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Post by Maverick-Jedi-Valen on Jan 30, 2021 13:37:59 GMT -5
That most recent episode of WandaVision was pretty great. Even though it's bizarre, I'd definitely recommend it. Feels pretty different than the typical MCU content. Only seen one episode so far. It's definitely bizarre, though so far I haven't felt it to be very entertaining. Does it pick up a bit after the first episode?  |
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Post by Star on Jan 30, 2021 13:59:04 GMT -5
That most recent episode of WandaVision was pretty great. Even though it's bizarre, I'd definitely recommend it. Feels pretty different than the typical MCU content. Only seen one episode so far. It's definitely bizarre, though so far I haven't felt it to be very entertaining. Does it pick up a bit after the first episode? Each episode alludes a little more to something bigger going on, but if you're not a fan of the style from episode 1, it could be boring for you. I'd say stick with it til the 4th episode though, because by then I think you'll know if it's something you want to see til the end. |
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Post by Maverick-Jedi-Valen on Jan 30, 2021 17:43:24 GMT -5
Only seen one episode so far. It's definitely bizarre, though so far I haven't felt it to be very entertaining. Does it pick up a bit after the first episode? Each episode alludes a little more to something bigger going on, but if you're not a fan of the style from episode 1, it could be boring for you. I'd say stick with it til the 4th episode though, because by then I think you'll know if it's something you want to see til the end. I'll keep up with it then. I am curious to see where this is all going. Fortunately I'm a patient viewer. I'll honestly watch anything, even if it stinks |
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Post by Kenbo on Jan 31, 2021 9:22:57 GMT -5
That most recent episode of WandaVision was pretty great. Even though it's bizarre, I'd definitely recommend it. Feels pretty different than the typical MCU content. I think it's gonna get more like standard MCU now but the first 2-3 episodes were definitely very unique. But yeah it's kinda cool |
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Post by Maverick-Jedi-Valen on Jan 31, 2021 16:34:27 GMT -5
That most recent episode of WandaVision was pretty great. Even though it's bizarre, I'd definitely recommend it. Feels pretty different than the typical MCU content. I think it's gonna get more like standard MCU now but the first 2-3 episodes were definitely very unique. But yeah it's kinda cool Don't think it'll beat that Falcon and Winter Soldier show for standard MCU-ness judging from its trailer though |
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Post by Star on Feb 2, 2021 13:16:38 GMT -5
We'll be getting a lot of MCU content the next few months. WandaVision for Jan-Mar and then Falcon/Winter Soldier kicks off late March til end of April. After that we have Loki for May/June. I wasn't overly hyped for these shows when they were first announced, but now I'm pretty excited after the first few episodes of WandaVision. Maybe part of that excitement is we haven't had much MCU content since 2019. But honestly, it looks like they're setting up for some pretty cool stuff post-Blip.
So it appears the MCU has a solid plan in place for its Disney+ shows, and based off their track record with the films, I trust them. I really hope Star Wars treads down a similar path of success. Mando is a big step in the right direction, but it'll take another 1-2 solid shows to restore a lot of faith in the franchise I think.
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Post by Maverick-Jedi-Valen on Feb 3, 2021 16:47:23 GMT -5
We'll be getting a lot of MCU content the next few months. WandaVision for Jan-Mar and then Falcon/Winter Soldier kicks off late March til end of April. After that we have Loki for May/June. I wasn't overly hyped for these shows when they were first announced, but now I'm pretty excited after the first few episodes of WandaVision. Maybe part of that excitement is we haven't had much MCU content since 2019. But honestly, it looks like they're setting up for some pretty cool stuff post-Blip. So it appears the MCU has a solid plan in place for its Disney+ shows, and based off their track record with the films, I trust them. I really hope Star Wars treads down a similar path of success. Mando is a big step in the right direction, but it'll take another 1-2 solid shows to restore a lot of faith in the franchise I think. I'm more really wanting to see how the She-Hulk and especially Moon Knight shows turn out. They're stories in the comics have pretty distinct "flavours" that I'm hoping they use. |
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Post by Star on Feb 5, 2021 16:12:07 GMT -5
The newest WandaVision episode again shows how nicely Marvel is establishing a new direction for Phase 4. It seems pretty obvious now how much this show is going to link to future films, and I really like everything it's hinted at so far. The ending of this episode also has interesting implications.
