In the hilarious novel
Saga
,
by Tonino Benacquista, a network hires four screenwriters to develop a series from which they do not expect any audience.
The premise is simple: "Do what you want while it's cheap."
What happens next deserves a search for the novel, sadly out of print.
I will advance that the team is so high that it even plans the destruction of New York meteorite by means of.
Of course, austerely, without explosions or Empire State shattered, only with the characters narrating the cataclysm.
Marvel is not supposed to be disinterested in the audience or need for austerity, however it has also pointed to chatter to the detriment of the action. In
Loki
, they underused the most bubbly character in their universe and even an alligator wearing a helmet - the latter is inexcusable - in favor of cumbersome explanations that reached their zenith in an end closer to those stomach conversations at Banco Sabadell than to a series of Superheros. It followed the path
Falcon and the Winter Soldier
had already started with their chatter about class struggle - when we wanted wrestling - and left us with the suspicion that
Scarlet Witch and Vision
had been a beautiful accident, as rare as their premise.
It is paradoxical that the one who brings back faith is
Hawkeye
, the least glamorous of
The Avengers
.
But there is a catch, much of the shine is provided by the overwhelming charisma of Hailee Steinfeld and Marvel is as good as the new sap as changing the galaxies through the streets of New York and the criminals in tracksuits.
The result is a joyous series of adventures that does not pretend to be
The Falcon and the Arrow
or
Scaramouche,
but at times it has had that old-fashioned aftertaste of the classics that are so cherished at Christmas after-dinner parties.
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