The Disney streaming service should be launching sometime next year, and with it is coming
a bunch of cool stuff.
The Mandalorian, a Cassian Andor show, a Monsters Inc show, a Lady and the Tramp remake, a new
Muppets show, a bunch of stuff.
But what I’m most excited for is the new MCU content we’re gonna be getting.
Honestly this is still really weird to me, because the shows that have been announced
and/or are rumored seemed to me like something I’d love to see someday but didn't actually
ever think would get made.
A lot of that sort of stuff’s been coming out or announced lately, like Incredibles
2 or that John Wick show or the Breaking Bad movie sequel they’re making, I don’t know,
it’s still weird to me but it’s awesome.
So with that in mind let’s talk about what these upcoming shows are, what they’ll be
about, and if I’m excited.
Spoilers, I’m excited for pretty much all of these.
Also actual spoilers for the MCU, namely Infinity War, but I mean, come on, from now on I’m
not gonna put spoiler warnings in regards to Infinity War on my videos.
You’ve seen it.
First up we’ve got the Loki show coming….next year I’m guessing?
Now I’m just gonna address the Infinity War problem up front, because funnily enough
most of the shows announced or rumored involve a character who died in Avengers Infinity
War.
Now Loki’s a separate thing, we’ll get to that in a second, but as far as the people
who killed by the snap, sure, one or two of them could be a prequel but I think they’ll
take place after Avengers 4, cuz I’m assuming based on all the evidence and how movies go
generally that the snap will be reversed somehow.
I still stand by that they’re gonna go to a new dimension through the multiverse, that
whole theory’s in this video, just putting that out there again.
But anyway, yeah, we’ll get to Falcon and Winter Soldier later, but I don’t think
there’s any way that could be a prequel given the time these characters have actually
been together.
So where does that leave Loki.
Well he’s a special case cuz he wasn’t killed in the snap, him, Vision, and Gamora
died separately, which is why I assumed they were permanently dead.
Gamora I still think is gonna stay dead, Vision maybe?
Given some news that's come out.
And Loki, I guess is coming back.
Or it could be a prequel.
Here are the options for this show I imagine.
It’s a prequel about Loki’s time between Thor and Avengers, where maybe Thanos asked
him to around and do a bunch of tasks for him, you know, could be fun although a bit
episodic.
It could be between Thor 2 and Ragnarok of him ruling Asgard as Odin, I sincerely doubt
it’ll be that, it could be between when he landed on Sakaar and Thor gets there, this
one I think is the most likely out of these prequel options because there’s a lot of
flexibility with the time there since time works strangely on that planet and it's also
a crazy place where all kinds of fun adventures could be had.
Also Ragnarok is arguable the most popular Thor film.
Or, it could be set after Infinity War, where Loki in fact didn't die and sneaks away to
have more adventures.
I’m a little torn on that.
I dislike it a bit because that’s just another Loki death fake out and this one really did
feel real, so that just makes Infinity War’s opening feel a bit more cheap.
But on the other hand, I like that Loki was smart enough not to do what he did in the
opening of Infinity War because I stand by the idea that a man or god or frost giant
or whatever who's lived for thousands of years and has been tricking people and causing mischief
for thousands of years and actually knows Thanos and the power of the Infinity Stones
would try to attack him with the most obvious knife trick in the world?
And would set him up for a death pun?
Come on, he 100% wouldn’t do that, and I like the idea of that not being how he goes
out cuz in a small way that ruins part of his character for me.
I also like it because it opens up a whole new world of fun possibilities where we don’t
actually know the ultimate outcome.
Which planets he’ll go to, which characters he’ll encounter, we don’t know, and I
like that a lot.
As far as everything else about this, Tom Hiddleston is very charismatic and fantastic
as Loki, so yeah, I’m up for seeing more of him.
I feel like in terms of the dark character stuff he’s pretty much resolved it all and
been redeemed and made up with his brother, so I don’t really know what the arc would
be, but if it’s just a more fun and maybe other supporting characters have the more
emotional arcs, that could work.
I remember there was talk of doing a Loki movie a long time ago, around when Thor 2
came out where Loki was everyone's favorite part of that film, I’m pretty sure I even
mentioned it in a video back before I hit puberty, so hey, all these years later, I’m
totally up for this.
