# Marvel's What If... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 24, 2019, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvels-what-if/839176 "2019-08-24T20:02:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvels-what-if/839176/1 "2019-08-24T20:02:05Z")
This is very cool: they announced that the Disney+ series What if will have 23 episodes. Each will be an alternate reality take on each of the 23 MCU films. They already previously announced the first episode would be What if Agent Carter got the Super Serum instead of Steve Rogers so I guess they may be going in Chronological order vs. release order. Also, it is animated which makes a lot of sense. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvels-what-if/839176/2 "2019-08-24T21:03:48Z")
I’m in. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvels-what-if/839176/3 "2019-08-24T21:15:13Z")
So in! "What if…"s are always fun. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvels-what-if/839176/4 "2019-08-25T20:33:33Z")
Sounds great. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvels-what-if/839176/5 "2019-08-25T23:42:36Z")
I remember the old comic series. There were some great ones (and some stinkers). My personal favorite was #44 (What if Captain America Were Revived Today?). [https://www.reddit.com/r/comicbooks/comments/5rhh0v/prescient\_speech\_by\_captain\_america\_from\_what\_if/](https://www.reddit.com/r/comicbooks/comments/5rhh0v/prescient_speech_by_captain_america_from_what_if/) There was also one that had Rick Jones becoming the Hulk, which inspired some wag to do this. [https://me.me/i/what-if-marvel-comics-group-what-if-rick-james-had-22617748](https://me.me/i/what-if-marvel-comics-group-what-if-rick-james-had-22617748) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvels-what-if/839176/6 "2019-08-25T23:46:24Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > I remember the old comic series. There were some great ones (and some stinkers). My personal favorite was #44 (What if Captain America Were Revived Today?). [Reddit - Dive into anything](https://www.reddit.com/r/comicbooks/comments/5rhh0v/prescient_speech_by_captain_america_from_what_if/) > > There was also one that had Rick Jones becoming the Hulk, which inspired some wag to do this. > > [https://me.me/i/what-if-marvel-comics-group-what-if-rick-james-had-22617748](https://me.me/i/what-if-marvel-comics-group-what-if-rick-james-had-22617748) At least it wasn’t Rick Astley. Then we’d all get Rick _ **ROLLED!!!** _ ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvels-what-if/839176/7 "2019-08-25T23:49:36Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > I remember the old comic series. There were some great ones (and some stinkers). My personal favorite was #44 (What if Captain America Were Revived Today?). [Reddit - Dive into anything](https://www.reddit.com/r/comicbooks/comments/5rhh0v/prescient_speech_by_captain_america_from_what_if/) > > There was also one that had Rick Jones becoming the Hulk, which inspired some wag to do this. > > [https://me.me/i/what-if-marvel-comics-group-what-if-rick-james-had-22617748](https://me.me/i/what-if-marvel-comics-group-what-if-rick-james-had-22617748) They need to get Dave Chapelle on this stat. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvels-what-if/839176/8 "2019-08-26T15:17:59Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > This is very cool: they announced that the Disney+ series What if will have 23 episodes. Each will be an alternate reality take on each of the 23 MCU films. I wonder what some of the other ones will be. Civil War I’m guessing will be a mixup of the sides. Endgame should be flipping who got snapped. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvels-what-if/839176/9 "2019-08-26T18:24:38Z")
It might be interesting depending on how many MC characters they can get a hold of. I can’t help noticing that even in other TV series which are supposed to have ties to the MCU they mention MCU characters vary rarely. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvels-what-if/839176/10 "2019-08-26T18:30:04Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > It might be interesting depending on how many MC characters they can get a hold of. I can’t help noticing that even in other TV series which are supposed to have ties to the MCU they mention MCU characters vary rarely. Though, if you’re talking about series like Jessica Jones and Daredevil, those were on Netflix, which may have had limitations in how many MCU names they could use. This new series will be on Disney+, and they should, in theory, have access to everything in the MCU. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvels-what-if/839176/11 "2019-08-27T15:39:54Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Though, if you’re talking about series like Jessica Jones and Daredevil, those were on Netflix, which may have had limitations in how many MCU names they could use. > > This new series will be on Disney+, and they should, in theory, have access to everything in the MCU. Yeah, the big problem was that the Netflix shows and Agents of SHIELD were made by Marvel Television. They could only do so much because they didn’t really know where the MCU was going to go and couldn’t line up with it. The Disney+ shows will be made by Marvel Studios, so Kevin Feige will be in control. WandaVision, for example, is supposed to directly tie into the next Dr. Strange movie. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvels-what-if/839176/12 "2019-08-27T17:15:29Z")
Until Galactus shows up in the movies then, we can’t have the What-if in which Aunt May becomes the Herald of Galactus. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvels-what-if/839176/13 "2019-08-28T14:40:35Z")
I loved the What If? comics. Unfortunately, the all seemed to have the same ending. Everybody dies. While I am intrigued, I am not intrigued enough to shell out for Disney+. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvels-what-if/839176/14 "2019-08-28T14:44:40Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I loved the What If? comics. Unfortunately, the all seemed to have the same ending. Everybody dies. It was that way for the first few years. I think it was to reinforce the idea that Marvel was doing it the right way when it came to story telling, so that any variation on what they originally told just _had_ to have a worse outcome.