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Safe to say Iman Vellani's Kamala ranks up there with Florence Pugh's Yelena as the best MCU post-Endgame addition. Even The Marvels haters (the respectable ones, I mean) admited she was the best part of it.

I'm a huge comic reader, and so while for me, Ms Marvel was an amazing show, one of the most fun the MCU has given us to date, the effect it has had on the comics is to some extent unforgivable. For those who aren't aware: Around may/june, I can't quite recall, Ms Marvel was killed in an issue of TASM. There's been some debate online as to whether this technically counts as fridging (when a female character is killed just to progress a male character's story arc or emotional development), I tend towards the no side of that debate because it wasn't about progressing peter's character and more about "progressing" Kamala's in a really stupid way. In July, Marvel released Fallen Friend: The Death of Ms. Marvel, which is an incredibly touching and well written requiem to the character. It progresses through multiple "chapters" of the issue, starting with just her close, non superpowered friends at a mosque, mourning her. Then some of the lower level heroes she's befriended show up, culminating in Avengers like Tony Stark and other major characters like Doctor Strange attending (with those last two having a conversation where Strange explains why it would be dangerous and disrespectful to her memory to attempt to bring her back to life), and in the final pages showing us that Peter Parker is running late, as always, and he makes it just as her parents are leaving in order to tell them "My name's Peter Parker. Your daughter was my hero." Now, as you can tell from the way I've discussed it, I really liked this funeral issue. It's still incredibly stupid that they insisted on killing Kamala and not even in her own book, but this funeral issue honestly made it almost worth it. And then, about 2 weeks after that funeral issue, Marvel announced something that made me wanna scream. Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant will be releasing August 30th as part of the X-Men's Fall of X Line! So yeah. As some of you may know, the mutants have been in a Golden Age of sorts over the last few years, both in quality of comics and in universe. Hickman wrote a huge status quo shift called House of X/Powers of X where the mutants established a new nation on the living island of Krakoa, as well as using a mutant circuit of 5 Omega level mutants in order to resurrect any mutant who had ever died. Over the next 4 years, they went through 3 major "eras" of comics, the Dawn of X, Reign of X, and Destiny of X, which all culminated on July 26th 2023 with the 2023 Hellfire Gala, which saw 99.9% of earth's mutants be presumed dead, while the few remaining were wanted by all governments on earth and hunted by the most dangerous group any team of X-Men had ever faced. The Fall of X had begun and ended in a single issue. Now, before everything went to @#$% at the Hellfire Gala, the first few pages were dedicated to resurrecting Ms Marvel, and introducing her as a mutant. She was one of the few who survived the issue, and went on to feature in both the main X-Men line, and the aforementioned solo title introducing her as a mutant, and co written by Iman Vellani. I'm incredibly glad that Vellani wrote for this. Despite how upsetting it is that they clearly just killed her to reveal she was a mutant in order to make her story more in line with the MCU, we've seen time and time again that Vellani is a huge fan of the comics, and the writing of the series has so far been strong. In addition, they're not retconning her inhuman origin entirely, but making her an Inhuman AND mutant (since she underwent terrigenesis before her x-gene manifested, the terrigen mist blocked it since terrigen is deadly to mutants). As of issue 3, she hasn't even unlocked her proper mutant power, though I have little doubt that issue 4 will do so in its finale. Overall, it's just upsetting to see that Marvel's main priority for the comics is to make them mirror the MCU as closely as possible, even to the point of being willing to kill characters and then immediately announce their resurrection under a completely different line of comics just to follow through on that. Ms. Marvel's treatment in the comics, while admittedly always written and drawn well, shows just how much Marvel editorial still meddles in comics. There's no doubt in my mind that this will be remembered as Kamala's OMD, or maybe sins past is a better comparison. While it didn't retcon the core of her very character or completely assassinate it, it showed editorial meddling on a level so great that it completely killed any attempt to redeem it from writers. Anyways, sorry for the long comment, but I just felt the need to let some people know about this. Kamala in the comics is so amazing, and to see her thrown around by editorial so sloppily just because of what the MCU did is really upsetting.

I read Kamala’s comic premier and kept up with them for a while, and have loved her character since. While the show wasn’t perfect, it’s depiction of Kamala and her family was spot on and very moving.

