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I was far from being impressed with this one. The stories felt unimportant and sometimes not particularly enjoyable, mostly due to unpleasant main characters. The heroes are so focused on coming back with the stolen artifact from Wakanda, but it's hard to care about this kind of mission, and sometimes the "enemies" feel more right and easy to relate.

I don't think they were successful in their way to include Wakanda heroes into real historical events, or at least popular myth, like the Trojan horse. It feels out of place and they don't take advantage of them to make impactful arguments about our history.

The art was not that great either, not a big fan of how they made the faces, they all look like they have too much makeup on. There are some beautiful moments there, but the overreliance on "yellow rays of light" makes everything too dull when it could have had a brighter contrast.

The action scenes were as good as you can expect from Marvel, with very well-choreographed fights.

A sophisticated adaptation to The Talented Mr. Ripley. I haven't read the book but I loved each of the adaptations since Plein Soleil, so I should probably give it a chance.

Ripley finds a good balance between being intellectual and entertaining; the music, the acting, the visuals, and the story are all proof of it. To do so, it takes full advantage of 50s Italy using everything wonderful about this time and place and even playing with the cinema code of the era, black and white is a bold choice but pays beautifully.

Andrew Scott is brilliant in this role. His character is a mastermind but still feels the nervousness of his mistakes or unexpected obstacles. He is a plain villain but you wish for him to fail as much as to win. I felt like some of his mistakes were a little too huge. I understand that he has his failures but sometimes you feel like he could have easily put himself out of trouble If he was giving more thought.

Compared to other adaptations, Ripley is funny. It's a sober humour but it is constant and very well integrated in what could have been a way darker show.

A viciously dark show with maybe one of the most despicable main characters I've ever seen on screen. The Penguin is amoral and grotesque but he will keep you hooked with every of his actions.

The show is cynical, unfair, and with some twisted moments but The Penguin is a masterpiece. It works around profoundly developed characters, some of them being endearing enough to root for them all along. Thanks to the actors playing these larger-than-life crimelords, Sofia and Oz steal every scene they are in. When both of them are in the same scene, it always promises some captivating and layered confrontations.

I was doubtful first, I love Reeve's The Batman but I hate this trend to have a cinematic universe divided into films and shows, I didn't want to feel forced to watch 8 hours of the show just to be ready for The Batman 2. That said, the amazing reviews convinced me and I'm glad they did! This show is worth the hype.