r/marvelstudios • u/steve32767 Daredevil • Mar 30 '22

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Now let's see what the hell that fish was about.

EPISODE DIRECTED BY WRITTEN BY ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE RUN TIME CREDITS SCENE?
S01E01: The Goldfish Problem Mohamed Diab Jeremy Slater March 30th, 2022 on Disney+ 47 min None

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u/adaquo Mar 30 '22

I LOVED stevens little one liners like that… he had a few quips here and there but they were so removed from the normal MCU quips and genuinely funny. When everyone kneeled down except for him and he just goes “bollocks” I laughed out loud

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u/Thatoneguy567576 Mar 30 '22

Steven has felt the most like a real person out of any MCU character imo. A very anxious real person, but still a real person.

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u/metalhead4 Mar 31 '22

And Oscar Isaac is American doing an English accent to boot. Usually it's the other way around. He crushed the first episode

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u/jesusmansuperpowers Mar 31 '22

Oscar Isaac is arguably the best actor working right now. That last scene was absolutely amazing!

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u/Esp1erre Mar 31 '22

I don't know why, but the scene that made me realize how good he is was the steak restaurant.

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u/sick-asfrick Mar 31 '22

I thought his best from episode 1 was when he was trying to hand over the scarab but his body wouldn't let him. His body did one thing and his face did another. It was great!

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u/Super_Jay Apr 01 '22

For some reason the bit that got me so hyped was the part of the cupcake truck scene where Steven 'comes to' with the gun in his hand. It's just so fluid and subtle brilliantly played - that seemingly offhand glance at his hand, the acknowledgement of the gun, then the sudden shock and alarm - holy shit I'm holding a GUN??! - and the repulsion as he tries to pull his hand away from the gun and just get it off him... and its all over in like two seconds. Just incredible acting, Isaac is so expressive with his physicality and he's perfect for this role. I honestly don't think another actor could pull this off.

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u/sick-asfrick Apr 01 '22

That scene says so much for being so short. I totally agree!

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u/NinetyFish Thor Apr 01 '22

Damn, I didn't think about how hard that would be to act out.

I guess I just absolutely believed it. Credit to Oscar. Man, that guy rules.

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u/aequitasXI Vision Apr 01 '22

I'm not doing this on purpose!

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u/sick-asfrick Apr 02 '22

My favorite one liners from the first episode were that and "Oh bollocks" when they all kneel but he doesn't.

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u/swans183 Apr 02 '22

Yeah I actually believed he was fighting his body lol. He looked like he was super tensed up!

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u/sick-asfrick Apr 02 '22

Yeah, like his neck was super tense and he looked very strained like he was truly trying to be compliant. It was so funny.

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u/_butt_doctor Apr 02 '22

Bruce Campbell Evil Dead vibes.

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u/Thatoneguy567576 Mar 31 '22

I really felt for him there, when his boss was being nasty and he said "that's kind of crushing really", and when he said "oh bollocks" when everyone kneeled. Really felt like real human reactions to those situations, seriously great work on his part.

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u/Spookyfan2 Apr 01 '22

Dude truly seemed crushed.

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u/Bitey_the_Squirrel Mar 31 '22

Idk he seems like a nerd who’s never punched a werewolf before.

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u/aequitasXI Vision Apr 01 '22

Idk he seems like a nerd who’s never punched a werewolf before.

As a nerd who's actually never punched a werewolf, he nailed it!

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u/Jon_Snow_1887 Mar 31 '22

He is really really great.

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u/Same-Reputation-7738 Red Skull Apr 02 '22

it’s really crazy to me because my dad was friends with him and even in a band with him a long time ago. my dad told me that when he was younger you’d never think he’d have become an actor.

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u/beatrailblazer Weekly Wongers Mar 31 '22

you really made the same exact comment 3 times?

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u/kilabot26 Apr 02 '22

I loved the elevator scene too

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u/criminalsunrise Mar 31 '22

I don't want to be 'that guy' but, as a Brit, the accent is a little off, like it was noticeably not right but I can't put my finger on why. Still, it only bothered me for the first five minutes or so.

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u/beatrailblazer Weekly Wongers Mar 31 '22

Oscar Isaac said it was intentional.

“That voice is about where Steven’s from, where he’s living now, and some of his believed heritage,” he teases. “It’s not an idea of what Brits actually sound like.”

and hinted to more reasons as well

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u/criminalsunrise Mar 31 '22

Good to know - can't wait to see more

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u/OMG_Its_Panther Mar 31 '22

I'm guessing that may be intentional due to the multiple personalities. If they're taking the route of Marc being the primary personality and Steven is just an alter, it would make sense that he wouldn't have the most accurate accent. I guess we'll have to see

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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '22

It's definitely overly the top English. Part of the point. Like someone learning an accent from Guy Ritchie movies.

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u/1sinfutureking Mar 31 '22

As an American with a really good ear, it sounded odd but not, like, hilariously off. Like, even if I didn’t know he was American I could tell it was fake, but it wasn’t Dick Van Dyke bad. It was close enough that the wrongness of the accent wasn’t jarring me out of the scene

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u/Super_Jay Apr 01 '22

And Oscar Isaac is American doing an English accent to boot.

It's actually brilliant because he's an American actor playing an American character who is affecting an English accent due to having a British alter. I've seen people criticize the accent as if it's poor acting on Isaac's part but it's deliberately a little off to reflect the fact that the character himself isn't actually British. It's actually an amazing bit of acting and I love it.

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u/doesanyonehaveweed Apr 09 '22

He’s a dude who’s playing a dude who’s pretending to be another dude

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u/pudadingding Apr 01 '22

It’s still a bit Dick van dyke to my English ears, but he had the tone of self-depreciation absolutely spot on for “Bollocks!”

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u/chipperpip Apr 04 '22

Oscar Isaac is such a good actor he made me briefly forget how handsome he is, and I could actually buy him having trouble getting dates.

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u/edflyerssn007 Apr 02 '22

I honestly have no idea what's his real voice.

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u/Fugaciouslee Apr 02 '22

When Marc was speaking.

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u/edflyerssn007 Apr 02 '22

Yes, but, it was more of a comment on the quality of his Enish accent.

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u/Venom1462 Daredevil Mar 31 '22

yeah ikr there certainly were jokes but they didn't feel like traditional mcu ones rather something an anxious guy would actually say. They just felt so real

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u/NinetyFish Thor Apr 01 '22

I can't think of a single quippy MCU-style joke from this episode. Everything felt natural and in character. It wasn't funny because "it's time for a joke!"; it was just funny because Steven was in multiple insane situations.

Steven felt like a real person just going through some absolutely crazy shit. Speaks to Oscar's talent and to everyone behind the camera/screen. So fucking excited for the rest of the show.

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u/criminalsunrise Mar 31 '22

That "bollocks" is just being English ... to the point I didn't actively notice it!

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u/SonOfAhuraMazda Mar 31 '22

Him trying to give the scarab to ethan hawk was hilariouz

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u/Rayne37 Apr 02 '22

I was dying at the Avatar jokes, it was so dead pan and just thrown out there so fast. Loved it.