Is Agatha all Along any good?
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The perfect addition to the song in episode two was the single tear Ali Ahn shed. It tells us so much about her character: her connection to the song through her mother, the emotions she felt performing it, the hope and fear that it might actually work. Just an amazing touch.
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I think that tear is actually the reason why Alice is my favorite of the side characters!
This is true but the way they edited that whole scene with the Salem 7 coming was just amazing cinema. The moment the one guy turned into 7 with the screeches of a horse in the background was perfecto, then the way they were walking towards the house with bent necks in the most terrifying way was really good.
@@Byronic19134 it's definitely going to be an iconic MCU scene!
@@CuidightheachODuinn?
She said: „te veo“
Which means, i see you. In other context it can also be something like, see you around, but i think she meant the first thing. It would explain (to me, just making up theories) why agatha is so scared of those animals, that stare at her. Implying, that those are controled by rio or something… just my interpretation
The animals are the Salem seven. And she did mean I’ll see you.
I think the animals are supposed to be familiars of the Salem Seven. But I do think "being seen" is a fear of Agatha's, and witches in general probably, given how the other witches are obfuscating their powers to remain below notice. Agatha has a lot of paranoia, she feels exposed, naked (literally and metaphorically), vulnerable, so telling her "I see you" does feel like a needle aimed at hitting those feelings. It could also be a "I see you [for what you really are]" given Agatha's penchant for manipulation to remind her that Rio knows her tricks.
@@trace9021I think she simply meant I’ll see you later and yes all the animals are the Salem7.
@@trace9021 Damn, that‘s a fucking good reply. Awesome thx
What I love about this show is that it knows what it's trying to be. So much of Marvel is so bland because it's made to appeal to as many people as possible.
Agatha All Along is a queer witchy show about the dark arts. It's fun. it's a little edgy. It showed a butt.
It's so different from what the mcu usually puts out there.
Makes me feel like the creators and director can really add their own flavor to this show.
I don’t think it’s queery at all despite the main characters clearly being such and also feel like labeling the show that will only cause unnecessary hate for a show that is too good to deserve such unwarranted hate.
@Byronic19134 Doesn't that suck? Where people have to watch their words to not get a mob angry viewers hating on show because one of the main characters ignores a phone call from his boyfriend?
So much so that when people are talking about the show, we have to avoid mentioning it so as not to anger the mob.
It's exhausting.
Also, the show is queer. Not just in the sense of it, including LGBT characters.
But the show is very different and peculiar from the rest of the MCU, and I mean that in the very best way.
@@jthememekingagreed.
I was ambivalent on the show but I can honestly say I love it so far. I love that it seems committed to being a genre show, I love the smaller scope, and I’m a sucker for musicals.
I really liked this show! Really great start!
All I know is that scene between Aubrey Plaza and Kathryn Hahn is the most pornographic thing in the MCU. Moreso than the actual sex scenes
People always refer to Ant-Man 3. But, man Thor Love & Thunder is roughhhhhhh
I enjoy watching Quantunamia. I do not watch Love and Thunder.
@@TheEvilCheesecake Exactly 😂 I do know more people that enjoyed Ant-Man 3 over Love & Thunder
I kinda like both movies, but i am not stupid to say they dont have a lot of problems
True, but I actively laughed and enjoyed myself more at the inprov comedy than I got invested in the next blockbuster installment of the Kang Saga, personally. God, that was a rough patch 💀
@@Truck-kun11Me too I think they both get way too much and Thor 4 real problem was not cutting a lot from the film like it just had way too much going on. Antman 3 I thought was a fun family adventure and the only part of movie I had a problem with was them not showing Kang mowing down the Ants to let the narrative that ants killed him thrive.
Honestly, the first two episodes surprised me. I had very low expectations going into this project, but the premiere episodes were a lot of fun. I'm interested to see where the show goes & whether or not it can avoid the classic Disney+ MCU falloff in the back half.
i didn't have a expectation, i knew i was going to watch it.... i will wait for the final episode . so far so good
Yeah for the one hour of content we have so far I like it. I see people bashing it as if the full season is already out, or as if it has to go full marvel chaos speed.
I hope they don't start dying right away. I want more time with everyone.
Hahn is a gem, fun to watch when she's allowed to let loose.
Support cast looks great although not quite enough Plaza so far.
So glad you're covering the show!
If Teen turns out to be Billy (and frankly, it'd be weird if he isn't), my fancast for Tommy is Milo Manheim. Looks like an older version of Young Tommy, great actor, good in an ensemble. Might be too peppy, but could possibly pull it off.
