Marvel Zombies S01E01 - S01E04 - Discussion Thread
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Commentaires
We got some of that, but I don’t know, the urgent plot with the overpowered zombies kind of distracted from it. We could have had room for more hero survivors instead and more of the exciting superhero crossover dynamics instead of mainly just focusing on Kamalas small circle and everyone else already dead right off the bat or just dying after 2 seconds of screen time
Like just the opening many scenes, the girls, allllllll their friends and family are dead, yet they’re joking, laughing, playing games and having fun. Like it felt like they were in a different show completely
>!We had Steve and John in Zombies and Captain Carter in Multiverse of Madness!<
>!Sam and Isaiah better wear some extra protective gear around the waist or something!<
THIS ALSO APPLIES TO RIRI
FUCKING KARABAST
I may be wrong
It looked silvery to me.
He Dead
Wish we learned more about the whole Captain Marvel/Icarus deal.
And honestly, at this point, I don't really think there's much they could do in a season 2. Wanda's simply too powerful now and I simply can't think of a way for them to defeat her and save the day.
And it's only Wednesday, which means only us die-hards have seen it. Imagine once the casuals get ahold of it on the weekend.
Spider-Man fans may hate me for this but I believe Kamala was such a good choice as a protagonist. Peter had his time in the spotlight and I can understand the creative direction of highlighting Kamala in this zombie universe. In the mainline MCU, she brings a natural levity to every project she’s in, like her powers she’s literally a light in every scene. Shoving her in this dark, twisted reality is so heartbreaking but so compelling at the same time. You really want to see her succeed and it’s devastating when she bears witness to each sacrifice made for her mission. Seeing her spectacular hardlight constructs bathed with blood was maybe an unintentionally made contrast that perfectly depicts the gravity of her situation.
Banger of a spin off and honestly sours What If that much more if they gave each premise more of this creative oomf.
Only initial gripes is that Wanda’s motivation seems very unclear to me and how Kamala is somehow the key to her achieving her goal. A lot of the things that happen in this show I’m willing to suspend my disbelief in favor of the chaotic storytelling. After we find out that the Nova Corp won’t let anyone off world to quarantine the planet, it’s a bit confusing why Wanda still has this fixation on Kamala if her Mcguffin no longer threatened her. Why was the whole reality rewrite bathed in some of Kamala’s power VFX? I guess that it implies she needs the bangles but for why. She already has the power of the stones at that point. What’s motivating Wanda to spread this virus and gain the power of Infinity Hulk in the first place? It’s not like Infinity Hulk was creating a cure or was a threat to her spreading the plague. (And side note did Riri survive because of that thing she injected herself with and that’s why Kamala is seeing her when she breaks through the hallucinations?) These were the questions I feel like they left unanswered.
Other small things that annoyed me: I do think that there were some character incontinuities that blared a little loud for me. Shang not mentioning his sister is a minor one but Alexei not mentioning Natasha in passing for mourning in that one scene in New Asgard kinda irked me. As much as I think Peter had his time to shine, I wish they gave him a little more to do but for the sake of the story they wanted to tell I can see why he didn’t get to have a lot of screen time. These are nitpicks though and I can look past them.
Otherwise, good job Marvel. You knocked it out of the park with this one wish it was longer.
And yeah it definitely implies Riri survived because of whatever she injected herself with (a makeshift cure?)
Why Kamala and/or the bangles is needed for all that, I don't know. You're just supposed to accept that it's needed for harnessing all that power to create the fabricated reality, I guess. Probably a result of what happened with the stones in the beginning. They can't just take the stones, and snap, and fix everything.
I have no problem with the animation. I like it. This genuinely is a solid entry by Marvel and theres a part of me that’s happy cz their animation side has been weak compared to the live action. I hope they will pursue a full length Avengers 1602 animated movie next. What If? Had a lot of premises that could be expanded and imho these two are the most promising ones.
If they’re doing Part II, then consider me seated.
I really enjoyed the first 3 episodes, but I’m pretty disappointed with the ending. It’s already a 2 hour sequel to a 30 minute What If series, I’m not sure how well the premise is gonna hold up for another 2 hours. Loved the series, very experimental for Marvel, hope we get more animations.
