The tension at the end of episode 3 was captivating but once again the journey to that point was a slog. I get the old school sitcom setting as a tribute and satire but this gets old quickly. Unless you are an old TV cinephile who is also a big Marvel nerd looking for every Easter egg, I'm not sure who this is aimed at.
I really wish we waited until the series was completed then binged the entire thing because this drip feeding of plot is becoming a chore.
I guess I'm the target audience then, because I'm really enjoying the whole.
It's a very Lynch-light mood piece, it's funny and silly and weird and super meta, and probably at its best when they're insinuating stuff rather than spelling it out.
I think focusing on the idea of "the Real Plot" is misunderstanding the show in a bad way. All the stuff is the real content, the retro sitcom stiff is not "filler" and that combination of retro with a modern grimdark developing continuity is what makes it interesting and stand out.
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I guess I'm the target audience then, because I'm really enjoying the whole.
It's a very Lynch-light mood piece, it's funny and silly and weird and super meta, and probably at its best when they're insinuating stuff rather than spelling it out.
I think focusing on the idea of "the Real Plot" is misunderstanding the show in a bad way. All the stuff is the real content, the retro sitcom stiff is not "filler" and that combination of retro with a modern grimdark developing continuity is what makes it interesting and stand out.
I agree with this. The show is actually a retro sitcom, with characters who are unique obviously adn have a backstory with which we are familiar. And then there is a mystery thread flowing through the episodes and presumably we will see the show transition more and more towards resolution of this mystery.
But I think some viewers, like myself, just aren't that entertained with the reto sitcom aspect of it. I don't find it all that sunny (the point of a sitcom after all) and while I appreciate how well they have reconstructed the tone of these shows, I'm not sure if that's such a difficult achievement.
In any case, it's still much watch TV because of the characters involved and the episodes are so short and the season is so brief that it's not hard to stick it out.
Looks like WandaVision may start to get at least a little more interesting this week. Or at least move a little further away from inside the sitcom world.
Well, if folks were waiting for the crunchy bits and the bigger picture, this is your episode. And if this one doesn't pique your interest enough to keep going, it's probably time to find something else to watch.
I will say, getting to the end of that episode they still didn't manage to tell a whole concise story. Lots in the episode, but they didn't move the plot much at all, they still have some work to do perfecting the 20 minute weekly format.
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Yep, time for me to shelve the whining and moaning. Lots of blanks filled in while leaving quite a few questions to be answered.
I guess that also confirms that people returning from "the Blip" returned where they left off, which raises a bunch of horrific realizations.
horrific realizations?
A couple was have sex, one of them blips, 5 years later a new couple is living in their house, and out of nowhere there is a naked stranger bobbing up and down in their bed?
That explained a lot and definitely has me invested. Agreed it was more of a catch up the audience episode than moving the plot forward but now we are all set up for an exciting finish.
I enjoyed Randall Park acting as basically the audience surrogate trying to make sense of it all. His white board notes immediately had me thinking of internet nerd speculations. Kat Dennings was okay. She's super adorable and I can sort of buy her a scientist but the jokes fell very flat.
A few other thoughts:
-I'm very intrigued at the identity of this missing person from the witness protection program. There has to be a big reveal coming here.
-We got another aspect ratio. It's 4:3 for the sitcom and 16:9 for the real world but now they went to a more cinematic wider ratio when we see into Wanda's powers and mental state. I'm thinking this scene is meant to be a massive character transition so was treated as a moment of cinematic importance.
-That scene at the end is the stuff of nightmare fuel. I had trouble sleeping last night.
-God damn it annoys me when movie/TV characters decide to touch some random likely dangerous thing. Maybe try a different drone or some other instruments first, or at least put on gloves.
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My question is, why is Monica in black and white in the show but the SWORD drone is in colour? Both came from the outside world, right?
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