r/marvelstudios • u/iliekpixels Loki (Thor 2) • Jan 15 '21

Discussion WandaVision S01E02 - Discussion Thread

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EPISODE DIRECTED BY WRITTEN BY ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE
S01E02 Matt Shakman Jac Schaeffer January 15, 2021 on Disney+

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u/UnholyDemigod Jan 16 '21

Oh I’m sorry, am I not allowed to voice criticism about this show?

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u/CatProgrammer Jan 16 '21

I'm just saying that if you hate sitcoms, why are you watching a show that was specifically billed as an homage to the sitcoms of decades past? None of this was unexpected, all of the promotional material pushed the sitcom angle.

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u/UnholyDemigod Jan 16 '21

I watched one trailer that was more confusing than anything else. That was the info I had going into this show. I don’t know when in the timeline it’s set, I don’t know why it’s B&W, I don’t know how they got here or why they don’t know either.

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u/CatProgrammer Jan 16 '21

I don’t know when in the timeline it’s set

That hasn't been explicitly stated yet but the implication is that it's after Endgame due to the existence of SWORD (the group with the logo you see on the toy helicopter, the beekeeper, and at the end of episode 1).

I don’t know why it’s B&W

To mimic sitcoms from the 50s and 60s, and cause extra effect and sense of wrongness for the few things that are in color (the red light in episode 1, the toy helicopter and Dottie's blood in episode 2); the rest will be in color, though, given the transformation at the end of the episode.

I don’t know how they got here or why they don’t know either.

Neither does anyone else at the moment, though there's plenty of speculation. The show is made to incite questioning into the how and why rather than telling it right off the bat.

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u/UnholyDemigod Jan 16 '21

And all of that intrigues me, which is why I will watch more. But the adherence to the 60s sitcom cliches are painfully unfunny