I don’t think their approach was wrong, per se. They wanted to give their universe a clear identity, one that was more about technology than fantasy, which would fit better Iron Man as the chosen spearhead. And define every aspect of the Marvel Universe (which contains pretty much anything that was ever considered pop…

Yeah, but she’s not going to become a god-level super-powered individual. She’s not one in the comics either, is she? They’re certainly not priming her for helming a film release. At best, I expect her to be to Captain Marvel what War Machine was to Iron Man.

The constant underselling of Peyton Reed to promote Edgar Wright has worn a bit thin. Nearly everything great about Ant-Man came from Peyton Reed. Dude is just as versed in genre movies as Wright, and Down With Love and Bring it On are as good as anything in the Cornetto Trilogy.

But Asgardians aren’t magical, they’re technological aliens that look like magic to us. “I’m not a witch” is just a figure of speech, it’s something we may say in reality too, it doesn’t imply witches are real.

If the barrier is Wanda’s (and I’m 95% sure it is), then it comes from an Infinity Stone as well.

While also only have a few clunkers by their quality standards (Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor: Dark World).

I don’t think it’s wild to think the average Joe wouldn’t know the details. Half the population suddenly disappeared and all people knew at the time was there was very briefly some sort of UFO over New York. In five years don’t you think there would be endless public investigations and debriefings? Every survivor of…

It’s not just that. I wrote it in the comments for the previous episode. Internet overanalyzes everything about the MCU in *our* reality, where it’s fictional. Imagine if it were real, and everyone’s life depended on those people and events. There’d be thematic channels recreating and analyzing everything in…

And she made it back into Westview as MONICA, not as Geraldine.

That there is a superpower in itself.

Mildly wondering if the name ‘Geraldine’ is a subtle shoutout to The Flip Wilson Show. (Gods, I’m old)

I was unenthused by the idea that Monica’s powers would just be a side effect of passing in and out of Wanda’s sitcom barrier.

I’m guessing that making TV is like a bell curve. Most productions are fine. They’re jobs, you go in, do your thing, but it’s not like it’s a FUN place to work, it’s just not terrible either. Then there are horrible productions with toxic leadership that make it a bad experience. And finally a few productions where…

I work in TV, but not on good productions. I wish I worked on good TV. Or maybe I’m the problem?

I do have to say, I really love how Marvel (well, Feige) took the “comic book/superhero movie” epithet and tossed it in the garbage while making 23 movies and a TV show. They all deeply mine the comic lore to get that tacit approval from Comic Book Guy (Best. Franchise. Ever.) but not a single one of them has a) made…

“Did they release versions of the Marvel movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Darcy is way too aware of the specifics of Vision’s death in Avengers: Infinity War. This would normally annoy me, but it works within WandaVision’s meta format.”

Considering that other characters have been shown (smartly) to not know the…

It’s episodes like this that make we wish I worked in TV (but only on good productions like WandaVision or The Good Place), because I know the writers and crew had an absolute ball making it.

Good catch

Yep this week’s WV was three things in one. Modern Family style sitcom, Happy Endings title sequence and Office title music.

Kathryn Hahn and Elizabeth Olsen were excellent (I didn’t love the Agatha tune but it did at least make me think of the Munsters, which is nice), but as Agnes/Agatha was such a long-time coming reveal, and the reveal itself was a bit flat (I doubt she is the actual baddie, more a lower level boss, but I am hoping she…

The opening sequence musically resembled The Office but oddly enough it borrowed its visuals from Happy Endings, which wasn’t a mockumentary but was a delight.

Just throwing it out there, but “I’ve got a suspicious mole you can’t see...” would also refer (loosely) to “Pietro."