There's something I haven't mentioned yet about the comedy the show is going for, mostly because it is failing so hard at making it stick. And that is the commentary on the current social media, life and pop culture. I bring it up in this episode because I feel it's the one that more directly addresses its own: the influencer/social media power over the legal system.
I know the joke is about She-Hulk's trademark name and the commentary on fake beauty products and all. But, and I can't stress this enough, how is Jen friends with her "best friend"? (sorry I don't remember her name). I mentioned this in my previous episode review, but she kind of peer pressures her to make a dating app profile and get into the dating stuff not out of worry, she now is like doubting Jen's suspicions about the products... I know she is supposed to be more shallow than Jen but that only begs the question, what does she see in her? What do they have in common? Why are they friends? And again, I wouldn't have a problem with this if we were shown a character building moment between both. But again, I am fooling myself as that's not what the show is interested in so why should I bother wondering. It's just, Jen is so down to earth and smart and has an interesting personality; and this other woman is just like, and it goes for the other male coworker too (who speaks so weird, he seems like he is high all the time), these people are so over the top they don't seem real. And if they are, wow, I really never imagined cartoons were so faithful to reality. I know it's for the sake of comedy, but it is just too far on the opposite spectrum from Jen that it is jarring.
And then it gets a serious lawyer woman for a semi-serious lawyer case. I really don't know what their angle is. But I gotta say, the whole secret superhero fashion designer gag is meh, fun enough. And who would have thought that the writers put some thought into some of the jokes they had, and of course I refer to the fact that the whole "how would She-Hulk fare in the dating app world?" came into play on the courtroom scenes coming, surprisingly, full circle (that is, fulfilling some sort of punchline) while at the same time providing a funny-embarrassing new scene. Huh.
And the outcome of the scene actually has an emotional core message for Jen... Wow, I guess not everything is just for the punchline in the show. And next to the fact that Jen wants to befriend the lawyer that helped her out of the lawsuit, may this be a change for the better? Are we about to witness some character growth? Is the story of She-Hulk starting to unravel? Stay tuned to know more. Plus, Daredevil coming right up.
In conclusion, I'm just happy to see some development happening in regards to characters. I still know the pacing, writing, CGI and other more technical aspects of the show are as atrocious as ever but I just need something more. At least if there's some sort of interesting characters, they can always write better stories, like, I remember not a lot of people like the first Dr Strange movie but the character was interesting and people loved him in other Dr Strange stories that came after. So really what I'm asking of Marvel is that, at the end of it all, they make a decent character so that when she shows up in other Marvel movies is a welcomed addition and not a "Oh, it's Jen the She-Hulk, I know her...". We'll wait and see.
I know the joke is about She-Hulk's trademark name and the commentary on fake beauty products and all. But, and I can't stress this enough, how is Jen friends with her "best friend"? (sorry I don't remember her name). I mentioned this in my previous episode review, but she kind of peer pressures her to make a dating app profile and get into the dating stuff not out of worry, she now is like doubting Jen's suspicions about the products... I know she is supposed to be more shallow than Jen but that only begs the question, what does she see in her? What do they have in common? Why are they friends? And again, I wouldn't have a problem with this if we were shown a character building moment between both. But again, I am fooling myself as that's not what the show is interested in so why should I bother wondering. It's just, Jen is so down to earth and smart and has an interesting personality; and this other woman is just like, and it goes for the other male coworker too (who speaks so weird, he seems like he is high all the time), these people are so over the top they don't seem real. And if they are, wow, I really never imagined cartoons were so faithful to reality. I know it's for the sake of comedy, but it is just too far on the opposite spectrum from Jen that it is jarring.
And then it gets a serious lawyer woman for a semi-serious lawyer case. I really don't know what their angle is. But I gotta say, the whole secret superhero fashion designer gag is meh, fun enough. And who would have thought that the writers put some thought into some of the jokes they had, and of course I refer to the fact that the whole "how would She-Hulk fare in the dating app world?" came into play on the courtroom scenes coming, surprisingly, full circle (that is, fulfilling some sort of punchline) while at the same time providing a funny-embarrassing new scene. Huh.
And the outcome of the scene actually has an emotional core message for Jen... Wow, I guess not everything is just for the punchline in the show. And next to the fact that Jen wants to befriend the lawyer that helped her out of the lawsuit, may this be a change for the better? Are we about to witness some character growth? Is the story of She-Hulk starting to unravel? Stay tuned to know more. Plus, Daredevil coming right up.
In conclusion, I'm just happy to see some development happening in regards to characters. I still know the pacing, writing, CGI and other more technical aspects of the show are as atrocious as ever but I just need something more. At least if there's some sort of interesting characters, they can always write better stories, like, I remember not a lot of people like the first Dr Strange movie but the character was interesting and people loved him in other Dr Strange stories that came after. So really what I'm asking of Marvel is that, at the end of it all, they make a decent character so that when she shows up in other Marvel movies is a welcomed addition and not a "Oh, it's Jen the She-Hulk, I know her...". We'll wait and see.