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in TV NewsJanuary 2024 TV Premiere Dates and Blurbs for Upcoming New and Returning Series
Hey everybody, it’s Caemeron Crain here, Executive Editor of TV Obsessive. Happy New Year! And a new year means new TV. The schedule of premieres might be a little lighter in January 2024 than we’d previously hoped, as many series were delayed in their production (for good reasons), but there’s still a lot of stuff […] More
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Loki S2E6 Recap: “Glorious Purpose” — For All Time (Season 2 Finale)
The following recap contains spoilers for the Season 2 finale of Loki, S2E6, “Glorious Purpose” (written by Eric Martin and directed by Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead). There is always a lot of talk about the long-term, multi-project contracts that actors and actresses agree to when they join the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The expectation […] More
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Loki S2E1 Recap: “Ouroboros” — Try Everything
The following recap contains spoilers for Loki S2E1, “Ouroborus” (written by Eric Martin and directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead). Editor’s Note: This piece was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors currently on strike, the series being covered here wouldn’t exist. It’s hard to not notice the irony of Loki […] More
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MCU’s Werewolf By Night Is a Howling Success
The following contains spoilers for the MCU’s Werewolf by Night, released on October 7, 2022 Just as it only takes one silver bullet to take down a werewolf, we only need one episode of Marvel’s Werewolf by Night to know that they have developed a monstrously interesting and fun new world for their fans. Billed […] More
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She-Hulk: The MCU’s Necessary Low-Stakes Interlude
In case you didn’t notice, there was more than one popular television show with a Green Wedding last week. At the wedding in the sixth episode of Marvel’s She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (“Just Jen”) we saw a lot less homicidal rage and a lot more villains slipping on ice and class-action divorce settlement hijinks. Instead […] More
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Ms. Marvel Rekindles Some Much Needed Magic in the MCU
If I can explain Ms. Marvel in one word, it would be adorable. Disney’s secret recipe for appealing to children continues to improve upon its ingredients. At one time, Disney only produced stories set in the past. The tales of Snow White, Cinderella, and Aladdin were far from contemporary settings. That is until Pixar came along with Toy Story. However, […] More
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Hawkeye: The MCU’s Passing of the Torch
With four shows under their belt, Marvel’s expansion into Disney+ is now feeling more and more like an integral part of the bigger Marvel Cinematic Universe, and none feels more essential then the recently wrapped up season of Hawkeye. Hawkeye feels like the MCU’s equivalent of comfort food—a rich, filling, yet refreshingly low stakes meal […] More
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Marvel’s Hit-Monkey Is an Off-The-Rails Joyride of Marvel Weirdness
Did I ever tell you the one about the monkey and the hitman’s ghost? If there’s one thing that Marvel has in abundance, it’s weird sh*t. Some of it has already hit the mainstream: Guardians of the Galaxy, Deadpool, Moon Knight and the like, but there’s still plenty of bizarreness for the media empire to […] More
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What If…? S1E2: “What if T’Challa Became a Star Lord?”— A Love Letter to Chadwick Boseman
What If…? S1E2 “What if T’Challa Became a Star Lord?” picks up steam from Episode 1. Whereas that plot was a fairly straightforward switch of Peggy Carter into the role played by Steve Rogers in Captain America: The First Avenger, S1E2 makes the ripple effects of the character switch go much deeper. T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) […] More
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What If…? S1E1 – “What If Captain Carter Were the First Avenger?”
The following contains spoilers for What If…? Episode 1 on Disney+. Welcome, dear reader, as we begin to review the Disney+ series What If…? with Episode 1: “What If Captain Carter Were the First Avenger?” “What if” is such a deceptively simple question. Two words, six letters. So small that if it were represented graphically, […] More
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Beyond the Screen #7: What If…? The Animated Marvel We Hoped For
In a new weekly column called Beyond the Screen, author A. J. Black unpacks what we’re all discussing from the world of cinema and television. This time, he looks at the imminent arrival of Marvel’s What If…? and how it operates on more than one level… Marvel and animation have a long history going back […] More
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The Loki Season Finale Brings the Madness
Poor Loki. After six episodes of fan theories and anticipation, the Loki season finale (“For All Time. Always.”) shifted viewers from fantasy character study into full-blown Marvel madness. As always, the performances were stellar. While there’s been some debate as to whether or not Loki’s character was diluted for this show (we’ll talk more on […] More
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