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The 2000s don’t feel that long ago, but looking back, some everyday habits from that decade are genuinely hard to believe. People carried cameras that barely took decent pictures, posted personal details online without thinking twice, and spent hours waiting for songs to download. Parents let kids roam around with surprisingly little supervision, while schools, workplaces, and entire households followed rules that would raise plenty of eyebrows today. The strangest part is that most people barely questioned any of it at the time. If you grew up during this era, chances are you’ll remember at least a few of these.

The post 14 Insane Things That Were Still Normal in the 2000s appeared first on Den of Geek.

This article contains spoilers for VisionQuest season 1 episode 6 and Marvel’s What If…?.

Who watches the Watcher? Lots of eagle-eyed viewers of VisionQuest, apparently, because one of them took to social media to claim that a pair of glowing dots on a monitor shown in Episode 6 belonged to Uatu, that other-worldly being from Marvel lore who can only observe, and never interfere with, major events. Turns out, those viewers were right, prompting kudos from showrunner Terry Matalas on X.

However, the bigger question may be, “Who watches What If…“? Because those who did catch up with Marvel Animation‘s series about alternate realities would know that the Watcher has very good reason to check in on Ultron, reasons that may affect the rest of the MCU.

In the comics, Uatu the Watcher is best associated with one of his first significant appearances, arriving with the coming of Galactus in 1968’s Fantastic Four #48–50. Since then, the Watcher’s presence is synonymous with a major event, some shift that would shake the very foundations of the universe.

However, the Watcher’s most regular appearances came in the anthology series What If…?, which began publication in 1977. In each issue of What If…?, the Watcher would greet the reader and invite them to join in observing another reality, one in which events from the mainline Marvel universe happen slightly differently, resulting in major changes: What if Wolverine killed the Hulk in their first meeting? What if Captain America became the President of the United States? What if Uncle Ben had lived?

The three-season Marvel Animation series on Disney+ What If…? followed this model. In each episode, the Watcher (voiced by Jeffrey Wright) shows viewers variations in the multiverse, in which T’Challa becomes Star-Lord instead of Peter Quill, or Peggy Carter takes the super-soldier serum instead of Steve Rogers. Like the comics, most episodes of What If…? were just fun little exercises in canon, enjoyable but forgettable.

However, the first season did involve an interesting, multi-episode arc, one that dealt directly with Ultron and the Watcher. In the penultimate episode, “What If… Ultron Had Won?,” the Watcher observes a world where the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron play out differently. Here, he defeats the Avengers and uses nuclear weapons to destroy humanity. So when Thanos arrives, seeking the Mind Stone in Vision, he gets killed by Ultron, who takes the Infinity Gauntlet for himself.

With the Gauntlet in hand, Ultron becomes aware of the Watcher, and the multiverse itself. Ultron attacks the Watcher, drives him from the Observation Plane, and begins an attack on the multiverse. Of course, the attack gets repelled in the season 1 finale, “What If… the Watcher Broke His Oath?”, in which the Watcher agrees to interfere (his comic book counterpart does this a lot), and assemble heroes and villains from across realities to fight back, finally destroying Ultron.

Which brings us back to VisionQuest. Since What If…? arrived on screens, the Watcher has been a fun easter egg in MCU projects, showing up to see the destruction of Genosha in season 1 of X-Men ’97 or observing the death of Vanessa Fisk in Daredevil: Born Again‘s second season. In VisionQuest, he appears in one of the monitors that Vision’s AI’s use to see how Ultron courts Jocasta, sealing their relationship with a promise to destroy humanity.

Is the Watcher watching because he’ll always show up when a Marvel TV show starts moving into its final act? Or is he here because he intimately knows just how dangerous Ultron can be? We’ll have to wait until the final two episodes of VisionQuest to find out if the Watcher’s watching is worthwhile.

VisionQuest streams new episodes every Wednesday on Disney+.

The post VisionQuest Snuck in a Cameo That Harkens Back to Ultron’s Finest Hour appeared first on Den of Geek.

It’s only natural for us to think about life beyond the stars, wondering if there’s any other form of intelligent beings out there. Assuming they exist, what would they look like? We can imagine all kinds of creatures, and they don’t even need to be symmetrical like most animals on Earth.

