Season 2/Episode 1 | “What If… Nebula Joined the Nova Corps?”

[Pennywise]

Discuss the episode here.

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Hannibal75]

I liked the Blade Runner aesthetic and vibes.
Would have liked it if it were a bit longer but that's a common complaint about What If episodes.

 

[Venom 1988]

Putting some thoughts in spoiler tags just in case (since there isn't a warning in the title). It's funny be cause I just did a rewatch of both Blade Runner movies this past week, so the cyberpunk/neo-noir vibes were very apparent. I dug the general feel of the episode as well. Nothing crazy or mindblowing amazing (and as mentioned, I wish the the runtime for these episodes were longer), but overall it was a pretty fun episode.

And I do appreciate the use of some of the lesser characters like

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Howard the Duck and Yon-Rogg. And maybe it's because I just finished playing Phantom Liberty a few weeks ago, but did anyone else get President Myers vibes from Nova Prime lol?

 

[Drizzle]

I mean, I'm never going to complain about more

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Howard the Duck

but overall I thought the episode was boring. The overall concept of Nebula joining the Nova Corps isn't that compelling of an idea since she's been on the "good team" for the majority of her appearances in the MCU.

 

[Mike Murdock]

It was basically just a Blade Runner pastiche, but it was a fun one.

 

[TheVileOne]

Fun episode, can we please give Howard his own movie, show, or something please? I feel like it's long overdue. He literally steals every scene he's in.