The Marvels is best described (IMO) as "fun," and Iman Vellani was a huge part of that. She's a fantastic actress and I hope she gets plenty of screen time going forward

I notice that people like episodes 1,2 & 6 best. I think it's more proof that the pacing and undercooked villains really dragged down the experience. Ms. Marvel is an awesome character and deserves better projects.

Yeah, I also found it a bit odd that they didn’t save the Pakistan / Candestines stuff for a second season. There’s so much cool, fun stuff there that, if not rushed and instead unpacked over six episodes, would be amazing! And it would’ve given time to finishing fleshing out all of the Jersey City stuff. I do remember hearing something from one of the show runners, feeling that, if they didn’t get the Pakistan stuff in right away, they might never get the chance. Which I get, but still! I would’ve loved to have Kamala’s Pakistani family, the Red Daggers, the Clandestines, the flash back episode, etc.-let alone all of the exploration of Partition and how it effected people and families through generations-all really have a chance to breathe!

It definitely felt like they crammed 3 seasons into 1 season. That said I still loved the series. It’s some of the best the MCU has given for years.

Iman Villani is one of the best additions to the MCU since Endgame

I think they felt the need to show her become a hero but also explain her power change and backstory, which is understandable considering how many ppl didn’t like her power change. Kamala’s x gene is the ability to manipulate the noor, the bangle gave her the ability to access it, sending her to the noor dimension by being a Quantum Band. Kamran’s powers seemingly come from the veil actually being inside of him, hence the explosions (which kamala can’t do), the more sharp and jagged hardlight structures and the more seemingly painful it is for him to use his powers (a lot of grunting when he uses them). Hope that makes sense Speaking of power change, it was both because of reed richards and the marvels.

I unabashedly love this show, which is quite an accomplishment because it truly does have some glaring flaws, almost all of which have to do with the villains, who are some of the MCU’s very worst. But Vellani as Kamala is instantly an incredibly compelling, charming, lovable lead performance, Kamala’s supporting cast are all endearing, the show is bright and colorful and feels like it’s directed with intent, and personally I’m someone who doesn’t at all mind the change to Kamala’s powers. Getting rid of the clandestine with one episode left to go was a good move, because behind Loki season 2 the finale of this show is my favorite of all the MCU shows. It’s been so long since the franchise (or superhero movies in general beyond Spider-verse) really committed to a straightforward “normal person self-actual uses over the course of a superhero origin” narrative that seeing it done here with a cast I’d come to love just felt incredibly cathartic.

In regards to the shared universe angle I still love the MCU's shared universe and I don't think the solution is just to can it completely, rather they need to go back to what the early phases did and tell self contained stories with little asides and wink and nod moments to remind the audience that this is a bigger universe. Instead of making connectivity the point tell interesting stories then come up with ways to mash the heroes together at a later date.

I forgot how intensely funny the haram halal hat gag was, my sister and I were genuinely goblin laughing. The whole Djinn controversy missed me but I picked up Square Enix's Avengers and remember liking Kamala there, and her just kind of being a mutant/inhuman made a lot more sense? The ancestral connection thing is weird and they even kinda backtrack at the end? Messy. A lot of the show is messy.

My biggest nitpick is that making her powers more akin to Carol really detracts from her character journey of becoming her own hero by permanently linking her to Carol.

Similar to Shang-Chi, I really think it should’ve focused on her being a Pakistani-American and her community’s struggle with Damage Control as the main antagonist rather than a pivot to her homeland. I appreciate the highlighting of history but I don’t think it’s worth it for what I thought were quite weak antagonists when the other threat was much more real and relatable.

I always felt like the Pakistan side of things should have been its own season. We should have stayed in Jersey for the whole first season, seeing the questions we'd answer in Pakistan in season 2. But, I suppose the worry is that we'd never GET a season 2. And that would have been a shame given how much this did to spotlight a period in history a lot of folks without direct ties know nothing about. I just wish we could have had a full, expansive series that had the room it needed to breathe.

yeah, i really liked Ms Marvel mostly on how perfect Iman Velani and the rest of the cast were. i wanted more episodes sandwiched between episodes 2 and 3 of her as Ms Marvel doing the sneaking out to fight crime teen superhero soap opera, with some of Ms Marvel's goofier villains from the comics like the Thomas Edison Bird clone, punk electro Kaboom, and the Canadian Ninja Syndicate.