And yet, a lot of movies ditch that imagination only to have aliens be just like us, perhaps in slightly different clothing. Granted, that’s a significantly cheaper option, but we want our imaginations to be stimulated. These are just a few movies where the ‘aliens’ leave a lot to be desired.

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This article contains spoilers for VisionQuest season 1 episode 6 and Marvel’s What If…?.

Who watches the Watcher? Lots of eagle-eyed viewers of VisionQuest, apparently, because one of them took to social media to claim that a pair of glowing dots on a monitor shown in Episode 6 belonged to Uatu, that other-worldly being from Marvel lore who can only observe, and never interfere with, major events. Turns out, those viewers were right, prompting kudos from showrunner Terry Matalas on X.

However, the bigger question may be, “Who watches What If…“? Because those who did catch up with Marvel Animation‘s series about alternate realities would know that the Watcher has very good reason to check in on Ultron, reasons that may affect the rest of the MCU.

In the comics, Uatu the Watcher is best associated with one of his first significant appearances, arriving with the coming of Galactus in 1968’s Fantastic Four #48–50. Since then, the Watcher’s presence is synonymous with a major event, some shift that would shake the very foundations of the universe.

However, the Watcher’s most regular appearances came in the anthology series What If…?, which began publication in 1977. In each issue of What If…?, the Watcher would greet the reader and invite them to join in observing another reality, one in which events from the mainline Marvel universe happen slightly differently, resulting in major changes: What if Wolverine killed the Hulk in their first meeting? What if Captain America became the President of the United States? What if Uncle Ben had lived?

The three-season Marvel Animation series on Disney+ What If…? followed this model. In each episode, the Watcher (voiced by Jeffrey Wright) shows viewers variations in the multiverse, in which T’Challa becomes Star-Lord instead of Peter Quill, or Peggy Carter takes the super-soldier serum instead of Steve Rogers. Like the comics, most episodes of What If…? were just fun little exercises in canon, enjoyable but forgettable.

However, the first season did involve an interesting, multi-episode arc, one that dealt directly with Ultron and the Watcher. In the penultimate episode, “What If… Ultron Had Won?,” the Watcher observes a world where the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron play out differently. Here, he defeats the Avengers and uses nuclear weapons to destroy humanity. So when Thanos arrives, seeking the Mind Stone in Vision, he gets killed by Ultron, who takes the Infinity Gauntlet for himself.

With the Gauntlet in hand, Ultron becomes aware of the Watcher, and the multiverse itself. Ultron attacks the Watcher, drives him from the Observation Plane, and begins an attack on the multiverse. Of course, the attack gets repelled in the season 1 finale, “What If… the Watcher Broke His Oath?”, in which the Watcher agrees to interfere (his comic book counterpart does this a lot), and assemble heroes and villains from across realities to fight back, finally destroying Ultron.

Which brings us back to VisionQuest. Since What If…? arrived on screens, the Watcher has been a fun easter egg in MCU projects, showing up to see the destruction of Genosha in season 1 of X-Men ’97 or observing the death of Vanessa Fisk in Daredevil: Born Again‘s second season. In VisionQuest, he appears in one of the monitors that Vision’s AI’s use to see how Ultron courts Jocasta, sealing their relationship with a promise to destroy humanity.

Is the Watcher watching because he’ll always show up when a Marvel TV show starts moving into its final act? Or is he here because he intimately knows just how dangerous Ultron can be? We’ll have to wait until the final two episodes of VisionQuest to find out if the Watcher’s watching is worthwhile.

VisionQuest streams new episodes every Wednesday on Disney+.

The post VisionQuest Snuck in a Cameo That Harkens Back to Ultron’s Finest Hour appeared first on Den of Geek.

Everything was bigger in the 1980s. Chalk it up to an economic boom in the U.S., to reactionary turns under the Reagan and Thatcher administrations, to the slick wheeling and dealing of super producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. Whatever the reasons, moviegoers wanted to see big guns, big muscles, and bigger explosions on the […]

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This article contains spoilers for VisionQuest season 1 episode 6 and Marvel’s What If…?.