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Post by Maverick-Jedi-Valen on Feb 6, 2021 17:27:37 GMT -5
Well Star you were right. I'm at episode 4 and it's definitely picking up It's one of those shows you watch it for the pay off. Only trouble is you're hoping the pay off lands |
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Post by Kenbo on Feb 6, 2021 18:55:04 GMT -5
It's not really that exciting to me for some reason. Like the sitcom gimmick was kinda unique and quirky at first now I'm kinda over it. And the outside stuff with SWORD just feels like basic marvel. I guess the end cameo is a little interesting.
But yeah I guess marvel's just not for me or the superhero genre in general. I never look forward to new movies/shows but maybe that's because I was never big on the comics
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Post by Maverick-Jedi-Valen on Feb 8, 2021 16:39:46 GMT -5
It's not really that exciting to me for some reason. Like the sitcom gimmick was kinda unique and quirky at first now I'm kinda over it. And the outside stuff with SWORD just feels like basic marvel. I guess the end cameo is a little interesting. But yeah I guess marvel's just not for me or the superhero genre in general. I never look forward to new movies/shows but maybe that's because I was never big on the comics I think the change to going deeper into the plot came at the right moment as the sitcom focus was starting to overstay its welcome. The end cameo was cool I guess, but not Luke Skywalker cool |
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Post by Maverick-Jedi-Valen on Feb 10, 2021 17:20:42 GMT -5
I will admit though, I'm glad about Wandavison's certain "recasting", given how the original actor had the charisma of wet cardboard...
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Post by Jedi Knight Fett on Feb 10, 2021 18:57:55 GMT -5
I still need to catch up on Wandavision
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Post by Kenbo on Feb 10, 2021 19:16:36 GMT -5
Maybe the numbers are wrong but apparently each WV episode has a 25 mil budget? Where is all that going lol. I feel like the first couple sitcom episodes would've been relatively cheap to make. It's basically like a sitcom set in a studio. I could see the episodes in reality being more expensive though
Comparatively, Mando had a 12.5 mil budget for each episode....
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Post by Star on Feb 10, 2021 21:21:05 GMT -5
Maybe the numbers are wrong but apparently each WV episode has a 25 mil budget? Where is all that going lol. I feel like the first couple sitcom episodes would've been relatively cheap to make. It's basically like a sitcom set in a studio. I could see the episodes in reality being more expensive though Comparatively, Mando had a 12.5 mil budget for each episode.... It looks like sources are indicating each episode is "up to 25 million" so maybe some of them aren't near that level. Over 9 episodes, this could be as much as 225 million, which seems extremely high given what we've seen so far. Marvel appears to be justifying it be saying the runtime of the series equals 2-2.5 movies though, so I guess it could make sense by the end. Yet given what Mando did with its 12.5 million budget per episode, I don't see how WandaVision needs all that money. |
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Post by Maverick-Jedi-Valen on Feb 11, 2021 6:07:07 GMT -5
Maybe the numbers are wrong but apparently each WV episode has a 25 mil budget? Where is all that going lol. I feel like the first couple sitcom episodes would've been relatively cheap to make. It's basically like a sitcom set in a studio. I could see the episodes in reality being more expensive though Comparatively, Mando had a 12.5 mil budget for each episode.... Honestly, from what I've seen it looks like it was made on a fraction of that. Not to say it looks cheap, it's just that there's nothing I've seen that could warrant millions of dollars being spent. Either the reports are wrong, or someone's wasting WAY too much on catering |
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Post by Kenbo on Feb 12, 2021 10:46:28 GMT -5
Can't believe Wanda has that much power tbh. But also she looked super cute in the retro costume.... ❤️
I think people were speculating Norm in the last episode was actually referring to Agnes who is behind everything but after this episode I'm not sure that's the case. Also I think they unnecessarily turned SWORD into dickheads... And it was weird how Jimmy and Rambeau just beat up the soldiers lol
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Post by Maverick-Jedi-Valen on Feb 15, 2021 4:56:58 GMT -5
Can't believe Wanda has that much power tbh. But also she looked super cute in the retro costume.... ❤️ I think people were speculating Norm in the last episode was actually referring to Agnes who is behind everything but after this episode I'm not sure that's the case. Also I think they unnecessarily turned SWORD into dickheads... And it was weird how Jimmy and Rambeau just beat up the soldiers lol Yeah, I think they've played out the whole antagonistic secret agency schtick at this point. No idea where they got that Agnes theory though, given it really doesn't seem to be the case now |
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Post by Kenbo on Mar 5, 2021 10:56:29 GMT -5
WV is kinda weird to me like I just can't see how Wanda isn't the villain of the story. She held a town hostage and forced them to live her narratives... Even if she didn't mean to, that's kinda hard to forgive. And Hayward and SWORD was just trying to stop her. How is he the bad guy? Also I'm confused why the FBI arrested him at the end? And Wanda should be a fugitive now right because there's no way she can get away with this. It's actually weird how Monica, Jimmy, and Darcy are on her side instead of the law. I feel like I'm missing something...
