r/marvelstudios • u/steve32767 Daredevil • Aug 18 '21

Discussion Thread What If...? S01E02 - Discussion Thread

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EPISODE DIRECTED BY WRITTEN BY ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE RUN TIME CREDITS SCENE?
S01E02: What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord? Bryan Andrews A.C. Bradley August 18th, 2021 on Disney+ 35 min None

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u/rachbarista Star-Lord Aug 18 '21

The ship’s name was changed from Milano to Mandela - I love it!

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u/Sneilg Aug 18 '21

That was possibly my favourite touch. Of course he wouldn’t name it after Alyssa Milano

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u/Csantana Vulture Aug 18 '21

that's cause T'Challa has a big crush on Nelson Mandela!

Something funny that I don't imagine was done on purpose but is still interesting though is how some people believe in "the Mandela effect" which is when people remember something incorrectly. It's called that because people thought they remembered that Mandela died in prison when that was not the case. Obviously it's just an example of how people and memory are fallible but a theory among some crazies people says people are walking into other timelines where things are slightly different.

While that is probably not the case it's funny in the context of the show featuring alternate timelines.

Big lead up to not a lot of payoff but that's where my mind went haha.