I cant decide if I want these witches to die or not. It would be in keeping with the horror theme for them to drop one by one, but I'd hate for them to waste potentially great characters and actresses. I have more faith in this team to make it work either way than I have in most other Marvel teams though!
My tin foil hat theory is the teen is the darkhold dwarf. He's actually driving the action- convinces Agatha to find the Road, when Agatha doesn't recruit, he sticks around and pushes until they succeed, and the point of the Darkhold Dwarf was to resurrect the Darkhold page by page. He always acted as the temper, just like he's doing with Agatha.
Blackheart / Rio just warned Agatha to run.
She said "Te veo" which is "I see you" in Spanish. In the context, she was saying "See you later."
Love love love Agatha all along
I didn’t love Wanda vision myself, I enjoyed it but wasn’t my favorite, but I really liked the first two episodes of this. I’m looking forward to seeing where this goes.
I’m so happy seeing so many comments from folks who were ambivalent but are hyped now. 💜 I’ve been obsessed since the trailer, gonna be a fun October!!
Penguin has pacing issues, not Agatha. I’m loving the campy, witchy teen horror vibe that feels more like Witches of Eastwick or The Craft
Penguin has pacing issues?? Insane take lmao
Penguin has 1 episode! Relax!!
I’m very relaxed…. Sleeping through it actually
You getting bored isn’t a pacing issue.
Lmao comparing these shows is insane levels of marvel fanboy syndrome
12:45 Yeah, I think you have to have a pretty serious misunderstanding of the word flamboyant to apply it to him, so far at least. edit: also, I thought it was clear that Mrs Hart is just there because Agatha knows it's supposed to be Aubrey Plaza's character ("the last name is a black heart"...she said earlier "I have a heart, and it's black"). So because that obviously wouldn't go well she just chose either the first person she came across or specifically chose Mrs Hart because of her obliviousness.
I think it's really refreshing to be following a villain. I know we had Loki, but by that point Loki had been a hero far longer than a villain. Loki went into his series trying to redeem himself while Agatha is still as selfish as ever and is only looking to get power for herself.
19:16 wow this made me realize she was supposed to be the fourth witch
I thoroughly enjoyed this video! You're so good breaking down the characters! Subscribed!!!!
Weird fact: Blackheart first appearance was in Daredevil 270
Rio said, “I’ll see ya later”
Doesn’t it mean ‘I see you’ cause where’s the ‘later’
@@TheOnlyRick3 it’s implied
Yeah this show absolutely rocks so far. Can’t wait for next week
Good review. I am LOVING it.
I wasn't sure about this outside of enjoying the character in Wandavision and loving Kathryn Hahn. I thought the two episodes slapped and were a lot of fun. Looking forward to seeing where it goes from here.
First 2 episodes were good. First episode showed her life after being made Agnes was very good. Both episodes had exciting endings too. I look forward to what's next!
i loved it; didnt even know it was coming out, just a very pleasant surprise.
I will die on the hill that Wandavision is the best Disney+ MCU project.
Love you, Nando 💜
Funny thing is that the spanish line she says is "te veo". A strict translation would be "I see you" but idk if that is what they were going for or if she was trying to say "see ya" but the translation was poorly done, cause something more accurate would have been "nos vemos", IDK what do you think
Te veo is a pretty common thing to say in Spanish. At least it is in PR. She says it a little awkwardly though.
@@emgonzale then we definitely need context
@@emgonzale "Te veo" is like saying "I see you", judging by the way Rio is trying to use that sentence, it should be "Nos vemos", I noticed that while watching it and It confused me a lot
@@sebastianpesadilla779Isn’t Aubrey Puerto Rican? She could have meant it as “You’ll see” since PR has its own twist on Spanish.
Can we drop the "will X save Marvel?!" narrative?
Marvel is doing just fine. We can't keep making the same narrative over and over.
It hit some rocks that weren't really self-inflicted. But was never at a point where there was never going to be an other Marvel movie.
There are countless articles saying that Deadpool, X-Men 97, Echo, Guardians 3, Wakanda Forever, Ms. Marvel, and No Way Home ALL saved Marvel.
Let's move on.
When your "good" products are shoddy between 5 bad ones -- you can keep the "will _____ save Marvel" because that's not the track record of a winning formula, cry baby.
I liked the trailers but the first 2 episodes were a really great start. I usually have problems with Marvel show pacing and writing but these first two episodes seem to have good pacing and writing.
The first episode established Agatha still in Wanda’s spell we get to live it that while Agatha gets caught up with events of MOM and Wanda’s death. We meet both Rio and “teen” while in the spell then just moments later Agatha breaks free and we see teen and Rio as they are. Episode two we see how the real Agatha operates and we see how cunning and helpful teen is. We meet a great supporting cast of witches and get good humor while meeting them. Ending with the descent down the Witches’ Road.
