What If...? Episodes 1 - 3 [Season 1] ✦ MCU First Time Watching Reaction ✦ THIS IS SO FUN!

[@kaiielle]

What a blast this show is so far! Let me know your thoughts on these episodes below! My description is filled with links to what you might be looking for. ❤🤙 Thanks for watching!

[@timhonigs6859]

Thanks for sharing with us, your first time seeing these. It makes them new again

[@portalina]

Lol, I don’t get how you’re so into this, and say you want more humor like this in the main movies, but you don’t like it when they do it on Guardians of the Galaxy!! Or any of the others you thought had “too much humor.”🤔 Guardians 2 is one of the most meaningful in the whole lineup! When mantis wants to feel what Drax is feeling when remembering his daughter😭 Yondu and Quill! “. . . he ain’t yer daddy”

[@michaelyuhanek6628]

Your creamy description of the look and feel made sense.

[@kaiielle]

​@@portalina I've said in my reactions before that the humor is funny or unfunny to me depending on who is saying it, who they're saying it to, and the overall context of it. I connect much more with a lot of the characters that aren't part of the main Guardians crew. That said, I definitely think my rating will increase for GotG when I go back and revisit it, now that I've had a lot of time away from it. First time watching reactions doesn't necessarily mean that I will always feel that way about it. You're just watching my initial thoughts.

[@jenloveshorror]

Thanks for doing these. My family on super tight budget so we probably in the 1 percent of ppl that don't have Disney +. I wanna watch this show so badly, but my twins are even more sad. So I cannot begin to tell u how excited I was to see this reaction & then share it w my kids. They loved it!!! Thank u so much honestly from the bottom of my heart you made their hearts just explode w happiness. And they know that you can't do the entire eps, but what you show is really good & enough to make sense of what's happening. Thanks hon😊❤

[@jeffwontshutup]

When Thor came out in theaters Marvel released an official tie-in comic called "Fury's Big Week" which is where they revealed that Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2 and Thor all take place simultaneously (the first time in the MCU that they established a definitive timeline and also explaining why neither Fury nor Coulson has no presence in Incredible Hulk). I **THINK** this is the first MCU production that acknowledges the big week on film. I love the first episode the best of these three. When I first watched it I had no idea why Bradley Whitford was voicing a random army jerk because I had somehow missed the Agent Carter One-Shot. You mentioned you had the urge to rewatch the Incredible Hulk .... you actually might want to before continuing on, especially if the details are fuzzy.

[@dqixsoss7436]

An interesting detail I heard when the third episode came out: Wherever they say Hope died is the same place and time as where Natasha says she met (and got shot by) the Winter Soldier. So it’s very possible he killed Hope in this universe

[@user-dz6fy6qv2l]

Hmm.. good catch.

[@brianalambert1192]

The entire concept of T Challa as Star Lord being sufficient to convince Thanos not to go through with his plan will never not be funny to me. This tells me so much about T Challa that I didn't think I needed to know

[@Uatu-the-Watcher]

The “creamy” aspect you referred to is speaking to their color palette. Marvel has a color palette to unify their films. The “creamy” effect is likely an attribute of animating in 3D and then rendering in 2D to get the effect you’ve keenly noticed. :-)

[@nickthedreamer4434]

For the record, in case it hasn't been said, Red Skull summoning a monster to fight his war against a Captain America-like character during World War II is much more comic-book accurate than you might think.

[@zbennalley]

Hearing Yondu say to T'Challa," There's no place in this universe you don't belong." It always hits me because that line wasn't just to his character but to Chadwick Boseman himself. That episode showed that one character can truly make an impact on the universe by simply being them.

[@linusklaus]

Hey, so, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D began with phase 2, and they connect to the movies in some instances, so if you intend to rewatch the MCU you might want to look up in which episodes AoS connects with which movies and watch them along with one another. Idk, it's just something that occured to me and I thought was too good of an oportunity for you for me to not mention it.

[@TheChiraagG]

AoS is also I believe still the highest rated Marvel show. Great stuff. Also loved Agent Carter

[@gchild1286]

Great reaction! One of the things I love about your reactions is that you CHOOSE to enjoy yourself as opposed to so many other people that griped and complained about phase 4. There is very little about the MCU that I would complain about and I’ve seen all of the OFFICIAL MCU, and most of the projects that we (the fans) choose to assume is MCU. Thank you Kaielle!

