Re: WandaVision (S1E04) - "We Interrupt This Program" - 1/29/21
 

Yeah, I don’t see how everyone could have retuned safely. Not even sure how it would be possible to account for everyone who was part of the blip and bring them back safe and sound without any repercussions. That’s the Disney answer to people with questions like you raised, but it’s not actually realistic.

Anyways, pretty good episode. The show needed an episode like this to take a step back and explain what’s happening. Not the most engaging episode, but it filled in the missing pieces.

Re: WandaVision (S1E04) - "We Interrupt This Program" - 1/29/21
 

It sure did

Re: WandaVision (S1E04) - "We Interrupt This Program" - 1/29/21
 

I don’t hate the sitcom format, but the show up to now was just so bizarre.

Re: WandaVision (S1E04) - "We Interrupt This Program" - 1/29/21
 

I really enjoyed the first three episodes. It was something totally different and now it’s just back to “normal”.

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Re: WandaVision (S1E04) - "We Interrupt This Program" - 1/29/21
 

your feelings are wrong if you don't love the first 3 episodes of this show!!

fuck that.

Re: WandaVision (S1E04) - "We Interrupt This Program" - 1/29/21
 

A friend of mine hated the first three episodes. He wanted action and explosions MCU right away and thought the sitcom homages were dumb :lol:

He said on Facebook if I wanted classic sitcom nods, I would watch TV Land, :lol:

Re: WandaVision (S1E04) - "We Interrupt This Program" - 1/29/21
 

I think it’s a fair point, but in the case of this show I can understand why it wasn’t catching on with people right away the way it’s formatted.

It took this episode to get some sort of an explanation of what’s happening. That’s a lot of time in a show with a short season to leave people hanging for three episodes of “what the hell” to somewhat of a payoff in the fourth episode.

Re: WandaVision (S1E04) - "We Interrupt This Program" - 1/29/21
 

A lot of people now watch TV only half paying attention to it. They are more concerned about finishing content than actually understanding and analyzing what they watch. That’s why now you don’t see many actually trying to talk about or discuss what these shows are doing because they watched so much in a short period of time. Hence, that’s why a lot of discussion for TV has died.

So it’s not that surprising that this format has frustrated some.

Re: WandaVision (S1E04) - "We Interrupt This Program" - 1/29/21
 

i think Webster or whoever does away with words and phrases at years end needs to do away with "filler episodes". none of these eps or with The Madalorian have been "filler". they all have meaning and build to something wonderful and following along in the journey is the great thing about these shows and make us come back for more week in and week out.

they work on our previous knowledge of these universes they are in or past events, incorporate, while telling their own stories and we are taken for rides we never knew existed. and they are incredible. the writers, the creators are just marvels at storytelling and that's what the first 3 in this show and most of Mando are, remarkable, genuinely addicting storytelling with each and every episode that builds to an ultimate climax that thrills us and gives us joy to no end.

it might not be for everyone, so bail and that's that. but, for the one's that stick around and enjoy and regal in the world building, are in for some really good television.

Re: WandaVision (S1E04) - "We Interrupt This Program" - 1/29/21
 

I know for myself though that I’ve talked about how I prefer the week to week format over the binge model most streaming services go for. I just feel like this show in particular may not be best served for a weekly format. Especially with how long it took to really get to a point of understanding of what’s going on.

Re: WandaVision (S1E04) - "We Interrupt This Program" - 1/29/21
 

Yep. I know a bunch of people who talk about all the anime they watch through but they just leave in on the background while they're doing other stuff or on a second screen as they're working on the computer. I can't imagine watching stuff that way.

Re: WandaVision (S1E04) - "We Interrupt This Program" - 1/29/21
 

I’m not saying that we need to just eat whatever Marvel serves us, but I was actually surprised at the general reaction here for the first few episodes. I thought it was obvious we were getting something different.

Re: WandaVision (S1E04) - "We Interrupt This Program" - 1/29/21
 

Reference? They should make the whole theme song out of Full House.

Re: WandaVision (S1E04) - "We Interrupt This Program" - 1/29/21
 

It literally took 2 weeks and ~70 minutes of show to get to the point. Do people even remember the first season of Lost?

