Insight will be on for at least the next 24 hours.

They were really having a moment until Frank recklessly tried to shoot her, which resulted in Peter having to take the bullet. She’ll definitely owe him that much for saving her, not just from that but also from letting her grief completely consume her.

In the loki s2 finale, loki uses his magic to bring life to the multiverse which was dying because the loom was destroyed. This is what I thought was happening!
But it gave me some doubts!

If the multiverse is not supposed to survive withoutt the loom,, how did it survive before kang invented the loom, multiple variants of kang fought and finally one variant created the loom to control a single timeline and stabilise it so that no more of his variants can survive and start the multiverse war again.

So by this logic the multiverse should naturally grow larger without the help of the loom nor lokis magic!?

I may have missed some logic while watching, but this keeps bugging me!

Marvel did a lot of mediocre releases in this phase. There were a few bright points but they were mostly sequels. Spidey, GotG3, Deadpool and Wolverine. Until recently, one could argue that Shang-Shi was the best stand-alone origin movie we've had in a very long time. Some might throw Fantastic 4 and Thunderbolts into that mix now, but for a while there was only Shang-Chi.

The fight sequences were some of the best in the entire MCU. The lore and story were told in a very exciting way. There was a villain you could sympathize with on a certain level. There was humour but not too much or too goofy. Just the right splash of other MCU characters involved (maybe the best being Trevor frickin Slattery). Maybe the best final boss fatality in the MCU when Shang-Chi uses the 10 rings on the giant soul sucker. One of the best post-credit scenes we've seen recently, setting up some interesting aspects of the 10 rings. Simu is a perfect casting. It had it all.

So what the hell happened to this property? To me, it's not the abundance of mediocrity that was the biggest dropped ball in this saga. It's the fact they had an amazing foundation for a new hero, and they just went nowhere with it.

I think I figured out the identity of The Handler. Notice her surroundings, how pristine and clean... perfectly sharpened identical pencils, all the same length; identical pens... I believe we're looking at an AI Construct, similar to Vision's Mind Palace. And given the only AI we haven't seen yet (besides Jim Hammond) is Jocasta, that's who I'm betting The Handler is.

It's clear Paladin is using some form of, if not the original E.D.I.T.H. glasses. And given E.D.I.T.H. now resides in Vision, I'm wagering Paladin got ahold of both the glasses and Jocasta's memory stick. The way he says "Oh you're awake" just seemed weird, unless she's an AI.

EDIT: I seriously dropped the ball with the names on this one lol. JIM, not JOHN. JOCASTA, not JACOSTA. lol. Thanks for the corrections guys.

I’ve been working through my big MCU rewatch. I call it that because I have seen a majority of all this stuff. However, there were some shows/movies after endgame where I was just burnt out and didn’t care.

So I get to Loki. Now, in my head cannon, i was convinced I had seen both seasons of Loki. And, as we all know, of course season 2 ends with Loki and Sylvie talking with HWR at the end of time, and Sylvie eventually killing him... that’s it.

I believed this completely.. all the way until end of S1, and HWR appears at the end of time. I was very confused.. that’s the end of it.. but there’s still a season 2?! I thought I watched this!

I had not. And so I, very unexpectedly, watched season 2 of Loki for the first time. And what a work of fuckin art! I loved season 1, season 2 is somehow even better. what a mind blowing trip, seeing Loki undergo all that character growth was something. Spends centuries learning science and wisdom to be the God people needed him to be. No wonder he’s so relevant in Doomsday.

FWIW, I highly recommend picking a good show, and thoroughly convincing yourself you’ve seen it already. quite the experience.

I know we haven't seen Doomsday and Secret Wars yet, but I'm just wondering generally what people would like to see from these characters. More solo films? appearances in other people's films? showing up in the TV shows?

Moon Knight apparently has a big following, far more than I thought. I didn’t know much about the character and was only familiar with him through the video game Spider-Man Web of Shadows in which he has a very brief role. So the MCU has done a pretty good job either reintroducing or at least presenting some of these characters to broader audiences in a way that is compelling.

