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<blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 332290" data-attributes="member: 23"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Ms. Marvel</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px"><u>Season One</u></span> (2022)</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.senscritique.com%2Fmedia%2F000018667472%2Fsource_big%2FMs_Marvel.jpg&f=1&nofb=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 599px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><em><span style="font-size: 18px">Generation Why / Crushed / Destined</span></em></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There are a good number of reasons why I might not have felt connected to this series.</p><p></p><p>For a start, Kamala Khan came along more than two decades after I’d stopped reading comics with any regularity, so she isn’t my Ms. Marvel.</p><p></p><p>I grew up with the legend of Carol Danvers. And I say “legend” because by the time I began regularly reading comics, Carol was no longer Ms. Marvel and was off the radar. I read her title in back issues, but in then-current comics her story was playing out via the X-Men’s Rogue who had permanently absorbed Carol’s powers <em>and</em> persona. Even when the short-lived Sharon Ventura version of Ms. Marvel came along it was clear to my young self that she was a poor replacement for Carol.</p><p></p><p>Fortunately, Kamala’s Ms. Marvel tackles this thorny problem head-on by not just acknowledging that she is a wannabe Carol Danvers but by making this the driving force for her character. Kamala may not have met Carol at this point, but she’s connected through her fandom. And I have to remind myself that as far as the MCU goes, Kamala will be the first Ms. Marvel.</p><p></p><p>Thanks to the geek culture and AvengerCon, the series has an abundance of wink-wink Marvel in-jokes. The first episode had MCU Easter eggs wherever you looked. Almost too many, one might think. In context they’ve been fine. Yes, it’s meta, but this is a world where superheroes have been part of the reality for a long time. In the MCU timeline we’re exactly thirty years on from Captain Marvel’s arrival on earth (and over eight decades since Captain America). Kamala Khan and her friends were born into a world where superheroes simply always were. In that respect, she represents younger fans who have grown up with the MCU as part of the fabric of their world.</p><p></p><p>And this brings us on to a big part of Kamala’s appeal. She feels like “us”. A fan of superheroes who has geeked out over them; studied them; compared notes with her friends; chosen favourites; bought the merch. And she’s a fantasist: something with which young me strongly identifies. As mentioned earlier in the thread, I’m reminded of the time thirteen year old Kitty Pryde joined the X-Men and as a young reader I suddenly had someone my own age to identify with, which made this world seem even more accessible and tangible. And before Kitty there was Robin. The Teen Titans.</p><p></p><p>And, of course, Peter Parker. It’s no coincidence that the tone isn’t dissimilar to that of the first MCU <em>Spider-Man </em>film, from the animation of the titles to the dynamics among the characters. In fact, <em>Ms. Marvel</em> pushes the “four-colour comic brought to life” tone much further, with vibrant colours that pop and animated fantasy sequences that seem ridiculous but somehow really capture how it feels to be young and fired-up with imagination and potential. It’s an extremely youthful-feeling series.I feel like I would usually find this off-putting, so it’s difficult to explain why I find it appealing here. But I do. </p><p></p><p>The biggest struggle for me is the teen dialogue. The rapidity of speech, the accents and buzzwords means that I'm missing some of what's said in scenes featuring exclusively younger actors. Resorting to subtitles feels like admitting defeat, though, and it hasn't quite come to that yet.</p><p></p><p>One difference I’ve noticed in returning to the Marvel Studios series after the Netflix ones is that the Phase Four series feel very easy to consume. Each episode goes down like a delicious spoonful of sweet ice cream. With short episodes (averaging under 45 minutes) and very short seasons, they don’t feel overwhelming.</p><p></p><p>More than any other Marvel TV series I’ve watched, <em>Ms. Marvel</em> feels cinematic. It felt natural to watch the three episodes back-to-back without any breaks and even now I feel as though I’ve stopped a film halfway through. And I can't wait to resume and see how it ends.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spells & Karma, post: 332290, member: 23"] [CENTER][SIZE=6][B]Ms. Marvel[/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][U]Season One[/U][/SIZE] (2022) [IMG width="599px"]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.senscritique.com%2Fmedia%2F000018667472%2Fsource_big%2FMs_Marvel.jpg&f=1&nofb=1[/IMG] [I][SIZE=5]Generation Why / Crushed / Destined[/SIZE][/I][/CENTER] There are a good number of reasons why I might not have felt connected to this series. For a start, Kamala Khan came along more than two decades after I’d stopped reading comics with any regularity, so she isn’t my Ms. Marvel. I grew up with the legend of Carol Danvers. And I say “legend” because by the time I began regularly reading comics, Carol was no longer Ms. Marvel and was off the radar. I read her title in back issues, but in then-current comics her story was playing out via the X-Men’s Rogue who had permanently absorbed Carol’s powers [I]and[/I] persona. Even when the short-lived Sharon Ventura version of Ms. Marvel came along it was clear to my young self that she was a poor replacement for Carol. Fortunately, Kamala’s Ms. Marvel tackles this thorny problem head-on by not just acknowledging that she is a wannabe Carol Danvers but by making this the driving force for her character. Kamala may not have met Carol at this point, but she’s connected through her fandom. And I have to remind myself that as far as the MCU goes, Kamala will be the first Ms. Marvel. Thanks to the geek culture and AvengerCon, the series has an abundance of wink-wink Marvel in-jokes. The first episode had MCU Easter eggs wherever you looked. Almost too many, one might think. In context they’ve been fine. Yes, it’s meta, but this is a world where superheroes have been part of the reality for a long time. In the MCU timeline we’re exactly thirty years on from Captain Marvel’s arrival on earth (and over eight decades since Captain America). Kamala Khan and her friends were born into a world where superheroes simply always were. In that respect, she represents younger fans who have grown up with the MCU as part of the fabric of their world. And this brings us on to a big part of Kamala’s appeal. She feels like “us”. A fan of superheroes who has geeked out over them; studied them; compared notes with her friends; chosen favourites; bought the merch. And she’s a fantasist: something with which young me strongly identifies. As mentioned earlier in the thread, I’m reminded of the time thirteen year old Kitty Pryde joined the X-Men and as a young reader I suddenly had someone my own age to identify with, which made this world seem even more accessible and tangible. And before Kitty there was Robin. The Teen Titans. And, of course, Peter Parker. It’s no coincidence that the tone isn’t dissimilar to that of the first MCU [I]Spider-Man [/I]film, from the animation of the titles to the dynamics among the characters. In fact, [I]Ms. Marvel[/I] pushes the “four-colour comic brought to life” tone much further, with vibrant colours that pop and animated fantasy sequences that seem ridiculous but somehow really capture how it feels to be young and fired-up with imagination and potential. It’s an extremely youthful-feeling series.I feel like I would usually find this off-putting, so it’s difficult to explain why I find it appealing here. But I do. The biggest struggle for me is the teen dialogue. The rapidity of speech, the accents and buzzwords means that I'm missing some of what's said in scenes featuring exclusively younger actors. Resorting to subtitles feels like admitting defeat, though, and it hasn't quite come to that yet. One difference I’ve noticed in returning to the Marvel Studios series after the Netflix ones is that the Phase Four series feel very easy to consume. Each episode goes down like a delicious spoonful of sweet ice cream. With short episodes (averaging under 45 minutes) and very short seasons, they don’t feel overwhelming. More than any other Marvel TV series I’ve watched, [I]Ms. Marvel[/I] feels cinematic. It felt natural to watch the three episodes back-to-back without any breaks and even now I feel as though I’ve stopped a film halfway through. And I can't wait to resume and see how it ends. [/QUOTE]
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