I’d guess that the next four or five episodes will be trials for each character with the last two focused on teen and Agatha’s motivations for the show, probably a witchy fight and some twists.
This is a really surprising and refreshing review! And, by that, I mean it is the first positive YT review I’ve seen. Good on you for saying how you feel. It’s interesting to hear a totally different perspective. 👍🏽
The fact that this show feels so much like WandaVision 1% of me feels like we might get Ralph Bohnered again
I love this show! One of the most fun Marvel things in awhile
Matt, have you not seen Legion (the Noah Hawley FX show)? I ask because that's the Aubrey Plaza performance most folks mention. And I don't think you've ever mentioned it before.
I love this. Campy witchy well-written fun.
I was very happy with these first two episodes. While not perfect, they met - and in some ways exceeded - my high expectations. I especially appreciated how each character felt fully developed. They could have made some of them disposable Red Shirts, but each member of the coven feels very thought out, deliberate, and realized. And I absolutely loved Joe Locke's Teen. These two episodes (especially episode 2) would not have worked without positive chemistry between Teen and Agatha, and I thought they did a wonderful job building that odd relationship.
Now that I've made some room so the "Read More" truncation can cover some SPOILERS...
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I absolutely still believe that Teen is exactly who we expect him to be. However, I am rather enthralled by the possibility that he might not be Wanda's son but rather is Agatha's son, Nicholas Scratch, somehow returned to her after she sacrificed him some time in the past. Even if Teen does in fact equal Billy, it is still possible that the lock of hair could still be from her lost son. I would be intrigued if this series found its own unique way to continue to explore grief in new ways beyond how WandaVision approached the topic.
Bro really said "SO 👿"
I loved the sexual tension between Catherine Hahn and Aubrey Plaza, as a lesbian I think it's not queerbaiting bc..... Well the hand licking was SO sexual, I do that to flirt (but like without the blood)
I've already seen some people who are really into it proclaiming Agatha as their favorite Marvel show and I like: "Guys I'm glad you're excited but you do know this is just the setup right?😂"
My dad was more interested in this show than I was because he loves Kathryn Haan. The first episode might be my favorite single thing that Disney+ has put out. Clearly Sam Raimi didn’t write it because whoever did saw WandaVision😂
"Teen" got a phone call from "Boyf". So I assume he is gay. Not flamboyently so, but still.
It's also a Be More Chill musical reference, so it's the creators embracing the theatre kid energy even more
When you said “I want to see these witches die” I realized this was a show absolutely full of queer and queer coded characters most of whom have no brand value. This could be a bury your gays speed run attempt.
You didn’t like Wakanda Forever Nando?
You liked Black Panther but Again? It's not bad, it's just Black Panther again with Namorrrrrrrrr
@@PhsycoRed not really but ok
i was fine with it untill the end
@@WitchMaster-vi4kp by the end do you mean the final battle?
He apparently would have liked it but was put off by Letitia Wright's anti-vax stuff outside of the movie enough for her being the lead to have ruined the movie for him (which IMO feels hypocritical based on how much of Gal Gadot's shit he's willing to overlook for a FAR worse performance)
Rio Vidal is definitely a gender-swapped Emerald Warlock.
To me Teen doesn't feel flamboyant. Definitely hits me as gay but more like gay nerd. Almost if like Peter Parker was gay.
Some of the characters seem like they won't have the familial relationships they have in the comics. This Lilia Calderu seems like she is not Mordo's niece (though at least if they had a relationship it won't have been incestuous in the MCU), nor does she strike me as a descendant of the O'Bengh/Cagliostro who was in What If. And I don't really expect them to cast actors who look like this Jennifer Kale's cousins for Johnny Blaze and Danny Ketch either.
I love the show. I'm definitely part of the target audience, but I agree that there are some who just won't vibe with it. No harm, no foul.
Billy’s comment about his aesthetic was a bit on the nose, but aside from that haters are just homophobes. Can’t wait to see him meet Kamala in a post credits
What a weak ass defense. And you wonder why y'all have turned so many people against you and _made_ "homophobes".
In response to your thumbnail we can decide for ourselves thank u 😎
Pretty much if you're gay, not that bright, or absolutely love YA -- you'll like it.
@@CuidightheachODuinn oh nah lol that wasn’t my point
Amazing.
The people hating didn't even watch.
I like this show no it isn't perfect but it's good
Yes I don't have to block you if you had started hateing this I would have had to it as good as Wonder Vision good work
This comment reads like it comes from an avid lover of this show; dumb as fuck.
