Podcast host and writer Brian Kitson is joined by writers Ayla Ruby and Uday Kataria to discuss Marvel Studios' newest series Ironheart starring Dominique Thorne, Lyric Ross, Anthony Ramos, Alden Ehrenreich, and Sacha Baron Cohen. The three discuss Riri's motivations and character journey in the series, as well as how magic and technology are blended. Characters like The Hood, Mephisto, Natalie, Zelma, Zeke and more are discussed, as well as how the series might fit in the wider MCU narrative.
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Timestamps
00:00 - Intros
00:55 - General thoughts on Ironheart. Parallels with Marvel/Disney's handling of the Echo series.
06:55 - Continuing Riri's story from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
12:20 - Riri's motivations, grief, and questionable decisions in Ironheart
18:20 - Ironheart's place in the MCU timeline and larger narrative.
20:00 - Mephisto and Riri messing with Death. Shouldn't Aubrey Plaza's Death be angry? Will this be followed up on later?
25:20 - The Hood and Strange Academy
29:00 - Blending technology with magic in the show
34:00 - The Hood's motivations vs Riri's.
37:00 - Riri's attitude towards Tony Stark/Iron Man
39:25 - Where was the rest of the MCU?
40:45 - Zelma, Zeke and other characters
47:25 - Where will the Ironheart storyline go from here?
56:50 - The color of magic in Ironheart, chaos magic?
58:00 - Need for Jac Schaeffer to return to write again
01:00:15 - Outros
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