[@kelstwin3176]

So glad you're watching Agent Carter! I don't know how anyone who enjoyed CA The First Avenger wouldn't want to know Peggy better; AND the relationship with Jarvis and Howard [as played by Dominic Cooper-to me, the definitive Howard]= chef's kiss. Agent Carter and Agents of Shield are my favorite Marvel shows, though these phase 4 shows are awesome as well

[@houdin654jeff]

So the dog appeared, along with Howard the Duck, in the first Guardians movie as part of The Collector’s collection. You might not have noticed, but she has a CCCP logo on her spacesuit. She is a character from the comics called Cosmo, a double meaning since she was launched by the Soviets and was sent to the cosmos. She is a very good dog.

[@inspectre27]

Rumored to have been inspired by Laika, the actual dog the Soviets launched into space, the aftermath of which may have led to the anti-cruelty standards we have today. Fun fact: There is a scene in Hawkeye where Hailee Steinfeld is wearing a Laika t-shirt, i believe lifted from the comics. OK, I'll stop being a Laika fanboy now. 😊

[@scrazzle]

Your enjoyment of this show is so great to see. Can't wait to see your reaction to the rest of the season. While I didn't grow up reading comics, I grew up around kids that did, and "what if" was a recurring theme. What if so-and-so fought so-and-so? What if so-and-so could do such-and-such? Then there's the elaborate stories that only a kid's imagination could possibly conceive that fill in how these crazy things play out in their head. I love the concept of turning that into an animated series, and they did an amazing job bringing that to the small screen.

[@Murrlin27]

Your excitement during this just makes me love What If twice as much all over again!

[@NestorCustodio]

This whole series is such a fun little romp. Great reaction. Very... "creamy"? 😏

[@phtevenj]

i love how you are doing 3 episodes at a time...

[@althelas]

Peggy smashing Nazis left and right is not something I thought I needed but here we go. Btw, the name of the guy with the bowler hat is Dum-Dum Dougan

[@SilentBob731]

6:41 "Bowler Hat-Guy" is Timothy 'Dum Dum' Dugan, portrayed by the excellent actor Neal McDonough. Unfortunately, in real life, he's a Christian Fundamentalist. These are very fun, and occasionally scary and/or heart-breaking (the voice-work on this series is the last time Chadwick Boseman performed in an MCU project, or possibly anything). 💔 38:21 We all love Phil Coulson.❤ And Clark Gregg seems like a quality human being in real life. 👍

[@havok6280]

I wonder if there is a variant of KL who doesn't fall for Loki's shenanigans... 😅

[@kaiielle]

I'm sure there is 🤣

[@margoadams6627]

I have become a new fan of loki so I can't blame her and also tom hiddleston can do no wrong, I love him as an actor plus he's so handsome too😊

[@deanna9808]

Sad to miss the premiere! But looking forward to catching up. It's a really great show and a genuinely brilliant way of explaining & exploring the concept of a multiverse.

[@crapstirrer]

When she punches so many Nazis that they had to montage it

[@marshabrew7447]

oh btw, bowler hat guy’s name is “Dum Dum Dugan”

[@kaiielle]

Dugan!!! I always forget that

[@davewhitmore1958]

@@kaiielle In the comics, S.H.I.E.L.D. puts Dugan in charge when Godzilla shows up in the 616

[@returntovalhalla9937]

When you get back to the MCU, before watching Shang-Chi, you need to watch the marvel one shot - All Hail the King.

[@jasonelliott5726]

Kaiielle, you are head and shoulders above every reactor I've seen. When I see a new Kaiielle offering I can't wait to watch with you. Oddly enough, I didn't enjoy What If all that much when it came out. I think my life and my headspace at that time weren't conducive to appreciating this show. Rewatching these first three episodes with you was so enjoyable that I may need to go back and properly appreciate them in their entirety. I love riding along on your MCU journey (and almost all your other choices as well, especially my favorite Linklatter "Before" trilogy, which most reactors haven't touched). Kaiielle is the queen of intelligent and heartfelt entertainment reactions!

[@kaiielle]

Thank you so much ❤️ This made my morning

[@filmpopmovie]

The Spider-Verse movies are top tier experiences. Glad you’ve chosen wisely. 😊

[@aldo4908]

This is an awesome show, hope season 2 to be as good...please! Haha.

[@rabooey]

Very cool to hear that you're going to react to the Spider-Man:Spiderverse movies. You will LOVE them, and we will LOVE seeing you do so.🤘 What If...? Season 2 coming in twenty-two days, woohoo!

[@cruelangel8689]

Just wanted to say, you are definitely not alone in your love for the Agent Carter series. I put season 1 of that show alongside the Marvel Netflix shows in level of quality.

