Well I guess I shouldn't be surprised that tasteless fanboys who want nothing but usual manly action shit are disappointed, but it's still kinda baffling after seeing all the reactions elsewhere.
the first two episodes nailed it perfectly.
If it wasnt an mcu show id still watch it, great quality tv
"By Earth and Sky, By Craft and Hex -- By The Past and The Future – I Call HOPE Forth From The DARKNESS! I Speak The Words We Made Into MAGIC! Let THEIR Power Augment Our OWN! To Strike ONE BLOW From Our HEARTS and SOULS – From ALL THAT WE ARE! Let The CALL Go Forth -- AVENGERS! ASSEMBLE!" Scarlet Witch/Wanda Maximoff ~~ From Avengers #689!
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On this forum there are people with biases and different expectations. Especially because they want to see their favorites with their own shows. Outside of comic-readerdom, they appreciate it for what it is. I liked it. My friend was shocked because he said comic book movies and shows are just about fighting. It's a weird show in a good way, especially for people who aren't into superhero clichés.
I thought it was brilliant.
Sure, some of the acting was over-done, especially in the first episode, but they're riffing on sit-coms and that's how we think of them. And the "creepy" moments are that much more impactful for appearing in the middle of such a idyllic setting, as is Wanda and Vision's moments of confusion where they begin to recognize that something's wrong.
You can already see there's a lot of layers here, a lot happening that's only being hinted at, and I find it really damn refreshing.
I also find the comments about this show not mattering to the larger MCU sort of weird. Does it need to be "important" to be enjoyable? And we already know that this is introducing adult Monica and tying directly into Dr. Strange 2, so....how much more important do you need it to be? Do you need Wonder Man here? Well you might be getting that. Do you need it to bring Vision back to (real) life? You might be getting that too. The twins? We already know they'll be appearing and might even end up sticking around after the show wraps, who knows? Learning a little more about SWORD? Seems like it's happening here. As far as importance goes, this is probably already more important to the wider MCU than a lot of the films have been. Geez guys, give it a minute! We're only two episodes in!
So my working theories at the moment.....the beekeeper is Vision. The "real" Vision, who's body was recovered and reprogrammed by AIM. The Vision we're seeing in Wanda's fantasyland is just as fake as all the rest of it. Once Wanda escapes the fantasyland she'll have to fight this evil Vision, either killing him (again) or saving him (but at what cost?).
"We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another, as if we were one single tribe."
~ Black Panther.
The Mandalorian this is not.
I feel like the build-up is too slow. Even verbose Shakespeare with his iambic pentameter didn't take this long to convey that there was something rotten in Denmark. With only 8 or 9 episodes in the season, I feel like they wasted an installment. I appreciate callbacks to classic sitcoms like "I Married Joan" and "Bewitched" as much as the next old fart, but come on, move it along. I'm not here for the nostalgia. Quite the opposite. Surely, they could have accomplished in one episode what they delivered in two.