Who watches the Watcher? Lots of eagle-eyed viewers of VisionQuest, apparently, because one of them took to social media to claim that a pair of glowing dots on a monitor shown in Episode 6 belonged to Uatu, that other-worldly being from Marvel lore who can only observe, and never interfere with, major events. Turns out, those viewers were right, prompting kudos from showrunner Terry Matalas on X.

However, the bigger question may be, “Who watches What If…“? Because those who did catch up with Marvel Animation‘s series about alternate realities would know that the Watcher has very good reason to check in on Ultron, reasons that may affect the rest of the MCU.

In the comics, Uatu the Watcher is best associated with one of his first significant appearances, arriving with the coming of Galactus in 1968’s Fantastic Four #48–50. Since then, the Watcher’s presence is synonymous with a major event, some shift that would shake the very foundations of the universe.

However, the Watcher’s most regular appearances came in the anthology series What If…?, which began publication in 1977. In each issue of What If…?, the Watcher would greet the reader and invite them to join in observing another reality, one in which events from the mainline Marvel universe happen slightly differently, resulting in major changes: What if Wolverine killed the Hulk in their first meeting? What if Captain America became the President of the United States? What if Uncle Ben had lived?

The three-season Marvel Animation series on Disney+ What If…? followed this model. In each episode, the Watcher (voiced by Jeffrey Wright) shows viewers variations in the multiverse, in which T’Challa becomes Star-Lord instead of Peter Quill, or Peggy Carter takes the super-soldier serum instead of Steve Rogers. Like the comics, most episodes of What If…? were just fun little exercises in canon, enjoyable but forgettable.

However, the first season did involve an interesting, multi-episode arc, one that dealt directly with Ultron and the Watcher. In the penultimate episode, “What If… Ultron Had Won?,” the Watcher observes a world where the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron play out differently. Here, he defeats the Avengers and uses nuclear weapons to destroy humanity. So when Thanos arrives, seeking the Mind Stone in Vision, he gets killed by Ultron, who takes the Infinity Gauntlet for himself.

With the Gauntlet in hand, Ultron becomes aware of the Watcher, and the multiverse itself. Ultron attacks the Watcher, drives him from the Observation Plane, and begins an attack on the multiverse. Of course, the attack gets repelled in the season 1 finale, “What If… the Watcher Broke His Oath?”, in which the Watcher agrees to interfere (his comic book counterpart does this a lot), and assemble heroes and villains from across realities to fight back, finally destroying Ultron.

Which brings us back to VisionQuest. Since What If…? arrived on screens, the Watcher has been a fun easter egg in MCU projects, showing up to see the destruction of Genosha in season 1 of X-Men ’97 or observing the death of Vanessa Fisk in Daredevil: Born Again‘s second season. In VisionQuest, he appears in one of the monitors that Vision’s AI’s use to see how Ultron courts Jocasta, sealing their relationship with a promise to destroy humanity.

Is the Watcher watching because he’ll always show up when a Marvel TV show starts moving into its final act? Or is he here because he intimately knows just how dangerous Ultron can be? We’ll have to wait until the final two episodes of VisionQuest to find out if the Watcher’s watching is worthwhile.

VisionQuest streams new episodes every Wednesday on Disney+.

The post VisionQuest Snuck in a Cameo That Harkens Back to Ultron’s Finest Hour appeared first on Den of Geek.

Imagine taking someone from the 1800s, sitting them down in front of a giant screen, and blasting them with modern cinema. The sheer volume of psychological terror and sensory overload we consume for fun would probably send a Victorian child straight into a coma.

Whether it is overwhelming daylight horror, relentless family trauma, or surreal industrial nightmares, today’s filmmakers know exactly how to push our limits. This is why, today, we’re sitting through these deeply unsettling experiences willingly, while someone from a century ago would simply cease to exist. Make sure to watch them all for the full effect.

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This article contains spoilers for VisionQuest season 1 episode 6 and Marvel’s What If…?.

Who watches the Watcher? Lots of eagle-eyed viewers of VisionQuest, apparently, because one of them took to social media to claim that a pair of glowing dots on a monitor shown in Episode 6 belonged to Uatu, that other-worldly being from Marvel lore who can only observe, and never interfere with, major events. Turns out, those viewers were right, prompting kudos from showrunner Terry Matalas on X.