I agree with your take on the “season 2” idea. I remember discussing with my wife that Ms Marvel season 1 should have stuck with the Jersey city/high school/figuring out her powers and sometimes poorly. Then deepening the lore in season 2. I still really enjoyed the show but that’s Vellani and her friends and family mostly.

I loved this show, glad to see an actual review. 🎉 Iman Vellani said in an interview that she wants the noor dimension to be the quantum zone, which I think it's interesting. 👀 She also said Kamran isn't a mutant but that makes no sense to me lol.

I might be the only one who enjoys the fact that Ms. Marvel isn't an inhuman anymore. And, they made her a mutant?!😁😁😁

When I found out my dad was watching Ms. Marvel, I fully expected him not to like it. Maybe he would deem it too quirky or childish. But to my surprise, I heard him gushing about it to my mother and sisters. My family is Arab and Muslim, but my mom is from Pakistan, and we have all learned her language. My dad spent a portion of his years in Pakistan, as well, so he is fluent. He was more than happy to see a Muslim Pakistani superhero on screen, and he went on and on about the actors and the sets and historical elements present in the show. He loved it because it was his first time seeing himself represented in something as huge as Marvel, which my entire family has loved for a long time. It was honestly heartwarming to see him so happy. Representation matters. I think Ms. Marvel did a good job when it comes to that. Ofc it has its flaws, but I also remember crying after I'd finished this show because I felt represented as a Muslim with a desi mother.

Ms Marvel as a character is definitely one of the highlights in the MCU post-endgame, and even some of the pre-endgame stuff to be honest.

This series doesn't have to be perfect But it's rare to have even a rough glimpse of other vast worlds with expansive histories with horrors and fragile hopes... ...all on this earth

Ms Marvel is what I wanted Spider-Man to be.

I was really enjoying the show, especially the first episode and Kamala herself who was relatable (having ADHD myself and being a bit of a fan girl) and just overall being so endearing. I just felt the villains were underdeveloped and as a result underwhelming. I was confused when they became the baddies as they didn’t really have a reason to attack Kamala. They could have easily earned her trust as they were already doing, but then she was warned about opening the portal, and then the conflict would have felt more earned because there was a reason to fight back as Kamala would have to face a dilemma, to trust these people or not.

I just cannot get over the power change, I loved the super power she had in the comics.

Part of why Spider-Man have been constantly loved is that he started and stayed a local hero who sometimes jumps up to the world savers form time to time. Ms. Marval started as a local hero, but in the show they rushed her into being a world saver instead of part time world saver.

Better than most Disney shows

I think Kamala's X-gene allowing the jumpstart of her other abilities is probably what they're going with, since a friend of mine who keeps up with at least the plot synopsis of current comics has said that apparently in the comics, Kamala has a secondary mutation that allowed her to be an inhuman and a mutant at once. Oh, I wish I could forget about things like the power change and whatnot, but I can't. While he's not a Conservative, I basically have to hear about that stuff every time we talk about the MCU as the folks he watches basically call things like Ms. Marvel and She-Hulk bombs, so I don't get to forget some of the controversies I'd actually like to forget.

I'm a school counselor and felt so attacked and seen by the counselor.

Imane Vellani is genuinely such a good actress. She knocked it out of the park and ger future is bright. She has the talent to ve a generational actor

Amazing character and show imo.

In some deleted scenes, it is explained that the noor can make wishes, which is how Aisha brought kamala to the past, and how najma sent the veil into kamran. That being said, most of the deleted scenes they released on disney+ as extras are from 3-5, which makes me think there were a lot of revisions, some of the deleted scenes not even fitting into the released episodes properly, and that probably led into the “underbaked” thing

Thank you so much for this video! I had put off Ms. Marvel for over a year, and I only finished it this week because I promised a friend I'd go watch the Marvels with her tonight. I wish I had watched it sooner--it was a ton of fun and visually engaging! I agree wholeheartedly with you about the middle of the show being "undercooked." The way I described it to a friend, I thought I had missed an entire episode or two about the Clandestines and/or the Red Daggers. The good parts of this show are SO GOOD, which makes the mediocre stuff feel almost criminal for dragging the show to a screeching halt. But also. . . it makes me want to forgive the bad beacuse you can see how much love and care are put into Iman Vellani's performance, the art style, the rich backgrounds and bit characters, etc. Looking forward to seeing The Marvels today, and I'm glad you seem to have enjoyed it. I agree so much with your take on Ms. Marvel, I'm hopeful that I'll come away with a similar opinion on the film.

