"What If" (S01, 9 eps, 1/2hr, Dis+) has a really decent premise. However, the way it's implemented in this era of political corr-azy and "I'm so woke" makes it so predictable. It's like they go out of their way to build up women and non-Euro races as the What If heroes, but it's more pandering than interesting. And they're all so idealized, clean as bleach. It's antiseptic in the way we all hated the Star Wars prequels. As such it comes across more as After School special than gritty storytelling. Seriously, with the material at their disposal this could've been an awesome set of adventuring instead of the safe, PG fare it mostly bored us with. What if this series was made for adults by adults that pay the subscriptions for these services?! That's a What If premise the majority of us could get behind.
Review of What If...?