However, the bigger question may be, “Who watches What If…“? Because those who did catch up with Marvel Animation‘s series about alternate realities would know that the Watcher has very good reason to check in on Ultron, reasons that may affect the rest of the MCU.

In the comics, Uatu the Watcher is best associated with one of his first significant appearances, arriving with the coming of Galactus in 1968’s Fantastic Four #48–50. Since then, the Watcher’s presence is synonymous with a major event, some shift that would shake the very foundations of the universe.

However, the Watcher’s most regular appearances came in the anthology series What If…?, which began publication in 1977. In each issue of What If…?, the Watcher would greet the reader and invite them to join in observing another reality, one in which events from the mainline Marvel universe happen slightly differently, resulting in major changes: What if Wolverine killed the Hulk in their first meeting? What if Captain America became the President of the United States? What if Uncle Ben had lived?

The three-season Marvel Animation series on Disney+ What If…? followed this model. In each episode, the Watcher (voiced by Jeffrey Wright) shows viewers variations in the multiverse, in which T’Challa becomes Star-Lord instead of Peter Quill, or Peggy Carter takes the super-soldier serum instead of Steve Rogers. Like the comics, most episodes of What If…? were just fun little exercises in canon, enjoyable but forgettable.

However, the first season did involve an interesting, multi-episode arc, one that dealt directly with Ultron and the Watcher. In the penultimate episode, “What If… Ultron Had Won?,” the Watcher observes a world where the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron play out differently. Here, he defeats the Avengers and uses nuclear weapons to destroy humanity. So when Thanos arrives, seeking the Mind Stone in Vision, he gets killed by Ultron, who takes the Infinity Gauntlet for himself.

With the Gauntlet in hand, Ultron becomes aware of the Watcher, and the multiverse itself. Ultron attacks the Watcher, drives him from the Observation Plane, and begins an attack on the multiverse. Of course, the attack gets repelled in the season 1 finale, “What If… the Watcher Broke His Oath?”, in which the Watcher agrees to interfere (his comic book counterpart does this a lot), and assemble heroes and villains from across realities to fight back, finally destroying Ultron.

Which brings us back to VisionQuest. Since What If…? arrived on screens, the Watcher has been a fun easter egg in MCU projects, showing up to see the destruction of Genosha in season 1 of X-Men ’97 or observing the death of Vanessa Fisk in Daredevil: Born Again‘s second season. In VisionQuest, he appears in one of the monitors that Vision’s AI’s use to see how Ultron courts Jocasta, sealing their relationship with a promise to destroy humanity.

Is the Watcher watching because he’ll always show up when a Marvel TV show starts moving into its final act? Or is he here because he intimately knows just how dangerous Ultron can be? We’ll have to wait until the final two episodes of VisionQuest to find out if the Watcher’s watching is worthwhile.

VisionQuest streams new episodes every Wednesday on Disney+.

The post VisionQuest Snuck in a Cameo That Harkens Back to Ultron’s Finest Hour appeared first on Den of Geek.

There are certain rules you need to know to survive a horror movie. Jamie Kennedy’s Randy Meeks codified them for a post-slasher world in the 1990s via Scream. But if you’re a fan of far more classic cinema—or the lore that inspired it in the case of Robert Eggers, director of this Christmas’ Werwulf—then there […]

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This article contains spoilers for VisionQuest season 1 episode 6 and Marvel’s What If…?.

Who watches the Watcher? Lots of eagle-eyed viewers of VisionQuest, apparently, because one of them took to social media to claim that a pair of glowing dots on a monitor shown in Episode 6 belonged to Uatu, that other-worldly being from Marvel lore who can only observe, and never interfere with, major events. Turns out, those viewers were right, prompting kudos from showrunner Terry Matalas on X.

However, the bigger question may be, “Who watches What If…“? Because those who did catch up with Marvel Animation‘s series about alternate realities would know that the Watcher has very good reason to check in on Ultron, reasons that may affect the rest of the MCU.

In the comics, Uatu the Watcher is best associated with one of his first significant appearances, arriving with the coming of Galactus in 1968’s Fantastic Four #48–50. Since then, the Watcher’s presence is synonymous with a major event, some shift that would shake the very foundations of the universe.

