‘Ironheart’ Review: Riri’s Journey, Continuing Storylines and Mixing Magic and Tech | The Cosmic Circle
Podcast host and writer Brian Kitson is joined by Ayla Ruby and Uday Kataria to discuss Marvel Studios’ newest series, Ironheart, starring Dominique Thorne, Lyric Ross, Anthony Ramos, Alden Ehrenreich, and Sacha Baron Cohen. The three discuss Riri’s motivations and character journey in the series, as well as how magic and technology are blended. Characters like The Hood, Mephisto, Natalie, Zelma, Zeke and more are discussed, as well as how the series might fit in the wider MCU narrative.
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Ironheart podcast review timestamps
- 00:00 – Intros
- 00:55 – General thoughts on Ironheart. Parallels with Marvel/Disney’s handling of the Echo series.
- 06:55 – Continuing Riri’s story from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- 12:20 – Riri’s motivations, grief, and questionable decisions in Ironheart
- 18:20 – Ironheart‘s place in the MCU timeline and larger narrative. Is it “essential viewing”?
- 20:00 – Mephisto and Riri messing with Death. Shouldn’t Aubrey Plaza’s Death be angry? Will this be followed up on later?
- 25:20 – The Hood and Strange Academy
- 29:00 – Blending technology with magic in the show
- 34:00 – The Hood’s motivations vs Riri’s.
- 37:00 – Riri’s attitude towards Tony Stark/Iron Man
- 39:25 – Where was the rest of the MCU?
- 40:45 – Zelma, Zeke and other characters
- 47:25 – Where will the Ironheart storyline go from here?
- 56:50 – The color of magic in Ironheart, chaos magic?
- 58:00 – The need for Jac Schaeffer to return to the MCU.
- 01:00:15 – Outros
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