Just came here to say that I appreciate that you gave this an honest criticism and compared it to Russian Doll (which is awesome) and it wasn't "Disney bad", "Marvel bad", "female bad" that is most of the criticism I see in my KZfaq suggestions feed. So I look forward to seeing what else you have and keep up the good work

It was a cute series

I love Iman Vellani/Ms. Marvel/Kamala Khan so much. And the whole Khan family are delightful. To the point that I am completely willing to overlook any problems with the Ms. Marvel show. And The Marvels but that movie turned out to be much better than I was expecting.

This show was so much fun. Imo she's the only teenage superhero in recent memory who actually acts like a teenager, and yes that includes Spidey. I also liked the cultural aspect and that they went to the motherland, but the show did go downhill after that with the generic villains and whatnot. I liked it when the show was grounded.

Controversial opinion but for me iman as Kamana is a better casting than tom as peter Parker.

Good video. Thanks!

my gripes about the changes to ms marvel's powers aside, the show felt like they tried to cram 2 6-episode seasons together and it shows

Hey guys, I haven't seen the Miss Marvel series, but I went to see The Marvels last night, and I have to say I think it's probably the best of the recent Marvel films. Is this because I'm a woman? What do you all think?

I was disappointed the great externalizing the internal didn't carry on much past the first episode. Between that and the extremely short 6 episode run (with a good chunk of each episode taken up by the credits) it felt like Disney didn't care about this show the way it ought to have. And that is honestly true of many productions these days. It is a wonder the creators are able to make any kind of cohesive show at all with how little time they are given. The shotgun era of platform-produced TV is upon us. Where streaming platforms produce tons of tiny underbudgeted, short shows trying to hook people in with great first episodes while hamstringing the rest. It is hurting shows that could be so much better.

First of all, Iman Vellani is a blessing upon an often seemingly bland post-Endgame MCU. Her performance in _Ms. Marvel_ might be on the tier of many of the performances in _Loki,_ which IMO is the gold standard of MCU TV (X-Men '97 hasn't crossed over to the MCU yet, so I don't tend to think of it as MCU, sue me), impressive for an actress of her age. Second, _Ms. Marvel_ is an example of representation done right, and I wish that Jewish culture and history could have been represented as well in _Moon Knight,_ _Legion,_ or _Harley Quinn_ as Pakistani Muslim culture and history was here. Hoping that producers in the superhero genre will do better with The Thing, Kitty Pryde, or even Ragman in the future. We built the genre and it's unfair that fear of censorship or boycotts is preventing our culture from being explored in its context. Third, I noticed that the writers moved the plot of the first issue of the _Ms. Marvel_ comic to another episode, like episode three or something. This was a great choice, as issue one of the _Ms. Marvel_ comic was more of a teen drama story, not a superhero story, while episode one of the _Ms. Marvel_ TV show was definitely more balanced. Fourth, I definitely agree with you about the empathy for the teenage viewpoint thing. While I am not a teenager, I am a college student, so I'm still in school and it still feels like I check my schedule sometimes and I'm drowning in work that wasn't there yesterday. Fifth, and this is probably a minor problem, I didn't understand why she was a superfan of Carol Danvers. Or, rather, I understood the Doylist reason (keep it close to the comic), but I didn't understand the Watsonian reasoning. Carol Danvers in the comics was a widely known superhero for decades who had done stints in multiple high profile teams (including the X-Men and the Avengers), while in the MCU, she had only fought really one widely publicly known battle on Earth, a battle that many other heroes took part in. MCU Kamala Khan could therefore only have had six months to a year where she even knew that Carol Danvers existed.

Ms Marvel was fun. I like her family story and seeing that side of a superhero's life. And Iman Vellani is just such a nerd I can't help but smile.

Writing a fanfic about Thanos in that universe is the equilavent of writing a fanfic about Pinochet.

I only watched the first episode because at that point I had already stopped caring about the MCU really. It all feels part story and part product placement for whatever comes next. This show does have some fun and creative VFX though, the animated graffiti, the comic book stuff, the daydreaming.

