Sunday, July 24, 2022

Winter TV Finales - Ms Marvel - miniseries

Ms. Marvel has not been my favourite Marvel series, however learning it was a miniseries (like some of the previous Star Wars Disney+ titles) I was happy there was only six episodes to sit through of this teen superhero romp.

Disney+ lean into Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel, for the 7th television series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Following Kamala Khan, a 16-year-old fangirl of the Avengers who struggles to fit in until she gains her own powers. Kamala is a huge fangirl of the Avengers, particularly Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel, struggles to fit in until she gains her own powers. Linking the story to previous Marvel films.

Ms. Marvel premiered on June 8, 2022, and ran for six episodes, and concluded on July 13. It is part of Phase Four of the MCU. The series served as a set-up for the film The Marvels (2023), in which Vellani will reprise her role as Khan along with additional cast members from the series. 

At Comic Com this week, Disney+ have announced a pile more Marvel series on the way!


With, Iman Vellani starring as lead Kamala Khan, she is joined by Matt Lintz, Yasmeen Fletcher, Zenobia Shroff, Mohan Kapur, Saagar Shaikh, Laurel Marsden, Azhar Usman, Rish Shah, Arian Moayed, Alysia Reiner, Laith Nakli, Nimra Bucha, Travina Springer, Adaku Ononogbo, Samina Ahmad, Fawad Khan, Mehwish Hayat, Farhan Akhtar, and Aramis Knight.

In the finale, Bruno and Kamran are on the run, Deever orders a city-wide lockdown to find the latter.

Kamala crafts a disguise using a gift from her mother and Kareem's cloth before reuniting with the boys.

With help from Nakia, Aamir, and Zimmer, the group stall the DODC agents. Cleary orders a retreat, but Deever ignores him, leads a detachment of agents in storming the school where Kamala and her friends are hiding, and arrests everyone except for Kamala and Kamran, who confronts Deever. 

She attacks him, but Kamala fights off the agents, allowing all of her friends to escape. Deever flees and is later relieved of her duty by Cleary. Kamala becomes a beloved figure in her community and takes the superhero name "Ms. Marvel" from her father, while Kamran flees to Pakistan and meets Kareem, as arranged by Kamala. Bruno later tells Kamala that she possesses a genetic mutation, which the rest of her family lacks.

In a mid-credits scene, we finally get to see the hero behind the hero of the series. Kamala switches places with Carol Danvers after the bangle emits a strange glow.

Was this the best Marvel series thus far? Hell no, in short. We're the action scenes top notch? Yes and no. The Falcon and the Winter Solider still was one of the most bold, interesting, action packed series of this latest run of Marvel churn and earn.

Daredevil is also set to return to Disney+ following the pull from Netflix. With so much programming heading to Disney+ I expect more folks stopping their Netflix monthly direct debit to possibly switch providers.

All six episodes of Ms Marvel are streaming now, you know where.

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