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.

An okay enjoyable lighthearted pilot episode. Much of this episode is what we've seen from the trailers so majority of it feels like I'm watching this the second or third time. The comedy was a bit hit and miss. Dialogue is a bit cheesy at times but that's expected. Tatiana Maslany is a good casting choice, she's somewhat likable and her banter with Hulk is highlight of the episode and that's saying something. Overall, there's not much to this episode except some few setups for what's coming. I hope it's gets better with the upcoming episodes. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

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.

For a show advertised as "Marvel's first attempt at comedy and sitcom", this show sure does have zero funny moments. Apart from one scene of Smart Hulk getting mad and jealous that got a chuckle out of me, I was poker-faced the whole episode and I didn't even notice when they attempted at jokes and funny haha comedy.

The writing isn't that great and it's your typical Disney Plus MCU level of writing and they just get into things without proper characterization and build-up, which is not a bad thing, but in this case, it kinda is. Usually with superhero movies or shows, the protagonist already has his/her powers and they do backstory through flashbacks, which worked with Daredevil for example, but some just need more time spent with the character before getting powers, and then delving into that. This one I think needed that because I'm still not that the whole Jennifer Walters and She-Hulk character.

She-Hulk is probably the first character in the MCU that breaks the fourth wall and talks directly to the audience, but that doesn't add anything of value to this show, at least for the first episode. They are not that funny and I don't even know if they are written for the purpose of getting a laugh or not, but they're just not funny.

Tatiana Maslany is a great actress, I've seen her in Orphan Black and she's great in there. But with this level of dialogue and writing, I doubt we get anything good out of her acting ability other than your typical MCU stuff.

There is also a little too much amount of the same old cringey "men bad, and I'm a strong woman character" scenes and dialogues which we've seen in the trailers, and which I think are unnecessary because it's like they were written by a 14-year-old tiktoker and not a professional writer. Still, it doesn't hurt the episode as much as the bland storyline and writing.

My only confusion about these MCU shows, is that where does Feige find these writers? Like with the amount of money in their possession and the experience they've had over all these years of being in the filmmaking business, and also show making, surely they can find and hire better writers right? Right? I don't even know what Dinsey is doing with hiring these writers that are either just inexperienced or young and new in the business, or just NPCs and A. I. I feel like Disney treats everyone in the production like the dirt under its shoe and worships the actors like they're god. And seems like writers and VFX artists are the ones that Disney doesn't care about at all. They must be giving all the budget to the marketing and the actors and just find the cheapest desperate writers and underpay the VFX people.

These MCU writers also must have the easiest job in the world writing these half-hour episodes and only for 6 - in this case 9 - episodes with the most basic and unnuanced level of writing. Like I'm pretty sure a fan could've made a more entertaining introduction to this character than what these "professional" writers did here.

So in conclusion, the first episode is bland and uninteresting, not funny as advertised, things just happen and there's no real build-up and establishing scenes or letting the scene just sit and breathe for a while. There are cringey lines of dialogue and the superhero origin isn't that good at all.

I laughed way harder and way more watching Ant-Man and the Wasp and I didn't even like that movie. So if they're gonna sacrifice better writing and a better premise (an actual legal show like Daredevil, and not super villains just busting through the court) just to do comedy and le funny quip, they need to be damn good at writing comedy, which they weren't here at all. I'd say hopefully it gets better in the next episodes, but with my experience with MCU's phase 4, that's just a fool's hope.

Side note: there is a funny mid credits scene regarding Captain America talk. Worth waiting around when credits start! It's actually the funniest part of this first episode. Lol. Anyway, yes, the CGI needs a bit more work, but looks better than the first trailer that came out. The first episode was quirky. It's meant to be a comedy and not taken as seriously as other MCU shows and movies. The ending of this episode was terrible and I can already tell the woman that barges in the court is going to be annoying and a terrible character. That being said, this was a different type of show and I liked it. I am getting a bit tired of all the superhero MCU stuff and this was a nice change of pace. I plan to keep watching as I have a feeling things are gonna get better and probably more crazy. I am also sticking around because Tatiana Maslany is a very underrated actress.