A Normal Amount of Rage

Firstly, how is a show rated 5 yet the 1 episode out is 7, I hate this review bombing, if you don't like it fine but doing it to be "trendy" grow up.

Okay firstly my absolute favourite thing about this episode is it's pacing, it felt very quick and not at all dragged out, Hulk and She Hulk were enjoyable, the backstory was decent and I had a good time with the episode

I didn't like the wokeness, maybe it's just me, but I find when it comes off as a woman is just better than a man in anything she does comes off really cringe, it would have been funny if it was just the rock Scene released online but there was a good bit of it and it got tedious. I find with a lot of women led shows it's all about empowering women by making sure they are better than men and if you criticise that your sexist but that's not what male led shows or movies in the MCU universe does, it's just a good story and good action. I personally didn't get this vibe from black widow which as a movie was a bit weaker than most MCU but still had its ups.

I'm all for a female lead but don't shove it down my throat I'm a woman so I'm better, just make a strong lead that can show that and doesn't need to say it to prove it

I'll stick with the show all the same.

The jokes doesn't sit, and she is sooo amazing from the start go, you know exactly where this is going. They gave her the Rey treatment. No growth, no learning curve, no development. She is already won the gold medal before leaving the starting line. This reeks of lazy writing.

This episode is very much here's how I got here. And the show doesn't give it the time it needs, I fully understand that marvel wants shorter episodes to fit the sit com vibe but this episode should've been longer. If you're gonna do an episode like this then do it right. That being said now we are over how I got here I'm really excited for the legal drama to being. The humour of this episode was fun and so far I'm loving what we're are seeing of Jenifer walters and as always it's nice to see Bruce back in the fold.

So in conclusion whilst it's very rushed a messy. She hulks pilot is fun with a brilliant performance from Tatiana and some nice comedic moments.how fun this episode is makes up for a lot of the issues it has. I'm very excited that we can finally get into the lawyer comedy next week.

Much like the original Hulk, She-Hulk: Attorney At Law is at war with itself.

On one hand, the writers seem to want a sitcom that essentially mixes the everywoman trifles of Sex and the City with the legal shenanigans of Ally McBeal (this is the most jokey Marvel has been yet, much to the ire of fanboys who feel that once-respected characters like Thor and indeed Mark Ruffalo's Hulk have steadily been made more and more of a joke). On the other, Marvel needs an origin story for its latest action figure.

And the thing is, having watched the first episode, I'd argue neither side is winning. Fifteen minutes into the show, we've breezed through stuff that could've filled a whole origin film of about 2 hours; Jen Walters (Tatiana Manslany) gets unceremoniously introduced as Bruce Banner's hitherto absent cousin, she almost immediately gets her powers, she trains to control them, and Bruce realizes that this training is hardly necessary, as Walters is (somehow) still fully in control when in Hulk mode -- which, having been tormented by his Jekyll-and-Hyde relationship with his own Hulk for decades (until resolving it off-screen after a would-be poignant scene got deleted), Bruce is of course only mildly miffed about.

However, it feels like we've rushed through all the beats of a comedy where a female lawyer proves herself in a male-dominated field, too. The one-dimensional sexist dudes have already done their bit, the one-dimensional supportive gal pals have done theirs, and Walters winds up doing well in court. Judging from the trailers, and some lines from Benedict Wong in his umptieth MCU Phase Four appearance, what She-Hulk really wants to get into is more multiverse and crossover stuff. Did you see Daredevil in the teaser? 'Member him?

I'm sure we'll get more Sex and the City-esque plots as the show goes on (the origin-story stuff, however, does seem all done). I just feel like She-Hulk isn't as genuinely interested in introducing a new hero and telling their story as Ms. Marvel and Moon Knight were -- both of which I find mid, but never mind. This isn't because the writers don't care. I just get the sense that Marvel, wanting to get She-Hulk ready for some Secret Wars and World War Hulk ASAP while checking off some other cameos, don't let them care too much.

I don't know if I'm making sense and I'm guessing none of you care, since this show is sure to win over "both sides" of the online nerd world.

On one hand, it does that thing where it belittles and nerfs old characters -- loved by comic-book aficionados for ages -- to make these new, "more progressive" ones seem better (complete with dialogue that reads like Tumblr posts circa 2015), all while doing enough generic "girls get it done" tropes to entice the Usual Journalists. On the other hand, I don't know that the YouTube dudes will get too mad about this stuff when there's the lady from Orphan Black as a tall, curvy, green warrior woman who's usually barefoot. Win-win.

Mark Ruffalo was a huge part of the first episode, and he got some genuine screen time. It made me realise we didn't get much of him, being in very crowded Movies. A huge plus.

I loved the strength, emotionally I mean, of Jennifer Walters. Tatiana Malsany played her terrifically with heart, humour and strength.

Look forward to the rest of the series.