Also, the last episode had an amazing animation
Thus, why I adore her
Edit: AND her geeking out about >!Thor!< because SAMEEEEE
Edit 2: AND >!Spidey.!< God I love her
As a side note, really cool of them to use the Moon Knight theme for Khonshu’s appearance. Hopefully our boy isn’t dead. Maybe we’ll get a new Khonshu avatar?
And a a lot of the Guardians-world characters are still out there. Adam Warlock should be coming out any second now (or does he even come out at all if he’s not needed to grab Rocket). Cosmo is free on Knowhere, Kraglin and the Ravengers are all safe, and Stakar’s og Guardians group should be out there
Anyone that could be left on Earth would be Kamala, Riri, possibly one of the other Eternals, heavy maybe on Mighty Thor, Elsa Bloodstone, Red Hulk since the Leader probably died, and Agatha depending on her mood.
I’m pretty sure Bob had the serum only a few months at very most
Edit: [I was right!](https://old.reddit.com/r/MarvelStudiosSpoilers/comments/1nq7d8i/marvel_zombies_season_2_plans_and_ending/ng52aoj/) I mean, I wasn't 100% right. I thought Wanda needed Kamala's powers to remake the Infinity Stones. The director said Kamala's powers focus the energies like the Gauntlet. But like... Let's not be pedantic, I was right. lol
The ending was very underwhelming though, even if another season happens that was not a satisfying conclusion. Maybe I'm being dramatic, I wonder if others feel the same?
>!Quite a depressing ending. So Wanda's solution to the apocalypse is to put a planet-sized hex all around the planet? Sounds weirdly pretty in character honestly!<
For a moment I thought the twist was that Wanda actually did have the best plan to fix everything. Kamala taking that leap of faith, going against everything she believed was right, and risking her loved ones’ sacrifices to side with the person responsible for their deaths, to find out Wanda had the right idea all along is an interesting concept. She’d’ve saved every one in a way no one, including herself saw coming.
It would’ve worked on a meta level too since Marvel has conditioned the audience to see Wanda as a villain since MoM. Even I started questioning if maybe she was onto something no one else was able to see, or open to seeing.
Imagine if Wanda regained her mind and realized she needed the Infinity power to genuinely restore everything, but it was guarded by hulk still holding on to protecting this world, forcing her to resort to making morally gray choices like zombifying the Asgardians just to get strong enough to stop him, as well as keep surviving heroes at bay who are justifiably distrusting of her. To them it just looks like a tyrannical ass evil zombie witch is taking over the world. To her this world is already too far gone, so each person turned is more manpower to defeat the only thing in her way to actually making everything right again. Thats a dope “ends justify the means” scenario.
What we got instead was “Damn everyones dead, best way to save the rest is to use the infinity energy to put everyone into a peaceful hex, and I will kill any survivor who stands in the way of what I think is best for them.” Assuming she was being honest when she said she got her mind back; what a bitch. No need to consult the survivors at all?
If she really was evil zombie wanda the whole time then we simply just watched the villain win and Kamala actually did let her friends die in vain. Which I guess works for a horror show, but it’s kind of wack.
Your logic for it was more satisfying than what we got tbh
I know, as a Spider-Man fan I can’t really complain - we get way more content than most Marvel heroes - but I still hoped to see some cool interactions with other MCU characters, especially the newly introduced ones. Hopefully, he’ll show up in season 2 (if there is one), since he wasn’t killed directly on screen. And as I always say: no body, no death - so I’d say his fate could be still open to interpretation.
ALSO IF THEY DO A SEASON 2 HE BETTER BE BACK AS EITHER A SURVIVOR OR A ZOMBIE INSTEAD OF OFF SCREEN (He’s gotta be alive though, I mean he and Scott were 2 of the only ones we didn’t see die or zombify in some way.)
Plus like you said, the fact that they didn’t show the zombie actually killing him or Scott on screen is why I believe both might still be alive. Because they clearly showed the zombies taking out the rest of the team, but Spider-Man and Scott’s fate is left kinda ambiguous.
