The Marvel that I had grown up with is long dead and gone. In it's place is an infantile, and dorky narrative that has very little depth or intrigue.

Now, before anyone tries to say "but comics were always infantile and dorky", I'll just point to J. Michael Straczynski and Frank Miller, both who did some of the most epic 616 Universe Runs that added depth to the characters and story lines. Further more, how quickly Daredevil has been forgotten and buried. That Marvel is gone, and it's not coming back.

When the MCU started it was awe inspiring. The original Iron Man, Cap, and yes... even Thor had a sense of "wow, this could happen" moments. Now, the MCU is a lot like going to a convention and seeing poorly made cosplayers pretending to be whomever they want to be.

While Hiddleston and Wilson are decent enough, the rest of the casting is just unbelievable. At no point did I feel that anyone in this TVA were authoritative, or capable of being whomever they were supposed to be -- effectively, they are not selling their part. This feels very similar to when Marvel "kidified" their comic books into cartoons back in the 90's and we got the incredibly cringey X-Men Animated Series. Further, the premise in and of itself was not at all compelling, and wrapped up with a mini-therapy session where Loki talks about his feelings.

At this point I am resigned to acknowledge that Marvel is dead: The comics are barely to be found anywhere, the art is all digital and cartoonish, the dialogue consists of snarky one-liners, and the movies are just dorky sight gags.

If you know your Sci-Fi, you'll find this to be reminiscent of The Adjustment Bureau / Time Cop, with shades of the Fifth Element aesthetic tossed in, as well as Fall Out, and some incredibly bad green screen.

To wit, this doesn't look like anything to me... It's made for TV filler at best.

With that, until Disney actually produces or sells Marvel to someone who cares about comics and stories, make mine something else....