Then we’re gonna get a Scarlet Witch series.
This one I’m still interested in, but it’s probably the one of these I’m the least
excited for.
I think that’s just cuz I’ve never loved Scarlet Witch as a character, I’ve liked
her, but I don’t find her story incredibly compelling.
And i think Infinity War just left a bad taste in my mouth where she was good in it, but
her plot line with Vision was easily one of the less interesting parts for me.
However, I’m interested to see what they could do with this.
This could also be a prequel but I imagine it’d be set after Avengers 4, which again
I think would be the most interesting just because of the possibilities.
I’d also really like to see a resolution to this character whose just had the worst
life.
Like her parents are killed, she works for an evil robot, her brother’s killed, she
accidentally kills a bunch of people and has to live with that, she’s put in a prison,
she’s forced to murder the love of her life and then watch him die again, and then is
turned to dust.
To get a satisfying conclusion to her character where she gets a bit of happiness would be
really nice.
The reason I sadi Vision might come back is I thought he was dead for sure, but there
have been rumors of Vision actually being in this show, so….I guess he might come
back.
Again, if this isn’t a prequel.
When you think about it, yeah they could bring him back.
I mean not only through all the comic book ways that they normally could but also he’s
a machine and they even say if they take the mind stone out there’s still a whole lot
of him left.
Although, ideally, it wouldn't have been like that.
But so yeah, maybe he’ll come back, although that kind of cheapens the idea of death in
the MCU even more, if all the people who were killed by the snap come back and Loki comes
back and Vision comes back, it cheapens Infinity War a bit as well.
But hey, I enjoyed them together in Civil War quite a bit, and Infinity War, well you
know, it wasn’t terrible.
I’m not clamoring for more Vision Scarlet Witch content though.
Overall, I think Elizabeth Olsen is good in the role (minus the accent that they’ve
thankfully gotten rid of), I think her powers are really cool and I think there’s potential
to do something interesting.
Pretty excited, but not as excited as for Loki.
And then, the show that I’m by far the most excited for, the Falcon and Winter Soldier
team-up show.
This goes back to what I was talking about where it's something I’d think about and
be like, oh I’d love that but it’ll never happen, but now….it's happening.
I mean, I love a good buddy cop teamup, and I really love Falcon as a character and wanna
see more of him.
He’s not like, the greatest character of all time, but he’s really likable and charismatic
and I welcome any chance to see more.
And then Bucky, I like a lot, but a stand alone thing, I don’t really know, I feel
like his story arc is kind of wrapping up and he either has to become the next Captain
America or do something different, and this looks like it could be that thing.
Falcon and Bucky’s two or three moments together in Civil War honestly are the funniest
parts of that movie to me and have stuck with me.
Whatever they’re doing, maybe taking down a crime boss or a lower level more grounded
villain suited for them, absolutely on board for this.
Cannot wait for this, hope it comes out next year.
Now at the end here, I thought I’d go through some Marvel characters that I either want
to get a TV show or I think they might be giving a tv show on this new service, cuz
honestly i think this has opened up a whole world of awesome opportunities.
Also some of these have been heavily rumored.
First up the Hawkeye show.
This is something people have been saying they should make for ages.
Originally if this was gonna happen I assumed it’d be on Netflix, in that grittier and
more realistic darker style, and even though Marvel’s moving away from Netflix I still
think they could and should do something like that.
This could be about some of his earlier SHIELD missions, or it could be post Avengers 4,
if he does survive.
This one it’s not as relevant, cuz I think they should do the same thing for both.
A more grounded adventure is totally what he’s suited for if they’re doing a solo
thing.
I think they’ve figured out how to use him in this crazy Avengers world, in Civil War
and Age of Ultron, but if you’re gonna do something with him, yeah, have him take down
a group of criminals or something.
I genuinely really like Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye.
I always have, but it's just in the beginning, I feel like they didn't really know how to
use him.
But now that they have, I’m really invested in this character.
And then there’s another theory that is a bit more far fetched, not because it's super
ridiculous but just it relies on quite a few big “ifs”.
