After being introduced to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2021’s Hawkeye, Maya Lopez — better known as the lethal superhero Echo — stars in her own Disney+ and Hulu original series this January. The first project under Marvel Studios’ continuity-light Marvel Spotlight banner, Echo will certainly catch audiences off-guard if they’re expecting something narratively or tonally similar to Hawkeye or even Marvel Television’s Netflix live-action series, including Daredevil. Echo does lend a unique perspective to the MCU and its eponymous protagonist remains as magnetically focused as ever, but the five-episode miniseries is unlikely to sway those who feel Marvel Studios has lost its billion-dollar touch in recent years.In the wake of Maya turning on the Kingpin at the end of Hawkeye, Maya becomes a hunted woman, pursued by a recovering Wilson Fisk and his vast criminal empire. Maya retreats from New York City back to her hometown in Oklahoma, where she reunites with her friends and family and reconnects with her Indigenous heritage. However, Maya quickly learns she can’t outrun her past, with the ghosts she left behind in Oklahoma and New York resurfacing to put her through a violent crucible as she continues to seekAlaqua Cox gets much more to do than she did in Hawkeye, finding new emotional depths and directions to explore as Maya, especially when the character is among figures from her upbringing. In Hawkeye, whenever Maya was on-screen, it was all eyes on her, and that distinction thankfully continues in Echo, even with the benefit of significantly added screen time for the character. Getting to see Cox lean into more dramatic material than scowl menacingly or be relegated strictly to action sequences as she had in Hawkeye is a welcome change that Cox takes full advantage of.
After being introduced to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2021’s Hawkeye, Maya Lopez — better known as the lethal superhero Echo — stars in her own Disney+ and Hulu original series this January. The first project under Marvel Studios’ continuity-light Marvel Spotlight banner, Echo will certainly catch audiences off-guard if they’re expecting something narratively or tonally similar to Hawkeye or even Marvel Television’s Netflix live-action series, including Daredevil. Echo does lend a unique perspective to the MCU and its eponymous protagonist remains as magnetically focused as ever, but the five-episode miniseries is unlikely to sway those who feel Marvel Studios has lost its billion-dollar touch in recent years.
In the wake of Maya turning on the Kingpin at the end of Hawkeye, Maya becomes a hunted woman, pursued by a recovering Wilson Fisk and his vast criminal empire. Maya retreats from New York City back to her hometown in Oklahoma, where she reunites with her friends and family and reconnects with her Indigenous heritage. However, Maya quickly learns she can’t outrun her past, with the ghosts she left behind in Oklahoma and New York resurfacing to put her through a violent crucible as she continues to seek
Alaqua Cox gets much more to do than she did in Hawkeye, finding new emotional depths and directions to explore as Maya, especially when the character is among figures from her upbringing. In Hawkeye, whenever Maya was on-screen, it was all eyes on her, and that distinction thankfully continues in Echo, even with the benefit of significantly added screen time for the character. Getting to see Cox lean into more dramatic material than scowl menacingly or be relegated strictly to action sequences as she had in Hawkeye is a welcome change that Cox takes full advantage of.
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