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Ms. Marvel Season 1 Episode 3 (2022)

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Wow. That was a lot. So, first off, the changes to some other things from the comics revealed this episode was surprising to say the least, but for now, I didn’t mind them too much. This certainly keeps the mystery up for those who’ve read the comics.

Other than that, the other aspects of the story are ramping up. Damage Control are stepping up and tension is growing. The character development scenes in this episode were quite lovely. The family scenes and us finally getting the “Good isn’t a thing you are, it’s a thing you do.” line from the comics was fantastic. The villain stuff this episode seemed a bit quick but that’s just because of the 6 episode length.

With two episodes left, there’s a lot to do. Next week will be quite the episode considering where we’re going. And who knows what the finale will be like.

There were a couple references to the rest of the MCU in this episode, I wonder if they’ll lead to anything in the future.

I’m still enjoying this show very much!! I can’t wait to see what these last two episodes bring and how it all flows into The Marvels. till next week!

Lightyear (2022)

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June 16, 2022 – I have to say, if I were Andy and all his friends when he was a kid in the 90’s, I would have been blown away by this movie XD. And today, I’m similarly in awe. It was a fantastic film!

The plot was pretty simple, but it had reach. I love this version of Buzz, he’s what we know from the Buzz toy from the Toy Story franchise, but with more depth of course, since he’s the character the toy is based off of. He’s a bit by the books but does his own thing when he feels he needs to. That can be a good thing at times and a bad thing at others.

The other characters in the movie were enjoyable, though other than both Hawthorne‘s the other two were maybe a bit one-note. But they were still fun. And Sox is of course the best!

There weren’t too many twists and turns, though one thing was unexpected. I think it was a decent twist. Basically a lot of things go wrong before things go right (regarding the team’s plans).

This was just a fun adventurous movie with a great lead and lots of blowing things up! I’m certainly glad I saw it in theaters. Space stuff is always better in theaters.

Mid-credit scene: Yes. A funny one.

End-credit scene: Yes. Also for laughs.

A-very-last-thing-you-see-end-credit scene. Oh yes indeed. The most important one.

Ms. Marvel Season 1 Episode 2 (2022)

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June 15, 2022- This second episode was also fantastic!! The visuals of the text messages and animated feelings that Kamala was having through the episode were great!

Of course, being only 6 episodes, the plot has to move quickly, so characters are coming in earlier than really makes sense to do, but I assume Marvel wasn’t sure about how this would be received, so like all the other Disney+ series, this is a single season limited series (so far). If they’d had let’s say 3 seasons, I’d have introduced Kamran in season 2 and Red Dagger (who we’re getting later this season) in season 3. But eh, we’re getting what we’re getting in the time we have.

The training montage was great because by the end of it, she was better but she’s not mastered things. She’s coming off of this high of a little bit of super heroing and is certainly overconfident. But hey, she’s 16. This episode is of course all focusing on meeting Kamran, the new senior at school. Those who know the comics will know what this probably means, but for now, it’s just competition for Bruno. All Kamala’s interactions with Kamran are all what you’d expect from having an instant crush on someone. All their scenes together are well done and the chemistry works. Also, love that Eternals reference ^__^

The side plot of Eid and the vote with Nakia gaining confidence were also very important moments both for Pakistani culture being portrayed on screen, and also showing the strength of friendship, love and support between Kamala and Nakia.

The mystery of the bangle still is, well mysterious, but we got a few more breadcrumbs to follow. This aspect of the character is also unknown for fans of the comics because this is purely MCU created. So, I am intrigued to see how they craft this origin.

Kamala has her second public hero moment in this episode and it’s a challenge for her. We’ll see if that leads to anything more I suppose.

But the ending kept rolling with surprises. The face, the attack, the save. So many questions!

I’m continuing to love this series as I’m sure I will say after every episode. Till next week!

Ms. Marvel Season 1 Episode 1 (2022)

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As I’ve said before, Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan) is my favorite Marvel character. So, when the series was announced in August 2019 at D23, I was ecstatic. Therefore, I decided to make a post after having watched the first episode. I probably will do this for all 6 episodes.

As a person born in India and having grown up in America my whole life, I related to Kamala being a fellow south Asian growing up in America. And of course, I also related to her being a super-fan of the Marvel heroes. Even though I was 24 when Kamala was introduced to the world in 2014, I had enough awareness of India and other south Asian cultures through my adopted family to be able to compare it to Kamala being part of the Pakistani culture.

