Wanda and Vision is a work in which Marvel extended the MCU to television dramas.
Although it is only a story told in a simple situation, the word of mouth is very high, and it scored 9.0 points on Douban.
The series has a total of 9 episodes, each of which is short in length and can be easily watched like an anime.
The plot does not need to be brain-intensive, but at the same time, it retains a little room for suspense, and there are small reversals in the story.
Marvel's chosen writers are really good, and they usually have a very good rhythm.
While fully explaining a story, they retain their characteristics, and also lay out and preview many details.
↑This poster is well done, and the two sides are like the TV has been disturbed, which is both special and plot-oriented.
While hero movies aren't for everyone to enjoy, there's no denying that Marvel has been very successful on all levels.
They have vast universes, and these stories seem to last a long, long time.
Before getting to the main topic, let me first explain the main points:
Screenwriter Jacques Schaefer was a co-writer for Captain Marvel, a writer for the short story of Snowball's Ice Adventure, and the next Black Widow.
The series is the first TV series in the fourth phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the previous game followed "Avengers 4", the sequel followed the next TV series "Falcon and Winter Soldier" and the later movie "Doctor Strange 2".
The first episode of the show was filmed in a very special way, fully showing the audience a live sitcom. The detailed process is included in the behind-the-scenes production record of the TV series. In addition, the music of each episode of this TV series is very good, very chronological.
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Based on an average of 40 minutes per episode, 9 episodes total almost equals 3 movies. Such a length can actually tell a complex and deep story, but "Wonder and Illusion" did not choose this direction, but produced a short but new and interesting style.
The series sets the timeline in Avengers 4 (2023), the first time the Avengers went to find Thanos but did not return, the last time span is a period of 5 years later.
When partners and lovers, relatives and friends were shot away one after another, there was no good response to even the only hope, and the avengers who failed to take revenge fell into the valley of abandonment, but compared with them, Wonder had already fallen into despair one step ahead. It wasn't so much the same thing that happened at the same time, but Wonder's collapsed inner world was like another parallel universe.
Episode 1 in the black and white style of the 50s
Episode 2 of the 60s is also black and white, but there are some differences in clothing
In particular, the way Wanda and The Visions chooses to cut in is interesting. From the 50s of the first episode all the way down to 2000, each era has a different way of showing, such as situational comedy, or contemporary tv series.
From black and white to color, the human life pattern is simply a qualitative leap. In addition to conforming to the style of contemporary film and television dramas, each episode will also have a corresponding opening song and advertisement in the film, which has interesting small details.
Obviously, it is a background that can be taken, but in the end, so many things of different eras are substituted, like layers of filters, feeling more full and thick, and paying tribute to the previous classic works is also an attractive gimmick.
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This chart illustrates everything
On the left is Randall Park's Jimmy Wu, whose first appearance is In Ant-Man 2: The Wasp Woman Appears, but the focus here is on the two on the right.
The first is Monica (Tyrone Peris) in the middle.
She is the child of Captain Marvel's best friend, and is just a little girl in Captain Marvel, appearing as an adult in the TV series, which has a follow-up story that takes a little bit to her mother.
This character connects the Captain Marvel movie, although there is not much follow-up development, but in the TV series she seems to have indirectly transformed the composition of her body through Wanda, with different abilities, which may be the foreshadowing of her next appearance.
The one on the right is The character I've always loved, Daisy! A small follower at Talina Talipoman's side. I think this role is played by the actor full of personal charm, I can't help but want to see more of her small theater, always feel that she can break through the dimensional wall!
In this TV series, her role is the pen that finishes the world. Not only was he the first to receive the signal of the Wanda Junction, but he was also the first to eat melons.
She and Monica and Jimmy are the lucky 3-person squad this time, the firewall is broken, there is a car to break the boundary, she thought it was going to be a tragedy but accidentally gained superpowers, she fell into amnesia and immediately met the protagonist, and finally succeeded in arresting the chief...
The second is the quick silver that was changed by Daisy's spit.
In fact, he is also Quicksilver, but because of copyright problems, the one who was hung up by Marvel before was not played by him. The two actors who play Quicksilver have their own handsomeness, and with the copyright recycling, I don't know if there will be opportunities for these parallel universes to intersect in the future.
When he appeared, Wanda was also confused and wanted to say who are you? Although he is tacitly a brother-in-law in the Wonder world, his real identity is that of a passerby, of course, a useful passerby.
He is controlled as a "foolish brother-in-law" when the plot needs to, and his true identity is lent to the witch Agatha (Catherine Hahn), who is the villain.
Agatha has been appearing under the pseudonym Agnes in the first few episodes of "Wanda and Vision" TV, and is a helpful and a little too careless next-door neighbor.
From the first episode onwards, in addition to the protagonist, the townspeople controlled by Wanda will actually show some strange hints. And I really didn't suspect that this neighbor was still a villain, although I always thought she was familiar.
Later, it was revealed that she did some small actions when the TV was not filmed in the play, and the style of this mystery was also routinely laughed.
This character is actually Wanda's teacher in the comics, teaching her how to use magic. However, after the adaptation, she became a little powerful but was suddenly blocked by the villain, a little empty pity. She didn't fully take the bento and might be pulled out again one day when needed.
It's just that the small four characters act as Easter eggs in the TV series, which is of course also an advertisement in the film, after all, the fourth stage of the film list is out, and it also links several movies: Ant-Man, Thor, and Captain Marvel.
If Marvel has an X-Men plan, it can also be a small introduction here. In addition, it also buried the dark thread of the future, that is, the transformation of the Crimson Witch.
