{"id":344779,"date":"2021-09-22T18:59:43","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T15:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/can-what-if-ever-be-more-than-a-cartoon-episode-7-suggests-so\/"},"modified":"2021-09-22T18:59:43","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T15:59:43","slug":"can-what-if-ever-be-more-than-a-cartoon-episode-7-suggests-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/can-what-if-ever-be-more-than-a-cartoon-episode-7-suggests-so\/","title":{"rendered":"#Can &#8216;What If&#8230;?&#8217; Ever Be More Than a Cartoon? Episode 7 Suggests So"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40b45f58278\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40b45f58278\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/can-what-if-ever-be-more-than-a-cartoon-episode-7-suggests-so\/#Meet_the_New_Ultron_Same_as_the_Old_Ultron\" >Meet the New Ultron, Same as the Old Ultron<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/can-what-if-ever-be-more-than-a-cartoon-episode-7-suggests-so\/#What_If%E2%80%A6_Episode_7s_Infinity_Knight\" >What If\u2026? Episode 7\u2019s Infinity Knight<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/can-what-if-ever-be-more-than-a-cartoon-episode-7-suggests-so\/#The_What_If%E2%80%A6_Avengers\" >The What If\u2026? Avengers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/can-what-if-ever-be-more-than-a-cartoon-episode-7-suggests-so\/#Validation_Through_Crossover\" >Validation Through Crossover<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Can &#8216;What If&#8230;?&#8217; Ever Be More Than a Cartoon? Episode 7 Suggests So<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<pre><code>     &lt;span class=\"mx-1\"&gt;Marvel Studios doesn\u2019t want their cartoon to suffer the same fate as Star Wars: The Clone Wars. They demand the eyes of every fan.&lt;\/span&gt;\n&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;div id=\"\"&gt;&lt;figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> \"&gt;&lt;img width=\"800\" height=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/what-if-episode-7.jpg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"What If Episode\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/what-if-episode-7.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/what-if-episode-7-768x348.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/&gt;&lt;p&gt;\n                    &lt;span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\"&gt;Marvel Studios&lt;\/span&gt;\n\n                        &lt;\/figure&gt;&lt;!-- START BYLINE --&gt;&lt;div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\"&gt;\n        By\u00a0Brad Gullickson\u00a0\u00b7 Published on September 22nd, 2021 \n        &lt;\/div&gt;\n    &lt;!-- END BYLINE --&gt;\n\n    &lt;em&gt;Marvel Explained is our ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> where we delve into the latest Marvel shows, movies, trailers, and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> stories to divine the franchise\u2019s future. This entry explores What If\u2026? Episode 7 and how the infinity stones will never allow us to have a h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ily ever after ending.&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;\u00a0&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;Yes, prepare for SPOILERS.&lt;\/em&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Wait, what? That\u2019s a very different question that passes through the big bald one\u2019s lips. The Watcher (<strong>Jeffrey Wright<\/strong>) can hardly believe it. Thor and Jane Foster, smiling and in each other\u2019s arms. We\u2019ve reached the climax of <strong><em>What If\u2026?<\/em><\/strong> Episode 7, and everything is hunky-dory. That\u2019s a first for the celestial being tasked with observing all of time and space.<\/p>\n<p>As does The Watcher, we know that Marvel Studios doesn\u2019t do endings, happy or otherwise. The franchise has been built on the promise of neverending. And it\u2019s a contract that we\u2019re cool with as long as the filmmakers keep providing unexpected twists and turns, and more importantly, new ways for our heroes to fail and grow from those failures.<\/p>\n<p>The Watcher\u2019s exclamation during <em>What If\u2026?<\/em> Episode 7\u2019s climax is one of relief. His time as a cosmic peeper is starting to weigh on him\u2014the stress of seeing all pushing him into service. There is no happily ever after for Jane and Thor or any of us, and he must do something about it. Right?<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Meet_the_New_Ultron_Same_as_the_Old_Ultron\"><\/span>Meet the New Ultron, Same as the Old Ultron<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Ultron\u2019s arrival silences Thor and Jane\u2019s revelry. Cut to black. The animated Marvel series delivers its first proper cliffhanger.<\/p>\n<p>Head writer <strong>A<\/strong>.<strong>C<\/strong>. <strong>Bradley<\/strong> can\u2019t simply jump into the next adventure. <em>What If\u2026?<\/em> is starting to unify its disparate parts. We can sense a multiverse Avengers assembling. And The Watcher will bring them together.<\/p>\n<p>From somewhere other, Ultron touches down. His drones part like an ocean, and their waves make their crash upon Thor. The top shark is in the center of their swarm, but he doesn\u2019t look like the one we know. Ultron\u2019s face cracks open, and a hazy red visage blinks underneath. Centered in his forehead, the Mind Stone gleams.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Avengers<\/em>: <em>Age of Ultron<\/em> villain finally achieved his glorious Vision body, and in the process, picked up a few more Infinity Stones than the yellow one that gave him life. Pockmarked in his armor, we see the other six gems planted firmly. He shares the same purpose as Thanos, annihilation with the hope for a better existence to follow.