I think this feels like two separate season smashed together. One is Kamala’s origins as a Jersey city superhero and her dealings with damage control and community problems. The other is her trip to Pakistan and uncovering her heritage and partition while dealing with the clandestine and allyship with red dagger. I feel like giving space to both would make both better, the way it is now having the Karachi arc wedged in between Jersey stuff just makes it feel awkward. Having us learn Kamala’s status quo and then her adapting to superheroing before we and Kamala getting used to a new location and reveals.

A few things you didn't mention: MCU young actors that didn't quite hit the mark: Xochitl Gomez - America Chavez, Kathryn Newton - Cassandra Lang, and Riri Williams - Dominique Thorne Kamala’s insecurity about "no one wants a Muslim superhero" felt really weird and was kinda just shoehorned into the show. You're 100% right about the partition stuff was so rushed. It is a super-complicated period in history that probably could've benefited from a standalone episode. I do love the Imam's inherent exhaustion with displaying his "goodness". Muslims need to see peaceful depictions of their culture in media as the norm (and violent or anti-semitic Imams and communities condemned as outliers). The show could have been an interesting exploration into how to deal with Discrimination I(a), I(b), and II, and how to exclude and excommunicate violent members of your "ingroup" Personal advice: quit apologizing for being white. It's cringe, and South Asian people don't respect you for it. Just say what you need to say and let your words speak for themselves. Announcing to everyone “i’M nOt rAcISt” is kinda goofy. Just say what you need to say, and if you’re not racist, people will know.

I am fully on board with the idea that Iman Vellani is just that charming. That's what carries the series. I did not enjoy the Ms. Marvel series. It had a great first episode and a great last episode, but the middle episodes dragged. It was my least favorite Disney+ series until She-Hulk aired. But Iman as Kamala? Winsome throughout. Also, threading the needle with the Bruno relationship was ARTFULLY executed.

The time-pressure of the Clandestines was a huge bugbear for me. They've been patiently tracking the bracelet for more than half a century, but they can't allow a couple extra days to fully win over Kamala's trust because "there's no time" is so trite it drags be out of the story every time. That, and having two vaguely defined antagonist groups with too little time devoted to either are definitely the big misses. Oh, and the "good guy cops" ending definitely didn't sit right - I get that it's meant to be hopeful and about building bridges, but the cops just coming out on the side of the immigrant minority population against the government-endorsed private militarised group felt so tone-deaf. It's just a shame because I love absolutely everything else. I don't know if the show just needed one or two more episodes, one fewer antagonist, or just another pass on the final edit, it was inches away from true greatness, but still feels like one of the better MCU shows, and certainly introduces one of the best new MCU characters.

I am a young male adult from India and I liked the series despite its flaws. Most people my age hate it or haven’t seen it. My big problem was the fact that Pakistan was represented very badly. Everyone had an American or other kind of foreign English accent and they also had a great actor from Bollywood just cameo and give a giant exposition dump before dying… also how was India and pakistans relationship affected by the five years of the snap!!! I do believe they’d have open borders and Pakistan and India would probably unite as one country lacks resources while the other lacks the manpower after half the population got dusted. The decades long rift between the two countries created by the British would’ve been healed or in the process, with it being even more interesting if the flag smashers helped or if the GRC was a militant group like the British colonizer, mirroring the forceful separation of India and Pakistan, happening once again, but after the blip. For fucks sake marvel, my idea here is a hundred times more valuable than the entire ms marvel series! They need to hire MORE DIVERSE VOICES WITH UNIMAGINABLE CREATIVITY which means stuff like considering how two nations that hate each other would act if half the population vanished on day.

Offspring of jinn and human is common in Arabian folklore

Marvel needs to work on their villains. The only memorable villains we've had in the Multiverse saga so far are Kang, Wanda, and old Spider-Man villains.

Great video! I’ve only seen people talking about how bad it is, so it’s good seeing a more balanced view.

MCU Ms. Marvel is just bittersweet for me

I liked the show. I know it wasn't going to be like the comics, especially with things in different order. I'll admit I got excited when they said she was a mutant at the end. I think it was supposed to be more episodes, but covid cut a lot of things.

I wonder you might go over the drama with Disney's Wish getting unfair hate.

Loved Ms marvel in the show and in The Marvels.

