Poll of the Day > WandaVision Discussion Topic.

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that bitch

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called it

everyone called it

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Was nice to have a more humorous episode after how serious it got last time

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I think Agnes is trying to manipulate Wanda and use that magic book to bring her husband "Ralph" back from the dead or something.

I feel like it's weird that we barely have any real hints about her motivations

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i imagine we're going to start learning real soon

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JigsawTDC posted...

called it

Yeah, this is the least surprising thing that's happened in this show so far. That song was really catchy though, feel like it lost some impact because literally everyone suspected this the whole time.

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She threw me off the scent with her act in the last episode.

I think she's been trying to get Vision suspicious from the start

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I just watched the series up until now. The first few episodes are basically garbage. helly is right that this show is absolutely intended to be binge watched or at the very least would be better served in a movie format considering 80% of it is just filler. I hate the girl from the thor movies and she needs to be in less things. And the show is definitely better with xmen quicksilver.

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Smarkil posted...

The first few episodes are basically garbage.

yep

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The first few episodes were the best parts.

The mix of comedy and suspense was great. Honestly the end of this episode drove that home even harder.

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I'll binge after the 8th episode. So I can be ready for the ninth, I guess...
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GunslingerGunsl posted...

I think Agnes is trying to manipulate Wanda and use that magic book to bring her husband "Ralph" back from the dead or something.

Could be, especially since she brought up that thing about bringing sparky back from the dead to test Wanda (pretty sure that's what happened).

Pretty sure everyone knew something was up with Agnes. Especially last episode when Vision "cleared her mind." It felt off.

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I think Agatha pulled Quicksilver from another dimension in the Nexus, and that is why he looks different.

IronBornCorps posted...

I think Agatha pulled Quicksilver from another dimension in the Nexus, and that is why he looks different.

This could make a lot of sense. She doesn't know how to bring people back from the dead, but she knows how to pull from alternate realities.

that would make sense, but man what are her motives, is she the mastermind here or is it someone else?

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helIy posted...

that would make sense, but man what are her motives, is she the mastermind here or is it someone else?

I do think there is another party involved, though I do think Agatha wants Wanda to bring back someone for her.

After going multi-lingual a bit on the song just for fun.

The Japanese version implied something I had not fully recognized before. Is the implication that Agatha sang her own theme song?

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IronBornCorps posted...

I do think there is another party involved, though I do think Agatha wants Wanda to bring back someone for her.

i mean, maybe?

but that wouldn't really work out since, well i guess she doesn't actually know probably, that vision re-died when he left the hex.

and if that was the case, i don't know how they'd get around the whole "you lose all of your memories when you're brought back in that reality" thing

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helIy posted...

i mean, maybe?

but that wouldn't really work out since, well i guess she doesn't actually know probably, that vision re-died when he left the hex.

and if that was the case, i don't know how they'd get around the whole "you lose all of your memories when you're brought back in that reality" thing

We don't really know if Vision not remembering is a being brought back to life thing, or a Wanda thing. She might have wanted him to forget.

Wanda's powers only seem to be growing. I think either she finds a way to extend the hex to effectively cover the whole planet, or her powers are amped again when doesn't have to worry about maintaining the barrier, or controlling a whole town. Fully reviving someone might be possible at that point.

I did also just want to say...

"Agatha All Along" was a ****ing bop

Metalsonic66 posted...

The first few episodes were the best parts.

The mix of comedy and suspense was great. Honestly the end of this episode drove that home even harder.

Hard disagree. But then again I hate humor that's member berries so maybe its just lost on me I guess. I think this would have been much better served in a set of scenes at the beginning of a movie establishing Wanda's refusal to acknowledge what happened and what not. The whole thing would have been better served as a movie really. It dwelled far too long on things we already understood or were really obvious and even then that was only a few minutes of the entire episode(s). There were only a few minutes of actual story development before the 4th episode or so. Honestly after the first two episodes I didn't want to keep watching at all because I thought the whole thing was just gonna be this dumb series of boring callbacks to different eras but goofy cause magic. I only became more interested when they actually started to develop the world outside the insular hex.


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Smarkil posted...

I didn't want to keep watching at all because I thought the whole thing was just gonna be this dumb series of boring callbacks to different eras but goofy cause magic. I only became more interested when they actually started to develop the world outside the insular hex.

yep I had the exact same feelings

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oh man you mean you guys are starting to realize that it was made to be binge watched?

i'm shocked.

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It was not made to be binge watched. You people are just impatient and can't cope with cliffhangers.

helIy posted...

oh man you mean you guys are starting to realize that it was made to be binge watched?

i'm shocked.

"Not liking the slower buildup or the parodies" is not the same thing as "made to binge".

The discussion and theorizing over the little hints in every episode has been a huge part of the fun.

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it was very obviously made to be binged

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Just because your preferred way of viewing it is to binge it (nothing wrong with that) does not mean it was made with that intention. The show is very obviously designed to generate weekly discussion and buzz. Any modern show is going to be conducive to binging since that's how we tend to rewatch shows and how new and future viewers will likely absorb it, but the production and release of this show makes it very obvious its initial release is intended as an "event series" that is discussed week to week at the office water cooler.

I think longer shows are usually meant for the water cooler. But this show does seem to want to be binged based on what co-workers are saying. Some are waiting to binge. Others wanted to, but were getting spoiled and gave in... But in the modern world, things are usually binged now...
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helIy posted...

it was very obviously made to be binged

Great counter argument. You must be a geenyus

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I also feel it was written in a way that would be more entertaining to binge watch, not because of any cliffhangers but because the narrative just seems to be structured that way

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The narrative was structured to build the mystery over time.

