Wanda has tremendous powers, but has mental issues that come from losing her brother and her lover (Vision is actually dead) and either she is compensating by creating these fantasies, or someone (possibly an evil someone) is feeding them to her. Sokka and Suki? The evolution was definitely towards purely stand-alone episodes. ... to do something again because it was so good the first time. So no newbie am I.Your critiques are spot on. Frasier and Wings both made this admittedly silly list over at Tor.com...12 SFF Reboots of Nostalgic Sitcoms I’d Like to SeeBy Leah SchnelbachIt's dated Thu, Feb 18, but it was obviously inspired by WandaVision so I figured I'd toss it your way under this older relevant post (rather than under something more current, but completely irrelevant) in case you or anyone else might find it of some mild interest. I’ll give you a food analogy. Every episode was someone's first, so the premise had to be easily understood and the characters had to be self-explanatory.But about 30-40 years ago things started changing. I assume this show is designed for Millennials. Is anyone going to sit through the first few episodes ever again? Apparently, everything they've shown in the first three episodes are all from comic book story lines. Oh yes, she was up against sadistic villains eager to unleash a super weapon on New York. ), The Bernie Meme and how it applies to comedy writing, This explodes like Gwyneth Paltrow's V-jay, EP206: CHEERS commentary track: Boys in the Bar. Paul has also, over the years, re-recorded tons of old Charley Douglass laughter and reactions (as have I for my own original productions), and even has his own YouTube channel that he uploads his "homebrews" to, re-inserting Douglass laughter to old DePatie-Freleng Enterprises cartoons such as THE PINK PANTHER, THE INSPECTOR, THE ANT AND THE AARDVARK, and others.Paul always wanted to do this on a professional level, not just as a hobby, and as it turns out, Marvel Studios found out about him, and gave him an opportunity to finally turn his dream into a reality! As a boomer, I enjoyed all of the references to old TV shows too. She was simply amazing. The character does not lie to those around him, so his actions always come from a place of honest conviction. It seems they are moving a decade-ish (maybe more like 5 years-ish) in every episode (the first one is early 60s Van Dyke, then late 60s Bewitched, and then Brady Brunch early 70s. First off, if you haven't seen any of the Marvel movies, you're not going to have any idea who anyone in WandaVision is, or what led up to the situation Wanda and the Vision are currently in (and anyone who didn't see the Thor movies or Ant-Man and the Wasp would have no idea that you're supposed to know who Jimmy Woo and Darcy Lewis are). The Marvel Extended Universe is exactly that... you need to understand the back stories of the characters, their nemesis and the comic books the particular product is based on. … Writers Who Are Tone Deaf for Comedy of a Different Era:My wife and I loved the first season of "The Marvelous Mrs. This brings me to another pet peeve; Why are so many inconsequential people listed in the credits today ? The series is basically Pleasantville meets Billy Mumy from the Twilight Zone. How is she doing it? Imagine your reviewing Coca Cola but you’re trying to review it when it’s being used as an ingredient of carnitas. Disney+ Certainly, a show shouldn’t really reveal all of its cards immediately, but as far as the villain of this show is concerned – we have no clue. When I see people like drivers and assistants to talent listed I can't figure out why they have the clout to get an on-screen credit. Then I saw WandaVision do the same magic-act-at-talent-show story and I thought they nailed it. For what it's worth, the fourth episode clears up a lot of the mystery, so if you'd like some idea of what's behind this you might want to give it a look. But why did we have to see essentially an hour of the bad ‘50s sitcom? A grieving woman with godlike power is desperately trying to create her perfect world. And I loved it, for that reason. The most recent episode mirrors the TV show “Malcolm In The Middle” style-wise and the attention to detail is spot on. I want it, I just don't want this … It's a bit unfortunate that it ended up being the first new Marvel content in a year and a half, though. This show has a good sense of the fact that it is a television-style show, and the way that it runs with this format is one that even people that aren’t super familiar with the Marvel-sphere can appreciate. This show was unique. If so, it will be different. It’s probably all a rouse. Sokka and Zuko? It would have been really something if they'd actually made episodes so good that Millennials wanted to track down The Dick Van Dyke Show after seeing the first episode. As someone who is in the intersecting portion of the Venn diagram of comic book fan and sitcom fan, you've confirmed the concern I had about the other circles not getting it. When Elizabeth Olsen first started teasing that WandaVision was in the works at Marvel Studios, the show easily shot straight to the top of the MCU's most highly anticipated projects despite having almost no idea what to expect.. I know most people don't read them, but I do and I hate having to dive for the remote every time this happens and then futzing around to restore the credit box to the full screen. I just keep streaming The Smurfs. "Either way, he was so excited about the opportunity he had, and was happy to have the experience to work for such a powerful studio as Marvel on a project like this. THAT'S an homage.This was lazy sniping masquerading as honour and respect. 