Re: WandaVision (S1E04) - "We Interrupt This Program" - 1/29/21
 

There was a plane crash and depending on what section of the plane you were on... there was a polar bear, smoke monsters and the fat dude pilot died in a tree ;)

Re: WandaVision (S1E04) - "We Interrupt This Program" - 1/29/21
 

I missed the sitcom style in this episode. I guess I'm in the minority. :lol:

Re: WandaVision (S1E04) - "We Interrupt This Program" - 1/29/21
 

I really take offense to not understanding how to watch TV anymore. I have also advocated for weekly releases because I like discussion threads. I also am not an action obsessed junkie. Most of the time I think too many action set pieces really drag down a movie or show. I'm much more into story and dialogue.

I'm sorry that I don't worship at the altar of Marvel. I just don't see how people thought this show was so "mysterious" and "different." It was OK. It was an overly long gag that, in my opinion, didn't work well enough to justify the time spent on it. I'm not saying this couldn't have been done well, I'm just saying that I don't think they did. It seemed completely obvious from the first episode the general direction the show was heading. I don't even get why people said they didn't "get it." It's not a confusing show.

Re: WandaVision (S1E04) - "We Interrupt This Program" - 1/29/21
 

Speaking of Lost, that's also a show that I felt did actually have a really good sense of mystery and being different when it first started. Even though people didn't know what was going on, it was still engaging and interesting. Now, the less said about the show as it went on, the better, but I don't think this show compares at all to that kind of setup.

Re: WandaVision (S1E04) - "We Interrupt This Program" - 1/29/21
 

Maybe they didn't see Ultron, which explained and showed what Wanda can do?

Re: WandaVision (S1E04) - "We Interrupt This Program" - 1/29/21
 

Beat me too it.

I don't see how it would be that difficult to believe. That's the reason they introduced professor hulk so he would have the strength to endure using the infinity stones while still having the intelligence to use it correctly. They've had years to obsess over how things could be different if they had the infinity stones you is it that hard to believe he would be able to blip them back in relative safety? It's an intelligent being blipping them back it has to be. Otherwise it just wouldn't work at all. The earth wasn't even in the same place in the universe when they blipped back so if it really was a matter of them going back to exactly where they were they would have blipped back in space.

Yes! He learned slight of hand! I was so excited to see that little detail. I absolutely loved it. Favorite part of the episode.

I think this is a valid point but unfortunately I don't think most of the general view audience share this POV. People are just so used to instant gratification they just don't have any attention span anymore to let some mystery brew for even three half hour episodes.

That's what I don't get. This is Marvel. Of course they are going to tie it in to the greater MCU. Just give it a little time and let it build up to something.

These two TV shows really are like a love letter to the fans of the respective franchises. They also serve to draw in new fans and I guess that's where the Mandalorian works a lot better than WandaVision. Mando requires no backstory to enjoy and in fact I'm sure there are a lot of fans who are there just to see baby Yoda. But WandaVision, even though it can be enjoyed by newcomers to the MCU it would be a really weird starting off point to jump into. There isn't a "baby Yoda" that would appeal to everybody.

Re: WandaVision (S1E04) - "We Interrupt This Program" - 1/29/21
 

This is a great point. I think at a minimum, someone should have seen Avengers Infinity Wars and End Game before watching this series. Even then, you would miss the Ultron reference, but you would have some backstory about Wanda and Vision at least.

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I'm fine with a little inconsistency for the sake of the story or dramatic effect. They've earned a lot of good grace from me for how many of the things they've been consistent with.

Also do we know that it was called the blip after people came back? What did they call it in that time when the people disappeared to when they came back?

I love seeing different perspectives of life being disrupted when people blipped back. I want more of those small throwaway lines like in Homecoming of how people came back to their homes that were occupied with other people or that one guys wife pretended to blip out to get away from him. :lol:

Re: WandaVision (S1E04) - "We Interrupt This Program" - 1/29/21
 

I think Disney realized it and they tried with the Legends shorts to catch people up to Wanda and Vision and their marketing is on overdrive trying to explain that the sitcom thing is just a facade. I wish they wouldn't as I'd like to see the mystery unfold as the story progresses. Even the stupid thumbnail of the episode on Disney+ gives away that this episode will take place in the "real world".