The MCU is really too complete, as if any thread can be rolled into a large ball of thread. And they're more cautious about every layout, so so many Marvel movies don't have the "I break myself" situation (yes, the Godzilla and King Kong who broke themselves).
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This poster is also well done and I love it
Fresh ingredients can be delicious without seasoning, but the original story can be made even more exciting with the right seasoning.
The story of "Wanda and The Vision" is very simple, depicting Wanda who is caught in a blow, out of control of a whole town, and she makes the town what she yearns for. Not only herself, the vision, but also two twin children and a dog.
I remember that the Crimson Witch was also trapped in her own bad emotions because of her inability to control her ability, resulting in innocent casualties. Wonder's biggest self-problem in the setting of the manga is probably also a mental problem.
As the story progresses, it will bring back Wanda's childhood, happy memories, painful memories, and how she embarked on the path of the Avenger. She is deeply involved in the grief of visual death, but at the same time as she deceives herself, she slowly wakes up from the painful state.
If you go straight, the content is actually quite ordinary. But how to turn an ordinary story into a superhero background is not easy.
Wonder Woman 1984 is a good control group. A story that can be even a superhero is not a successful hero movie in relative terms.
In this TV series that the MCU has first extended, Marvel's consistent bold attempts can be seen. They didn't want the show to look too serious, so they made new challenges, such as inviting viewers to watch the shooting on the spot.
I like that they don't look at it step by step, but rather look at the overall planning of each content. The age setting of Wanda's character is actually not large, but the practice of era tribute makes the timeline more obvious, as if you can see the process of slow growth, each different era is a different stage, and different periods have a variety of different troubles and themes.
At the end of the final episode of the story, they placed an easter egg modeled after the movie. This Easter egg is actually dispensable, and the later movies can be used, but if it is not used, it can only be hoped for the second season.
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This original look is a comic egg
Even if there is money, it is still necessary to spend on the "blade", and the giants are completely different from the rich and powerful.
Netflix has a lot of great TV series, such as my favorite "Stranger Things", which are similar in texture to cinema blockbusters.
"Wanda and Vision" is a relatively small series, with few episodes and a short time, but the overall appearance is very delicate, and I think it is a good example of "spending money on the blade".
There are actually two kinds of so-called "knife edges": one is to spend the limited budget where it is most needed and the best effect. The other is a generous budget that fills every detail appropriately.
In fact, any work requires a lot of money and manpower to complete, but only relying on money manpower may not be able to make good results.
I think "Wanda and Vision" should be the second kind, Marvel should be the least bad organization, and they are also under pressure not to screw up. They spent the money on the TV series in just the right place, rather than designing a senseless big worldview to smash the special effects.
The Wanda Junction in the film actually looks a bit sunny, but when the Junction expands, and the scene of the final fight, the level of special effects is still maintained very well. Although most of the scenes in the play are in small towns, it can be seen from the exquisite costumes, scene arrangements, music, etc. of each era.
Some TV series break through the pattern of TV dramas and produce infinitely close to the movie. And "Wanda and Illusion" is a choice to be close to the pattern of the TV series, but it does not lose the standard of the movie.
Tv series director and producer Matt Schachman is a child actor from situation comedy, and this tribute to different generations of filming is exactly what he does best. At the same time, he is also a very talented director, most of the time responsible for the directing of the theater, the more famous TV series are "Game of Thrones", "Catherine the Great".
The dubbing part features Robert Lopez and Christopher Baker, Robert and his wife Christine collaborated on Let It Go, and the three of them collaborated on the music in Frozen, with even Robert's two daughters singing.
On the screenplay side, I mentioned earlier, Jacques Schaefer, who was in charge of the first and last episodes, and co-wrote the others.
In the 9 episodes, 1~3, 5~7 are the parts that pay tribute to the TV series, which will have different theme songs and interstitial ads, and the focus is on the reversals that appear in episode 4 and the summary after episodes 8 and 9. In episodes 4, 8, and 9, the past and the follow-up stories that have not been told are basically explained, as well as the foreshadowing of the future.
In the foreshadowing, I think the more important thing should be the hallucination. Because Wonder's growth is inevitable, even if the Easter eggs are not specifically designed, it is completely expected.
↑ The recreated white illusion lacks the memories and emotions of the original body, but through the illusion created by Wanda, it seems to have recovered something.
Although the TV series uses the illusion created by Wanda as the main body, the parts of the illusion are remade after the death of the illusion. After the two hallucinations communicate at the end of the film, the white illusion leaves the town, leaving a question mark whether it will appear again in the future MCU.
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There is no suspense in whether there is a second season. There is no such reservation to this day, and I think it is unlikely to have. The official narrative is that unless there is a better script, it is not impossible to consider.
I think it is also, unless the MCU has a part that needs to be strengthened by the plot, otherwise Marvel has a large number of characters, and the rotation does not know when it will be reincarnated.
There is S.H.I.E.L.D. in the movie, and there is a Sky Sword Bureau in the TV series, and the future TV series should also slowly connect into a universe, and then as they planned, they can communicate with the movie.
Previous Marvel-produced TV series will also be cross-cutting, but relatively speaking, it is still a bit scattered, I think the fourth stage of their layout should be to slowly combine these, because the universe pulled out of the movie will become larger and larger, there will be a lot of stories that can not be fully finished.
The reputation of DC TV series has always been very good, I kind of expect That After Marvel merges the TV series and movies, I don't know what kind of impact it will have on DC?
All in all, Wanda and Vision is a TV series worth watching even if it is spoiled! Because the story is simple, but it is really interesting and suitable for dinner.
And this is a TV series that can be brushed several times, there are too many small details in it, and there will definitely be the same surprise.