Streaming on Disney+, in the dead middle of a long hot summer, the Sizzlin' Summer Streaming Part II, so to speak. The spin-off of previous miniseries Hawkeye (from 2021), sees Maya Lopez (as Echo) return to her hometown where she must come to terms with her past, reconnect with her Native American roots, and embrace her family and community.
Alaqua Cox is Maya Lopez / Echo, with Chaske Spencer, Tantoo Cardinal, Charlie Cox, Devery Jacobs, Zahn McClarnon, Cody Lightning, Graham Greene, and Vincent D'Onofrio also starring as Fisk. Fisk returns from previous Marvel series as the ultimate bad guy.
Echo is the first Marvel series to be released in its entirety simultaneously on Disney+, earlier this week.
It consists of just five (short-ish) episodes, making it a quick and easy binge.
It is also the Marvel Studios' first television to carry an MA rating. Part of Phase Five of the MCU, while also serving as the first series under the "Marvel Spotlight" banner.
Following the events of Hawkeye (2021) in New York City, Maya Lopez is being pursued by Wilson Fisk's organization, leading her to return to her hometown in Oklahoma.
We get some origin story background, from a character previously introduced in one of many Marvel series. To be honest like Ms. Marvel (despite the MA rating) this felt a bit teeny bopper. Also with very little new ground covered, this was very same-same.
Marvel is in murky waters now. Failing box office performance at the cinema, lack of interest in TV series. Will this be one of the final Marvel shows to land on Disney+? Will this make them rethink the masterplan of years to come loaded with bloated Marvel content?
Was the postponed streaming of the miniseries a sign of little faith in the series? Was the binge drop also another, get it out, get it over with, drop it in the middle of the depths of the USA winter, Australian summer to just get it out there?
Time will tell. Also will Loki get a third season? It's been a good minute since season two concluded?
Is Echo worth a watch? Maybe pop it on in the background if you got nothing else on the watchlist.
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