Many people have said that Kamala has been like Peter Parker was when he first appeared in comics in that Kamala is a lens through which we, as fans of all of these characters, can experience the Marvel universe. She is intelligent and good-hearted, brave and willing to admit when she’s made mistakes. Back in the day, Peter was the kid through which generations could see themselves as while he was interacting with the adult heroes.

June 8, 2022 – I am very excited for the world to meet her in the MCU as portrayed by Iman Vellani. After watching the first episode of this miniseries (6 episodes) and after having watched a number of interviews of which she has taken part in, I can see that she is as close to the character as one can be. She’s a super-fan of Marvel and the MCU, and her enthusiasm for the role and the world Kamala lives in is wonderful. She has grown up in Canada and Western culture and through this role, she has gotten more connected to her heritage. I can’t wait to see what she and the cast of the show will bring to their roles in this series, “The Marvels” movie next year, and beyond.

Welcome to the MCU, Kamala Khan!! #MsMarvel #KamalaKhan #GoodIsNotAThingYouAreItsAThingYouDo

June 8, 2022

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DW Origins 1 dropped, so I’m excited to see what stories they made for The Fugitive. So much is going in in Venom. Tombstone has it out for Spidey. I got this SW 24 variant because I loved the design of this moment from Ep IX. The new run of Savage Avengers continued, as did the X-Men 92′ series. Thor and Jane got their own miniseries. The next issue of the Earth-Prime event dropped. And then DC just dropped alllll this. Nubia’s limited series, Poison Ivy’s new (first also I think) run (written by the ever-awesome G. Willow Wilson, co-creator of Kamala Khan), Teen Justice’s debut, the next issue of Flashpoint Beyond, Dark Crisis’s first issue, the Aquaman Black Label miniseries starting and DC’s Pride special all dropped on one day!! I’m excited to get to this particular week’s issues.

Favorite variants and covers and posters below.

Oh and the next post is a surprise!

As I said, I love the way the artist depicted this scene from Episode IX. And there’s that next Peach Momoko cover of Jane. Jenny Frison’s art is always amazing, plus I enjoy Cloak & Dagger, so, there we go. The Pride cover for Thor 26 of Rūna looks beautiful! And I really love this Poison Ivy 1 variant (I have another variant coming in the mail at some point).

This is the Dark Crisis wraparound cover. When I saw this in the promotions for this event, I knew I wanted to get a copy just for the cover also. I am quite excited for this Crisis event.

This is the Jim Lee homage variant of Dark Crisis 1. His art is legendary and it’s great seeing all these images from days passed.

This is the wraparound variant for DC’s Pride special. Now, the first two images are the actual issue and the third one is of the art via a promotional image in another DC comic because the almost TPB spine of this special prevented me from properly folding it out. Which is of course great for the book itself, haha.

Here are the Marvel posters! The Daredevil one is my favorite one of these three.

So, with the Marvel posters I know what I’ll get through the Marvel Previews each month, but for DC I never know. So, it’s always a surprise. This was certainly a surprise! XD I probably wouldn’t have gotten the other copy of this issue if I’d known there was a full poster coming. The art is by Daniel Sampere. This is so awesome!

June 1, 2022

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Basically, I hadn’t finished the previous pile of comics, so I couldn’t take the photos or start this pile I got on the 9th.

We got AC and Batman annuals. There was the Omega issue of Shadow War and the JL Road to Dar Crisis special. Sweet Paprika 10 and all its variants (at least all the variants that I could get from my store). The order was wrong because I didn’t realize the black and white cover was the A Cover. Knights of X was continuing and Black Panther had a lot going on (plus that awesome Ms. Marvel variant!!). Captain Marvel’s Binary entity seemed to be starting it’s (her?) journey. Clea had many things to deal with. I’m excited for Carnage, since this story is still mysterious. Miles was about to start an adventure on a scary new earth. The Avengers Forever event continued and Vader and Sabé partnered up!!

Favorite variants below.

The more Peach Momoko art the world has, the better! Love her art so much! There will be another in the next post (FYI, there will be 14 images in the next post! XD).

Of course, as my favorite Marvel character, Anytime I see a cover with Kamala on it, I try to get one. So, this AAPI cover was a no-brainer.

Jurassic World: Dominion (2022)

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June 9, 2022 – So, it’s been a while since I watched Fallen Kingdom, so I forgot a bunch of stuff, I’d seen Jurassic World on television recently, so it was fresh in my mind.

