![]() ![]() Longtime MCU fans, of course, know that this is the case: Wanda was forced to kill Vision at the end of Avengers: Infinity War to prevent Thanos from getting the Mind Stone, although Thanos simply turned back time with the Time Stone and killed the poor bastard again right in front of his already devastated lover, this time obtaining the Mind Stone and snapping Wanda and trillions of others out of existence. WandaVision acknowledges that while hinting, both literally and metaphorically, that all was not well under the surface. There’s no question that these shows provided a gentle comfort to viewers in tumultuous times, although some also provided certain performers like Lucille Ball an outlet for truly inspired physical and domestic comedy. Naturally, hilarity ensues as they try to compensate.Įverything about the first episode of WandaVision- from the opening credits and theme song to the lighting to the décor of the couple’s home - is a loving tribute to the kinds of “wholesome,” squarely middle class, conservative family comedies that began to proliferate on TV around the mid-1950s and often lived on in syndication for years afterwards. ![]() The plot of the pilot episode (directed by Matt Shakman and written by creator Jac Schaeffer) is straight out of Sitcom 101: Wanda and Vision have an important date marked on their calendar, but neither can remember what it is. They try to keep their powers (and in Vision’s case, his true nature) secret from locals such as the overly helpful, nosy next door neighbor Agnes (Kathryn Hahn). Wanda acts as a somewhat hapless housewife (who uses her psychic powers to bail herself out of various amusing scenarios), while Vision goes to work as a numbers cruncher at some kind of generic computing company. The “premise” of the show is that Wanda and Vision have just settled into domestic life in the blandly suburban, middle America town of Westview. ![]() The setting is derived from the studio-bound comedies of the ‘50s, with I Love Lucy being one touchstone while more obscure titles like I Married Joan also come to mind. As promised after months of hints, teases, photos, and finally trailers, WandaVision stars two of the most powerful beings in the MCU, Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and the synthezoid known as Vision (Paul Bettany). Of course, we’re talking about WandaVision, which premieres this Friday on Disney+ with the first two of its nine episodes. After an 18-month gap following the last film set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Sony/Marvel co-production Spider-Man: Far from Home, the Disney-owned content juggernaut is finally launching its highly-anticipated Phase 4 slate with…a black and white sitcom that looks like someone has used the Time Stone to port it to the present directly from the 1950s. Never let it be said that Marvel Studios doesn’t take chances. ![]()
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