{"id":159287,"date":"2022-10-13T23:16:15","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T05:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=159287"},"modified":"2022-10-13T23:16:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T05:16:15","slug":"so-thats-a-wrap-on-she-hulk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2022\/10\/13\/so-thats-a-wrap-on-she-hulk.html","title":{"rendered":"So that’s a wrap on “She-Hulk” …"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spoilers for She-Hulk ep. 9<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Watched the S.1 finale for\u00a0She-Hulk<\/em> tonight. As mentioned before, at length<\/a>, I love this character, and I really looked forward to an MCU comedy that capture that light-hearted, highly meta, but underlying dramatic creation I’ve come to love.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, I got something that didn’t lean into its 4th Wall meta until the finale, then did so to excess, while at the same time trying to be a rom-com lawyer show, with a zany cast and so many situations to be comedic about.<\/p>\n

And, fundamentally, I’m not a standard sitcom kind of guy. And this felt soooooo standard.<\/p>\n

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The talent was solid. The writing wasn’t.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So, bottom line, I was disappointed by She-Hulk<\/em>, but it was moderately entertaining, and I appreciated its willingness to drag in big and little MCU characters. There was humor I did like, but so much must popped rather than banged.<\/p>\n

I’m reluctant to get too critical, because there’s been\u00a0 from pre-Episode 1, a contingent of “Ugh, strong woman bad, can’t we get more Punisher?” viewers out there. Many of whom then morphed into “How dare Matt Murdock smile, let alone sleep with a skank like Jen?” crew. And, I assume, those same folk were cheering for the Intelligentsia at the early climax of the show, and actively wishing that Zack Snyder were directing this.<\/p>\n

And none of that has any resemblance to my reasons for being a skosh disappointed. Even though I don’t regret having spent any time watching the series.<\/p>\n

I thought the rather heavy-handed “K.E.V.I.N.” sequence was … well, yeah, heavy-handed. It should have been funnier, and it wasn’t, and it was frustrating.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, the opening titles, riffing off the classic\u00a0Incredible Hulk<\/em> TV show<\/a>, was delightful. Bravo.<\/p>\n

I’d love to see She-Hulk come back in the MCU. Despite the solo aspects, Jen can work in a straight drama, too. And I’d be happy to see an S.2 of\u00a0She-Hulk,<\/em> maybe with a different writing vision.<\/p>\n

Jen Walters — and She-Hulk — are great characters. Here’s to more of them, better executed, in the MCU.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some fine, fun, comic book action and self-mockery, but never really finding it’s spot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"both","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":301,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[525,40],"tags":[1234,2288],"class_list":["post-159287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-marvel-cinematic-universe","category-media-tv","tag-mcu","tag-shehulkattorneyatlaw"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/She-Hulk-attorney-at-law-poster.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":158994,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2022\/09\/20\/i-have-to-confess-im-not-enjoying-she-hulk-as-much-as-i-wanted-to.html","url_meta":{"origin":159287,"position":0},"title":"I have to confess, I’m not enjoying “She-Hulk” as much as I wanted to","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 20-Sep-22 5:57pm","format":false,"excerpt":"And I definitely wanted to.","rel":"","context":"In "Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)"","block_context":{"text":"Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/media\/franchises\/marvel-cinematic-universe"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/She-Hulk-attorney-at-law-poster.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/She-Hulk-attorney-at-law-poster.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/She-Hulk-attorney-at-law-poster.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/She-Hulk-attorney-at-law-poster.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/She-Hulk-attorney-at-law-poster.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":50075,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/15\/hulk-smash-puny-contract.html","url_meta":{"origin":159287,"position":1},"title":"Hulk smash puny contract!","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 15-Apr-15 7:30am","format":false,"excerpt":"Sorry, not even the Hulk can disentangle himself from the paper trail that disinclines Disney\/Marvel from making another Hulk movie -- even though both Disney and Universal (which gets a cut of any such movie) would still probably make money hand over fist from it. 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