The Franchise: Scene 31A: Tecto Meets Eye

October 7, 2024 7:51 AM - Season 1, Episode 1

Problems abound on the set of a superhero franchise movie.

The cast includes Daniel Brühl (Captain America: Civil War), Richard E. Grant (Logan, Loki), and Aya Cash (The Boys), among others, so they know whereof they speak/satirize. Some of the reviews that I've glanced at seem to assume that Marvel is the main target, but this is streaming on Max and there's actually a truck with a Warner Bros. logo in the background of one shot, so presumably DC's efforts are also being used as a source, although the studio head in charge of the franchise is called The Toyman, which I'm guessing is a reference to Isaac Perlmutter, formerly in charge of Marvel.

posted by Halloween Jack (4 comments total)

The jokes are pretty low-hanging fruit, but it's a funny show. Weirdly enough, I didn't recognize Aya Cash at all; she seems to be playing an android, which is definitely a choice, and I'm sure she'll go all, um, Aya Cash soon enough.
posted by kittens for breakfast at 7:07 PM on October 7

Oh! Definitely stick with it through the credits. You don't see teasers for spinoff shows or anything, but Richard E. Grant's character says a lot of stuff that's funnier than anything in the actual show. Which I don't mean to trash talk? It's fine, I'll keep watching, I'm into it, but it's exactly the show you're expecting...so far, at least.
posted by kittens for breakfast at 7:34 PM on October 7

One thing that I wasn't exactly expecting was that Grant and Billy Magnussen, who plays the actor playing the superhero, do actually get into a (verbal) fight... but it's about who has the superior dramacred.
posted by Halloween Jack at 8:33 PM on October 7

I mean, their characters do.
posted by Halloween Jack at 8:34 PM on October 7