[@TheBigLlamaShow]

Awesome reaction, glad I got to watch the live premiere!

[@kaiielle]

Thanks for being there! Was good to see you

[@scotthill1600]

“What if” is a really fun series, im pretty excited for season 2 coming this month. When I watched Agents of shield for the first time, I watched the entire series in 9 days & if I remember correctly it’s well over 100+ hours of episodes. You’ll grow to love the AOS characters Agents of shield ran from 2013-2020, Coulson prob has the most screen time out of any character in all of the MCU by miles & miles & miles (besides AOS, he still gets the most but his team are w him all the time) bear in mind the first 6 episodes are kinda slow ngl but the character development is needed, you always gotta remember w AOS, it just gets better & better I stand firm I loved Loki the show but it doesn’t even come close to AOS, AOS fav mcu show & Loki coming in at a strong 2nd. Agent Coulson & his team saving the world dozens & dozens of times before the superheros, civilians or military even get a chance to hear ab it, some of the threats being 100% avenger level threats Multiple instances where if they failed humanity would get wiped out or the population gets decimated to lower numbers & the guardians of the galaxy, avengers, etc. wouldn’t even know what was happening until it was too late

[@scotthill1600]

YES! Starting agents of shield soon, that’s the 2nd best news I’ve heard all week. VINDICATION! I’ve watched almost all of your mcu reactions but just finally subbed bc of AOS

[@kaiielle]

AOS won't be coming to KZbin, unfortunately. At least not any time soon. Appreciate you watching, just didn't want to get your hopes up if you were expecting it to be on the channel.

[@scotthill1600]

@@kaiielle I’ll finally have to get my first patreon subscription ig, your gonna love AOS & it’s great watching first time reactions to

[@FutureBoy85]

I love this show a lot! ❤

[@Drudenfusz]

Watch only Into the Spider-Verse before No Way Home, Across the Spider-verse takes technically place after that.

[@havok6280]

Glad to see the Watcher in a larger role. He had a cameo with Stan Lee a few movies back...

[@NealMarchuk]

Kaiielle, you're not the only one who finds Sebastian Stan's voice acting a bit strange. Often, it doesn't really sound like Bucky to me. I feel similarly about Jeremy Renner's voice in this series, too. I'm thrilled that you're going to react to the Spider-Verse films! The animation in "What If?" is fun, but those movies -- and the story they're telling -- constantly blow me away.

[@alanjones5199]

Love this show & the What If comics, great reactions too/again. If you do back it might also be worth checking out old… 🤔 let’s say New Rockstars KZbin videos, they break down movies and show you lots of things only comic readers might notice (could be for patreon) adds a lot of detail & silly things, like where you see lots of names in a show they are probably linked to the original comics, or some shows have hidden QR codes which are comics. I’d be careful when you get closer to up to date stuff as they might spoil (maybe get someone trusted to check first). Doesn’t have to be New Rockstars, there are a few that do it. If they are done at the time of Movie release they will have speculation of future directions, which in its self is a kind of what if lol. All us comic readers like to guess, think we know, but they are all What If’s with the MCU trying to keep us on our toes.

[@DC_Prox]

kaielle out of context: "I mean, it sucked to see everyone that I love die, but..." 😂

[@cjohn64]

Colonel Flynn (the jerk) from episode one is voiced by the Merman-loving scientist in Cabin in the Woods, aka Bradley Whitford.

[@jenloveshorror]

I love that your reference to the amazing Bradley Whitford is Cabin in the woods!!! lol. My go to his Revenge of the nerds!!! lol. Lord, I'm old😂

[@cjohn64]

@@jenloveshorror i did that because I just watched her reaction to Cabin in the Woods. I remember him first from Billy Madison but I love him in The West Wing.

[@jenloveshorror]

@cjohn64 makes total sense hon. All of those are good. Cabin in the woods is one of my fav!

[@JuanRamos-td3ws]

Agents of SHIELD!! ❤

[@DavidB-2268]

No Way Home should be watched between the two Spiderverse movies.

[@MattPerk7]

My favorite part of this video was what you said, "I will be watching Agents of Shield soon." I'm really looking forward to seeing you react to that show. I think you are really going to like it.

[@thedirtytowel3155]

excited for your spiderman arc

[@Lloyd00]

I'm glad someone likes the Tchalla episode as much as me!

[@gridlo]

I kinda wish they called him something more suited to his character. Like Star Prince or Star King

[@Logan_Baron]

I think Star Prince would have made so much more sense. Since he was a prince, so it makes sense for him or Yondu to come up with that name, whereas Star Lord, was because Peters mother called him that.

