WandaVision (Disney+) Official Thread

[Orbert]

As great as the finale was, I did notice that a couple of things sorta got dropped along the way, and some priorities apparently shifted.  Some have pointed out that the FBI's missing person, which is what brought Agent Jimmy Woo to Westview in the first place, was never resolved.  What I noticed was that Darcy practically disappeared.  After her great entrance in Episode 4 and work with Jimmy and Monica in the next several episodes, and her important chat with Vision, we only saw her once briefly in the finale.  It was a cool scene; she got to T-bone Hayward and yell something at him, but that was it.

But as some had suspected: ‘WandaVision’ Director Says Monica, Darcy & Jimmy Woo Had Bigger Roles In Finale But Scenes Were Cut.  Bummer.  It doesn't seem worthwhile to finish the scenes now, and it's not like they'll make a boxed set for this short TV series, so we'll probably never see the finished versions of these scenes.



And now, the Orbert Moment you were dreading (but knew was coming):

While digging around and reading up on WandaVision, I discovered that series creator Jac Schaeffer is female, and she's really pretty.



Odd pose, possibly as flattering as they were gonna get, but I was kinda blindsided by that picture from this article.  The only person I know named Jac is the son of a friend of mine.  After reading up on this series for weeks, I always assumed Jac Schaeffer was a guy.

[Adami]

Yea. I think covid ended up changing some stuff in the finale that would have been better or more fleshed out if not for covid.

[ariich]

As great as the finale was, I did notice that a couple of things sorta got dropped along the way, and some priorities apparently shifted.  Some have pointed out that the FBI's missing person, which is what brought Agent Jimmy Woo to Westview in the first place, was never resolved. 

Was there anything to resolve here? I thought it was clear that it was one of the Westview residents, all of whom were under the spell within the Hex.

I agree about some of the side characters not getting much screen time in the last couple of episodes but hopefully we'll see more of them later on within the MCU.

[bosk1]

I think it's just that people expected there to be a big reveal/payoff for whoever this person turned out to be, whereas it ended up just being a plot device to get the FBI to that location, which some felt was kinda lame/lazy writing.

[Zantera]

What they did with Quicksilver didn't work for me though and the fact they played it for a bad joke instead of doing something interesting with it felt like a missed opportunity. Image in the S2 finale of Mandalorian with the powerful Jedi appearing in his x-wing, cutting down all the enemies and then revealing himself to be.. Jar-Jar Binks. That's kinda how this felt. :/

[hefdaddy42]

[bosk1]

[King Postwhore]

 

[jingle.boy]

Glorious!

[ariich]

Exactly.

[lonestar]

So with Falcon and the Winter Soldier (FatWS) coming up, should we make this a general MCU TV thread?

[Orbert]

I'd be okay with that, since the series will not really overlap.  But at that point, I keep wondering if this thread should be merged with the main MCU (movies) thread, because of all the overlap in terms of story lines.  I'm sure there are decent arguments either way.

[ariich]

Yeah we already have an MCU thread to cover both movies and TV. The purpose of having specific threads for individual films/shows is so that people can avoid spoilers in the main thread. So I'm happy for a new thread to be created for Falcon.

[lonestar]

Fine Rich. Be that way. 

[gmillerdrake]

Yeah we already have an MCU thread to cover both movies and TV. The purpose of having specific threads for individual films/shows is so that people can avoid spoilers in the main thread. So I'm happy for a new thread to be created for Falcon.

One thread for Falcon

One thread for the Winter Soldier

[jingle.boy]

Yeah we already have an MCU thread to cover both movies and TV. The purpose of having specific threads for individual films/shows is so that people can avoid spoilers in the main thread. So I'm happy for a new thread to be created for Falcon.

One thread for Falcon

One thread for the Winter Soldier

Consider me on Team Winter Soldier.

[Orbert]

so that people can avoid spoilers in the main thread.

I hadn't thought about that.  That's a good point, and I hate spoilers, so I'm now in favor.

[faizoff]

Looks like they dropped a making of WandaVision, it's an hour long doc. Too tired to check it out tonight.

[jingle.boy]

Looks like they dropped a making of WandaVision, it's an hour long doc. Too tired to check it out tonight.

I knew it was coming, but forgot until about 9pm last night.  jingle.son and I are gonna tackle it this afternoon.

[WilliamMunny]

My wife and I did a Marvel run leading up to Wandavision and we enjoyed it so much more than I thought we would. I remember 'liking' most of the movies, but watching everything in a row really cemented my appreciation for just how 'next-level' the MCU is in regards to movies and the overall story.

I'm as much of a cinefile as the next guy (The Deerhunter Ironman is not), but man, it was nice just to have a little fun for a couple of months - especially with everything that's been going on.

That all being said, Wandavision really stunned me. I had looooow expectations, but the show not only exceeded them by a country mile, it also managed to give us a healthy dose of an artistic vision (ahem) that we had yet to see previously. It was high-concept, but man oh man did it pay off.

Hats off to everyone involved, and I can't wait to see what's coming next.

[jingle.boy]

The behind the scenes was excellent.  I'd even commented to jingle.son as it was starting how impressed I was with the theme songs for each sitcom, so I really enjoyed the segment on that.

[Orbert]

I loved the theme songs from the weekly shows.  For every one of them, I was so busy finding stylistic and thematic links to classic themes that I never listened to the words.  I did read a couple of things about the lyrics online, but never followed up.  It's like every single thing about this show was a "detail".  No filler.  Nothing was done without some serious thought going into every aspect of it.

[lonestar]

Loved the behind the scenes as well, though I fell asleep halfway through last night (worked 13 hours). I'll do a re-watch tonight for sure.

[gmillerdrake]

Watched the making of with my kiddo.


Glad you guys enjoyed it. 


Different strokes for different folks I suppose. Loved the series.....I found the making of to be a snooze fest and pretty dull.

[jingle.boy]

It certainly wasn't as compelling as the Mandalorian 'behind-the-scenes' shows, but I thought it was insightful.

[hefdaddy42]

I loved it.

[bosk1]

It certainly wasn't as compelling as the Mandalorian 'behind-the-scenes' shows, but I thought it was insightful.

True.  But the Madalorian shows also were able to do a lot more simply by virtue of volume because there were more of them. 

I'm a sucker for well-done behind-the-scenes stuff.  I watched every moment of all the special features on the LOTR DVD's way back when, for example.  And while I know that that it is less common for someone to spend that much time (I couldn't do it nowadays, but was at a station in my life when I could back when those came out), they clearly understood that there was a market for that sort of thing.  Heck, that's why blooper reels started to catch on in the '80s--aside from the "funny" factor, fans love getting to peek behind the curtain and see how the sausage is made. 

But as much as I love that sort of thing when it is well done, it is harder and harder at this stage of life to devote extensive time to it.  It is hard to sit through all the Mandalorian stuff for me, even though it is fantastic.  The WandaVision behind-the-scenes feature's conciseness worked in its favor in that regard.  It was sufficiently in-depth to really make fans of the show appreciate the show even more, which is a win in and of itself.  But it was also sufficiently short that I think more people watched it.  My wife, for example, who generally does not care about such behind-the-scenes stuff, actually sat and watched it, and enjoyed it quite a bit.  Plus, it also had going for it that it came out in a gap week while excitement for the show was still at a high, and we are all collectively jonesing for Falcon and Winter Soldier to start up this week.