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Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs  It's superb, one of the best miniseries I've watched this century.
I've seen four of Ms. Marvel's six episodes – I'll watch the last two this evening – and really enjoying it so far.
It's good to see increased representation on screen and, although the story seems to lack focus at times and needs to integrate all the different plot threads before the end, I'm impressed with how it involves Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel's close and extended family and shows how they (as they would in reality) speak in Urdu, Arabic, and English. Unsurprisingly, it has very good production values and her superpowers look really good – I'm watching the 4K stream with HDR and that shows how well it's been designed and filmed.
One of the highlights is Iman Vellani, who is superb as Kamala Khan. She is a very charismatic screen presence, adept at visual and verbal humour in the same way as Hailie Steinfeld was a real asset to the Hawkeye series |
Thankfully and happily, the last two episodes of
Ms. Marvel did exactly what I wanted them to so now I can't wait for
The Marvels to appear on Disney+ next year.
I forgot to mention I watched the first two seasons of
Westworld, a second viewing of each one and, because of the clever and complex themes, made it a more rewarding and engaging experience the first time.
I have the third season to watch next and will then get a week's free trial of Now TV so I can watch the fourth season.
If you haven't seen
Westworld, I highly recommend it. It isn't something you can put on as background viewing because it demands your attention and is better when you pick up nuance and know exactly who each character is, their aims and motives,, and to what extent are they self-aware and/or human.