What If...?

Despite some bright spots (gorgeous animated backgrounds, Captain Carter and Star-Lord T'Challa are really wonderful characters, the Doctor Strange episode is a masterpiece), the overall impression is fairly negative. And I'm an MCU apologist. Most of the attempts at humor were cringeworthy, and it thinks it's making these bold choices when it really isn't - you can feel it retreating at the mandates of the IP. IMO, the Multiverse may break the MCU - this was not a good sign of things to come.

Slightly handicapped by runtimes and weaker episodes, but at their best the finest episode are stylish and entertaining. An interesting MCU addition.

I find this interesting in the sense that MCU lore has become grand enough that something like this can functionally exist. However, it runs the gamut in quality, between heavy hitters like the Strange episode and total shitters such as Killmonger. At its best it plays with the establishment with characters in neat ways, but other times it's kind of a wet, bland fart. I'll give it props for its really cool finale, though.

An interesting idea, I’ve always been interested in What If scenarios both in film and IRL, so I was cautiously optimistic. The quality varies greatly, with episodes 3, 4, 8, and 9 being my favorites. The animation is enjoyable once you adjust to it, and it allows for some pretty great action scenes. The episodes are a bit short, which doesn’t give much time to get invested in any of the worlds presented. I’m open to more if done better, but this is one of the weaker products of the MCU.

Doctor Strange episode was pretty cool, but other than that I think I'd have to be more into the Marvel stuff than I am to really be compelled by this