However, the Watcher’s most regular appearances came in the anthology series What If…?, which began publication in 1977. In each issue of What If…?, the Watcher would greet the reader and invite them to join in observing another reality, one in which events from the mainline Marvel universe happen slightly differently, resulting in major changes: What if Wolverine killed the Hulk in their first meeting? What if Captain America became the President of the United States? What if Uncle Ben had lived?

The three-season Marvel Animation series on Disney+ What If…? followed this model. In each episode, the Watcher (voiced by Jeffrey Wright) shows viewers variations in the multiverse, in which T’Challa becomes Star-Lord instead of Peter Quill, or Peggy Carter takes the super-soldier serum instead of Steve Rogers. Like the comics, most episodes of What If…? were just fun little exercises in canon, enjoyable but forgettable.

However, the first season did involve an interesting, multi-episode arc, one that dealt directly with Ultron and the Watcher. In the penultimate episode, “What If… Ultron Had Won?,” the Watcher observes a world where the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron play out differently. Here, he defeats the Avengers and uses nuclear weapons to destroy humanity. So when Thanos arrives, seeking the Mind Stone in Vision, he gets killed by Ultron, who takes the Infinity Gauntlet for himself.

With the Gauntlet in hand, Ultron becomes aware of the Watcher, and the multiverse itself. Ultron attacks the Watcher, drives him from the Observation Plane, and begins an attack on the multiverse. Of course, the attack gets repelled in the season 1 finale, “What If… the Watcher Broke His Oath?”, in which the Watcher agrees to interfere (his comic book counterpart does this a lot), and assemble heroes and villains from across realities to fight back, finally destroying Ultron.

Which brings us back to VisionQuest. Since What If…? arrived on screens, the Watcher has been a fun easter egg in MCU projects, showing up to see the destruction of Genosha in season 1 of X-Men ’97 or observing the death of Vanessa Fisk in Daredevil: Born Again‘s second season. In VisionQuest, he appears in one of the monitors that Vision’s AI’s use to see how Ultron courts Jocasta, sealing their relationship with a promise to destroy humanity.

Is the Watcher watching because he’ll always show up when a Marvel TV show starts moving into its final act? Or is he here because he intimately knows just how dangerous Ultron can be? We’ll have to wait until the final two episodes of VisionQuest to find out if the Watcher’s watching is worthwhile.

VisionQuest streams new episodes every Wednesday on Disney+.

The post VisionQuest Snuck in a Cameo That Harkens Back to Ultron’s Finest Hour appeared first on Den of Geek.

This article appears in the new issue of DEN OF GEEK magazine. Find out how you can subscribe to get the full physical copy right here! Brian Tyree Henry has never been afraid to let his geek flag fly. “When I took this show, I remember thinking, ‘I hope I get Black nerd street cred,’” Henry admits. “I’m […]

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This article contains spoilers for VisionQuest season 1 episode 6 and Marvel’s What If…?.

Who watches the Watcher? Lots of eagle-eyed viewers of VisionQuest, apparently, because one of them took to social media to claim that a pair of glowing dots on a monitor shown in Episode 6 belonged to Uatu, that other-worldly being from Marvel lore who can only observe, and never interfere with, major events. Turns out, those viewers were right, prompting kudos from showrunner Terry Matalas on X.

However, the bigger question may be, “Who watches What If…“? Because those who did catch up with Marvel Animation‘s series about alternate realities would know that the Watcher has very good reason to check in on Ultron, reasons that may affect the rest of the MCU.

In the comics, Uatu the Watcher is best associated with one of his first significant appearances, arriving with the coming of Galactus in 1968’s Fantastic Four #48–50. Since then, the Watcher’s presence is synonymous with a major event, some shift that would shake the very foundations of the universe.

However, the Watcher’s most regular appearances came in the anthology series What If…?, which began publication in 1977. In each issue of What If…?, the Watcher would greet the reader and invite them to join in observing another reality, one in which events from the mainline Marvel universe happen slightly differently, resulting in major changes: What if Wolverine killed the Hulk in their first meeting? What if Captain America became the President of the United States? What if Uncle Ben had lived?