But anyway so this was just a miniseries it seems. I wonder if the majority of their upcoming shows, including the Star Wars ones will just be one season.
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Post by Kenbo on Mar 5, 2021 11:24:51 GMT -5
Yeah honestly I think WandaVision was bad lol. Hayward/SWORD did nothing wrong so they failed as antagonists. Agatha wasn't really that evil either, she just wanted Wanda's powers. Wanda is really the worst person in the show. Also I guess Quicksilver wasn't actually Quicksilver... And White Vision undermines fake Vision's emotional send off. The sitcom stuff was unique and quirky at first but it seems they focused too much on that and the actual story was weak. Or I guess it was just standard marvel quality... It was also kinda boring though if I'm honest. Like I find a lot of marvel films/series to be boring but some do keep me entertained. This one really didn't.
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Post by Maverick-Jedi-Valen on Mar 7, 2021 6:38:09 GMT -5
WV is kinda weird to me like I just can't see how Wanda isn't the villain of the story. She held a town hostage and forced them to live her narratives... Even if she didn't mean to, that's kinda hard to forgive. And Hayward and SWORD was just trying to stop her. How is he the bad guy? Also I'm confused why the FBI arrested him at the end? And Wanda should be a fugitive now right because there's no way she can get away with this. It's actually weird how Monica, Jimmy, and Darcy are on her side instead of the law. I feel like I'm missing something... But anyway so this was just a miniseries it seems. I wonder if the majority of their upcoming shows, including the Star Wars ones will just be one season. I think it was an unfortunate case where the themes and messaging they're trying to convey didn't quite mesh with the morality involved, so they kinda forced it. Even if Wanda was going through despair and grief, it's bizarre how compassionate and sympathetic some of the characters are to her. Plus, the show's villains didn't have well defined goals, or had them skewed to seem more "evil". Agatha never even displayed why she wanted the powers and just felt very undercooked, while Hayward was made a villain to strawman his side of the argument. Overall the show comes to the conclusion that what Wanda did was wrong, she somehow doesn't have to face actual consequences. An odd turn really... |
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Post by Jedi Knight Fett on Mar 7, 2021 12:39:11 GMT -5
WV is kinda weird to me like I just can't see how Wanda isn't the villain of the story. She held a town hostage and forced them to live her narratives... Even if she didn't mean to, that's kinda hard to forgive. And Hayward and SWORD was just trying to stop her. How is he the bad guy? Also I'm confused why the FBI arrested him at the end? And Wanda should be a fugitive now right because there's no way she can get away with this. It's actually weird how Monica, Jimmy, and Darcy are on her side instead of the law. I feel like I'm missing something... But anyway so this was just a miniseries it seems. I wonder if the majority of their upcoming shows, including the Star Wars ones will just be one season. I think it was an unfortunate case where the themes and messaging they're trying to convey didn't quite mesh with the morality involved, so they kinda forced it. Even if Wanda was going through despair and grief, it's bizarre how compassionate and sympathetic some of the characters are to her. Plus, the show's villains didn't have well defined goals, or had them skewed to seem more "evil". Agatha never even displayed why she wanted the powers and just felt very undercooked, while Hayward was made a villain to strawman his side of the argument. Overall the show comes to the conclusion that what Wanda did was wrong, she somehow doesn't have to face actual consequences. An odd turn really... I haven’t watched WV fully. But I have heard mixed things about it. I do think it will bring in a bunch of subscribers though. Nothing can stop the Disney plus train |
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Post by Kenbo on Mar 7, 2021 12:51:26 GMT -5
