Note the title of WandaVision’s ninth and final episode: ‘The Series Finale’. Series. Not season. Series finale. Writer and show-runner Jac Schaeffer goes into the ending of Marvel’s experiment with a conclusion in mind, if such a thing exists in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Herein lies the curious paradox of the MCU and why some […] More
*There will be an open discussion of all that has happened from Episodes 1–8 of WandaVision. Spoiler Warning* There are three types of people in this world: those that despise Marvel and all it represents (booo!), those that simply watch it and easily dispose of it if necessary (fine!), and then the addicts who wish […] More
I think we’re getting a satisfying conclusion to WandaVision this Friday, but I don’t see us getting too much catharsis. Wanda may even be able to pull her different sitcom era looks together like Monica did and become an ultimate version of herself, but she’s not going to get everything she wants. And she’s not […] More
For a television show constructed on narrative tropes, ‘Previously On’ puts an exclamation mark on the point WandaVision has been making since the beginning: it knows there is an audience tuning in. From the beginning of the series, as we found Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) & the Vision (Paul Bettany) existing within the confines of […] More
Welcome to What’s the Buzz, where members of our staff provide you with recommendations on a weekly basis.This week, Hawk Ripjaw is watching WandaVision, Rachel Stewart checks out David Bowie’s musical Lazarus, and Emma Gilbert recommends James Somerton’s YouTube channel. WandaVision Hawk: The Marvel Cinematic Universe has become such a monolith of pop culture that […] More
What in the world is WandaVision about? Rachel Stewart and Will Johnson sit down for a special two-part roundtable discussion on the new Marvel/Disney+ series. Here they discuss the show’s premiere, consisting of Episode 1 and Episode 2. Rachel Stewart: So it’s been a minute since we had a major Marvel moment. Avengers: Endgame was […] More
Welcome to What’s the Buzz, where members of our staff provide you with recommendations on a weekly basis. In our internet age, there is so much out there to think about watching, reading, listening to, etc., that it can be hard to separate the wheat from the chaff, filter out the noise, or find those […] More
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