A close up of a rock on the ground is the most cinematic moment of this cosmically scaled showdown, a great reminder that getting the story’s foundation right is far more important than focusing too much on the chaotic action running through it. At one point, the heroes manage to separate the Soul Stone from Ultron, and the camera focuses on the stone on the ground, restricting perspective as the battle happens around it. There are some effective moments through the clash, though. But with all these heroes strangers to each other and to their foe, it’s hard to get emotionally invested in the action, especially after how good a job last week’s episode did at handling Clint’s story. The fight is basically a rehash of Infinity War’s battle on Titan, with the Guardians of the Multiverse attempting to separate the Stones from Ultron’s body.
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With Ultron nigh-invincible thanks to a full set of Infinity Stones, it’s a series of attempts to slow Ultron that are obviously destined to fail, and no amount of explosions or zombies pouring out of sky portals can add momentum to that effort. The bulk of the episode is dedicated to, you guessed it, a giant fight against Ultron! And after last week’s mind-bending, multiverse-shattering trip through the cosmos, the finale’s showdown was underwhelming. If you’re dying to know more, you’ll have to wait until next season, when the producers have confirmed Gamora’s lost episode will resurface. Where was Gamora? Did she find that Infinity Crusher in her episode? The finale moves too quickly to answer questions like this, so having missed the episode really won’t have much of an effect on your viewing experience here. And just like her purple papa, What If’s producers decided Gamora was the necessary sacrifice. Originally, What If…?’s first season was going to run 10 episodes, but the COVID-19 pandemic meant cutting one from the production calendar to make the release date. If you were thrown by the sudden appearance of Gamora, and the situation she and Tony Stark found themselves in on Nidavellir, you weren’t alone. “Thor, but dumber and funnier” has been one of What If’s greatest successes to date.
It does, however, culminate with Thor (Chris Hemsworth) hilariously shrieking as he’s pulled into the sky in the middle of an excellent battle cry. Instead, scenes like a Dairy Queen-set attack on Ego and Shuri and Pepper storming Wakanda’s throne room to face Killmonger are just used as backdrop, which was a missed opportunity to bring those storylines to a more satisfying close. The ensuing sequence of The Watcher gathering his chosen warriors gives What If the chance to put a button on some of the loose ends it’s created. In that way, What If’s first season manages to end with both a bang and a whimper.Īfter Ultron’s (Ross Marquand) victory last week, The Watcher (Jeffrey Wright) and Strange Supreme (Benedict Cumberbatch) agree that the only way to stop the robot is to, in grand Marvel fashion, assemble a team. That dynamic recurs this week, with a climactic showdown that often miscalculates when to hold back and when to let loose. It’s a set-up fraught with peril for a show that has, to this point, often let good storytelling take a backseat to the action. But now, The Watcher is going on offense with a team of cosmic Avengers to stop the multiverse’s latest threat: Ultron. well, again, he already did that last week. After eight episodes of build-up, The Watcher finally breaks his oath this week.
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