2. Just…yeah
How would you react to the following phrases?
“You destroyed my patagonias! Unforgivable! But I’ll spare you.”
“Didn’t your mother ever tell you…to never mess with magnets?”
“QUICKLY MODOK, TO THE GARDEN!”
“I can see the headline now; Tony Stark hit by his own missiles.”
“C’mon Jimmy, give your old boss man your pal.”
“Our house is made of glass and we’re running around without pants!”
“You dork mister!”
“Ten tons of evil in a one ton bag.”
“What a pity you’re not aware of my presence, if you were, you would be trembling to be so close to my bold…manly…MACHISMO!”
“Machismo? Ain’t that Spanish for dipstick?”
These are all quotes taken from the show. The last two quotes in particular are actually an allusion to a dick joke, followed by confirmation of said allusion. You throw on any episodes of the first season of this show and you’ll get phrases worthy of the gothic literary genre.
Mind you, the show doesn’t just assault your hearing. Ignoring the obvious visual consistencies, which is easier said than done, when the show does produce visual material that doesn’t defy time and space, it is still somewhat absurd.
Take for example Whirlwind, a guy who strapped buzz saws to his arms and twirls around so quickly that it produces a cyclone. Capable of flight, he is one of the Mandarin’s go-to aerial soldiers in addition to Dreadknight, who is a skull-faced Knight that rides a demonic Pegasus. Whirlwind can fly, and yet, he needs Dreadknight to pick him up, grasping Dreadknight’s torso tightly, as if Dreadknight were taking his sea-foam green comrade to the Sadie Hawking dance.
And then you have MODOK, the Mental Organism Designed Only-for Killing, hiding in a baby stroller. Not like in a baby outfit or anything, just floating in a stroller with Hypnotia pushing him along, as MODOK’s size changes from episode to episode.