It’s so good like so so goood
I'm pretty sure black heart is indeed mefisto's son although it has been a while since i read the daredevil's ann nocenti run where they appear😅 i think it would be cool if audrey plaza's character was him and they didnt make a big deal about her daddy ksks it would pay off in a good way the whole mefisto crazy theories in wandavision 😅😂
You should change the title to "Is 'Agatha All Along' Cool Asf?" because it's cool asf. What weirdo hates witches???
I really wish Aubrey Plaza stayed away from that question as to whether it’s Marvel gayest project yet because like read the freaking room, the only thing an answer to that question can do is destroy. Because now you see all the usually content farmers saying how Agatha is “Marvel Gayest Project” which is going to turn people off from even giving it a chance when in reality it has nothing to do with that. It will cause people to put it in the same basket as The Acolyte which is another show that in truth had nothing to do with being gay honestly. And those are good things because we should be telling stories that are bigger than somebody sexuality and if they happen to be gay that’s fine but should not be the main focus in a Marvel show. Even the forced FaceTime from Teens “BoyF” which totally could have been edited out but at the same time Billy/Wiccan is gay in the comics so that’s fine.
But Agatha is way edgier then I was expecting, like her grabbing the blade part of the knife then Rio licking off the blood made me sweatier then I was expecting.
It was okay, but it didn’t have anything really interesting to hook you in. If this wasn’t Marvel related and just a show about witches, absolutely no one would be talking about it.
I know you joke about Madame Web having a film but how does Agatha Harkness have a whole series
It just proves that Madame Web could have been done well. It is more about execution than the popularity of the character.
I love it. I think Teen is great!
Aubrey Plaza is too good for the MCU
Did you watch Legion?
THE PENGUIN SWEEEEEP
Yes
is Aubrey Plaza's character Blackheart?
It's a 4/10 as it stands right now. Pretty much everyone I've seen talk about how it's so great are the same people who read YA novels and think they're amazing.
I’m a native Spanish speaker and I have no idea what rio said
WHAT if you speak Spanish you must know! 😂Btw it means I see you
Really? Goddam, this show brings out primarily idiots, doesn't it?
I could have enjoyed a whole episode and maybe season of agnes of westview
Oh, yeah, the hand licking was definetely the most sexual thing to ever happen in marvel and we had an actual sex scene in eternals, i think, maybe, i dont really know.. ksks😂
Cool.
Really hoped for a darker, more serious show. The acting is so over the top and I just can't take it seriously.
The plot does not catch me so far (episode 2). We're meeting so many characters without much background why they're important. It's very fast paced. Too fast for my taste.
I'm excited to see where it's going but I just wished for a different kind of show
Im 100% certain that Mrs.Davies/Heart is going to be the only one left with Agatha and Billy at the end of the road, she'll watch them die to the seven right at the end and will wish that all the witches are saved and the post credit is wanda coming back to life due to the ambiguity of the wish
It's alright IMO ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
WTF! What!?
We only saw two episodes and can’t have enough of it.
Opinions are like 🍩 🍑 everyone has one.
So don’t let whom ever tell you it’s bad or what ever. Find out for yourself.
We really like it and can’t wait for more.
This guy has no business giving reviews and trying to make up people minds for them.
Let just say I will stop following him.
so far 8/10
I haven't seen it yet, and probably won't for a few reasons. I think these diversity-driven projects have correlated with bad writing in the past. While I liked Agnes, I wasn't as keen on Agatha or anything she did, and she was there for the worst parts of wandavision in the later episodes. The witch's road is also the 3rd mcguffin that just gives a person what they want, after Eternity and the book of vishanti.
I am on record saying the idea of Agatha getting her own show is just dumb, then after seeing first 2 episodes I totally get it as Katheryn Hahn is a rockstar. Also after seeing MoM you get a sense for just how powerful Agatha really is and why she is deserving of more focus especially with Doom coming to the MCU and needing to explore the background of magic more outside a Dr. Strange movie.
Also as somebody who hates musicals I was shocked at how well done the song was and I can’t get it out my head. This cast really is amazing. And again I am not a person who is into musicals, witches, and pushes back against the annoying agenda which you don’t really see here outside a forced FaceTime call by Billy’s boyfriend.
had no clue teen was billy. Thanks for the spoiler
First of all, don't watch the spoiler part of the video if you don't want to get spoiled. And secondly we don't know if he's Billy. It's just a theory.
Is it like Sabrina?
Kinda! Ep 2 is more that.