But recently the 13 Reasons Why girl Katherine Langford was cast in Avengers 4, and some
people have been saying that she might be Kate Bishop, whose like the next Hawkeye sort
of.
So, if that’s the case and if Hawkeye survives Avengers 4, or I guess he’s Ronin now, then
the show might be about him training her to be his successor and preparing her to take
on the Hawkeye mantle.
And then maybe if it continues she becomes Hawkeye and he becomes a minor supporting
character.
If she’s good in Avengers 4 I can see that working, just a very brief introduction in
Avengers 4 to set that up cuz there’s already a lot going on in that movie.
But I definitely do wanna see at least a bit of old Hawkeye action before he retires for
good.
Pretty pumped for this, although it’s unclear if it actually is happening.
Then, I’ve been writing this video for a while and I had Rocket and Groot as one where
I thought, oh that’d be really fun but I don’t know if they could do it.
And now it's one of the rumored shows, so hell yeah.
The reason I thought they might not be able to do it is budgetary, like two fully CG characters
and Vin Diesel and Bradley Cooper.
But when I think about it, they’re investing like Game of Thrones level money into this,
and Vin Diesel at least only has to come in for about 20 minutes to record all his I am
Groots, and they already have the CG models from the movies so they don’t have to start
from scratch, so yeah, this seems like a very real possibility.
And I love it.
The buddy dynamic of these two I can absolutely see carrying a whole series, especially given
how developed Rocket in particular is as a character now.
I had Drax on this list later on as one that might do, but when I think about it (whole
Dave Batista controversy aside), although that character does have some depth, I think
he definitely works best within the group dynamic and I don’t think he really needs
or should have a standalone thing.
Rocket and Groot however, absolutely I can see that.
I hope we get Adult Groot again, cuz while I’ve enjoyed Baby and Teen Groot, Adult
Groot is still definitely my favorite.
A fun, gun slinging, heist based space adventure, through the infinite number of crazy worlds
you can explore in the MCU cosmic universe, it just sounds fantastic.
There’s so much potential in this universe that can’t be used in the movies that I’m
glad they’re gonna use it this way.
If this is given enough money to have the proper sets and planets and aliens of the
Guardians films, maybe not as extraordinary as Ego’s planet for example, but like a
Xandar or Knowhere, I’m super psyched for this.
I’ve heard a few rumors of a Nick Fury show but I’m pretty sure those got debunked.
I mean, I like Fury, but a) we’ve already got Agents of SHIELD and I know this would
be different but it is a bit similar of a premise right?
And b) between Captain Marvel and Far From Home I feel like we’re already getting a
lot of Fury content.
I like Fury but beyond what we’ll get in Captain Marvel he’s not a character I’m
dying to get a really rich backstory on.
So hey, could be fun I guess but probably won’t happen.
The Black Widow show, I’m almost certain won’t happen because she’s actually getting
her own film.
She might pop up in the Hawkeye show though, that could be fun.
Then I wanna talk real quick about what’s gonna happen to the Marvel Netflix heroes.
What’s gonna happen to them?
Well as of right now over on Netflix, we’re getting Jessica Jones season 3 and Punisher
season 2 confirmed.
Luke Cage and Iron Fist are cancelled, no news on Defender's season 2 and Daredevil
season 4.
Will these shows continue on the new service?
I don’t think so.
And for some of these, I think that’s ok, but I’m also quite sad to see this world
go because despite some of my criticisms of it, I really love this Marvel Netflix world
they’ve built.
But when I think about it, Luke Cage and Iron Fist, I mean I said about a week before they
got cancelled, yeah we probably don’t need another solo season of either of these guys.
So I’m not terribly broken up about that, although I would’ve liked to see a teamup
season of those two, especially to wrap up their character arcs.
While I love Daredevil season 3, I’d honestly be ok with them not making a season 4 just
because I loved how season 3 ended so much and I was satisfied with it.
Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t have a problem with a season 4 at all, but if they
didn't make it I wouldn't be like ah man I’ll never get the conclusion to Matt and Foggy
and Karen’s storyline!
Because, we kind of did.
And then Jessica Jones I think they could wrap it up in season 3 and Punisher, I don’t
know, I love it but maybe they can give a really satisfying conclusion there if they
know it’s their last season.