I enjoyed this movie a lot. I loved seeing the classic Jurassic Park characters interact with the modern era characters. The dinosaurs were of course gorgeous as always. There were ones that we’d not seen in a while and familiar ones. This movie takes place 4 years after Fallen Kingdom, so the world is not doing well after dinosaurs were unintentionally introduced back into the wild. Plus those bugs! Wow. There were two clear plots that weaved in and out throughout the movie and they connected nicely later on.

All the actors did brilliantly as one would expect. Since this is the end of this story, I wouldn’t mind seeing a couple of the new characters have their own projects. They certainly seemed to have more to offer.

Seeing the dinosaurs in the midst of the normal world was intriguing and visually fascinating, even if not great for the people in the movie. There were some cameos via photos in one scene from the other Jurassic World movies that was nice. And there was even a couple specific things directly from the original Jurassic Park.

I really enjoyed being in this world again, it’s always fun. Of course it’s not been that long since we’ve been there since Netflix has had its Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous animated series which has been going the past few years. The final season of which drops next month. I’d certainly suggest it, it gets deeper than I thought it would when I first watched it. It’s set before, during and after the first Jurassic World movie, so the connections to that in season 1 are many. Season 2 is during the same month and season 3 is three or so months after season 2. It’s quite fun to see connections to the movies via this series and to see what potential there is for future projects.

All-in-all, this was a great ending for this story that started for us all in 1993 (1990 for those who read the novel first).

Mid-credit scene: No

End-credit scene: No

May 25, 2022

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I’m way late posting this week because it was Star Wars Celebration and I watched the livestream for the four days. Didn’t have time to take photos till yesterday (May 31).

The DC versus Vampires Hunters one-shot I got just for the cover. Wally wasn’t having a great time with things. We got the final issue of Teen Titans Academy. Things seem to be moving in Action Comics. We got the next two parts of Shadow War. I’m very happy that Unnatural got a new run! I’m interested in what’s happening with Liliana in her MTG title. Image Comics is making an anthology series for their anniversary and I got this issue for the cover but I may flip through it and maybe get the collected edition of this anthology if there are enough captivating stories. The Punisher story is intriguing. We got a new X-title called Legion of X. I’m wondering what is going on between Peter and MJ. Avengers has been going through a lot and I’m excited for it all! And we got the Devil’s Reign conclusion.

Favorite A covers and variant covers in latter images. Four A covers and four variants this time.

This is the variant for the final issue of Teen Titans Academy. I usually like getting variants of first and final issues of runs if I like if of the covers. Always love BB and Raven ^__^

This Moon Knight variant is another one of the AAPI variants like I got last time.

I always try to get a cover (A of variant) if it has Rose on it. love this variant.

Love an InHyuk Lee cover of course. It’s a plus that it’s a Daredevil-related A cover.

Another A cover that I loved the art from. I mean look at that!

I enjoy both of Jane’s superhero personas. This was just a great A cover of them both.

This I got just because Mirka Andolfo’s Paprika character was on the A cover.

And this Unnatural variant by Peach Momoko I bought online since it was an incentives cover and my store tends not to qualify for those.

May 18, 2022

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I’m way late posting this week because it was Star Wars Celebration and I watched the livestream for the four days. Didn’t have time to take photos till yesterday (May 31).

This will be what I start reading today (June 1), hence I the past tense. Duo was suggested by my store, so I decided to see what it was. Though I do seem to remember these characters from something relatively recently, but I can’t place it. It’s a couple who have to share one body and become a hero. I’m excited for Nightwing since things have been getting interesting there. Shadow War continued. We got the next part in the Earth-Prime event. The next Marvel Voices issue came out. I’m intrigue by Juggernaut in the X-Force issue. X-Men Red and Immortal X-Men seem to be very tense. I’m happy to have the next issue of Iron Fist to learn more about what his journey will be as Iron Fist. Savage Avengers got a new run which I am excited for, though Marvel will soon lose rights to Conan, so he will have to be written out of the series soon. I think this is the last Eternals issue before Judgement Day, but I’m not sure. I’m excited for this Thor and Hulk crossover to continue. And we got the next issue in the Reckoning War event.

Favorites of the variant covers in latter images.

For the Immortal X-Men variant, I like the black and white contrast here and the art style it just amazing. for the Nightwing variant, it’s a Jen Bartel cover, I love the colors and the scene itself with the Bat-Family. And the Shadow War Zone cover is just an amazing tribute to the classic The Uncanny X-Men #141: Days of Future Past cover from 1981.

And of course, there’s another post-card variant I had to get. Loving these covers! Though I seem to have forgotten where I put the box I placed the others I got in for safe keeping till I could bag and board them. So, that’s causing my stress.