Ok, the REAL question here. Mr. Fantastic, John Krasinski or Pedro Pascal?
Krasinski. Let Pedro do more "serious" roles.
Last week I took a nice trip through memory lane and watched those Avengers movies: Avengers (2012), Civil War (2016), Infinity War (2018) and Endgame (2019) and they're still really fun to watch movies (except first Avengers who, by today's standards, looks a bit dated).
I wasn't invested in Marvel that much after Infinity War (I think I even saw Capt. Marvel and Ant-man after Endgame) so I didn't know what they were about, but I know it was a shitload of it. In a last year I managed to see a bit of it and I must admit I wasn't impressed much with what I saw:
Spider-man: Far From Home - After the first one, this one seemed a bit forced, doubt I'll watch it again.
WandaVision - Friend explained the gist (or the gimmick) of it and it doesn't interest me at all.
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier - These two are fine as side roles, I don't think they are interesting enough to carry the whole show.
Loki S01 - Now first part of the series were GREAT. I loved this David Fincher/Portal 2 atmosphere they built. Second part is more mainstream-ish and kinds dampened the whole opinion of the show.
Black Widow - Classic Marvel flick which could've been much better if it was released way earlier than it actually was.
What If... S01 - Some episodes were so-so, but most of them are great. I would have liked it more if they kept the formula 1 episode=1 story instead of tying all those in the end.
Shang-Chi - Fell asleep half-way through.
Eternals - Still haven't watched. Doubt I will.
Hawkeye - See "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier"
Spider-man: No Way Home - This was fun but my major gripe (as with most movies today) is - does it really have to be three hours long?
MoonKnight - I just found out about this one a month ago when I got Disney+. Still haven't got a clue what this is about.
Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness - Sam Raimi writing script for Dr. Strange being played by Benedict Cumberbatch - what can go wrong? A lot. I think this is one of the rare movies that had the potential to be
everything and managed to be
nothing.
Ms. Marvel - This is a teen show, right? Or at least looks like it. (will not watch)
Thor: Love and Thunder - This one seemed like Waititi took everything people loved in Ragnarok, amped it up to 11 and in the process lost any coherent thought about what Thor (or this movie) should be.
Wakanda Forever - This doesn't have the same appeal now that Chadwick is gone. Might watch it someday.
She/Hulk - I'm not investing myself in another series with Tatiany Maslany after that 3rd or 4th season of Orphan Black.
Ant-Man: Quantumania - I liked the idea of Quantum Realm but this looked like a 3-hour long Winamp Visualiser.
Guardians of the Galaxy 3 - From the Marvel movies that you know should be wacky, this one took a different approach. Still not sure if I can give it a thumb up or a thumb down.
From these movies/shows that I watched there were more misses than hits. Then again, thinking back - I didn't like those Marvel movies to begin with. I'd give any movie from the first phase (Iron Man 1&2, Captain America and Thor) a thumb down, yet, Avengers were fun. Same as Phase 2 (Guardians of the Galaxy being the exception). Phase 3 is league of its own and I'd say this where they hit their peak. So, by that same rule anything that happens in phase 4 or 5 shouldn't bother me much because whatever they have planned at the end might also be fun.
The only problem being is that I don't see where it's all leading to and there aren't that many characters that got my attention. Kang was so-so in last Ant-man and whatever was happening in last episodes of Loki S02 didn't make me appreciate him more. And the ending of the show killed every "stake" there might be in future movies. I've heard there's a talk about re-casting some of the retired roles (RDJ for example) and I must admit my interest might peek a little but I doubt it will happen. If they do go that road they might raise their number by a bit but I believe that would be the end of the whole franchise. So far, I don't see anything I could like except Deadpool 3 (still, I'm probably gonna give some movies/shows a chance)
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