The series has a really compelling mixture of the superhero genre, the supernatural, psychological and even mythological. Which really makes it feel unique and relatively new for the MCU. I suppose one of the biggest praises I can give the series is that it takes risks. Oscar Issac proves, or shall I say continues to prove, what we have always known about him: that he is a phenomenal actor by portraying these different characters. He does exceptional work (undoubtedly helped by good writing and direction) with the Steven and Marc dynamic. The show is organized in a way that the full story and exact details of story elements and twists aren’t easily given and are earned as time goes on. This does come with a bit of criticism because by the end of the show it feels like it held back too much information at times just for the sake of twists and shock. The Egyptian setting, mythological influence and focus is really cool. Khonshu was great, I’m glad he wasn’t some stoic good god. He can be quite nefarious, underhanded and questionable regarding his motives and morality. That makes things interesting. Ethan Hawke actually makes a compelling villain here that doesn’t have a big CGI throwdown with the main character. Layla was the surprise in this show for me. She sort of is what I would imagine most people would have tried to write Moon Knight as. But thankfully she’s not and she’s charismatic and gives the story that emotional weight. May Calamawy is fantastic as the character. The visual styles are unique for creatures and locations but especially the costumes for Moon Knight. Comedy is done more effectively than some of the other MCU projects. Once again, we have another isolated and relatively insulated MCU story that can stand on its own and isn’t beholden or reliant upon other projects.

The final episodes feel like they are rushing to address everything and wrap everything up. Henceforth, I’m calling this the “Disney Plus MCU Curse” because it’s at this point a defining aspect of many of the MCU shows on Disney Plus. The series focuses a lot on Steven and Marc, but Moon Knight surprisingly has relatively little screen time. While I praised Hawke’s performance as Harrow, his development as a character is a bit shallow particularly his relationship with Ammit. The action sort of becomes run of the mill MCU. And the Egyptian gods are underutilized and make some very questionable decisions. 

Yet another frustrating case of the MCU giving us a unique, compelling and solid story, character and project and shelving it and leaving the future of the character relatively uncertain. 

Rating: 4/5

One thing I've always loved about the MCU is the relationships between characters. Not just the romantic ones, but the friendships that develop along the way. Sometimes two characters have amazing chemistry, and then we barely get to see them interact again.

Personally, I wish we'd gotten more scenes with Natasha and Steve. I really liked their dynamic in The Winter Soldier. They had completely different personalities, but somehow worked so well together. Natasha constantly teasing Steve while he tried to stay serious was genuinely entertaining. And I loved how their relationship felt built on mutual respect rather than forced jokes.

I know they shared scenes in other movies, but I would've loved to see more of their friendship outside of missions and saving the world. Just normal conversations, disagreements, or moments where they actually got to know each other better.

I also think Thor and Bruce had a pretty underrated dynamic, especially in Ragnarok. Their interactions were hilarious, and I wish Marvel had explored that friendship a little more.

It feels like the MCU sometimes introduces great character dynamics and then moves on before we really get to enjoy them.

Which friendship do you think deserved more screen time? It doesn't necessarily have to be an obvious duo. I'm curious about the friendships that you think had the most wasted potential.

When I was watching the episodes, I kept thinking to myself about "oh, they would so act like that if they were humans." I don't know, is anyone else feeling the same way? I'm really loving the way they portray them in the series so far.

VisionQuest… ROCKS So Far!!

Shout-out to Dolorous Edd! 😁 from r/GameOfThrones
to the MCU, man kills it 🤘 … “and now his Watch is Ended”

They've mentioned the Butcherbird killer twice in the show. Once in the newspaper in Episode 1 and once again in Episode 2 when Ultron is watching the news and says he loves true crime.

The other big headline in the paper, about the stolen adamantium, immediately came to play in Episode 2 with Paladin using some of that Adamantium against Vision. So they're definitely setting this Butcherbird killer up for something more right? Who could it be? Human Torch? Jocasta?