Marvel’s What If…? review: New series can’t tell a proper story for the life of it
The IndependentGet our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But after two dozen or so films and a handful of streaming series, it’s looking increasingly likely that Marvel’s winning formula could lose its shine. As part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe ’s ongoing “Phase Four”, the studio is diversifying its portfolio of titles, bringing in new lead characters, new genres and celebrated, idiosyncratic filmmakers. The second episode ponders what would have happened if, instead of Peter Quill, it had been T’Challa who was abducted into space as a child, becoming the freewheeling space adventurer known as Star-Lord. Though it’s loosely adapted from a Marvel premise dating back to the 1970s, the series can’t help but bring to mind The Simpsons’ “Treehouse of Horror” episodes – or, more closely, Futurama’s duller “Anthology of Interest” instalments.
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