[@gridlo]

@@Logan_Baron exactly.

[@gridlo]

@@Logan_Baron in the recent video game (which is great) Starlord is the name of his favorite band

[@nickkrewson]

Lake Bell is also a voice actress in the DC Universe. Most notably, she is the voice of Poison Ivy in the Harley Quinn series. I don't think that counts as a spoiler... 🤔

[@Klaital1]

Can't wait for the next part, episode 4 is my favorite of this series by a mile.

[@Thylonicus]

I am so glad you're totally digging _Agent Carter._ I thoroughly love the show, and thought the first episode, here, did as much justice to the character yet kept the setting grounded in believability as that series. I particularly loved the action sequence starting at roughly 04:45, as it highlights not only what could have been, but what I think _should_ have been. To say Steve was a ninety-eight-pound weakling is underselling it. This shows what happens when the formula was given to someone not only with greater moral fiber but with a body that, even at its absolute worst, is typical for her age and sex--but given than she's a member of S.S.R., she's much more likely to be in very good shape. That's why you get her throwing trucks over her shoulder where Steve gets sent flying like a paper airplane. I think it shows quite well how ignorant and stupefyingly blinding such sexism can be. Between the two, regardless of what one thinks about either, Carter is the clear better choice for the procedure. And 07:54, when you said now you wish this is what actually happened--me too. _Me too._ This is such a better set-up, setting, and story than we got in _Captain America: The First Avenger._ 10:45 I think Hayley Atwell is more than a skilled enough actress. I'm just not sure about the physicality. They'd probably keep Carter the same dimensions as her actress, which would be--I don't know. Weird. Ill-fitting. This growth in height and musculature is important, I feel, not only as a mirror to Steve's transformation in the "main" MCU continuity, but also to show that women _can_ be stronger, and look it. Over all, I'm not really fond of the new Hydra plot. I mean, granted, it's better than making laser guns in the 1940s, but there's no justification for it. The point at which this universe diverges from the main MCU universe is when Carter is "asked" to leave. In the main MCU she goes along with it, but here, she doesn't. I can sort of go with how that changes what the bad guy does who splodies the place, but Hydra would have been working on their plan--either plan--for weeks. Months. Years, likely. It doesn't keep me from thoroughly enjoying the episode, but it _is_ something of a mental stumbling block. Obviously, they did it to keep the narrative new and interesting, and I get that. You don't want to just rehash everything in a movie, to keep the audience from being bored if nothing else. Still, I'd've liked it to been closer to the movie's story, including the ice, waking up and discovering she isn't still in the 1940s, all that. The episode where T'Challa becomes Star-Lord, I think, works much better from a narrative point of view. The episode picks up so long after the point of divergence that I feel like it justifies the number of changes. I think it's somewhat similar for the third episode. We actually get to _see_ changes made as they happen, and they flow, more or less smoothly, from previous changes. This episode, too, is much more narratively satisfying. That said, of course, the first episode is hands-down my favorite of the three. Not even a contest. 😀

[@warrenphilbert6856]

Captain Carter! a great ring to it!... Excellent!.✌️❤️❤️

[@strettoasino9006]

Amazing how people talked themselves into not watching this..... because.... reasons

[@MattPerk7]

The Howard Stark in Agent Carter was directly inspired by the Howard Stark in the Captain America movie. Same actor and everything. Episode 1 Howard Stark was consistent with the Captain America movie Howard Stark

[@ericmarois6960]

I love how you're enjoying this. Shirt is cool too, just glad the logo isn't blue or it'd be to reminiscent of a network I'm not exactly fond of. ;) Seems like I'm late to the party, I just waited until all episodes were reviewed to watch the whole season in one go. :D

[@kaiielle]

Thanks for watching!

[@loftyguy11]

I also really enjoyed the Agent Carter show!

[@Drake844221]

The first two are some of my favorites from this series. By now, you've seen the middle stretch, which has some episodes that were less... enjoyable for me, but I still appreciate them in the end. It really is an amazing series all around, and I'm very excited for Season 2 to start dropping in... two days?

[@kaiielle]

Enjoy Season 2! I won't get to it for a while.

