Another day, another Marvel property was released to the masses that’s struggling to fight off the latest epidemic known as “Superhero Fatigue”. The questions have been asked multiple times since the releases after “Avengers: Endgame” and “Spider-Man: No Way Home”, “Are people tired of superhero movies?”, “Is the franchise oversaturated?”, and “Should they have just ended it after ‘Endgame’?” But alas, the Marvel train keeps going full speed ahead, come what may, with new movies and series well underway. The latest of which is the latest series “Ironheart”, which Marvel had absolutely no idea or care with how to market it, so they just released its six-episode series in the span of a week releasing the first three episodes last week and the final three episodes this week. S,  how was this new Marvel series?

Well, some people seem to have voiced their opinions well before the series even got released on Disney+. A plethora of well-minded Marvel philosophers peacefully gathered together to eloquently state their unbiased and open-minded opinion on the series as they strategically compared it to the beloved source material to relish in their excitement for the series. HA! I’m joking! It’s the Internet! Everyone tore it apart without even watching a single episode,  which only worsened as the series started streaming.

The series is centered around Riri Williams, who was introduced in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and played again by Dominique Thorne, who is down on her luck since the events of “Wakanda Forever” and gets involved with a gang of renegades lead by The Hood, played by Anthony Ramos. But as she tries to advance her technology and make a name for herself, she soon finds that she may be in over her head.

My honest overall reaction to the series is that it’s just okay. I didn’t love it, but I also didn’t hate it. I didn’t get bored watching it, but it was still far from spectacular. I have not read the source material (in fact I do my best to stay away from it so that the movies have the opportunity to surprise me, but that tends to backfire when everyone is quick to post spoilers for the important projects just so that they gain immediate view traction, but I digress) so I don’t really know what they could have done to improve the series. 

There were moments that I liked. I thought Dominique Thorne and Anthony Ramos carried the series the best that they could,  and even the side characters were memorable. I feel as if maybe the series needed a little more heart in “Ironheart”. I liked Riri’s interactions with her A.I. friend, played by Lyric Ros,  and I liked how they presented a couple of parallels between her and Tony Stark. Anthony Ramos was decent as the villain The Hood, but on the charts of Marvel villains is still far from top tier yet not as forgettable as those at the bottom of the barrel. 

Overall, “Ironheart” is not a series that I can say is bad, but I also can’t say that it’s good either. It’s right in the middle,  which means, it’s okay. It wasn’t a bore and it wasn’t exciting. Marvel didn’t even know how to market it, so they just threw it at the wall to see if it would still be the mindset of “If people watch it, great. If not, oh well.” Which is a poor way to market anything that you invest in under the Marvel umbrella. It’s true that Marvel has been hit and miss with their entrees in this new Phase of Marvel. I honestly don’t even know what phasee we are in anymore. But “Ironheart” is a decent enough series that doesn’ feel like a chore to get through. So, if you’re looking to binge the series, or if you just want to stay caught up on everything Marvel related, then this one should be a breeze like an iron suit in the wind.

3 stars