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-366314\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/What-If-Poster.jpg\" alt=\"What If Poster\" width=\"800\" height=\"368\"\/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_If%E2%80%A6_Episode_7s_Infinity_Knight\"><\/span>What If\u2026? Episode 7\u2019s Infinity Knight<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Ever since we got our first look at the <em>What If\u2026?<\/em> trailer and poster, we\u2019ve waited for Vision\u2019s Infinity Knight to materialize. As he stood gallantly upon the advert, Vision appeared like any other noble hero ready to guard against the darkness. The cliffhanger suggests something more sinister.<\/p>\n<p>And why should we be surprised? There\u2019s no escaping the Infinity Stones and their diabolical influence, which is a shame. If we want the Marvel Cinematic Universe to grow, we need to move beyond old threats.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Loki<\/em> series plopped the treacherous MacGuffins in the TVA\u2019s junk drawer. This act was a brilliant storytelling change-up as it seemed to say to the audience, \u201cOh, you thought these were dangerous? Wait until you meet Kang.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Attempting to achieve a shudder from the Infinity Stones once more is absurd. They no longer impress us. Our Avengers turned its power against itself, and <em>What If\u2026? \u2018s<\/em>\u00a0multiversal Avengers will squash them even faster.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_What_If%E2%80%A6_Avengers\"><\/span>The What If\u2026? Avengers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Ultimately, the Ultron\/Vision Infinity Knight means far less than the cliffhanger proposes. He\u2019s a fly, destined for swatting. The hand swinging the swatter is far more significant and speaks to where the MCU is heading in <em>Spider<\/em>\u2013<em>Man<\/em>: <em>No Way Home<\/em>, <em>Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness<\/em>, and <em>Ant<\/em>\u2013<em>Man and the Wasp<\/em>: <em>Quantumania<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to a Hyundai commercial, we know the <em>What If\u2026?<\/em> Avengers will soon bring their collective might against Ultron\u2019s horde. The threat this Ultron\/Vision poses is immense, and he could achieve what Marvel\u2019s Phase Two iteration could not: a cataclysmic event from which stronger sentience could sprout. He and Thanos are not that different philosophically.<\/p>\n<p>Ultron\/Vision will apply this cold arithmetic to all realities with the Infinity Stones at his will. Having recently watched an evil Doctor Strange snuff out his plane of existence, the Watcher might not be prepared to see another one go, let alone all of them. Through his investigations, he\u2019s developed an intense fondness for life, and if life no longer exists, he\u2019ll have nothing upon which to spy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R-Pd3OBbWW8\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R-Pd3OBbWW8<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Validation_Through_Crossover\"><\/span>Validation Through Crossover<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There are two <em>What If\u2026?<\/em> episodes left in the season. So far, the series has operated as an anthology, complete with its structures\u2019 inherent strengths and weaknesses. Some stories connect stronger than others, and the ones that don\u2019t are easily forgettable and don\u2019t percolate much disappointment.<\/p>\n<p>If the show hopes to sell itself as a significant entry in the MCU, however, it has to do more than simply bring its many characters together for one epic showdown against Ultron\/Vision. We must encounter an impact that stretches beyond its animated borders. <em>What If\u2026?<\/em> must touch the greater MCU.<\/p>\n<p>The Watcher connecting Captain Carter to Party Thor is one thing. The unification will solidify the anthology as a singular exercise. But if we don\u2019t get a post-credits live-action stinger, then <em>What If\u2026?<\/em> will forever be cast aside in the audience\u2019s minds. <em>What If\u2026?<\/em> will suffer the same fate as <em>Star Wars<\/em>\u2018 <em>The Clone Wars<\/em> and <em>The Bad Batch<\/em>. Some folks don\u2019t do \u2018toons.<\/p>\n<p>If Captain Carter can step forth from the Multiverse of Madness and interact with Chris Hemsworth\u2019s thunder god in person, then Marvel Studios will validate <em>What If\u2026?<\/em> in the hearts and minds of live-action snobs. The Watcher assembling the <em>What If\u2026?<\/em> Avengers gives hope that a more significant crossover can occur.<\/p>\n<p><em>What If\u2026?<\/em> remaining in Toonland is an ending of sorts. And Marvel doesn\u2019t do endings. The studio strives for the \u201cOh, damn.\u201d They need their audience with their jaws permanently on the floor. The greatest <em>What If\u2026?<\/em> scenario that can deliver this shock exists only in a live-action revelation. They either give it to us now, or we go full-<em>Who Framed Roger Rabbit<\/em>\u00a0in <em>Doctor Strange 2<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>To wait would be foolish. Let\u2019s place bets on a <em>What If\u2026?<\/em> live-action stinger.<\/p>\n<pre><code>    Related Topics: Marvel Explained, Marvel Studios, What If\n    &lt;!-- AUTHOR BOX --&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<div class=\"gray-bg p-4 border small mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center text-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/brad.jpg\" class=\"circle img-fluid\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md\">\n            Brad Gullickson is a Weekly Columnist for Film School Rejects and Senior Curator for One Perfect Shot. When not rambling about movies here, he&#8217;s rambling about comics as the co-host of Comic Book Couples Counseling. Hunt him down on Twitter: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MouthDork\">@MouthDork<\/a>. 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