We often see profile pieces in which someone of a certain age is asked what they would say to their younger self — what type of wisdom they’d impart, the advice they’d give, that sort of thing. I never have to worry about that because Doc Brown gave me a souped-up DeLorean so I can toggle back and forth along the timeline — and one of the things I tell my younger self is, You’re not going to believe how the superhero and sci-fi universe on film and TV has expanded. It’s fantastic!
Oh sure, we had your Superman and your Batman and your Iron Man and your Wonder Woman and your “Star Wars” back in the day, but now it seems as if hardly a month goes by without another feature film or streaming series introducing or re-introducing characters from a much more diverse, intricate, mind-bending and often creative universe. Just look at what Disney+ has accomplished in the span of a few years, what with “Wandavision” and “Loki,” “Moon Knight” and “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” “The Mandalorian” and “Hawkeye.”
