surprisingly liked Loki the most out of all + shows so far. I can't fucking believe that not only did the writers make me care and be hyped about Kang The Conqueror (personally just never cared for him because I don't know the character and I think his costume is just pure goofy Silver Age shit.), I am now curious to see Ant-Man 3 because of him.
also, kinda weird how the show about the most spinoff character (timeline offshoot Loki) has the most consequences compared to the shows about the members of the Avengers... like, idk, mayyyyybe Wanda reading that discount Necronomikon or whateverthefuck will come into play at some point, but the Sam & Bucky shit is 1000% of pointless political agenda filler (John was great tho, I wish it was a show about him instead and Sam and Bucky were like background characters).
I'm still surprised at how many people defend that retarded Iron Man 3 twist.
"A-ha! The villain wasn't this interesting and original character! It was actually... a bland businessman / scientist with a grudge against Tony Stark... just like the last two movies! What a twist!"
I dunno, maybe I'm biased because I love Iron Man 1 and like 2 and 3 to some degree (rhyme unintended) I think there is argument to be made that all 3 villains are distinguishable in their specific grudges
- Stane seems like he was just envious of Tony getting the company after Howard got iced.
- Vanko was mad at Tony because Howard screwed over his dad (in the original script the storyline was more shades of gray until the Mouse stepped in and made it all black and white, hence why Rourke was mad about what ended up in theaters).
- and Killian was mad at Tony because Tony was a dick to him
I find Killian especially interesting in purely by the contrast of him not being being a guy in a bootleg Iron Man suit like the other two. It's a shame that Extremis' action scene potential was squandered by having Killian's goons only regenerate and heat up their arms. The guy who juiced himself with Extremis in the original comic was crazy powerful, he could run fast, shoot lightnin out of his fingertips and shit, it was nuts!
The moment where Killian breathes fire stands out purely because it's the only scene where MCU Extremis isn't used to either heat up or regenerate a limb.
I wish Iron Man 3 wasn't so comedic. If it had the darker tone throughout the whole movie (not just certain parts), cut the stupid fucking kid out and give it like 20 more minutes of runtime allowing for some depth scenes maybe - all I'm saying is it could've been a way better movie and you can see little bits and pieces of it in Iron Man 3. But oh well...
