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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 313154" data-attributes="member: 5079"><p>Sometimes I can reevaluate a movie or series in my head; WANDAVISION slid upwards in my estimation considerably after my first reaction. I find it hard to even think about TF&WS without ...</p><p></p><p><img src="https://c.tenor.com/BpB5j_BY1aUAAAAC/absolutely-fabulous-oh-god-im-bored.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>My reaction to each episode never rose above tepid, and often times leaned towards annoyance. IMO, this should have been a movie. Maybe in a streamlined 2 hour, uninterrupted narrative this could have worked but there wasn't enough plot or characterization to drag this out to six episodes. This all felt like my most dreaded of TV writing: all motion with no movement. Sharon and Zemo -- two intriguing characters -- were brought back with a twist. But for what? Did either of them really <em>do</em> anything?</p><p></p><p>The series brushed up against a few ideas it was too timid to explore. Superhero fiction as social commentary isn't my favorite, but it can be done well (see HBO's THE WATCHMEN or Amazon's THE BOYS). TF&WS was too Disney-fied tepidness to explore its basic themes except, I guess, for that knee-slapper of a "You need to do better ..." scene, which played liked the most heavy handed sermonizing of a 90s Very Special Episode. </p><p></p><p>Nothing made me laugh more than Sam's wings being bullet proof. So what does he even need the shield for? In a better written series, I might ponder if there's some deconstructive symbolism going on, but I'm pretty sure it was just an intentionally revealing the complete emptiness of the entire concept for this series.</p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Captain America: The Winter Soldier</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Guardians of the Galaxy vol 1</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Captain America: Civil War</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Thor: Ragnarok</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Avengers: Infinity War</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The Avengers</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Avengers: Endgame</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Iron Man</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Captain America: The First Avenger</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Spider-Man: Homecoming</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">WandaVision</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Black Panther</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Spider-Man: Far From Home</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Doctor Strange</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Avengers: Age of Ultron</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Thor</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The Incredible Hulk</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Ant-Man</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Ant-Man and the Wasp</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Captain Marvel</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Iron Man 3</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Iron Man 2</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The Falcon & The Winter Soldier</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Thor: The Dark World</li> </ol><p></p><p>Updated: <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1g-4ddvnoKiXP-GKSDUJM-e0Fu1nCdyv6Kf-VyMeokpU/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">MCU Ratings on Google Sheets</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 313154, member: 5079"] Sometimes I can reevaluate a movie or series in my head; WANDAVISION slid upwards in my estimation considerably after my first reaction. I find it hard to even think about TF&WS without ... [IMG]https://c.tenor.com/BpB5j_BY1aUAAAAC/absolutely-fabulous-oh-god-im-bored.gif[/IMG] My reaction to each episode never rose above tepid, and often times leaned towards annoyance. IMO, this should have been a movie. Maybe in a streamlined 2 hour, uninterrupted narrative this could have worked but there wasn't enough plot or characterization to drag this out to six episodes. This all felt like my most dreaded of TV writing: all motion with no movement. Sharon and Zemo -- two intriguing characters -- were brought back with a twist. But for what? Did either of them really [I]do[/I] anything? The series brushed up against a few ideas it was too timid to explore. Superhero fiction as social commentary isn't my favorite, but it can be done well (see HBO's THE WATCHMEN or Amazon's THE BOYS). TF&WS was too Disney-fied tepidness to explore its basic themes except, I guess, for that knee-slapper of a "You need to do better ..." scene, which played liked the most heavy handed sermonizing of a 90s Very Special Episode. Nothing made me laugh more than Sam's wings being bullet proof. So what does he even need the shield for? In a better written series, I might ponder if there's some deconstructive symbolism going on, but I'm pretty sure it was just an intentionally revealing the complete emptiness of the entire concept for this series. [LIST=1] [*]Captain America: The Winter Soldier [*]Guardians of the Galaxy vol 1 [*]Captain America: Civil War [*]Thor: Ragnarok [*]Avengers: Infinity War [*]The Avengers [*]Avengers: Endgame [*]Iron Man [*]Captain America: The First Avenger [*]Spider-Man: Homecoming [*]WandaVision [*]Black Panther [*]Spider-Man: Far From Home [*]Doctor Strange [*]Avengers: Age of Ultron [*]Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2 [*]Thor [*]The Incredible Hulk [*]Ant-Man [*]Ant-Man and the Wasp [*]Captain Marvel [*]Iron Man 3 [*]Iron Man 2 [*]The Falcon & The Winter Soldier [*]Thor: The Dark World [/LIST] Updated: [URL='https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1g-4ddvnoKiXP-GKSDUJM-e0Fu1nCdyv6Kf-VyMeokpU/edit?usp=sharing']MCU Ratings on Google Sheets[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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