RE: A Geeky Guy’s Guide to Ironheart

I tend to enjoy more than one guilty pleasure when it comes to TV series. The Marvel universe, on more than one occasion, feeds my gluttony, so as a viewer, I can't deny that I am partly responsible for what is happening. I admit that, as a forty-something, I am not the target audience for this series. I know the character because he appears in a card game, and it's clear that most people don't care. As was the case with Agatha or Echo, it seems like a series that is more intended to introduce or be a preview of a larger story than to shine on its own or have any identity.

I decided long ago not to focus on bad reviews. Basically, what I ask of a superhero series is that it be entertaining, and this one seems to try, although the platform went all out. The whole series is too fast-paced. I quite enjoyed the first half, with its band of misfit thieves, but the second half left me generally unsatisfied. As a frustrated writer, I'd rather not talk about the script. I understand both your enthusiasm and the criticism and hatred of the fans. I didn't connect with Riri; I see her as closer, as a character, to Whiplash, the villain in Iron Man 2, than to Tony Stark. But I understand that a seed is being planted alongside Wiccan and Kate Bishop for those Young Avengers who are yet to come.