4/5
Avenger Fiction
8 Episodes. Starring: Jeffrey Wright, Anthony Mackie, Mark Ruffalo, Teyonah Parris, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Simu Liu, Oscar Isaac, Kathryn Hahn, Kumail Nanjiani, Dominic Cooper, James D'Arcy, Laurence Fishburne, America Ferrera, Kat Dennings, Seth Green, Samuel L. Jackson, Clark Gregg, Tom Hiddleston, Chris Hemsworth, Michael Rooker, Josh Brolin, Dominique Thorne, Emily VanCamp, Tessa Thompson, Hailee Steinfeld, Wyatt Russell, Walton Goggins, Hayley Atwell, Devery Jacobs, Alison Sealy-Smith, Natasha Lyonne, Karen Gillian, Taika Waititi, Fred Tatasciore & Jason Isaacs. Created By: A.C. Bradley. On: Disney +.
'What If...?' This was it? Broken glass...everywhere. Phasing through four and five like Vision does walls. Marvel's best animation since 'X-Men' (and it's ''97' return, this year), and next before the comic accurate 'Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man', is coming to an end in this multiverse of madness that even the TVA of 'Deadpool and Wolverine' prunes with puns. One last watch for the third and final season of A.C. Bradley's 'What If...?', narrated by 'American Fiction' star Jeffrey Wright, who needs his own live-action look at The Watcher. And that's the truth, like the fact that his bald identity, now joined by the "Time. Space. Reality" of his Eminence, Jason Isaacs in this non-linear path, could play the 'Guardians Of The Galaxy' "ooga chaka" 'Ally McBeal' like "dancing baby", in a robe that just stands around and looks. Thanos (Josh Brolin is here, too) could have at least lent him his throne.
Gundam may be gunning for the Mech Avengers in the epic episode one that goes to war with a kaiju like Hulk, not to mention, some Godzilla griping cribbing, like this was a 'Pacific Rim' uprising in 'The Black' of this amazing animation. Again, make a mech movie, STAT, Kevin Feige. This is born for the big blockbuster. Just like the wartime 'Agent Carter' (she shows up with a shield again...later) era of Old Hollywoodland, complete with Dominic Cooper and James D'Arcy, is perfect for 'Agatha All Along' star Kathryn Hahn, who also voiced a different Doc Oc 'Into The Spider-Verse'. Fresh off her Halloween show with the 'Eternal' Bollywood beauty of Kumail Nanjiani in the power of an episode that pops like flashbulbs. After episode one, David Harbour and Sebastian Stan also reunite in Vegas for the sphere of the perfect precursor to the 'Thunderbolts' movie. Featuring more of Laurence Fishburne's 'Ant-Man' legend and Academy Award nominated 'Barbie' star America Ferrera.
The next 'What If' will really leave you saying "what the", as early 2000s generational stars Kat Dennings and Seth Green get character married. Which, top billing, would be anything but quackery, if one of them wasn't a damn duck like Donald (happy 90th). Still, it's a match made in heaven, and what it births next, you'll never forget. This episode even gives us a great second strand of Tom Hiddleston's frosty Loki (best Norse God of Mischief since Jim Carrey put on 'The Mask'). When he's not holding timelines together, he's got a nice time-share for you. This Avenger anthology of Marvel mutants and capes that crusade, like the other guys, even takes it to the wild west, as the rings of Simu Liu, meet the deadeye shot of Hawkeye's Hailee Steinfeld. Ringing the bell and a quick draw with a hood that will reveal even more in Marvel lore.
Yet, from 1872, to the Emergence, and voices from everyone from Walton Goggins to Fred Tatasciore, it's the assemble of Hayley Atwell, last season stealer Devery Jacobs and 'X-Men' Storm star Alsion Sealy-Smith that's the real treat. Especially when they're joined by the bird of 'Russian Doll' and 'His Three Daughters' star Natasha Lyonne making her Marvel debut with a truly animated character we'll surely see live on the big-screen. In these days of alternate timelines like a future's past, what if we could watch more? Dropped over Christmas, one episode at a time, this is Disney's Christmas card up their sleeve that could play with the brilliant Boxing Day box-office of Netflix's 'Squid Game 2'. If you're a fan of collecting comics, then these marvellous Marvel moments are compelling ones to corral for your collection, no question. What a run! TIM DAVID HARVEY.
More Multiverse: 'Agatha All Along', 'Thunderbolts', 'X-Men '97',
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