I can't see viewership figures on What If to see how that compares but it is arguably a different beast given that's animated
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Samba: Ms Marvel has lowest US viewership debut of MCU Disney+ shows BUT is a hit with Gen Z & draws more diverse audience
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I can't see viewership figures on What If to see how that compares but it is arguably a different beast given that's animated
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I want to watch it but haven't yet, but most folks I know (30's-40's) are all like "nahh" after the trailers. It looked like a kids show from those early previews, so I think it's gonna turn off lot of folks
It's a great show. I'm watching it with my five year old daughter and she is liking it a lot. I love explaining everything to her since she finds it fascinating.
Do we? Because my feeling is that it's seen less marketing investment and the character/IP is far less known than any of the other characters/shows so far other than Moon Knight...who was played by an extremely well-known and liked actor in Oscar Isaac. I imagine if there was some cross-over that included any of the established brands in the MCU its numbers would be better.
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Damn, that's a pretty massive drop. I haven't seen it or anything, but definitely does give a much a different vibe than your typical Marvel stuff, so I guess it's not that surprising. Hopefully word of mouth boosts it
I mean, she's definitely more well known than Moon Knight was lol, but true for the others
I mean, she's definitely more well known than Moon Knight was lol, but true for the others
It definitely feels like it's aiming at a younger demographic than other MCU shows so those results make sense.
Hopefully good word of mouth gives it legs.
Hopefully good word of mouth gives it legs.
I'm more surprised at Moon Knight doing so well. I know Isaacs is a well known actor, but it managed to be the number 2 right out the gate? Really?
Yeah you know I looked over the chart again and i overlooked moonknight. The power of Oscar Isaac and Hawke!
Maybe it's a bit early to say this but so far Ms Marvel has been the most interesting thing that Marvel has done since Iron Man back in 2008. I hope it finds success and they draw the right conclusions from it.
Yeah, I opened the app for Obi Wan last week and saw it was out.
It's good, likable characters so far. But I'm not super into the teen secret super hero thing.
You're surprised that Oscar Isaac's debut in Marvel would have more views than a rather unique/niche show in WandaVision which incorporated 2 of the least popular Avengers?
it's off to a damn good start so I hope more people check it out
would be a shame to see this get overshadowed by Obi-wan
would be a shame to see this get overshadowed by Obi-wan
Well I think it has a lot against it. The obvious bigotry aspect that is there for some viewers. Then you got the first trailers that made it look like a show for teens on Nickelodeon or Disney daytime. Have seen many folks including friends mention how it looks like it's a show for kids. She's not a very popular character, despite being around for a while now, her books never been big draws (to be fair Moon Knight was also not huge). Lacking any connection to the rest of the MCU, she just is totally new, and without any big name star power also, whereas Moon Knight had two big hollywood celebs front and center. There was a whole bunch of stuff stacked against this show really.
It has a lot of things working against it. I'm not surprised when you stack it against the more established characters.
For a show that isn't led by one of the "big MCU stars" and features a Muslim kid in her first acting job as the main character, a show that is so non-white and (even more) unabashedly Muslim, I'd say it's a good number. Could've been better? Sure. I'll take this, however. I've been loving it so far and I definitely prefer it to Obi-Wan Kenobi (something I didn't even imagine before release).
It's a damn good series with a lot of heart and flair and a *much needed* different perspective in the mainstream. So if you're not watching, it's your loss.
It's a damn good series with a lot of heart and flair and a *much needed* different perspective in the mainstream. So if you're not watching, it's your loss.
I'm guilty of not watching it yet. But damn with Stranger Things, Obi-Wan, The Boys, hell I'm even enjoying Strange New Worlds there's a lot of competition for your limited attention out right now.
I would love to be wrong. For the US population I feel like half of them are looking at this as a "woke" show. I know MCU enthusiasts who didn't watch Falcon and Winter Soldier for that reason, so I assume having a show that has both racial and religious tones to it will turn even more of them off.
I will concede however that the marketing might not have been great, and it does have a flair of being more for teens as opposed to a wider audience.
Yea timing matters too.
I'm sure there would be some of that from some portion of potential viewers. But I think the other factors mentioned + dropping it when some of the biggest shows that audience would be also interested in (Stranger Things, The Boys, Ozark part 2 coming soon, Obi, etc.) have come out at the same time pulling away a lot of that attention away from this project are the bigger factors.
In retrospect, I don't know if I've seen any marketing for this show outside of threads here.
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I'm surprised that a new niche character got more views than two established characters that have starred in 3 Avengers movies and several more MCU movies, yes.
It being the best MCU show is meaningless as the quality is basically MCU. Everyone knows going into a MCU thing not to expect great works or bottom tier nonsense. The hook has always been MCU. This time it's a teenager no one knows about the trailers for it skew heavily towards being more kid stuff. It isn't a no brainer as to why some don't really care. Could also be that there are racists.
As someone who doesn't really follow celebrities, yes; I find that surprising because I didn't know he was that big of a draw. Moon Knight is also a character I had never heard of until the D+ show was announced, and I'm sure plenty of others are in the same boat. I'd say the show itself is by far the most "out there" of the D+ MCU shows so far, with the different personalities, worlds, gods, and overall few direct connections to the overall MCU.
Eh. Not really. It really is marketed as a kids' show without any real link to the ongoing Marvel saga. I've been watching it (and it's great) but my kids just have no interest on top of that. I assume the budget is lower than the others due to limited action/effects/stars so I'm sure they're doing fine.
I haven't watch it. It'll probably be the first thing I haven't watched from the MCU. It's a show aiming at a younger demographic which is something I have no interest in. However, the MCU and Star Wars D+ shows are starting to fall off a cliff for me in terms of quality. I'll probably start watching a lot less them in general. I hope it can find an audience though.
I haven't started it yet. With Stranger Things, Better Call Saul, The Boys & Kenobi, it's been on the back burner and I want to watch Multiverse of Madness first when it hits Disney+. I doubt there's any crossover whatsoever there but I want to see MCU chronologically by release.