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Just finished the last episode of series 2 and finally pinpointed what I don't like about this show - The main character is such a know all. Sally Lindsay, who created, writes and stars as the titular Mde Blanc, explains literally everything, showing off her vast knowledge on every single subject known to man. For example, in the last episode, she explains who the clowns from commedia dell'arte are, tells us all how the brain's smell centre is very close to the memory centre so therefore scents trigger memories, that the smell of rain is called Petrichor, and then all about Ambergris.

She is also expert in EVERY antique, and knows the price of EVERYTHING without having to refer to any price guides or listings.

All of this would be fine if someone else got a look in, but no, Lindsay selfishly gets all the lines to herself and everyone else just stands around intently listening as she imparts her wisdom. Everyone just looks stupid compared to her vast intellect.

Its a shame, because the mysteries are quite good, but the writing needs to improve to make me watch any more.

This film is at least an hour too long and feels every moment of it. Namor has been changed so much I don't know how they had the nerve to even call him that name. Calling the white people "colonizer" is particularly unsavoury.

None of the Wakandans are very sympathetic, in fact they are all downright arrogant and rude, and extremely bad-tempered throughout. I nearly started rooting for the Talocans by the end.

Marvel continue to fumble phase 4, where the emphasis seems to be on quantity rather than quality in every project so far. The only one I've actually enjoyed is Werewolf By Night

Just very poor.

Really boring and slow, and what makes it worse is its nearly an hour and a half long. I really dislike this trend for making super long episodes, Stranger Things s4 is guilty too. I think the stories need to be a set length to sharpen the writing, this "takes as long as it takes" attitute makes the episode meander along and get bogged down in details.