It's funny and it has potential but what da hell am I watching....?
And why should I keep watching...?
I can't help feeling like a donkey with Marvel busy dangling something that might be a carrot π₯ infront of me..
You took the words out of my mouth.
share25 minutes of shitty wink-wink comedy and a minute of intriguing drama. Yeah, no. I'll wait until it's over to check the rest out.
shareI loved the interplay of comedic with eerie, and the build of the sense of unease and mystery. The comedic parts are genuinely laugh-out-loud funny, and Olsen is showcasing a broad range of acting ability that I didn't know she had. She and Bettany have proven themselves fully capable of carrying a show, and I'm curious to see what twists this one takes.
shareI enjoyed the period-style comedy too...for about 10 minutes.
Then I wanted them to just get the heck on with the story. Anyone who's watching knows what they're seeing isn't real; that it's a fake, because Vision is dead. Once that's established, I really didn't want to watch 20 more minutes of the same 50s-sitcom setup. I got it; I wanted to find out why I was watching Wanda and Vision maneuver through this universe.
The story didn't move any in the second episode either. It's the EXACT same setup, just a different era of sitcom. There were a few clues as to what was really going on, but during the 25+ minutes where that didn't happen the story didn't move AT ALL. We just got more of what we already knew: Wanda and Vision were both moving through a 1960s sitcom universe.
At this point I'm frustrated, because it looks like the rest of the series is going to be the same: Wanda and Vision walking around in different eras of sitcoms for 25+ minutes, combined with about 1 or 2 minutes where we get more clues to what's really going on.
That's WAY too much fat. By the end of the first episode my guess is most viewers got the premise. Get on with the story already.
The point of the show, and what makes it enjoyable, is the interaction between characters, the humor, the drams, and the suspense. What you are calling fat I call substance, and one could make the same complaints you're making about any film, or show, that isn't of the Fast and Furious ilk. I like how dialogue-based the show is, and how cleverly it references and plays off of old television themes. Nothing about it has been obvious, or cliche, and all the callbacks have been subtle and multi-faceted. I appreciate that, in an age when most TV shows are constructed like Tik Tok videos, we have a show that rewards a viewer who comes in with deep knowledge, and who pays attention. That's a rarity now, and maybe it always was.
One might say the Seven Samurai drags like hell, and who cares about all that fluff about rice and villagers? We get it-- seven samurai are going to come together and take out the bandits. Cut to the chase already-- who needs 3 1/2 hours to tell what you could tell in half that time?
Substance is great when it complements the plot/story the problem here is that we have to watch the whole season to see if it pays off or was just waste of time (carrotπ₯)... In the context of the 2 epidodes What you call Substance basically feels like nostalgia baiting and senseless comedy... It is the same kind of "Substance" that ruined Wonder Woman 1984
shareWonder Woman 1984 suffered from a lack of focus, in my opinion. It was a mess of half-formed ideas and unfinished concepts, peppered with failed attempts at fan service. If I had to explain what substance was being aimed for, I couldn't, because it didn't seem that there was any there to begin with. I don't see any of those same problems with WandaVision.
shareExactly... Well said.!
shareThis is gonna be slow as fuck
shareI think you're doing it wrong then. Sure, it always starts slow (at least if you're a considerate gentleman), but it never stays that way.
shareYep you right, I should have more patience. Hope episode 3 is a bit more interesting though.
shareThat's how they get you... You'll keep watching more episodes and many seasons because "it might get better", "it always starts slow" they say... Before you know it you are loosely hooked on subplots because you need to justify the time you spent on senseless Nonsense
It's only getting 9 half hour episodes.....its a miniseries...
shareits obviously a slow burn im just worried the pay off/twist won't be worth it or that good. But Marvel is fairly good and delivers
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