Apropos....
Back in the day, I growled against the existence of Ant-Man (as opposed to the non-existence of Black Widow) with the best of them, but it turned out to be surprisingly charming when I did get around to watching it on dvd, so I'll probably catch the sequel in the cinema. This article about how the movie creators used the events of other Marvel movies (in short: it's set pre-Infinity War, for obvious reasons if you've watched IW, but very much past Civil War and influenced by same) tells me that both Hope and her father will feel very betrayed about Scott taking off and using the Ant Man suit for the Leipzig Air Port fight, which is what some but by no means all of the fanfic had guessed they would. Also, consider me unsurprised Scott isn't hiding out in Wakanda or anywhere else but took an house arrest deal. After the first movie had established him wanting to be there for his daughter as a primary motivation, that makes sense.
And while we're talking other MCU movies using CW in their continuity: Spider-man: Homecoming early on sums up the events of Captain America: Civil War in Peter's hilarious home video which transitions into a new scene of Tony and Happy delivering Peter back on the doorsteps of the building where he lives with his aunt. Now, my question is this: when exactly did this happen? Because it has to be either between the Leipzig-Halle Airport fight and Siberia, or directly after Siberia but before the final CW scene featuring Tony with a recovering Rhodey. Now, CW does a great job remembering Tony Stark as opposed to Steve does not have superhealing, so you see him looking him progressively more battered from the first skirmish at the CIA's Berlin quarters onwards. Tony post Siberia doesn't just have a black eye but various other cuts and bruises in the face, which he evidently does not in the Homecoming scene. Mind you, even post Leipzig, he has some facial bruises (you can see it in the conversation scene with Natasha), but not as severe. Now, the boring Doylist explanation is probably that the Homecoming production team either didn't recall he was supposed to look somewhat battered or didn't want to because the scene in question is supposed to be light hearted, but who cares about Doylist explanations, I want a Watsonian one, which is why I favor Peter's ride home taking place before Siberia. This still leaves us with Tony's chipper demeanour in that scene being entirely faked for Peter's benefit.
On to the tv section of the Marvelverse:
abigail_n has reviewed the second season of Luke Cage here. She liked it far better than I did, though I absolutely agree on Alfre Woodard's performance and Mariah's story and characterisation versus Luke's. Her observation that Luke is written as a different character in all four seasons he's appeared so far (JJ s1, LC s1, Defenders and now LC s2) sums up the problem with the later.
Lastly, a Jessica Jones fanfic rec:
and this is the map of my heart, the landscape after cruelty : Jessica post season 2. Painful and beautiful, in just the right way.
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And while we're talking other MCU movies using CW in their continuity: Spider-man: Homecoming early on sums up the events of Captain America: Civil War in Peter's hilarious home video which transitions into a new scene of Tony and Happy delivering Peter back on the doorsteps of the building where he lives with his aunt. Now, my question is this: when exactly did this happen? Because it has to be either between the Leipzig-Halle Airport fight and Siberia, or directly after Siberia but before the final CW scene featuring Tony with a recovering Rhodey. Now, CW does a great job remembering Tony Stark as opposed to Steve does not have superhealing, so you see him looking him progressively more battered from the first skirmish at the CIA's Berlin quarters onwards. Tony post Siberia doesn't just have a black eye but various other cuts and bruises in the face, which he evidently does not in the Homecoming scene. Mind you, even post Leipzig, he has some facial bruises (you can see it in the conversation scene with Natasha), but not as severe. Now, the boring Doylist explanation is probably that the Homecoming production team either didn't recall he was supposed to look somewhat battered or didn't want to because the scene in question is supposed to be light hearted, but who cares about Doylist explanations, I want a Watsonian one, which is why I favor Peter's ride home taking place before Siberia. This still leaves us with Tony's chipper demeanour in that scene being entirely faked for Peter's benefit.
On to the tv section of the Marvelverse:
abigail_n has reviewed the second season of Luke Cage here. She liked it far better than I did, though I absolutely agree on Alfre Woodard's performance and Mariah's story and characterisation versus Luke's. Her observation that Luke is written as a different character in all four seasons he's appeared so far (JJ s1, LC s1, Defenders and now LC s2) sums up the problem with the later.
Lastly, a Jessica Jones fanfic rec:
and this is the map of my heart, the landscape after cruelty : Jessica post season 2. Painful and beautiful, in just the right way.
This entry was originally posted at https://selenak.dreamwidth.org/1296699.html. Comment there or here, as you wish.