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Wanda deserved a better ending than that. That definitely was not good.
I already see the fandom police pushing back against those who are upset, saying it’s their own fault because they got crazy with theories.
Not policing anybody, just putting my own views on the show out, same as everyone else. I don't even overly love the MCU so I wouldn't even say I'm huge into the fandom at all.
I'm not shaming anybody for not liking the show, you can feel however you want to. I would just say that, yes, I think if your main problems with the show revolve around feeling manipulated because Evan Peters was cast and fans spiraled that into whatever they wanted to, Paul Bettany made a random joke before the series began (which, in hindsight I love even more now because it's absolutely hilarious) and it was a weekly series with space in between for you to think about where the story could go, I do think you're skipping over the most critical components for how to judge a film or movie. That's just my take. You can hate whatever you want for whatever reason you want to, just the same as I can criticize you for that reason. Nobody is 'right', it's just a conversational debate.
I'll take a wonderfully shot, emotionally resonate, nicely scored and amazingly acted work over one that sets up Quicksilver as being a mutant from another dimension and a cameo from Patrick Stewart saying 'You're a mutant, Wanda' just because that's what I wanted to see.
Oh, I wasn’t talking about you. Your post was good. I was referring to some snarky a-holes on other sites
I'll take a wonderfully shot, emotionally resonate, nicely scored and amazingly acted work over one that sets up Quicksilver as being a mutant from another dimension and a cameo from Patrick Stewart saying 'You're a mutant, Wanda' just because that's what I wanted to see.
The thing is, this is only really the beginning. She JUST discovered she has these awesome witch powers. Moving forward in the movies (MoM specifically) is when we'll see her really kick some ass.Wanda deserved a better ending than that. That definitely was not good.
The sitcom stuff wasn't meaningless at all. It was representative of her grief. In sitcoms, everything is resolved by the end of the episode. Nothing bad actually happens. That's why Wanda was so attached to the sitcom format.I felt as though this show had so much unnecessary stuff that I do agree it could've been a movie. The very simplified story is that Wanda became the Scarlet Witch and accepted her grief. (Obviously there was a bit more but this was the main focus) The sitcom stuff in retrospect was pretty meaningless too. Overall the show was a 7/10; I still enjoyed waiting each week and speculating on what's gonna happen next.
I agree it wasn’t meaningless, but wayyyy too much time was spent on it. They could have had half the amount of sitcom episodes and it wouldn’t have changed the impact of seeing how it manifested as her grief. That’s what brings me back to this working as a movie. It’s very clear the creators were more interested in pulling on nostalgic strings and showing “oh yeah look, we can imitate that era of TV”. Sadly, their imitation and the shows it parodied were never as good or funny as the real thing...not even close frankly.So, I was watching Dan Murrell's review of the episode and he actually pointed something very interesting out:
In Bohner's lair, there was a very, very prominent baseball jersey hung in a shot between Monica and "Ralph". The jersey that was in the shot was #19 Chris Davis of the Baltimore Orioles. Why is this relevant? Well, in the Fox X-Men movies, Pietro/Quicksilver was originally said to be living "just outside of Washington, DC".
Long story short, I think there's a decent chance this is the Fox quicksilver still.
Here's the still from that scene:
The sitcom stuff wasn't meaningless at all. It was representative of her grief. In sitcoms, everything is resolved by the end of the episode. Nothing bad actually happens. That's why Wanda was so attached to the sitcom format.
No, there was absolutely no chance of a Scarlet Witch movie being made before this show. She had all of 20 total minutes of actual screen time before this series. She wasn't popular or known beyond MCU fans.I agree it wasn’t meaningless, but wayyyy too much time was spent on it. They could have had half the amount of sitcom episodes and it wouldn’t have changed the impact of seeing how it manifested as her grief. That’s what brings me back to this working as a movie. It’s very clear the creators were more interested in pulling on nostalgic strings and showing “oh yeah look, we can imitate that era of TV”. Sadly, their imitation and the shows it parodied were never as good or funny as the real thing...not even close frankly.