Great start. See, this is the sort of self-aware Hulk references I love with the homemade old-timey dream sequence. It plays on the legacy of the character, it pokes fun of itself in a charming way and its funny. For however brief it was.
Because no long after that every hint at the fact that the show was amounting to something meaningful for anyone involved goes out the window. Here ensues the biggest 4th wall break that serves as proof of the danger of abusing this power in the entertainment business of movies and TV. You see, 4th wall breaks are fun and in small dosis actually comedic, but when you actively change the narrative and POV of the show by having a meta moment like this in what it's supposed to be an entry in the MCU then it becomes a mess. Because now it raises so many questions: is She-Hulk a god? A watcher or some sort of omnipotent being capable of leaving the reality and the fiction she was built in to speak with those who created her? I thought she was just Bruce Banner's cousin.
You see, here it no longer is a POV on the character. Is no longer a chosen channel or a TV genre picked through which to introduce She-Hulk into the MCU. It is a Deadpool-style attempt at having a meta moment that destroys every previously featured pre established MCU character like Daredevil, Abomination and Hulk and turns it into a joke. Not a comedy, a joke. We are speaking to the audience, we are diminishing the fiction we have created, we are breaking the illusion of what is the story.. And all for a self-deprecating joke?
Wow, I mean, no better way to prove the naysayers right than acknowledging the pitfalls or flaws you have been doing all this time that, while repetitive, have established yourself as a trustful production studio with many accomplishments that you have decided to ignore. It's just insane to me how far Marvel is willing to go to hammer down the notion that they know about their errors. They go so far as to neglect and actually ruin some of the recent products they have made just for the punchline and commentary. I actually don't know what is worse, this or a Marvel bad-guy smash down cliche finale.
Also, is Jen and Matt together now? I have so many questions. Especially after the Hulk reveal. But I can't quantify my disappointment at the ending of this show. It's been to unpredictable and not in a good way... Although in some things it has surprised for the better. But the negatives outweigh the positives. I just would like to know what was the goal of this show. What was the end goal of Marvel self-deprecating itself so outwardly in the execution of the show. Where they that desperate to get everyone's approval? To those who bored MCU products they just came across as "try-hards" and actually kind of mean towards the others; these being the ones who still were faithful to every single MCU product and believed and loved the stories they were telling who have now being insulted in their faces by the very same media they look up to and consume.
Being meta just to indulge those who weren't enjoying Marvel entertainment anymore is a vain attempt at luring them back. We who started to lose faith in Marvel didn't do it solely because the stories were beginning to get repetitive and tired, we also did because we saw that the previous interconnected storylines, while constituted by independent stories, amounted to a grand finale that felt like it had been brewing for a while. And it was natural than after the conclusion of the Infinity Saga, the new "saga" would require slowly build up again. Something that required talent and above all time... I think Marvel didn't want to earn the new "Endgame" climax, they didn't want to have to wait 10 or 15 years more to be able to earn and accomplish as much as the latest Avengers movies have. So instead, they began to poke fun at what they had accomplished in a vague attempt at lowering the bar people had. Instead of slowly building its reputation little by little in what should have been the new Golden AGe of the MCU, now that its merits and success already serve as a stern wind to push it forward.
There's still a lot to do and tell from the comics, so why opt for the self-deprecating angle and diminish the work done in the last years? Anyways, She-Hulk was okay until the finale which burned everything. No wonder people hate the show, it single-handedly destroyed the core structure and reputation of the MCU. Thank you and goodnight.
Because no long after that every hint at the fact that the show was amounting to something meaningful for anyone involved goes out the window. Here ensues the biggest 4th wall break that serves as proof of the danger of abusing this power in the entertainment business of movies and TV. You see, 4th wall breaks are fun and in small dosis actually comedic, but when you actively change the narrative and POV of the show by having a meta moment like this in what it's supposed to be an entry in the MCU then it becomes a mess. Because now it raises so many questions: is She-Hulk a god? A watcher or some sort of omnipotent being capable of leaving the reality and the fiction she was built in to speak with those who created her? I thought she was just Bruce Banner's cousin.
You see, here it no longer is a POV on the character. Is no longer a chosen channel or a TV genre picked through which to introduce She-Hulk into the MCU. It is a Deadpool-style attempt at having a meta moment that destroys every previously featured pre established MCU character like Daredevil, Abomination and Hulk and turns it into a joke. Not a comedy, a joke. We are speaking to the audience, we are diminishing the fiction we have created, we are breaking the illusion of what is the story.. And all for a self-deprecating joke?
Wow, I mean, no better way to prove the naysayers right than acknowledging the pitfalls or flaws you have been doing all this time that, while repetitive, have established yourself as a trustful production studio with many accomplishments that you have decided to ignore. It's just insane to me how far Marvel is willing to go to hammer down the notion that they know about their errors. They go so far as to neglect and actually ruin some of the recent products they have made just for the punchline and commentary. I actually don't know what is worse, this or a Marvel bad-guy smash down cliche finale.
Also, is Jen and Matt together now? I have so many questions. Especially after the Hulk reveal. But I can't quantify my disappointment at the ending of this show. It's been to unpredictable and not in a good way... Although in some things it has surprised for the better. But the negatives outweigh the positives. I just would like to know what was the goal of this show. What was the end goal of Marvel self-deprecating itself so outwardly in the execution of the show. Where they that desperate to get everyone's approval? To those who bored MCU products they just came across as "try-hards" and actually kind of mean towards the others; these being the ones who still were faithful to every single MCU product and believed and loved the stories they were telling who have now being insulted in their faces by the very same media they look up to and consume.
Being meta just to indulge those who weren't enjoying Marvel entertainment anymore is a vain attempt at luring them back. We who started to lose faith in Marvel didn't do it solely because the stories were beginning to get repetitive and tired, we also did because we saw that the previous interconnected storylines, while constituted by independent stories, amounted to a grand finale that felt like it had been brewing for a while. And it was natural than after the conclusion of the Infinity Saga, the new "saga" would require slowly build up again. Something that required talent and above all time... I think Marvel didn't want to earn the new "Endgame" climax, they didn't want to have to wait 10 or 15 years more to be able to earn and accomplish as much as the latest Avengers movies have. So instead, they began to poke fun at what they had accomplished in a vague attempt at lowering the bar people had. Instead of slowly building its reputation little by little in what should have been the new Golden AGe of the MCU, now that its merits and success already serve as a stern wind to push it forward.
There's still a lot to do and tell from the comics, so why opt for the self-deprecating angle and diminish the work done in the last years? Anyways, She-Hulk was okay until the finale which burned everything. No wonder people hate the show, it single-handedly destroyed the core structure and reputation of the MCU. Thank you and goodnight.