9. They weren't trying to write a good sitcom episode. It's more of a 'love letter' than anything else. Everybody gets the Mandalorian in the first five minutes: it's a gunslinger and a kid. If it didn’t have the mystery element it would have nothing going for it and even that is wearing thin. Any time a writer is in a corner, all they have to do is have The Scarlet Witch literally wave her hand and something, anything, happens to save the day. Still looks stupid to me. 10. Hahn taps into an energy that can be both endearing and unhinged at the same time, and it explains why she’s done so many guest spots on TV shows. But Cannell was smart. If people decide it's not for them, ok. I will say it is good the first two episodes are being offered up front as they really set up what the show is about. I agree that the show is slow. They should just call her "Deus Ex Machina Woman". They say it's a loving homage to THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW. Wanda grew up … I usually let the final credits of almost everything run so I can either listen to the final music score or to scan the credit lists for interesting tidbits. At first, it’s not really … Why is it the "you don't get it" people always turn into Josh Trank (fired from directing Fantastic Four because he fucked it up) or Richard Kelly (directed Southland Tales which was booed right out of the Cannes Film Festival it was so bad). As mentioned above, this is all in Wanda's head or some tangible fantasy world she conjured up with her powers. Having said that, I concede the show is not going to be a favorite for those who love sitcoms and dislike sci-fi. So, while there are a lot of (un)answered questions related to the show, WandaVision has, so far, shown us that it contains a true mystery – its villain! Honestly, this might have worked better as a film. It had a large cast of regulars and a larger cast of guest characters who could appear three, four or five times a season. How is she doing it? The drama appears to be Wanda coping with having killed Vision, and everyone else who died in the movie you watched came back to life, but not Vision.This is a short single season series that might be more similar to Joker. Because Midge is supposed to be this super-hot night club comic. You need to be reviewing carnitas not the Coca Cola in the recipe. But all the characters are one-dimensional and you just don’t care about them. The show was not so much progressive as a conscious throwback to serials, even employing serial talents. I think that's okay. Yeah, it's a little annoying that you have to be a superfan to get all the references that are salted throughout, and after reading about it, there are about a bajillion. But half an hour of just that (and then another half an hour the next episode, and another after that) seems a lot like a missed opportunity. A show like WandaVision, well, I don't expect anyone to be able to start in the middle. CTRL + SPACE for auto-complete. unfortunately, they ended up using more modern-sounding laugh tracks instead, but if you pay attention, you'll still see Paul listed in the credits as a "Laugh Track Consultant. Naruto grew older and more powerful as the audience … Would it have been so terrible to try to write a show in that genre that was genuinely funny? DISCLAIMER: I know I’m not the target audience. Steven Bochco created "Hill Street Blues" and that show changed everything. But I'm keeping up and waiting to get my two virus shots. I highly recommend skipping the first three episodes and just starting the show from episode 4, if you're going to give it a chance at all. I won't know because I've got Marvel fatigue and I'm done with them. Ken, as an avid Marvel movie-goer I have to say that you have to know the show and the characters to "get" this one. That show nailed the revisitation of the early sitcoms era. I love the name Wanda — it makes me think of fairies and the fun kind of magic, like witches and enchanted forests. The Mandalorian did it correctly by giving us a character in the first episode that we cared about instantly (Baby Yoda). This show is so pure so far. So, yes, you must know the Marvel Universe to appreciate this one. Will this be a totally new beginning for the Marve Universe? There's a reason its reruns have been popular for generations. So they load the show with lame jokes and assume the fun is the hip audience laughing at just how lame the jokes are."Yes. I suspect the writers are writing for streaming and not broadcast. For someone not already invested in the characters or Marvel Universe, I can understand your reaction. I've read comics fans state they didn't get the sitcom aspects of the show, and now there's your critique from the sitcom side. Like a dream of being in the audience of a familiar play and slowly realising that the actors' faces are stitched-on masks and they're being fed their lines. I fear many readers will decide the series is not for them based on your early review. I can recognize