I’ve seen two episodes now and I’ve got to ask: what’s the point of watching this? There’s nothing inherently satisfying about the show itself. Just putting a twist on existing lore and calling it a day isn’t enough to hold my attention for 30 mimutes, nor any sane person, I imagine. Are people only watching this because it sets up future stuff? Why would anyone watch something that’s just set-up? Projects are always supposed to function as an isolated piece of art, and not just as a piece of a larger machine. This show is so empty, it’s the kind of format that lends itself for short 4 minute videos on Youtube. But a feature series? Come on. Edit: alright so there is an attempt to tie the loose ends together in the final episode, but still, it kinda fails to justify its existence.

It's important to the timeline, but it's so cringey.

They had a chance for some really creative reality level stuff, but instead we got this... S2 was straightforward disappointing. It felt like a Peggy Carter fest... One of the least interesting characters in the show. S1 was better, darker, and riskier. The writers said they went crazier in this season, but I disagree. Many of the concepts were crazier, but the execution wasn’t. Villains like Hella and Wenwu got downplayed and used poorly to create happy endings. So much logic nonsense like seriously, why are they all falling helplessly? They’re literally throwing weapons that could save them. Also, why are they always shooting laser beams? It seams like with these weapons, the only thing you can do is shooting laser beams. The creativity of this show has left the chat. They literally had endless possibilities of story telling, but in the end they choose a cheap cameo fest with explosions and epcial effects.

I waited until season 1 ended to write this so I could fairly judge the show. My takeaway? It's "okay". I think it would be a fun cartoon for children, but as an adult I do admit to finding it a bit shallow and childish. It's not terrible, and from someone who honestly doesn't care much for animation as an adult I will say it's one of the better cartoons I've seen, but when you line this up to the other marvel shows on disney plus it comes in a distant last place. The episodes are too short to truly tell the stories they're alluding to and consistently end just when things get interesting. Fun idea, but it didn't work out as good as it could've.

Here's what I don't understand... Isn't this supposed to be a show that asks questions that we legitimately want to know the answer to? As far as I can tell, WHAT IF simply pulls out a number of questions that nobody seems to care about. The multiverse is infinite...that's the point. Sure, the episode questions/answers are valid, but it doesn't defeat its main issue...nobody cares. I'd instead propose to have the show answer questions fans might have asked themselves at one point...like What If The Avengers Battled the DCEU? Or, how about What If Spider-Man (2002) ran into the X-Men (2000)? All the Marvel universes are SUPPOSED to be canon now, aren't they? Why limit it only to the current MCU? Here's another idea - what if the Avengers traveled the multiverse and discovered the actors Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Sam Jackson, etc - who were all playing them in a movie version. Make it meta! Answer questions we want to see...and stop asking the most random questions nobody ever once considered.