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Idk I didnt watch the Halloween special and think, you know, maybe I should wait until new years eve and watch all the holiday specials at once the way it's meant to be!

Metalsonic66 posted...

The narrative was structured to build the mystery over time.

https://youtu.be/_QUq72fla3o

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I still don't think it was made to be binge watched. The structure is clearly episodic, especially considering it was inspired by old sitcoms. Just because you want to binge watch it doesn't mean that it was made with that intent, and I'm a huge binge watcher. Most of these episodes have ended with cliffhangers that are meant to spark speculation and discussion. Hard to do that if it is all put out at once.

Idk. I think the cliffhangers are there more to just bring you back to the show instead. You can spark discussion and speculation from the show itself. But cliffhangers are usually there to make you come back to see more of the show...
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I mean, can't they do both? Provide speculation and bring interest/excitement to watch next week's episode. I think when it comes down to it, the show writers and director obviously knew the format of Disney+ and that format is weekly episodes. It quite literally was made to be an episodic watch. That in addition to the fact that it is heavily inspired by episodic sitcoms which has clearly affected the structure is why I'm agreeing with TDC. Not that any of this really matters in the end. I'm enjoying the show regardless. I just like to debate to pass the time sometimes.

I think it can be both, but I dont think that was the reason for this show. Or for most shows, really. Even without a cliffhanger, many shows will have people talking and speculating. IMO, I dont think a good show should have to rely on a cliffhanger to spark discussion about the next episode. And I think even without cliffhangers, people would still be talking about this show, I would think. I think most content these days are made to be binged. And the cliffhangers are more for keeping people coming back. Thats just how I feel about it, though...

For my personal viewing, I dont feel like waiting, so I normally binge everything these days...
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LinkPizza posted...

I think it can be both, but I dont think that was the reason for this show. Or for most shows, really. Ben without a cliffhanger, many shows will have people talk in and speculating. IMO, I dont think a good show should have to rely on a cliffhanger to spark discussion about the next episode. And I think even without cliffhangers, people would still be talking about this show, I would think. I think most content these days are made to be binged. And the cliffhangers are more for keeping people coming back. Thats just how I feel about it, though...

For my personal viewing, I dont feel like waiting, so I normally binge everything these days...

I definitely agree that I don't like waiting. Netflix has really spoiled me with binging whole shows in a few days. Whereas WandaVision and Attack on Titan Season 4 are killing me with the wait time between episodes, they do give me something to look forward to each week.

GunslingerGunsl posted...

I definitely agree that I don't like waiting. Netflix has really spoiled me with binging whole shows in a few days. Whereas WandaVision and Attack on Titan Season 4 are killing me with the wait time between episodes, they do give me something to look forward to each week.

My friend was doing that with the latest SAO. I just cant. It kills me waiting for people on YouTube to upload certain stuff Im excited to watch. Haha. Waiting is probably the one thing that actually makes me forget about shows...
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LinkPizza posted...

My friend was doing that with the latest SAO. I just cant. It kills me waiting for people on YouTube to upload certain stuff Im excited to watch. Haha. Waiting is probably the one thing that actually makes me forget about shows...

Sword Art Online? I tried watching the latest one a while back and I remember liking it but I just got sidetracked. Maybe I'll go back some day.

GunslingerGunsl posted...

Sword Art Online? I tried watching the latest one a while back and I remember liking it but I just got sidetracked. Maybe I'll go back some day.

Yeah. Its his favorite show. Hes seen all the episode like 30 times or something. I will admit, I have liked the new stuff. I cried a bunch at the end... But I havent seen the most recent stuff that just came out very recently. He wanted to do another viewing starting from the very beginning. So, I told him Id wait. We had just watched the season before one of the other weekends. It was pretty fun...
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JigsawTDC posted...

It was not made to be binge watched. You people are just impatient and can't cope with cliffhangers.

There's also the added problem that shows designed to generate buzz and lead people to spend a week discussing what happened and trying to predict what's going to happen next in the show aren't very appealing to people who don't actually have any friends.

Half the appeal of shows like Game of Thrones or Twin Peaks back in the day was the "water-cooler" talk about the show the next day. But we're in the middle of a pandemic, and people are more antisocial now in general even without the enforced lockdowns, so that sort of conversational discussion is kind of a dead art. Now we mostly just get a sea of voices ranting about their opinions on Twitter and no one really giving much of a shit what other people think.
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ParanoidObsessive posted...

Half the appeal of shows like Game of Thrones or Twin Peaks back in the day was the "water-cooler" talk about the show the next day. But we're in the middle of a pandemic, and people are more antisocial now in general even without the enforced lockdowns, so that sort of conversational discussion is kind of a dead art.

damn, if only there was a way to discuss television shows without actually meeting face-to-face.


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Just started this last night. Its very weird and fun and unusual. Three episodes in. The gossipy neighbor lady cracks me up.

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GunslingerGunsl posted...

This could make a lot of sense. She doesn't know how to bring people back from the dead, but she knows how to pull from alternate realities.

I am assuming she took someone else and put in Pietro's personality. Which is why he is different. Wanda has visions body, while Pietro's body isn't physically there.

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I am bummed that there were only 7 episodes. That cliffhanger though. Ooh! X(

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Lil_Bit83 posted...

I am bummed that there were only 7 episodes. That cliffhanger though. Ooh! X(

there are two more episodes upcoming

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