that there's an artistic reason to have a stretch where an episode looks bad because it's illustrating a character's fractured psyche.. but....You are still asking an audience to sit through it. I asked how many other Marvel movies they had seen. See Also ‘WandaVision’ Head Writer Jac Schaeffer Gives Us the Ultimate Guide to What Happened in Westview & BeyondFrom how the Ship of Theseus moment came about to why Wanda’s punishment for Agnes is so perfect.. Will WandaVision’s Leading Ladies Get Their Due? In fact, a lot of the anticipation surrounding WandaVision is due to the fact that no one … After all, that’s the story many of us live every single day. I think it's kind of bad luck that the pandemic changed the order of the Marvel series released on Disney+. I admit this analysis could be wrong. it’s fantastic. Even after giving my wife background and context, her review is "It's weird," and not in a good way. I, of course, will be taking the ride to the end! WandaVision is difficult to review, because almost anything one says is a spoiler. We need to get those guys in the credits to be drivers on our movie!" WandaVision isn’t even the first time I’ve seen snippets of myself in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, ... why is your skin so good Yesterday at 3:20 p.m. How Alexis Ren Gets Her Skin So Good The model … I also don’t quite understand what tone they’re going for since none of the jokes (at least I think they’re supposed to be jokes) are funny at all. Hang in there, Ken. WandaVision rewards fans but is too impenetrable to hit big. We wait week to week as initial watchers. I can honestly say, “What the fuck is it supposed to be?”  The first episode is Wanda & Vision (two aliens? I found that show, "Miranda," on Hulu. That said, I still can't tell where this is going and am not super into it just yet. Didn't quite recognize him during the episode, partly because he had a full head of hair.However, I also think film and tv credits have gotten way out of hand. I tolerated the first episode of Wandavision but won't bother with any more. They're interesting because you don't know what's happening, but after you do, there's nothing inherently rewarding about them by themselves. They were trying to write something that is turning out to be the product of an unhinged mind. Thank you for this PSA, Ken. Another reason Captain America might be so good at speeches is his constant honesty. Watch it in a day and the whole thing makes sense. On the whole though, I'm OK with it. WandaVision actually has a meaning beyond just being the protagonists’ names. I think you are right. So it makes perfect sense that she's in a strange mental state using familiar and comfortable environments where everything always ends happily. How many Millennials know the tropes of bad 1950’s sitcoms to appreciate what’s going on? I'm not an MCU fan and haven't seen WandaVision, but I think you're mistaken in saying only older people will be familiar with the original shows. plot, one can only really go so far in the artsy department, so that is more what one expects from the traditional Marvel fare. BEWITCHED-type animated opening titles, lots of special effects — dishes flying,  a character walking through walls, etc. I think the thing that WandaVision has going for it is the sense of unease. Kelly, loves the sitcom tropes and enjoys watching the chemistry between Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany and Brian finds the show lacking in its ties to the Marvel … Punchline? Or you might have decided you've given enough time to the show, which is certainly fair. Write CSS OR LESS and hit save. People acted weird back in the fifties, so what’s all the fuss, right? The show isn't intended for everyone, but is a gem to long-time Marvelites. The first season was pretty good, a superhero show about life after the superhero. A better comparison is to Legion, also based on Marvel stuff, also very weird, also doing a lot of world-building in a world that seems familiar but clearly isn't quite right. Back in the day, films like Batman, Batman Returns, Die Hard, Terminator 2, The Mask and Blade were genuinely unique and memorable. To enjoy it correctly you need to know the Scarlet Witch, her powers, her past lives, that she is either stuck in her mind losing it or trapped in their s world by nefarious forces and that will come out as the mystery unfolds. KATHRYN HAHN IS HERE!!!! Prove to me you can write a good retro sitcom before you trash it. Of course Vision is a wiz at computations. That goes for most sitcoms. How much did everyone love WandaVision?! And all this is a shame.Even the introductory mini show on Disney+ called "Marvel Legends" didn't do a good job (their one job) of telling us who Vision and Scarlet Witch are.Dick Van Dyke was hired as a consultant for the first episode, and I hope he was utilized better than Stan Lee was on the Marvel TV shows in the 70s (So you say the Hulk talks and fights super villains? But back in the day when Stan was writing the books, he believed that every book was someone's first comic, and care should be taken so that new reader wouldn't be confused or alienated, maybe even like it enough to buy subsequent issues. Meta is the word. In addition to that, once the two plots fully collide, it’s really just another Marvel movie at that point. Episode