Did What If…? crash and burn? The Rotten Tomatoes rating for season 3 means that the Disney Plus sequence stumbled on the ultimate mile.
What If…? has by no means been a tentpole franchise for the MCU. The animated sequence has been a welcome addition to the Disney Plus lineup, even when most agreed that it didn’t reside as much as its full potential. But with the studio seemingly pulling out all of the stops for its ultimate outing, expectations have been a minimum of reasonably excessive earlier this month heading into the debut of season 3.
Sadly, it appears What If…? was by no means in a position to reside as much as the expectations followers had. The Disney Plus sequence hit an all time low with season 3, a minimum of when it got here to critiques on Rotten Tomatoes. The venture scored a dismal 43% with audiences, even whereas scoring a decent 75% critics rating. This lags far behind its prior seasons, with season 2 scoring 64% with audiences (90% with critics), and season 1 touchdown a powerful 92% with audiences (90% with critics).
What Went Incorrect With What If…? Season 3?
The reasoning behind the low Rotten Tomatoes rating for the Disney Plus sequence probably ties into the factor holding again each MCU venture for the previous few years: expectations. When What If…? first got here out, the premise was recent, with followers permitting the novelty to hold them by way of the venture. Nevertheless, because the multiverse gimmick wears skinny, there’s an expectation for followers that the venture maintain some form of broader significance to the saga as a complete with season 3.
Even accounting for a real high quality drop with season 3 regardless of sustaining the same writing workforce from season 2, these expectations assist clarify the cataclysmic (albeit constant) downfall of the sequence on Rotten Tomatoes. Each franchise with a number of incarnations should do one in every of two issues to attraction to a core viewers: Refine or innovate. What If…? seemingly did neither, and paid for it with their rating.
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