Yes
12:51 Hi I'm other people! I'm a gay dude and love Joe Locke in this. I don't have much context for Billy in the comics, but I enjoyed his energy here a lot. I feel like it's very rare to have a gay male character in something without it either being the focus of the whole thing (Heartstopper, Call Me By Your Name) or very throwaway. Just having one of the main characters on the show be a gay dude without that being the focus feels so nice to me. Excited where the rest of this show goes.
i find the acting super corny and over the top . I’m interested in the story but it took me two sittings to get through the first episode
I was really surprised to like this as much as I do. I think the main credit to it is that there is a clear sense of character, which feels very uncommon lately. I also just love that Agatha gets to be crappy. Not many female leads are made to be bad people, and when they are they often are made to either be interchangeable with male characters or they exist in a weird narrative space where their flaws feel very contrived rather than congruent with the plot and tone. Agatha just is a bad person, but it moves the plot forward and does not reduce how likeable she is.
Teen is unfortunately my least favorite character. I don't super love his level of flamboyance, but my boyfriend really did like him and felt that this was decently in-line with how he interpreted the comic character.
I gave the 666th like.
I REFUSE to watch a spinoff from a bad show over 4 years ago! Disney needs to do better ans they won't until people stop watching this bs
OH MY GOD WILL YOU SHUT UP NERD
The first two episodes were so average dude whatre you talking about
people can like a show that you may not like buddy
@@adityavenkatesh7260 I understand that concept, I’m saying i didn’t like this show so far pal
It'll have its small niche audience but it's a forgettable nothing of a show and it won't get a sequel. We'll be lucky if we ever see these characters again.
well aren't you just a ray of sunshine
Well yeah is not getting a sequel… because it never was meant to have one.
Can we enjoy something without worrying about future mcu projects and who will or wont be in them? I dont need Kitty Foreman to pop up in Doomsday to consider this show a success
@@matthewalvey9894sorry I'm not I'm not infected with toxic positivity.
Grow up, kid.
@@Binkoboy3it's part if a larger franchise and wouldn't exist without it nor would it have an audience without it so greater connections to the franchise will always be a part of the discussion.
Stay in school, kid.
9:15 SPOILERS START
I think aubrey is playing morgan le fay.. they cant kill eachother because they are both "fates" the 3 norn.. nornir like on her brooch .. wanda morgan and agatha make up the fates.. past present future.. they are the morrigna the morrigan.. the maiden mother crone.. the moirai.. they are known by many names across time and space.. morgan le fay the queen of the fairies aka phantom queen.. the mother of the trinity.. the bright and morning star.. she is a shape shifter.. she can literally be anyone in the marvel universe.. in fact what do you think mystique is modeled after.. let alone her union with destiny.. who do you think madam bova was.? The morrigan came to cuchulain as what.? A cow.. who bound chthon at wundagore.? Morgan.. she bound chthon by taking all his tomes from around the world and binding them into one iron bound book.. you realize merlin is also mephisto.. wandas backstory is do convoluted because new writers come in and lost track of this story which is older than comics themselves.. morgan is Gaia.. shes literally mother earth.. shes both the full moon and the dark new moon.. whereas wanda and agatha are both the cresent moons.. waxing and waning.. morgan is the green witch.. what colors does morgan usually wear in comics.? Morgan is the goddess of death.. and life.. if she did not bind chthon at wundagore there would be no wanda.. there would be no darkhold.. chthon would be free to come and go as he pleased.. if you actually read the old mythos youd see that these Marvel characters and storylines are not original.. even thanos is naned after thanatos the greek angel of death.. all gods and lesser beings are beneath the fates... where do people go when they die.. back to the earth.. its the fates jobs to determine where there souls go when they die.. therefore its morgans job to bargain with the devil aka mephisto.. hence why dr doom went to her in the first place.. for one morgan represents the present aka the high priestess.. she is the mother of all witches and feels all mana tapped from the tree of life.. get it.. aisle of apples.. the golden apple.. the tree of life.. yggdrasil.. its also the fates job to guard the tree of life and nourish it.. they water the roots of the tree of life.. and the tree of life is planted in gaia aka Midgard.. where its roots descend into hell and its branches into heaven.. they literally showed it in the first captain America where red skull finds the tesseract you see basically the 3 fates at the wheel of destiny.. its a mural of the tarot card "the wheel of fortune".. red skull even says "destiny and fate" as he gets his prize the tesserect... if morgan le fay doesnt make her mcu debut soon this is all some trash ass revisionism crap.. at first i really wanted Elizabeth hurley to reprise her role as morgan.. but like i said she is a shape shifter... so she really could be anyone and aubrey plaza would also make a good morgan.