two also starts in black-and-white, also is spoofing a genre only AARP members get, but from time to time flashes of color appear. The creators actually consulted and worked with Dick Van Dyke himself on setting up the homage/similarities to his show. The second season started with promise, moving to Hollywood and bringing in more scifi as well as intriguing side trips (agism and interracial romance, among others). Knowing that actually helped quite a bit so, I’m guessing the writers didn’t really care about non Marvel-ette viewers. The characters haven’t been strongly written so far but this seems like it’s really going to change. So, I'm probably a very rare viewer of WandaVision: I grew up in the '60s, so I experienced a number of classic sitcoms firsthand, and I've been a Marvel/comic book fan since the 60s as well. The costumes Wanda and Vision wear are their old comics costumes. A few unrelated tales were laced in.Season two shifted to shorter arcs and more stand-alone stories, although there was a sort-of ongoing continuity. Don Diego's father found out he was Zorro, and that became part of the status quo. Many of us, however, can and do enjoy both. There is nothing remotely funny about her material, she just says what's going on in her life and it's supposed to be automatically hilarious. As others have pointed in these comments, that is needed to enjoy it. That was a direct sequel to the first "Captain America" movie, with Hayley Atwell's Peggy Carter adjusting to postwar life after the presumed death of Steve Rogers. I am in the target audience, and I am enjoying Wandavision for its place in the MCU. I'm really glad that Marvel Studios was willing to take on something this complicated and, frankly, weird. Most of that was a choice they made to tell the story a certain way, because by the end of ep 2 and certainly in ep 3 you start to figure out there's a much bigger thing at play, and a reason for all of that happening. Well, check your DisneyPlus. Why are Sokka ships just so good??? They could have cut a lot from the first two episodes and combined them into one. I enjoyed the Marvel films and saw all of them and enjoyed just about every one of them. Today is #OmahaGives! #WandaVision offers humor, drama and suspense all in its half-hour chunks. The problem? Ken, I seem to recall that you were similarly critical of the new PERRY MASON but later wrote of it with more appreciation. Or as I call it the "soap operaization" of shows. These questions I’ll leave for the show to answer itself. So if you watch the previously on part of the show, there would be a brief recap of the relevant plots and characters. Happily, streaming services like Disney Plus are where some niche shows can survive nicely. The heroes would pursue a particular villain and that might take up to 10 episodes. I enjoyed WandaVision thoroughly, especially with the spot-on homages to classic sitcoms in the first half of the season, but it remained mostly clever and true to its emotional core throughout. It was as exciting as warm skim milk. and in more serious films such as "Pleasantville." Not to say the premise couldn't be worked again, but from your description, it sounds so patronizing, so smug.I've recently been watching early episodes of "Leave It To Beaver" (which precedes "Perry Mason" mornings on MeTV), and while the series is easily satirized, it's surprisingly good, viewing life from a child's perspective while also giving parents some slack. You should keep watching since it seems like shows you worked on might end up being parodied/homaged.Key details- Vision died(in the movie you saw and posted a critical review). Even those of us who are old enough to have seen The Dick Van Dyke Show in its first run. While each episode was part of a larger arc, each episode could also be viewed as a stand-alone. The Lenny biopic?Hi Mr LevineWandaVision is more enjoyable {Spoilers} once you realize the main character is Howard The Duck. Then is 1987 Stephen J. Cannell created "Wiseguy" in 1987. They should have been focusing on making a compelling story for Wanda and Vision themselves, and seemed to have spent too much time focusing on set dressing. How is Marvel handling their television debut of "WandaVision" on Disney Plus? In the terms of the parallel S.W.O.R.D. The story is a standard trope, the characters are cardboard thin, it’s not funny, and there’s nothing emotional to hang onto. I get the feeling that practically everything we're seeing and hearing in the show has some deeper meaning or connection. And it’s done in a very smug manner. To be familiar with all the characters you would also need to watch Ant-Man, Thor, and Avengers movies. And yes, without the backstory or having experienced the original sitcoms, it's completely useless. 📺 I just finished the series, it was so good I even cried in the last episode. If, for example, you thought the "jokes" weren't sufficiently funny, or that the laugh track was overly intrusive, we are starting to understand why. Can a shoe really put more power in your stride? No insults, I think we've turned a corner. WandaVision will debut sometime in 2020 on Disney+. Re Jim S on story arcs, etc:Yes, back in broadcast days most shows were designed to be a package of self-contained and interchangeable episodes.
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