[@zaidshaikh9421]

Episode 4 is my favourite ❤

[@davewhitmore1958]

Capt. Carter was an excellent choice to kick off with :)

[@ericstarkey551]

Bowler hat guy is timothy dum dum dugan

[@zeldangerous]

What if… a series of just Coulson What Ifs….. take all of my money

[@kaiielle]

Same though 😭🤣

[@elitexpgaming1810]

That TVA shirt is dope

[@Uatu-the-Watcher]

Bowler Hat Guy: Dum Dum Dugan. :-)

[@IIIFrog]

Agents of Shield is soooo good...Skye is my favorite!!!

[@Uatu-the-Watcher]

Hey, K. Don’t feel pressured to do a rewatch for work. It’s not needed. However, these films do have a heavy rewatchability for fun. :-)

[@Grul7718]

Lake Bell is also in live action MCU, (wakanda forever) but is unfortunately only in a small role.

[@Ray-ko1lm]

Do Agents of Shield. It’s a very long series and each season gets better, it’s very fulfilling at the end. Please 🙏

[@kaiielle]

I'll be doing it on Patreon, which is where I'm watching all the non-MCU Marvel shows ☺️

[@AFMountaineer2000]

Just in time for season 2 since the trailer dropped a few days ago

[@viktorszakacs9494]

I think, after this, you could watch the spider-man movies, as the multiverse is now opened after Loki season 1. All of movies outside the MCU could be considered as now part of it through the multiverse. Just like the Spider-man movies before, i think all the X-men, Deadpool, and maybe Blade is needed, espeshally when as we speak Deadpool 3 is in development, with a lot of members of the older X-men movies (like Hugh Jackman, but i won't spoil who he plays). I know that a lot of people will say that you can watch all of these (S-M movies) before No way home, but ithink all the differences that all interpretations of the SAME character, really ties into this whole multiverse-saga, and What if too. And you will meet different variants, of different charaters in a lot of movies, just like in Loki. This is why I'm trying to convince you, because (unless you read the comics) otherwise you wouldn't meet for example the Fantastic 4 beforehand. I don't want to push all of these multiversal different movies at the same time, I'm just trying to help you (and others who now started waching Marvel) learn slowly over time, but to be able to catch different easter eggs, and references, that already happend, and will happen. Maybe idk like watch one of the X-men movies a month, trust me i know that 12-16 movies in a row can be overwhelming!

[@kaiielle]

In the video I talk about some movies coming that aren't in the MCU - Garfield and Verse Spiderman movies, and Venom movies. X-Men movies are gonna come in 2024 but only one every month or so.

[@viktorszakacs9494]

@@kaiielle That's great! I'm so sorry, i wrote this comment before i watched the video!

[@kaiielle]

It's okay! Just wanted to make sure you didn't miss it since it was at the end of the vid anyway

[@havok6280]

Marvel has been doing What If in the comics for decades. DC calls their line Elsewolds. One of my favorites is the one where Clark crashed in Russia instead of Kansas...

[@Asergio1999]

35:08 Just letting you know that from episode 2 onwards there will be a post credit scene

[@kaiielle]

There weren't. I kept checking.

[@Asergio1999]

@@kaiielle I was talking about Agents of SHIELD

[@nicolefrushour3497]

I’ll be here, impatiently waiting for you to start Agents of Shield

[@ericstarkey551]

You should read the what if..? Book. They do some amazing stories

[@Cenforge]

Bravo.

[@swordmonkey6635]

Kaiielle, maybe "rich" colors and animation instead of "creamy"?

[@kaiielle]

Thanks, I will let my past self know!

[@regusters]

Live action Captain Carter you say? ahem.. Sounds like there's a particular MARVEL movie you haven't seen yet......

[@brendancolquitt3029]

You should watch across the spiderverse after no way home

[@kaiielle]

Yeah I will be when I originally wasn't. Was told it's ideal to.

[@B.RavenB]

In that pause of the MCU pleaasee watch the X-Men seriess pleeeaasee.

[@kaiielle]

X-Men will be sprinkled throughout 2024 and will run alongside the MCU reactions.

[@B.RavenB]

You definitely have to before Doctor Strange 2@@kaiielle

[@bottlecaps2741]

Was never a fan of the Tony Stark voice. Sounded more like Jack Black to me.

[@user-dz6fy6qv2l]

I really hope you put the Agents of SHIELD series on the youtube channel. It's absolutely one of my favorite Marvel projects. A little slow to start, but it really takes off. Some of the best characters in the MCU.. period.

[@kaiielle]

If I decide to, it won't be for a long time.

[@wyterabitt2149]

I think it's important to remember that it is not MCU anymore. It's a great show, but is not canon anymore.

[@filmpopmovie]

The Spider-Verse movies are a absolutely top tier experiences. Glad you’ve chosen wisely. 😊