WandaVision

The show's early potential for true Lynchian brilliance and social satire is ultimately abandoned in favor of the usual CGI fight scenes (Marvel's gonna Marvel). I'd like to know which university gave the chick from 2 Broke Girls a Ph.D. The show's Generic Evil White Man was by far its most logical character - but, you know, "down with the patriarchy" and whatnot. Kathryn Hahn is the stealth MVP.

If this rating was for everything up to and including "Agatha All Along" *which is my favorite two minutes of the MCU so far*, this would be nearly perfect. Unfortunately, Marvel just had to marvelously do its thing in the climax and reduce characters to hollow pro- and antagonists rather than continue its unique tribute to the history of sitcoms and innovate in the medium of television.

Remember back in the days, when Network shows would have that one weird "just a dream"/alternate reality/musical episode? Well, Wandavision basically is *that one episode* spread out on an entire season and comes across as an almost Lynchian meta show, that (for better or worse) ultimately aligns itself with the greater MCU. Good stuff.

You liked it because you live in a consumerist culture that has programmed you to enjoy references to worthless bygone media (especially SITCOMS) you have no attachment to, and meaningless, childish plots. You lack taste and have no sense of identity.

WandaVision is the first time I've had serious doubts about a Marvel Studios property. I've enjoyed some productions more than others but none felt terribly offensive or worse than a decent time waste. WandaVision is creepy and disturbing and not in a way that the show-runners intended. For the first time ever I was actively rooting for the people the writers coded as villains and for very justifiable reasons. I am now left wondering if Marvel hasn't actually been The Boys the entire time.

They are very comfortable investing a lot of time in a world they establish early on as being irrelevant. Vision is an entirely new character here with much more depth & humanity than they last established. They still have no idea how to handle either character's powers. Vision moves at the speed of light now, but moves MUCH slower in action. He can't pass humans through items but can pass items through humans. Wanda can manifest anything, but not dinner. Sometimes with a red mist sometimes not.

Well, the streaming craze might have hurt the cinema in the long run, but this series is one of its good outcomes. It is such a quirky, off the beaten path thing that, there is absolutely no chance that it will see the light of the day in the old cable TV system. It sometimes cracks under its own bizarre nature, but the production quality is great and it hits some very high notes, particularly the ending. Denning's character is a great MU creation and so is Agnesss.

This show managed to single-handedly convince me never to consume another MCU product in my life. It started out so strong with a mystical, Lynch-light setting where circumstances are left to your interpretation ... until the mask comes off and the entire mystery is shamelessly exposed with the blandest of acting and writing, with no space for ambiguity. The show went from humorous, mysterious and charming to being on the nose, poorly written, toe-curling superhero fluff by the end.

Eerily prescient - a narrative about a retreat into nostalgia, coping with tremendous loss, isolation and depression and grief - chaos, madness and sickness all slightly felt. These themes, told through its smaller scale which allowed for some surprising intimacy, is the perfect reintroduction to the MCU, and reflection of our moment. That it started out like someone saw David Lynch's Rabbits and thought, maybe we can Marvel it? all means yes, I loved it.

Nice. Her and Vision are still the least interesting Avengers though. Good cast.