What If... Agatha Went to Hollywood?

Ridiculous premise, poorly executed.

I don't even know what to say. It's so awful. I couldn't explain to you what the plan was if I tried. Just seems like they wanted two characters to be involved and created a story from there.

The outcome of Agatha's plan is potentially world destroying, yet none of the characters seem to care. Presenting it as some sort of Hollywood disconnect from reality instead. But surely, world destroying would matter even to ostensibly benevolent Hollywood elites, no?

Then the settings make no sense too... one minute, a character is on earth, the next minute he's floating in space.

And after all, that the world is saved by, of all things, the lure of Hollywood... What If? More like the What the F.

The third season of What if is THE worst show that I have watched in a long time. The animation, the story, the same cringy non-sensical plot. The animation feels like it has been done 20 years ago. The action sequences feel like someone is bashing toys while playing. I feel ashamed to have watched 2 episodes

Spoilers ahead: In the first episode, the worst of the avengers get Iron Man Hulk Busters suits and try fighting Godzilla and his children that have somehow originated from Hulk. This reminded me of Pacific Rim but the dialogue and story is just so childish and there is no sense of gravity or importance in the story. I can't go and criticize each and every point of the story because it will make this review go much longer.

When I first watched WandaVision, Kathryn Hahn's Agatha quickly became my favorite character. And I was pegging for Agatha All Along to come out quickly. When it was released, that show didn't disappoint me and I loved it. When I learned that Agatha will appear on What if...? S3 and that it will release around Christmas (almost two months after Agatha finale), I was excited to see her again on screen time.

Now that I finally saw that episode, I loved it. Kathryn Hahn's great voice acting after Doctor Oct in Into the Spider-Verse still continued with animated Agatha. The same thing goes to Kumail Nanjiani too. Her chemistry with Kingo is fun. I'm happy that Eternals/Celestials returned after three years (I know Kingo is the only Eternal appearing but still) as I liked the film Eternals even with its flaws. Also, Cosmic Agatha is so beautiful.

By the way, I love that episode and I hope that Agatha and Eternals will appear on next S3 eps (probably finale)

I haven't looked at the reviews yet, but I'd imagine this scored badly on the IMDB. Even without the female and POC leads, what I've learned is that the thing reviewers of this show hate the most is fun, and this is certainly that.

Agatha Harkness (Katheryn Hahn) has established herself as the greatest star in Hollywood and is currently acting in the latest picture for newly established movie mogul Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper). Her climactic dance number has an ulterior motive though, that being to tap the power of a celestial currently lying dormant at the Earth's core - but it's not working. To complete the ritual, she needs the power of one more person, who just happens to also be an actor - Bollywood superstar (and Eternal) Kingo (Kumail Nanjiani). Kingo though knows exactly who he's signed up to appear opposite.

I really thought that this was good. It worked back in the Eternals-lore that has been largely ignored since the movie - seriously, not one reference to the giant creatures' head sticking out of the planet since then. It featured everyone's current favourite, Agatha Harkness, and brought back both Dominic Cooper and James D'Arcy as Howard Stark and Jarvis from "Agent Carter" days. There are dance numbers, it's very funny and it looks great.

I'm not here for your performative disapproval.

This episode does not break the fourth wall, it pummels it to death in a cheeky manner that surprisingly befits its two leads.

The dialogue is somewhat sharper here than it has been for a while on this show. The episode feels quick on its feet and some of the quips land in that exact spot between satire and DEEP satire that I imagine they're shooting for.

The dance sequence is not animated fluidly, but with the overall tongue-in-cheek tone of the episode, you almost--almost--believe they intended as much. The visual quality is otherwise what you'd expect from the series by now. Cosmic Agatha's emergence is rendered beautifully.

The voice acting is great across the board. They made a bold choice committing to that mid-Atlantic '40s accent because it runs the risk of making the characters less identifiable, yet both Hahn and Nanjiani deliver energetic enough performances that I don't mind it.

My gripe with this one is the resolution, which does not feel altogether true to Agatha's character. Overall, it's good, light-hearted fun that could have used a more creative twist to finish stronger.