“Eyes of Wakanda” is still another strong entry into the recent series of the original Marvel animated series on Disney +, according to the heels of great shows like “X-Men ’97” and “Your Friendly Spider-Man”. Although the computer animated by “Wakanda” does not stand out in the same way as the aesthetic more drawn by the hand of these previous series, it always looks good, and there is a lot of interesting equipment in the four episodes, each telling an independent story of the secret Wakanda espionage network, The Hatut Zaraze.
But there is one thing that continues to bother me: vibranium. The mystery of space metal, the source of Wakanda’s hyper-advanced technology in the current MCU, has always been somewhat defined in the franchise. It is fundamentally indestructible and absorbs energy at an extreme rate. He is also responsible for the transformation of ecosystems around him. In films, this generally manifests as a science fiction technology such as flying vehicles, superses, energy weapons, masking devices, etc.
But in “Eyes of Wakanda”, we step back thousands of years, and in many ways, the power of Wakanda’s vibranium technology seems … largely the same? They have holographic projections, spears and knives that pull explosions of purple energy, and other devices which, for all useful purposes, seem to be as advanced as what we see from modern time. Now, I am completely open to the idea that the simple presence of vibranium has led to Wakandse civilization to strike certain other technological progress long before the rest of the human world. But it is not necessarily online with what we see in “Black Panther” films.
How really works vibranium technology?
I understand that the vibranium is incredibly durable. I understand that it is an incredible energy driver. But I understand less how it leads to “Star Wars” space binoculars in 1200 BC, or why a spear or a brooch imbued by vibranium gives essentially like a red barrel in a video game, while waiting for all stroke to the detonate.
And I want to be extremely clear that this confusion does not ruin, or even really hindered, my pleasure of “Eyes of Wakanda”. If anything, these are questions that I would like to explain more in -depth. The story of the way in which access to a particular mineral has led not only to stronger armor, but to discover electricity and digital technologies of thousands of years at the start would be fascinating to see. The fact that each “Vibranium artefact” in the new show essentially resembles a magic trinket with brilliant purple vibrations seems reductive.
He also raises a few questions about how Wakandse civilization has evolved more recently – or rather, how this was not the case.
Wakanda should be even more advanced than in the MCU
Yes, Wakanda is incredibly advanced according to today’s standards when we see it in the films “Black Panther” and “Avengers”. But at a time when Iron Man is suitable, Shield Helicarriers and all kinds of other science fiction technologies exist all over the world, it is not either that Far from a bridge to cross. “Eyes of Wakanda” shows that many basic systems that make up Wakanda – digital communication, advanced travel, sophisticated clean energy rail systems observed in the first “Black Panther” – are at least 600 years old. So why is Shuri’s impact absorption technology treated as being so revolutionary in films? Why Wakanda doesn’t Already Does medical technology need to save T’Challa’s life when he died?
Yes, it is a stroke of traced holes – a low class internet activity in which I try not to enter. And in all honesty, animated programs are not necessarily supposed to be one by one games with the main MCU. But when you do everything you can to establish so many connections, these types of questions will arise.
It is very likely that I am the problem. Maybe too many years of Marvel Easter eggs hunting let me take the version of events just in front of me at their nominal value. There are a ton of really cool things in “Eyes of Wakanda”. I still have absolutely no idea how vibranium really works.
