this post was submitted on 02 Jul 2025
7 points (81.8% liked)

Marvel Studios

3975 readers
200 users here now

Lemmy

Welcome to MarvelStudios, a community for discussing all things related to Marvel TV/Film productions with a focus on Marvel Studios.

This community is a place to discuss, share and generally have fun with all things Marvel Studios.

Upcoming TV/Film:

MCU TV/Film Discussion:

Non-MCU Discussion:

Misc Discussion:

Community Guidelines

  1. Be constructive. As a community this is place for discussion, things you liked, things you didn't like, any everything in between. Low effort comments don't add to the discussion.
  2. Be civil. Disagreements happen. Don't attack others. Take a moment and reconsider before you post an inflammatory comment in all caps.
  3. No spam. Please don't post spam, trolling or other low effort content. If you're a human and you saw something interesting or had an interesting thought, you're probably fine.
  4. Memes are allowed. We're a small community, feel free to post memes or similar content. Funny things are good. If it becomes a problem we can discuss changing the rules.

In addition like any community we follow the Lemmy.World content policy rules. In short, don't attack people or groups.

Spoiler Guidelines

When should something no longer be considered a spoiler? In general use your best judgement. If want something more specific,

Related Communities:

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
MimicJar@lemmy.world
JarvisBot@lemmy.world
7
[DISCUSSION] [SPOILERS] Ironheart - S01E05 (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by JarvisBot@lemmy.world to c/marvelstudios@lemmy.world
3 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 weeks ago

This was a better episode than the last few for me because there was less story. The story has been bothering me for making no sense, and it still does bother me and makes no sense here, but at least we see some fighting which gives us a break.

That said, WTF is wrong with Riri's support system? Her Mom is like 'This is our home!': c'mon! Get the fuck outta town! You're gonna lose your daughter! You lost your husband to street violence and you clearly don't get how this works! Get to safety! The solution to all these problems is not more powered armor! And Xavier: how did he come around on the Natalie AI? He's right! Riri is wrong! Why are the writers of this taking her side??

Lastly, my biggest issue: the portrayal of Zeke when he finds out he's been turned into a drone is... a choice. They went with comedy? He's issuing apologies while his body is used to kill people? This is the greatest form of violation. It reads like the old 80's comedies like Porkies or Revenge of the Nerds back when writers rooms seemed to think non-consensual sex was a great source of comedy. I don't get how the writers chose to go this way, and the director, and the actor. No one at any point said, 'This isn't gonna play on screen. This is pure distilled horror and the character is reading as embarrassed instead of desperately wanting to be dead.'

I will finish the show and keep hoping for a better version of this character. I like Ironheart and I like Dominique Thorne, but this show is killing me slowly.