WHAT IF… SERIES REVIEW

We grew up reading those wacky “What if…” comics from Marvel that speculated sometimes seriously about alternate worlds where events happened differently in the comics, like ‘What if Captain America had not vanished during WWII?’ and sometimes not so seriously like with ‘What if the Avengers defeated everybody?’. This new animated show on Disney+, unlike the comics, has an end game in mind, and even a continuity, although you wouldn’t know it at first. Jeffrey Wright voices The Watcher, a powerful cosmic being who observes parallel worlds and each episode represents a ‘What if’ but within the world of the cinematic MCU. The real question is, much like with the other Disney+ Marvel shows so far, how much will this affect Phase 4 of the the MCU? We suspect, quite a bit. Join Chris, Tessa, Marco, and Beau as they examine these 9 episodes, have a lot of laughs, and predict the future.

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CREATED BY: A.C. Bradley

STARRING: Jeffrey Wright, Samuel L. Jackson, Chadwick Boseman, Mick Wingert, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan, Dominic Cooper, Stanley Tucci, Toby Jones, Bradley Whitford, Ross Marquand, Darrell Hammond, Josh Keaton, Jeremy Renner, Neal McDonough, Michael Rooker, Josh Brolin, Benicio del Toro, Kurt Russell, Ophelia Lovibond, Carrie Coon, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Karen Gillan, Djimon Hounsou, John Kani, Sean Gunn, Chris Sullivan, Seth Green, Danai Gurira, Fred Tatasciore, Brian T. Delaney, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Jaimie Alexander, Frank Grillo, Lake Bell, Michael Douglas, Stephanie Panisello, Mike McGill, Alexandra Daniels, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong, Tilda Swinton, Ike Amadi, Leslie Bibb, Paul Bettany, Evangeline Lilly, Paul Rudd, Jon Favreau, Emily VanCamp, David Dastmalchian, Hudson Thames, Michael B. Jordan, Angela Bassett, Andy Serkis, Don Cheadle, Kiff VandenHeuvel, Beth Hoyt, Ozioma Akagha, Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Kat Dennings, Jeff Goldblum, Cobie Smulders, Taika Waititi, Rachel House, Josette Eales, David Chen, Max Mittelman, Clancy Brown, Georges St-Pierre, Cynthia McWilliams

 

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Christopher Lawrence Cox (Founder, Da Boss)

Born in the wilds of northern Virginia, Chris managed to put all of his survival skills to use and barely escaped with his life to Austin Texas in 1992 where ever since he’s dabbled in everything from plumber’s assistant to sandwich maker, from band to bar management. An opportunity to see theatrical release films for free by becoming a critic on a local public access show called “The Reel Deal” turned into a full-time job when Chris and his friends decided to take it to the internet. They built the site Spill.com, adding multiple podcasts and animated features, to no small amount of success. During this time, a fortuitous friendship sprung up between Chris and young Brian Salisbury, who was also a local film critic, and they merged their forces of will, and their laundry list of ideas for shows, to eventually build this community of critics. While Brian eventually followed his heart to a new family, Chris continues on with a cast of colorful folks from all over the country (and a few others). You can also check out Chris in his videocast, along with Martin Thomas and Danni Danger, that One Of Us does with our friends at Bell of Lost Souls: Crossover Event. He also regularly guests on the video game website Rage Select. Follow Chris on Twitter and Facebook and check out hi...