The three-season Marvel Animation series on Disney+ What If…? followed this model. In each episode, the Watcher (voiced by Jeffrey Wright) shows viewers variations in the multiverse, in which T’Challa becomes Star-Lord instead of Peter Quill, or Peggy Carter takes the super-soldier serum instead of Steve Rogers. Like the comics, most episodes of What If…? were just fun little exercises in canon, enjoyable but forgettable.

However, the first season did involve an interesting, multi-episode arc, one that dealt directly with Ultron and the Watcher. In the penultimate episode, “What If… Ultron Had Won?,” the Watcher observes a world where the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron play out differently. Here, he defeats the Avengers and uses nuclear weapons to destroy humanity. So when Thanos arrives, seeking the Mind Stone in Vision, he gets killed by Ultron, who takes the Infinity Gauntlet for himself.

With the Gauntlet in hand, Ultron becomes aware of the Watcher, and the multiverse itself. Ultron attacks the Watcher, drives him from the Observation Plane, and begins an attack on the multiverse. Of course, the attack gets repelled in the season 1 finale, “What If… the Watcher Broke His Oath?”, in which the Watcher agrees to interfere (his comic book counterpart does this a lot), and assemble heroes and villains from across realities to fight back, finally destroying Ultron.

Which brings us back to VisionQuest. Since What If…? arrived on screens, the Watcher has been a fun easter egg in MCU projects, showing up to see the destruction of Genosha in season 1 of X-Men ’97 or observing the death of Vanessa Fisk in Daredevil: Born Again‘s second season. In VisionQuest, he appears in one of the monitors that Vision’s AI’s use to see how Ultron courts Jocasta, sealing their relationship with a promise to destroy humanity.

Is the Watcher watching because he’ll always show up when a Marvel TV show starts moving into its final act? Or is he here because he intimately knows just how dangerous Ultron can be? We’ll have to wait until the final two episodes of VisionQuest to find out if the Watcher’s watching is worthwhile.

VisionQuest streams new episodes every Wednesday on Disney+.

The post VisionQuest Snuck in a Cameo That Harkens Back to Ultron’s Finest Hour appeared first on Den of Geek.

Not even the biggest Mr. Show fan would have expected Saul Goodman to be the Breaking Bad character to get a spinoff series. And not even the biggest Breaking Bad fan would have expected Better Call Saul to be such a nuanced, rich series, equal (if not exceeding) the show that proceeded it. Most would […]

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This article contains spoilers for VisionQuest season 1 episode 6 and Marvel’s What If…?.

Who watches the Watcher? Lots of eagle-eyed viewers of VisionQuest, apparently, because one of them took to social media to claim that a pair of glowing dots on a monitor shown in Episode 6 belonged to Uatu, that other-worldly being from Marvel lore who can only observe, and never interfere with, major events. Turns out, those viewers were right, prompting kudos from showrunner Terry Matalas on X.

However, the bigger question may be, “Who watches What If…“? Because those who did catch up with Marvel Animation‘s series about alternate realities would know that the Watcher has very good reason to check in on Ultron, reasons that may affect the rest of the MCU.

In the comics, Uatu the Watcher is best associated with one of his first significant appearances, arriving with the coming of Galactus in 1968’s Fantastic Four #48–50. Since then, the Watcher’s presence is synonymous with a major event, some shift that would shake the very foundations of the universe.

However, the Watcher’s most regular appearances came in the anthology series What If…?, which began publication in 1977. In each issue of What If…?, the Watcher would greet the reader and invite them to join in observing another reality, one in which events from the mainline Marvel universe happen slightly differently, resulting in major changes: What if Wolverine killed the Hulk in their first meeting? What if Captain America became the President of the United States? What if Uncle Ben had lived?

The three-season Marvel Animation series on Disney+ What If…? followed this model. In each episode, the Watcher (voiced by Jeffrey Wright) shows viewers variations in the multiverse, in which T’Challa becomes Star-Lord instead of Peter Quill, or Peggy Carter takes the super-soldier serum instead of Steve Rogers. Like the comics, most episodes of What If…? were just fun little exercises in canon, enjoyable but forgettable.

However, the first season did involve an interesting, multi-episode arc, one that dealt directly with Ultron and the Watcher. In the penultimate episode, “What If… Ultron Had Won?,” the Watcher observes a world where the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron play out differently. Here, he defeats the Avengers and uses nuclear weapons to destroy humanity. So when Thanos arrives, seeking the Mind Stone in Vision, he gets killed by Ultron, who takes the Infinity Gauntlet for himself.

