoyed it! The cast was fun, the lead “villain” was a good adaptation of a particular favourite obscure comic character of mine and generally it was a good time. Was it perfect? Well no, for example the ending felt a tad anticlimactic, but it was at least a whole film that didn’t feel like it was coming apart at the seams like some recent efforts… Let’s take a look!

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Captain America: Brave New World Review

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Catching up with the MCU now, with a film I’d been putting off for a while just because I hadn’t heard it was terrible or great, just lots of middling reviews. “Brave New World” had lots of rewrites and re-shoots and by the end of the film it was obvious that it was a bit of a jumbled mess, and hey guess what? Decidedly average, as “promised”. Oh well, at least it tied up a few loose ends in the MCU canon, that’s something, right?

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Daredevil: Born Again – Season 1 Review

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While this is indeed Season 1 of “Daredevil: Born Again” this is also Season 4 of the Daredevil show that started on Netflix, still my favourite superhero TV show of all time, so to say I was happy to hear about this would be an understatement (ignoring the months when it sounded like a reboot with no connection to the prior series, thank goodness they went back on that!) While this season hasn’t reached the peak that was Season 1 of the original series it does fit nicely with the rest of the original show, it’s still “gritty” and violent with a good message at its core and a fantastic cast. So let’s take a look!

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What If…? – Season 3 Review

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Several months late to the party on this one but for whatever reason I kept falling out of this season of the show and taking long breaks before I felt like continuing it. It’s a shame because I do like how they use several of the more obscure characters from the latter end of the MCU in the show but the stories themselves are often a bit.. meh. They become less “What If?” and more “Here are some characters in a zany adventure”, which is fine but not really why I liked the other two seasons. Well, either way, let’s finally take a look so I’m once again caught up on the MCU reviews!

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Deadpool & Wolverine Review

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I’ve said on this blog a few times that I tend to steer away from flat-out comedies because what you find funny is extremely objective. Case and point, while I enjoyed the first Deadpool film I found the second one leaned too heavily in the more crass humour that I don’t really enjoy, but I wouldn’t feel right reviewing it and giving it a low score because it might be right up someone’s alley, unlike more traditional storytelling issues which I feel more comfortable pointing out. Deadpool & Wolverine though is a “canon” entry in the MCU, and I really don’t want to miss one of the films out, so here we are! Thankfully for me the film doesn’t go down the crass route this time and lands some pretty good gags while keeping things gory and verbally explicit. Let’s take a look!

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