I think it was an unfortunate case where the themes and messaging they're trying to convey didn't quite mesh with the morality involved, so they kinda forced it. Even if Wanda was going through despair and grief, it's bizarre how compassionate and sympathetic some of the characters are to her. Plus, the show's villains didn't have well defined goals, or had them skewed to seem more "evil". Agatha never even displayed why she wanted the powers and just felt very undercooked, while Hayward was made a villain to strawman his side of the argument. Overall the show comes to the conclusion that what Wanda did was wrong, she somehow doesn't have to face actual consequences. An odd turn really... I haven’t watched WV fully. But I have heard mixed things about it. I do think it will bring in a bunch of subscribers though. Nothing can stop the Disney plus train I heard they are inflating it's success and saying it's more popular than Mando or something... Idk all the details or if it's true didn't really look into it much lol. But yeah they should pump out more marvel and Star Wars imo that's the only thing going for D+, everything else I'm not interested it. Apparently US has the worst selection too. I would cancel but it seems they are hooking people like me in by having a slow drip feed of marvel and Star Wars. Like it wouldn't make sense to cancel after WV because Falcon and Winter soldier is coming in a couple weeks. Then Bad Batch will drop after then Loki and etc. |
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Post by Jedi Knight Fett on Mar 7, 2021 13:10:48 GMT -5
I think Falcon and the winter soldier will get more views. As it seems to be more regular marvel stuff.
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Post by Newan on Apr 24, 2022 15:19:33 GMT -5
Anybody watching Moon Knight? It’s really weird for Marvel but kinda interesting as Egyptian Gods aren’t something often seen. Probably my third favorite Marvel show so far.
Loki
Hawkeye
Moon Knight
Falcon and Winter Soldier
Wandavision (Didn't finish this…)
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Post by Star on Aug 22, 2022 15:07:09 GMT -5
Better Call Saul S6 was phenomenal, one of the best series out there. Definitely same quality as Breaking Bad while managing to feel like a different type of story most of the time.
Saul is top 3 character in the universe, possibly my favorite across both shows and El Camino.
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Post by Star on Aug 22, 2022 15:10:55 GMT -5
Lots of other shows going on/coming up too. She-Hulk, House of the Dragon, Rings of Power, Andor, and Bad Batch. It's actually pretty wild they're all going to overlap at least a little.
Pretty disappointed with the She-Hulk premiere, honestly might not stick with it if the next episode or two don't improve things. I'm more so interested to see Daredevil pop up than anything else.
House of the Dragon's first episode was very good though. A little scared it might burn us like GOT did in the end, but the premiere was really promising. I'm not too familiar with the book/lore of this era, but it's kind of nice going in without big expectations.
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Post by Newan on Sept 10, 2022 10:52:54 GMT -5
House of the Dragon episode 1 was pretty good, but if you knew even the most basic thing about the show being that it centers around the Targeryen Civil War its sort of a predictable opener. The acting was good though, although I can't help but think that the lead girl is a Daenerys copy and paste...
I will likely watch episodes 2 and 3 tonight so I am caught up for episode 4 tomorrow.
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Post by Newan on Sept 10, 2022 10:53:26 GMT -5
I'll marathon Rings of Power when the season is over.
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Post by Star on Sept 10, 2022 11:28:14 GMT -5
House of the Dragon episode 1 was pretty good, but if you knew even the most basic thing about the show being that it centers around the Targeryen Civil War its sort of a predictable opener. The acting was good though, although I can't help but think that the lead girl is a Daenerys copy and paste... I will likely watch episodes 2 and 3 tonight so I am caught up for episode 4 tomorrow. First 3 episodes are all good. There's a few odd narrative jumps, but overall it's done a good job of building a foundation for the story and lead characters. I think episode 4 might be where some bigger things are set in motion. |
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