With the Gauntlet in hand, Ultron becomes aware of the Watcher, and the multiverse itself. Ultron attacks the Watcher, drives him from the Observation Plane, and begins an attack on the multiverse. Of course, the attack gets repelled in the season 1 finale, “What If… the Watcher Broke His Oath?”, in which the Watcher agrees to interfere (his comic book counterpart does this a lot), and assemble heroes and villains from across realities to fight back, finally destroying Ultron.

Which brings us back to VisionQuest. Since What If…? arrived on screens, the Watcher has been a fun easter egg in MCU projects, showing up to see the destruction of Genosha in season 1 of X-Men ’97 or observing the death of Vanessa Fisk in Daredevil: Born Again‘s second season. In VisionQuest, he appears in one of the monitors that Vision’s AI’s use to see how Ultron courts Jocasta, sealing their relationship with a promise to destroy humanity.

Is the Watcher watching because he’ll always show up when a Marvel TV show starts moving into its final act? Or is he here because he intimately knows just how dangerous Ultron can be? We’ll have to wait until the final two episodes of VisionQuest to find out if the Watcher’s watching is worthwhile.

VisionQuest streams new episodes every Wednesday on Disney+.

The post VisionQuest Snuck in a Cameo That Harkens Back to Ultron’s Finest Hour appeared first on Den of Geek.

This article contains spoilers for VisionQuest season 1 episode 6 and Marvel’s What If…?. Who watches the Watcher? Lots of eagle-eyed viewers of VisionQuest, apparently, because one of them took to social media to claim that a pair of glowing dots on a monitor shown in Episode 6 belonged to Uatu, that other-worldly being from […]

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This article contains spoilers for VisionQuest season 1 episode 6 and Marvel’s What If…?.

Who watches the Watcher? Lots of eagle-eyed viewers of VisionQuest, apparently, because one of them took to social media to claim that a pair of glowing dots on a monitor shown in Episode 6 belonged to Uatu, that other-worldly being from Marvel lore who can only observe, and never interfere with, major events. Turns out, those viewers were right, prompting kudos from showrunner Terry Matalas on X.

However, the bigger question may be, “Who watches What If…“? Because those who did catch up with Marvel Animation‘s series about alternate realities would know that the Watcher has very good reason to check in on Ultron, reasons that may affect the rest of the MCU.

In the comics, Uatu the Watcher is best associated with one of his first significant appearances, arriving with the coming of Galactus in 1968’s Fantastic Four #48–50. Since then, the Watcher’s presence is synonymous with a major event, some shift that would shake the very foundations of the universe.

However, the Watcher’s most regular appearances came in the anthology series What If…?, which began publication in 1977. In each issue of What If…?, the Watcher would greet the reader and invite them to join in observing another reality, one in which events from the mainline Marvel universe happen slightly differently, resulting in major changes: What if Wolverine killed the Hulk in their first meeting? What if Captain America became the President of the United States? What if Uncle Ben had lived?

The three-season Marvel Animation series on Disney+ What If…? followed this model. In each episode, the Watcher (voiced by Jeffrey Wright) shows viewers variations in the multiverse, in which T’Challa becomes Star-Lord instead of Peter Quill, or Peggy Carter takes the super-soldier serum instead of Steve Rogers. Like the comics, most episodes of What If…? were just fun little exercises in canon, enjoyable but forgettable.

However, the first season did involve an interesting, multi-episode arc, one that dealt directly with Ultron and the Watcher. In the penultimate episode, “What If… Ultron Had Won?,” the Watcher observes a world where the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron play out differently. Here, he defeats the Avengers and uses nuclear weapons to destroy humanity. So when Thanos arrives, seeking the Mind Stone in Vision, he gets killed by Ultron, who takes the Infinity Gauntlet for himself.

With the Gauntlet in hand, Ultron becomes aware of the Watcher, and the multiverse itself. Ultron attacks the Watcher, drives him from the Observation Plane, and begins an attack on the multiverse. Of course, the attack gets repelled in the season 1 finale, “What If… the Watcher Broke His Oath?”, in which the Watcher agrees to interfere (his comic book counterpart does this a lot), and assemble heroes and villains from across realities to fight back, finally destroying Ultron.