So I honestly don’t think they’ll be coming over.
In my ideal world though, what I think they should do is one last season of Defender's
on the new service, or even a long Defender's movie, I don’t mind.
Whatever works.
Give it one last really great one, put all the characters in, put in all the plot lines
you’ve wanted to use, give it all the money left in the budget, just make one last big
hurrah for this universe and see these characters go out right for the time being, before they’re
possibly brought over to the movies?
Which now seems pretty unlikely, but still.
I like that idea a lot more than just letting these fizzle out.
I’ll be honest though, as much as I love some of those shows and that world, I’m
excited to see these shows expanding out and not just being in dark alleys in New York,
cuz funnily enough despite that being so new and innovative for this universe back when
it started, it's now become sort of stale.
So going to other planets and galaxies with crazy powers and big MCU actors and everything
and these having tons of money pumped into them with effects and sets, like Game of Thrones
style, it just really excites me.
There’s potential for this be on a movie level here, even more so than the shows we’ve
gotten already, again, like Game of Thrones, at least in terms of production value.
So lastly here, I’m just gonna speed round through a bunch that aren’t super likely
but hey with how these things are going, who knows, anything can happen.
A Rhodey show.
I love Don Cheadle and I think Rhodey’s always a fun addition to these movies, although
much like Falcon and Bucky I think if they did this it’d work best if they teamed him
up with another hero.
A Heimdall show.
Could be a prequel, just show some general goings-on in Asgard.
Because with the Asgardians, you have thousands and thousands of years to fill in where they
could be having adventures, and you’ve got the budget of r Asgard, and I really liked
Idris Elba in these movies but Heimdall never got a ton of character development, so hey
this could be cool.
A Collector show?
Kind of showing the craziest parts of the galaxy as he goes around looking for items,
although the upcoming Rocket and Groot show can probably handle that while also having
more developed and interesting main characters.
A show about Stallone’s Guardians team, since Guardians 3 is still kind of up in the
air and they might not wanna waste that set up.
Or a Yondu prequel, I don’t know, although again I feel like these are characters that
work really well in bigger team ups.
A Nova Corps show?
I mean they’re making a movie about the character Nova himself so I guess they might
not want the confusion.
Also if they just made this straight up, it’d just be kind of like Agents of SHIELD in space
right?
Which i guess Agents of SHIELD ended up being.
So ehhhhh, although if we just had a space team up of John C. Reilly and Peter Sarafenowitz,
I’d be well on board for that.
A Vision show, don’t like this idea at all if it's a solo thing, but if it's a team up
with Wanda or another character it could work.
Although apparently some of the solo Visionc omics are really good so who knows.
A Red Skull show that shows how he got to the place he is in Infinity War or how he
does stuff after Avengers 3 and 4 when he’s freed.
They won’t do this, but I think Red Skull could pop up again in phase 4 down the line
and I think that’ll be a lot of fun.
A Luis show.
Ok hear me out, I know this sounds like the stupidest thing ever and they definitely won’t
make this, but honestly I think it’d be kinda fun if they just made 5 minute episodes,
where Luis recaps each MCU movie and even TV show.
Would it by the end maybe get a bit annoying and lose it's charm, yeah maybe, that’s
probably why they haven’t done that sort of thing.
Or at least that's one of the reasons.
But hey id still love to see Luis’ take on a lot of these.
A Valkyrie show on Sakaar, maybe with the Grandmaster popping up, which again I think
they could just work into the Loki show if it's set in hat time period.
A Justin Hammer show….yeah I don’t know why I put this in here.
A Masters of the Mystic Arts prequel like they did in that prequel comic with Wong and
Kaecilius and all those masters going off on trippy magic adventures, could be kinda
cool.
An M’Baku or Shuri or really just a Wakanda show, just make a Wakanda show cuz there’s
so much in that place that we didn't get to see in the movie or they just hinted at, I
feel like there’s a lot you could do there and a lot of really interesting charismatic
characters already in that world.
And finally a Marisa Tomei Aunt May spinoff, cuz hey, they gotta do it eventually.
So those were my thoughts on the upcoming Disney streaming service Marvel shows.
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