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Apparently "Wild Wild West" has to leave to make room for "Westworld."

The image of him on the bike is also iconic, but I imagine people will get used to the car, as well.

Yeah, Ghost Rider the general character is iconic, even if this version isn't. Maybe he will be after this season.

I was surprised (and glad) they showed as much of Ghost Rider as they did in this episode. They could have easily dragged it out for weeks.

Part of me feels like Marvel squandered that opportunity by including Ghost Rider on this show, but hopefully Robbie or another Ghost Rider could still get a dedicated series or movie.

I never had much interest in this show, but Ghost Rider got me to tune in and I was not disappointed.

Yeah, someone's gotta put them mice on the cage floor.

If Robbie's Ghost Rider gets his own show, I could see Cage being enticed to show up as Blaze as a mentor or even antagonist. At least going by the comics, there's no reason both his Ghost Rider and Robbie's can't co-exist.

It certainly left me wanting to see more of him.

Yeah… I don't think it's that jerky to doubt that a TV show budget can handle Ghost Rider. Thankfully, the CGI looks fantastic.

I don't recall Robbie himself attacking/murdering people when not fully overcome by Ghost Rider, but it's been awhile since I read the comics. I was a little surprised when Robbie chained the guy up in his garage and later attacked Quake. He seems more violent than the original character.

I can see why, but kinda bummed if it means we never get to see Blaze in the MCU.

It's a different kind of cool, but it does lack the immediately awesome image of Ghost Rider tearing around on his bike. Robbie has to stop the car and get out to really see him. Of course, maybe that works better for the show's budget. lol

I liked the Ultron reference.

Yeah, the expected plot of the heroes vs. a bunch of Winter Soldiers seemed like a big yawn, so I'm glad that was just a misdirect.

In the Ghost Rider comics, the brother was a lot younger and cute, but really toed the line of being annoying. So far this seems like a step up to me. lol

Exactly, is the show going to full-on delve into the spiritual side of Ghost Rider and explain that Robbie is possessed by the ghost of a serial killer, or will it chicken out and tie it into something like alien tech?

Yeah, I would have preferred Ghost Rider get his own show or movie, or be part of a Marvel Knights anthology or something. Also, it is still weird to me that the MCU didn't go with Johnny Blaze or at least a motorcycle-bound Ghost Rider. But all that aside, Robbie is a great (and simpler) take on the character and

Yeah, for a moment I thought I was watching a Netflix Marvel series.

Ghost Rider was awesome, and Robbie is an interesting version of the character. As much as I love the car, though, I still can't shake the desire to see him on a motorcycle. One question, though, since I have Robbie's comic series but haven't read it in awhile - Did he actually attack and kill people as himself like