Great video. Only thing I’ll say is that in the brief comparison you make to Moon Knight and cultural identities. As a Jewish person I was extremely dissatisfied with how Jewish identity/religious was handled. Ms Marvel was far better in that respect.

I recently rewatched Ms. Marvel & still enjoyed it very much! My only dislike is the villain, Najma, but it didn’t ruin the overall experience for me.

Iman Vellani is perfectly cast and I'll watch anything she plays in

Never in history has such an unremarkable, uninteresting, middle of the road television series received so much scrutiny. Good lord.

I agree with pretty much all that you said here. I love the show and the stuff it can do, but yeah, they really did just rush it to get her into team ups. I feel like Marvel is turning into what DC was doing, rushing movies just to get to the team up without it being earned.

Really curious know to get your thoughts on how Dark handled the “time-skippy family trauma therapy studies”

having had a family members while not indian nor packsani by ethicisaty (british nationals that had lived in the area before partion) i can speak to how tight lipped people who lived through that are. my nana and papa (my grandparents on my mothers side) shared very little. though my nana was more taltive about her childhood though as she was suffering even then from onset aysmias that might have being all she could recall. my papa, only realy opened up in his last days when he was in the hospitle as he thought someone should know what he had seen and lived through.

This show lost me immediately when Kamala rewrote the Endgame battle, haha.

It really needed 2 extra episodes. 1 in jersey and 1 in Karachi. Also why wasnt ms marvels scarf a red dagger scarf. Such a missed opportunity

Adding to what you've said about a connectivity curse, the MCU is multidimensionally cursed. It has to deal with the MCU's history and future, and it's constantly confronted with comic "cannon." Many fans never understood or accepted that live-action and comics aren't the same. As the MCU progresses, fans seem less able to separate the two. Too much "baggage" is carried into every new thing. Nothing is experienced for the first time anymore.

So basically this probably would have better if these arc were 2 seasons

I wanna say that there might be a bit of bias or at least a lack of knowledge about desi culture and dynamics. It’s kind of commonplace for my grandparents and extended family to talk about the heavy struggles and experiences in their past.

You forgot to put SELF INSERT CHARACTER on the thumbnail

Episodes 4 and 5 were a low point for me but I'm glad to see a more positive perspective on it.

There should have been three more episodes.

I wish my parents had been 1/10th as accepting as Kamala’s.

Super nice of you to respect the words of South Asian creatives on the Djinn stuff. Simultaneously, Sharmeen totally pulled that out of her ass, trying to equivocate Djinns with Witches for Western viewers and trying to make traditional viewers seem unreasonable to deflect the backlash. Djinn in South Asia isn't seen in social contexts as a way to other people - they're straight up supernatural beings you don't mess with. This is why it's especially bad that Kamala is somehow a descendant of them, that shit doesn't happen (atleast anymore) and narratively, it kills her everyman/fan origin story. Realistically, the use of that context would just make her a Non-Muslim, which is where this whole problem lies. The actual Outsider with a connection to Djinn social context that is used is in the form of queerness - where queer muslim kids can be seen as afflicted by curses by Djinn (which most know is homophobic bs). And she definitely knows this with her history. And this speaks to the biggest problem with this series - the stripping away and westernizing of her and her family to make them palatable for a Western audience. Her mom's a hijabi, her sister-in-law wears a Burqa, her brother and dad are deeply religious. This series strips all the 'stereotypical muslim and south asian' elements as a way to fit in with Western ideals of the Minority Myth, of 'progressing' past their cultural norms to fit in. It's just gross.

It started off good but it seems like they gave up completely on the unique visual style that separated this MCU show from others. Also her being a huge fan of Captain Marvel doesn’t make sense considering the only time anyone has seen her publicly (maybe?) was during endgame for a few minutes. Other than that what does she have to connect herself to the most private, enigmatic, “hero” that is not an avenger who does 99% of her hero work off world since the 90’s? It just doesn’t work with what we know of the world in MCU history as far as I can tell.

Should have been a slice of life

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The worst part for me were the vilains. The Djinns should have been cut. The gouvernement agency not respecting the rights of the musilim community started great but in the last episode, they made them incompetent when they tried to capture Teens in a school. They also decided to make the conflict a rogue agent of the government instead of the organization itself because you cant critique the gouvernment.