Which brings us back to VisionQuest. Since What If…? arrived on screens, the Watcher has been a fun easter egg in MCU projects, showing up to see the destruction of Genosha in season 1 of X-Men ’97 or observing the death of Vanessa Fisk in Daredevil: Born Again‘s second season. In VisionQuest, he appears in one of the monitors that Vision’s AI’s use to see how Ultron courts Jocasta, sealing their relationship with a promise to destroy humanity.

Is the Watcher watching because he’ll always show up when a Marvel TV show starts moving into its final act? Or is he here because he intimately knows just how dangerous Ultron can be? We’ll have to wait until the final two episodes of VisionQuest to find out if the Watcher’s watching is worthwhile.

VisionQuest streams new episodes every Wednesday on Disney+.

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This article contains spoilers for VisionQuest season 1 episode 6 and Marvel’s What If…?.

Who watches the Watcher? Lots of eagle-eyed viewers of VisionQuest, apparently, because one of them took to social media to claim that a pair of glowing dots on a monitor shown in Episode 6 belonged to Uatu, that other-worldly being from Marvel lore who can only observe, and never interfere with, major events. Turns out, those viewers were right, prompting kudos from showrunner Terry Matalas on X.

However, the bigger question may be, “Who watches What If…“? Because those who did catch up with Marvel Animation‘s series about alternate realities would know that the Watcher has very good reason to check in on Ultron, reasons that may affect the rest of the MCU.

In the comics, Uatu the Watcher is best associated with one of his first significant appearances, arriving with the coming of Galactus in 1968’s Fantastic Four #48–50. Since then, the Watcher’s presence is synonymous with a major event, some shift that would shake the very foundations of the universe.

However, the Watcher’s most regular appearances came in the anthology series What If…?, which began publication in 1977. In each issue of What If…?, the Watcher would greet the reader and invite them to join in observing another reality, one in which events from the mainline Marvel universe happen slightly differently, resulting in major changes: What if Wolverine killed the Hulk in their first meeting? What if Captain America became the President of the United States? What if Uncle Ben had lived?

The three-season Marvel Animation series on Disney+ What If…? followed this model. In each episode, the Watcher (voiced by Jeffrey Wright) shows viewers variations in the multiverse, in which T’Challa becomes Star-Lord instead of Peter Quill, or Peggy Carter takes the super-soldier serum instead of Steve Rogers. Like the comics, most episodes of What If…? were just fun little exercises in canon, enjoyable but forgettable.

However, the first season did involve an interesting, multi-episode arc, one that dealt directly with Ultron and the Watcher. In the penultimate episode, “What If… Ultron Had Won?,” the Watcher observes a world where the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron play out differently. Here, he defeats the Avengers and uses nuclear weapons to destroy humanity. So when Thanos arrives, seeking the Mind Stone in Vision, he gets killed by Ultron, who takes the Infinity Gauntlet for himself.

With the Gauntlet in hand, Ultron becomes aware of the Watcher, and the multiverse itself. Ultron attacks the Watcher, drives him from the Observation Plane, and begins an attack on the multiverse. Of course, the attack gets repelled in the season 1 finale, “What If… the Watcher Broke His Oath?”, in which the Watcher agrees to interfere (his comic book counterpart does this a lot), and assemble heroes and villains from across realities to fight back, finally destroying Ultron.

Which brings us back to VisionQuest. Since What If…? arrived on screens, the Watcher has been a fun easter egg in MCU projects, showing up to see the destruction of Genosha in season 1 of X-Men ’97 or observing the death of Vanessa Fisk in Daredevil: Born Again‘s second season. In VisionQuest, he appears in one of the monitors that Vision’s AI’s use to see how Ultron courts Jocasta, sealing their relationship with a promise to destroy humanity.

Is the Watcher watching because he’ll always show up when a Marvel TV show starts moving into its final act? Or is he here because he intimately knows just how dangerous Ultron can be? We’ll have to wait until the final two episodes of VisionQuest to find out if the Watcher’s watching is worthwhile.

VisionQuest streams new episodes every Wednesday on Disney+.

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