Friday, August 11, 2023

How Fun Are Marvel TV Shows?

 I recently finished watching the rest of the Marvel shows on Disney+ I hadn't watched yet:  Secret Invasion, Ms. Marvel, and She-Hulk.  I was thinking that two of the three are kind of at opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of fun.  Secret Invasion is really grim and gritty while She-Hulk is really fun and goofy.  So basically on a scale of fun you could put Secret Invasion at 1 and She-Hulk at 10.  So here are my arbitrary ratings.

WandaVision:  Fun Rating:  7

The initial premise is kind of silly with Wanda and Vision starring in parodies of old TV shows.  But there is a tragic undertone as this is Wanda working through her grief at Vision's death and ultimately she loses him again as well as her fictional family.

Falcon and the Winter Soldier:  Fun Rating:  4

There's some banter but mostly this is a serious show about Falcon and the Winter Soldier uncovering a conspiracy and Sam Wilson realizing his destiny as the new Captain America.

Loki:  Fun Rating:  7

There is some multidimensional fun but also some serious stuff with "He Who Remains" and Loki's relationship with "Sylvie" who is a multiverse version of himself.

What If...? Fun Rating:  5

While this is a cartoon and there are a couple of fun episodes, most of them feature apocalyptic stories.  How many times did Tony Stark die?  And there was the whole episode featuring zombies that will have its own spinoff.

Hawkeye:  Fun Rating:  7

There is some fun, most notably the Steve Rogers musical number, though also some serious issues with Hawkeye's past as "Ronin."

Moon Knight:  Fun Rating:  3

While there are some fun parts in the beginning with all his blackouts, there's also a lot of violence and brutality, enough that Disney+ had to add parental controls to keep kids from watching it.

Ms. Marvel:  Fun Rating:  8

There is plenty of fun as Kamala gains superpowers and starts learning how to use them and become a hero.  There are a few more serious beats than She-Hulk concerning the issues of racism, xenophobia, and the division of India in 1948.

Now, what if we throw in some of the Marvel live action shows that preceded Disney+?

Agents of SHIELD:  Fun Rating:  Inc

I only watched the first season, so I would have to rely on people who have actually watched it to tell me how much fun it was.  The first season I would put at maybe 6 or 7.

Agent Carter:  Fun Rating:  8

While there were serious issues of sexism and people were killed and stuff, as a network show this wasn't very graphic or anything.

Daredevil:  Fun Rating:  3

The original Netflix MCU series, there was plenty of violence and grittiness.  Though I only watched the first two seasons, not the last one.

Jessica Jones:  Fun Rating:  2

While Jessica had some nice quips, the brutality of "the Purple Man" and his essentially mentally raping Jessica really didn't make this much fun.  I only watched one season; I don't remember if there was a second one.

Luke Cage:  Fun Rating:  4

There wasn't the mental raping of Jessica Jones, but there was violence and the issue of racism.  In the end he winds up in jail, so not a very fun ending.

Iron Fist:  Fun Rating:  5

Probably the most "fun" if only by default as it doesn't have issues of racism, sexism, or rape.  There's still some violence, though maybe not as much.

The Punisher:  Fun Rating:  4

While this probably should have been 1 if they had really made it like some iterations of the Punisher comics, they didn't really go full-bore on the violence, brutality, and gore.  I remember being more bored than shocked or horrified or anything.

The Defenders:  Fun Rating:  6

When they brought the characters from all their series together (except the Punisher) for this miniseries, it didn't really have as many of the serious issues.  There was violence and a "death" but maybe not as serious as the individual shows.

I'm not great at "infographics" but I whipped up a little something in PowerPoint to diagram where I put all my ratings.  I left Agents of SHIELD floating at the bottom because I didn't really watch much of it.

Anyway, how would you rank these shows by fun?  Answer and maybe we can do a version 2 of the infographic!

3 comments:

Cindy said...

I haven't seen most of these shows. I would rank Loki a bit more fun than Wanda Vision. Mainly because Wanda's problems are more depressing. In general, I like some fun in movies. Overall, Marvel has more funny moments.

Christopher Dilloway said...

wow...didn't realize there were so many...I've only watched What if and Falcon and Winter Soldier. I've just felt so done with MCU stuff

Maurice Mitchell said...

To me WandaVision is the most fun since it had the sitcom trappings. of course in the later episodes there was a major tone shift. Iron Fist was the worst since the main character was completely unlikeable but the rest of the cast was good. Great list and I hope you have a smokin' Friday

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