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When Iron Man first hit cinema screens in 2008, no one at the time would’ve even had the slightest inkling that Marvel Studios would grow to be the cinematic titan it is today. Having spawned dozens of sequels, spin-offs and more, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has arguably become the most significant and bankable film franchise in recent memory.
This doesn’t come without its pitfalls however, and you don’t have to look far to see Marvel’s detractors make their thoughts known. Among the most common of criticisms levelled at the franchise has been its uniform approach to story telling, with many viewers begrudgingly making their way to new releases often at the expense of forced humour, undeveloped antagonists, and iffy CGI. These critiques haven’t gone away either, and have actually increased with each successful Marvel outing (even if there are exceptions – Winter Soldier to name but one).
The penultimate episode of Daredevil: Born again shows Matt Murdock confronting some old demons and the fight is far from over.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s youth is about to go wild (like Skid Row) in an upcoming Disney+ series. The Young Avengers (or possibly Champions) kicked off with a cute post-credit scene featuring Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan) trying to recruit Hawkeye (Kate Bishop). Surprisingly, more hints about the team’s possibilities were dropped in a recent episode of Daredevil: Born Again.
RPadTV host Raymond Padilla is joined by fellow comics nerd Paul Semel to discuss theories on MCU’s Young Avengers (or maybe Champions). They’ll kick things off with a brief primer on Young Avengers and Champions for MCU fans that didn’t read the comics. Then they’ll talk about probable team members, possible team members, possible mentors, Paul’s wish to mix not-so-young people into the team, and characters they don’t want to see.
What has eight tentacles and the combined body parts of John Kreese and Terry Silver? Octo-Silver – the Cobra Kai spin-off you never knew you needed.
