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Caught the new LOKI episode.

…I get the feeling that Marvel just doesn’t have the same reserves of interesting and gotta-watch that it used to have. It’s drained its creative batteries to dangerous levels, wasted too much of its juices on poorly-chosen projects, and generally run out of steam. The fires are guttering; and when they’re finally out, they’re out.

On the bright side: if this first episode is any indication, they’ve decided to use up whatever’s left for LOKI, Season 2. Because where has this Marvel been? This episode was solid! I’m ready again to catch each new one as it comes out! It’s horrible that this is now high praise for a MCU project!

Ach, how the mighty have fallen.

The LOKI Season 2 trailer.

I didn’t finish SECRET INASION – heck, I barely started it – and that’s a bad sign for Marvel. I mean, I’m sure they’re not panicking over my specific disappointment, but what if I’m just representative of the trend? That being said, the new season of LOKI looks pretty sweet. Let’s see if it holds up.

The ‘Running out of steam?’ THE MARVELS trailer.

Very possibly. And I won’t lie; I’ll miss the ride, if it’s over. It was fun*. They are claiming that THE MARVELS is supposed to be silly, though. That might be enough.

*My opinion on what they should have done, post-ENDGAME, would have been: dial it all back. One MCU movie a year, low-stakes that stuff, and used Disney+ to prepare the way for the X-Men and the Fantastic Four. Oh, and THOR: LOVE AND ROCKETS should have been a TV show, too.

ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA has a selectively bad $120M opening.

Selectively because there’s a bunch of half-empty articles out there on the subject:

Director Peyton Reed’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania certainly didn’t disappoint in its domestic box debut, with the film flying to a four-day opening of $120 million, one of the best showings ever for the Presidents Day holiday and by far the biggest start for Marvel’s low-key franchise.

Yet the third installment of the Paul Rudd-Evangeline Lilly series is still a cautionary win for Marvel Studios and Disney, which are at a critical juncture as Marvel kicks off Phase 5, and conquering hero Bob Iger returns as Walt Disney Co. CEO. With a 47 percent rating, the film is tied with Eternals (2021) for Marvel’s lowest Rotten Tomatoes score, and perhaps more telling, it earned a B CinemaScore from audiences, one of the few Marvel titles to do so.

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The ‘Crud, are they taking this series seriously now?’ second ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA trailer.

I don’t know if I want them to take the ANT-MAN AND THE WASP series seriously. The series is at its best when it’s aware of just how goofy the premise is, and somebody gave them money to make it properly anyway. I get that it’s time for ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA to join the Kirby Era of the MCU, but still…