This show really should've stuck with the same director for all 6 episodes. The fact that they switched directors so much really felt weird. Episodes 1, 2, and 6 are all by the same 2 directors who clearly had a vision for the show that was somewhat hijacked by the director for episodes 3, 4, and 5. At the very least, splitting it with 1, 2, and 3 going to the first two directors and letting them finish their DODC plotline before switching over for 4 5 and 6 and letting them do their Karachi plotline and have them be self contained instead of overlapping

I like ms Marvel

I can't help but think that Ms. Marvel would have been a much better show/movie/project if Chapek had never become CEO at Disney. The show we got was really enjoyable, but its flaws seem to flow from the policies and imperatives that Chapek drove forward in the company. If Chapek had decided to basically continue what Iger was doing rather than launch his own agenda, I think Ms. Marvel (and the whole post-Endgame MCU) would have been a very different animal.

The problem is it felt too much like a Disney channel series and should of been a short

I actually dont mind kamala her show was definitely more a family show so it wasn't my favorite but overall she wasn't bad her powers are cool tho i prefer the og stretchy kamala and most importantly shes not forced now i dont think shes good enough for her own movie or nothin but id take a season 2 and like to see where she goes (she was also the best part of the marvels in my opinion

The show is amazing I just wish they gave it time to breathe. I miss the way shows used to be where you got like 20 episodes a season and a good, slowburn story. The industry has been so focused on giving audiences immediate gratification and payoff, that people genuinely get angry when masterpieces like Andor don’t have massive, workshaking, confrontations within the first 3 episodes.

I enjoyed the show, and agree with pretty much everything you say. But I am also not the target demographic, being an old white guy. I don't really enjoy teem drama that much (for the record, the first 2 spiderman movies in the MCU, while good, are among my least favorite). But I do have to agree Iman is a great actor, was great in the Marvels, and really captures everything of this character.

Um actually, they were called djinn (by superstitious people) but were not "actual" djinns.

Love your analysis i havent seen the show or much marvel stuff lately but showing off those backgrounds i think is what got me. Here i thought damage control was mostly a construction company

Iman is such a great actress to play the character, i still can't believe it's been a year since watching it and She-Hulk. I liked the character interactions, the asethetics of the show and more. I do agree it suffers from the same problems as the other 6 episode Marvel shows do as not making it deep or giving not to much to make things more interesting.

Ekster? Minate?

My opinion of the shpw: The Actors for Ms. Marvel are A++++++++. Episode 1 was A++++++++++++++++++++++++++. Episode 2 was A. Episode 3 & 4 was A-/B+. Episode 5 was F-. Episode 6 was D-.

Stretchy powers just look goofy. They are great in comics or cartoons, but when you try to apply them to live action they look so off, it becomes unbelievable. The change to Ms. Marvels powers was a good decision, and I worry that The Fantastic 4 will never live up to what is expected of a great superhero movie because of this. Reed Richards will always look somewhat... silly.

Iman Vellani carried The Marvels!

Young man, you are in for a very rude awakening one day…

I wish the inhuman,s was in the MCU

I haven’t finished the video yet, but I’m on the djinn part. As a Muslim, I personally did not like the way they used the djinn in the show. The djinn are not typically a good group, even being the species that our version of Satan is from. And as you mentioned, they are not typically seen as something you should draw power from. I understand that it is a somewhat different term among Southeast Asia and the Middle East, but if you are making a show with a Muslim protagonist, making that protagonist a djinn has interesting, and in my opinion concerning implications. I understand how not everyone sees it that way, even among other Muslims, but me and my family did not like that decision. Otherwise, I very much liked the way they incorporated Islam into the show and nothing felt very offensive and managed to ring true to some experiences I’ve had as a Muslim.

Best thing the show did was make her powers light based instead of the worst power ever- body horror, stretchy crap.

There's a x men character i find kind of cool called armor who has powers similar to what ms marvel has now, I think that's why I didn't like ms marvel her new powers.

Ms. Marvel is genuinely the best Desi representation we've ever had in Hollywood. I never thought I would see Desi characters actually interact with their culture without it being something they don't like or a joke. I absolutely never thought there would be a scene in the MC-freaking-U where characters talk about SRK and Bollywood, or show the Partition or anything. As an ABCD, I'm so glad this show exists.