Stab You in the Back
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I'm glad I missed all these autistic speculations by binging the show after the finale.
I speculated before the premiere that they were two possible outcomes of this series: 1) Wanda gets over the loss of Vision; or 2) Wanda somehow resurrects Vision. Both wound up happening. However, neither felt like a cop-out, so I don't really have any issue with the show deciding to have its cake and eating it, too.
My biggest fear going into the series is that it would be smug and sneering, like Tom King's Vision miniseries, which also placed the Vision in a suburban pastiche. But the show isn't smug. Rather, it embraces its concept with sincerity, and brings us plenty of moments of levity without ever undercutting the stakes or tension (unlike post-GotG Marvel films like Thor Ragnarok).
The only time I rolled my eyes was during the walkthrough of Wanda's life with Agatha. It felt like lazy pop psychology. At one point I expected the characters to pop up and be all
Rambo still did this because she's a dumb bitch, but whatever.
Overall, a good series. Of all the Marvel shows I'd put it right under Daredevil S1. Only downside was that the first three episodes were boring. After episode 3, though, things really picked up and never slowed down.
edit: Corniest part of the episode is when Rambo stepped in-between Wanda's kids and all the bullets that were fired at the kids somehow wound up hitting her center mass. Dem some magic black-seeking bullets.
I speculated before the premiere that they were two possible outcomes of this series: 1) Wanda gets over the loss of Vision; or 2) Wanda somehow resurrects Vision. Both wound up happening. However, neither felt like a cop-out, so I don't really have any issue with the show deciding to have its cake and eating it, too.
My biggest fear going into the series is that it would be smug and sneering, like Tom King's Vision miniseries, which also placed the Vision in a suburban pastiche. But the show isn't smug. Rather, it embraces its concept with sincerity, and brings us plenty of moments of levity without ever undercutting the stakes or tension (unlike post-GotG Marvel films like Thor Ragnarok).
The only time I rolled my eyes was during the walkthrough of Wanda's life with Agatha. It felt like lazy pop psychology. At one point I expected the characters to pop up and be all
Overall, a good series. Of all the Marvel shows I'd put it right under Daredevil S1. Only downside was that the first three episodes were boring. After episode 3, though, things really picked up and never slowed down.
edit: Corniest part of the episode is when Rambo stepped in-between Wanda's kids and all the bullets that were fired at the kids somehow wound up hitting her center mass. Dem some magic black-seeking bullets.