1. Agatha Harkness stealing Wanda's powers.
2. Rio deciding the zombies are dead enough to take control of/destroy them.
3. The Celestials destroying the planet.
4. Galactus breaking out the Ultimate Nullifier
5, (the most realistic) Riri saves Kamala and sends her back in time to stop Hank from unleashing the plague.
I'm a bit disappointed by the cliffhanger ending. They didn't even reveal why Wanda wanted Kamala. I'm guessing she wants to use the quantum bands to spread the virus across the universe, and then the multiverse.
Same for Namor; he was a complete beast when he was on screen and I loved every second of it. Especially with that demonic smile he had on his demented face.
Infinity Hulk was a nice surprise and it was interesting to make him a "cypher" for the Infinity Energy. As well as that fight with Zombie Thor, since those two guys are always fighting out with one another in the comics.
I however was not a fan of what they did with Black Panther. Yes I get it, they wanted to tread carefully with Chadwick Bosemen but it's been five years at this point. He'd want us to move on and I don't think it would be disrespectful to have another voice actor take over from him. That whole fight with Zombie Thanos just felt like an excuse to kill off BP and then not worry about him anymore.
Also this might be weird to say but I wish they had more zombie cameos for the survivors to fight. I know there wouldn't have been that many more characters they could've used but I honestly wish we all least had a couple Defenders show up. Showing off a zombified Daredevil against Khan, Bishop and Williams would've been great since he's already back, but I also *really* wanted to see a zombified Iron Fist too.
Overall, I really liked Marvel Zombies. It wasn't perfect but I wasn't let down by what we got and it had a ton of really great moments in it.
For a moment I thought the twist was that Wanda actually did have the best plan to fix everything. Kamala taking that leap of faith, going against everything she believed was right, and risking her loved ones’ sacrifices to side with the person responsible for their deaths, to find out Wanda had the right idea all along is an interesting concept. She’d’ve saved every one in a way no one, including herself saw coming.
It would’ve worked on a meta level too since Marvel has conditioned the audience to see Wanda as a villain since MoM. Even I started questioning if maybe she was onto something no one else was able to see, or open to seeing.
Imagine if Wanda regained her mind and realized she needed the Infinity power to genuinely restore everything, but it was guarded by hulk still holding on to protecting this world, forcing her to resort to making morally gray choices like zombifying the Asgardians just to get strong enough to stop him, as well as keep surviving heroes at bay who are justifiably distrusting of her. To them it just looks like a tyrannical ass evil zombie witch is taking over the world. To her this world is already too far gone, so each person turned is more manpower to defeat the only thing in her way to actually making everything right again. Thats a dope “ends justify the means” scenario.
What we got instead was “Damn everyones dead, best way to save the rest is to use the infinity energy to put everyone into a peaceful hex, and I will kill any survivor who stands in the way of what I think is best for them.” Assuming she was being honest when she said she got her mind back; what a bitch. No need to consult the survivors at all?
If she really was evil zombie wanda the whole time then we simply just watched the villain win and Kamala actually did let her friends die in vain. Which I guess works for a horror show, but it’s kind of wack.
Overall I really liked this. My favorite part actually was T'Challa finally getting the hero's sendoff he deserved. Went down like an absolute legend.
It’s possible that it was meant to be Black Knight, but given that it’s the same actor across two versions then it’s likely not because it fits the story for the British wizard to be planned from the start with the eternals just sidelined beyond that little bit at the beginning
Even the characters that were only there to be killed (the survivors with Shang-Chi) were enjoyable for the time they got.
I liked that it almost immediately set up that no one was safe. It had me on edge the whole show.
The Captain Marvel vs Icarus fight was cool. I kind of wish that was expanded upon a little more. How did Captain Marvel get back to earth before being called by Fury? Where are the other Eternals? What happened to Tiamut?
That ending was definitely something. Maybe Zombie Wanda will appear in Secret Wars or something, or we’ll get a season 2. If we do get a Season 2, I hope some of the Defenders show up. Or Elsa Bloodstone, Werewolf By Night, and Man-Thing. Hell, Agatha could be fun to see.
I'd say that one is self-explanatory as in The Eternals, it stated after the number of intelligent life reached a certain point, a Celestial would emerge from the planet's core which in the world of Marvel Zombies, the Zombie apocalpse clearly averted that or in other words, he's still dormant.