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One of the many anticipated happenings in cinematic and streaming worlds came along with the ushering in of this new year: Marvel's Phase Five. That's right! This new Phase has only just kicked off with Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania which dropped in February and is expected to run from 2023 to mid 2024 with the following:
Movies:
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania {February 17, 2023}
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 {May 5, 2023}
The Marvels {November 10, 2023}
Captain America: New World Order {May 3, 2024}
Thunderbolts {July 26, 2024}
Blade {September 6, 2024}
Series:
Secret Invasion {Early 2023}
Loki (Season 2) {Mid 2023}
What If...? (Season 2) {TBA}
Ironheart {TBA}
Echo {TBA}
Agatha: Coven of Chaos {Late 2023 or early 2024}
Daredevil: Born Again (A continuation of Netflix's Daredevil} {Early 2024}
You would have noted the significant reduction in content as opposed to the previous phases. This is because Marvel Studios' president, Kevin Feige, confirmed that quality as opposed to quantity is the Studios' primary focus at this stage.
Have you seen Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania as yet? What are your thoughts if you have? Which from the above are you most excited about? This is your place to rave about the topic!
I'm truly excited about watching all of this, but I haven't caught up on all the previous movies and shows. I want to renew my Disney+ membership so I can watch, but the price is expensive if you add all the other streaming services I subscribe to. Hopefully I can renew my membership soon and get to watching, but who knows.
~ Mrs. Steve Harrington ~ It be like that sometimes.
Who else is THRILLED for the return of Daredevil?! I was pretty devastated when Netflix cancelled the original show in 2018 but I’m so grateful to Marvel for listening to the fans by bringing it back. The first three episodes of Daredevil: Born Again have been released so far and there were some pretty shocking twists, and along with them came a few supporting characters from the Netflix show played by the same actors. I am in awe of this even though Marvel is known for bringing back actors to reprise their roles. See below spoiler tag for my thoughts on the first three episodes:
SPOILER!!: HUGE TWISTS
Episode 1: the most heart wrenching thing is Bullseye killing Foggy I know many DD viewers are fans of our Avocados-at-Law {gosh, I’ll miss hearing that term}: Matt & Foggy and so we were looking forward to content featuring them. What we didn’t expect is Bullseye making that move on Foggy within five minutes of the episode. The way Matt screamed and cried for his friend broke my heart; I’m still recovering from it and from the loss of a favourite character. I’m also still also in pain over the way in which Karen and Matt parted ways. It broke my heart that she needed her other best friend after Foggy’s death but I also understand that Matt was also grieving and had no mental capacity to be there for her
Wilson Fisk becoming Mayor of NY wasn’t shocking. But I am still rather mad he won The only aspect that makes me sad is that Vanessa seemingly cheated on him. Fisk may have his evil ways but I’ve always admired the love he carried for Vanessa.
Episode 2: Ben Ulrich’s {Sleep in peace, Ben} niece is a journalist just like him! I can only hope she’s as brave and chooses the right path like Ben did when he helped Daredevil/Matt.
Episode 3: I wasn’t sure Hector Ayala/White Tiger would have been found not guilty of the crime he was accused of {Matt’s a really good lawyer :3 }but really… I didn’t expect him to survive the episode. Sadly, I was right about the latter but the twist??? The killer was wearing a shirt with The Punisher’s logo on it!!! Like… what??? Those of us who’ve read the comics/watched the Netflix show know that The Punisher/Frank would not do something as evil as that, not within reason, that is. So, I have my doubts as to whether that really was Frank Castle under that hood.
Note: White Tiger/Hector’s actor Kamar de los Reyes died in December 2023 from cancer; the second episode was dedicated to him. His appearance in the show has marked the debut of the character in the MCU so he’ll always be remembered <3
I wished Marvel had dropped all the episodes at once but I really can’t complain, not when I’m truly grateful that the show is back. I’m even more grateful the show was renewed for another season, with filming commencing a few weeks ago. S2 is due to premiere in 2026
Marvel's Phase Five 
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I know many DD viewers are fans of our Avocados-at-Law {gosh, I’ll miss hearing that term}: Matt & Foggy and so we were looking forward to content featuring them. What we didn’t expect is Bullseye making that move on Foggy within five minutes of the episode. The way Matt screamed and cried for his friend broke my heart; I’m still recovering from it and from the loss of a favourite character. I’m also still also in pain over the way in which Karen and Matt parted ways. It broke my heart that she needed her other best friend after Foggy’s death but I also understand that Matt was also grieving and had no mental capacity to be there for her 
The only aspect that makes me sad is that Vanessa seemingly cheated on him. Fisk may have his evil ways but I’ve always admired the love he carried for Vanessa. 
Like… what??? Those of us who’ve read the comics/watched the Netflix show know that The Punisher/Frank would not do something as evil as that, not within reason, that is. So, I have my doubts as to whether that really was Frank Castle under that hood.
