The Marvels is a great reason to catch up on the MCU’s most underrated show
Ms. Marvel may not have caught the attention of an audience hungry for new TV, like WandaVisionor an audience hungry for more Tom Hiddleston, like Loki. But it’s still quietly one of the best Marvel Cinematic Universe TV shows produced for Disney Plus.
If you’re trying to figure out how much “homework” you need to do first The miracles (featuring the big screen debut of Ms. Marvel) hits theaters next week, take it from us: this delightful little six-episode show should be at the top of your list.
Despite Ms. Marvel‘s limited space to work with, the six episodes packed with superhero action, teen drama, generational trauma, and the immigrant experience in the diaspora, without feeling like it’s juggling too much. The show’s titular hero is Kamala Khan, a superfan of the spacefaring hero Captain Marvel, who discovers her own incredible powers during a fateful trip to “AvengerCon” and sets out to find their source, and her own way to defeat the hero. are from her Jersey City community.
The series has a distinct visual style and narrative tone, inspired by bright comic book colors, John Hughes films and the pop-in graphics of Scott pilgrim against the world – but all that energy comes second to the charm of its star, Iman Vellani. Among the group of young actors recruited to play the MCU’s second generation of superheroes, Vellani stands out, demonstrating an effortless gravitas and performative range that belies her status as a newcomer. (And her co-written Ms. Marvel comedy miniseries is pretty great too!)
The heart of Ms. Marvel is with Kamala and her loved ones: the eternally compelling drama of a family trying to stay connected while the children become increasingly independent of their parents and their family history. The purposeful balance between Kamala’s daily life and her superhero work is not simply determined MS. Miracle Setting aside almost the rest of the MCU fare, it also makes it one of the most loving and direct adaptations of a specific (and beloved) Marvel comic in the history of the MCU.
Fortunately, it appears that Kamala’s parents and brother have at least one small screen time indoors The miracles, when Kamala’s superpowered bracelet becomes cosmically “entangled” with Captain Marvel and Photon, in a sort of three-way Freaky Friday-esque space adventure. There’s still time to kill between now and whenever The miracles hits theaters on November 10 – let it be your excuse to watch (or rewatch) one of the best new additions to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in years.
Ms. Marvel is streaming Disney Plus.