Ladies and gentlemen this is the first time in over a decade that we haven't had one single entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Well that has now all changed since the show that many of us have been waiting for has finally debuted it's first two episodes and so you just know that I had to give you my first impressions of this rather odd show and so here are my SPOILER FREE first impressions of "Wandavision" enjoy.
I really wish I could tell you what the plot of this show is however I honestly have no idea what the hell the plot of the show even is. Which honestly I see as being a good thing since now we get to theorise what the plot is about and with the show obviously having some form of mystery element in it we now get a better chance to work out what that mystery since we the audience have no idea what's going on just like the characters but that's just what what I think tho and who knows maybe episode three (which is out next week) that might give us a better idea of what the actual main plot of this new show actually is.
Starring in these episodes are of course Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch and Paul Bettany as Vision. Also starring in these episodes are Debra Jo Rupp as Mrs. Heart , Fred Melamed as Arthur Heart , Kathryn Hahn as Agnes , Asif Ali as Norm , David Lengel as Phil Jones , ex Buffy The Vampire star Emma Caulfield as Dottie , Jolene Purdy as Beverly , Amos Glick as Dennis the Mailman and David Payton as Herb.
In all honesty I really enjoyed the acting in these first two episodes I thought that all of the characters in these first two episodes have really good comedic timing. I really cannot think of a single bad performer in these first two episodes because all of the actors honestly got a laugh out of me which for a show that's meant to be set in a sitcom / comedy world makes alot of sense and it will be interesting to see how these new actors do when the show gets more dramatic.
Now I cannot comment on what I thought of the CGI in these episodes simply because there wasn't any CGI in these episodes. However I can comment in the opening to episode two and since this isn't a spoiler (since it doesn't effect the plot of either the first or second episode) however the intro for episode is oddly enough an homage to the classic 1964 TV series comedy "Bewitched" which as someone who enjoys watching "Bewitched" from time to time I honestly loved the fact that the intro to episode to of "Wandavision" (this show) pays homage Bewitched.
Honestly this is the easiest first impression that i've had to write simply because there's literally nothing that you can spoil in these first two episodes. With that being said I can see people being out of by this show due to how odd the show is and the fact that so far at least it doesn't seem to have any kind of a plot but I do think that this show is rather refreshing due to how odd the show is and I can see it gaining some fans due to how odd the show is as well.
Now i'm trying to word this without giving away anything from the first two episodes but some characters that have featured in the marketing for this show are so far yet to appear in the show. Now I did read a review Yahoo which did spoil which of these characters appears first but i'm not going to tell you who that character that appears first is and what episode that they appear in but given what it says on IMDB this character might not be a major character in the shows storyline but I could be wrong tho only time will tell.
Again without giving anything away there is something I thought was really freaking cool that happened at the start of the first episode. I'm not going to say what that something but for me at least it was a really cool addition and it helped to get me in the mood for the first episode. I loved what they did at the start of the first episode just because it was a nice little touch and it's something that they didn't have to do it's just a shame that they didn't continue with that little touch at the start of the second episode.
Now just like with The Mandalorian each of these episodes it seems is going to have a different running time with episode ones running time being twenty six minuets and thirty three seconds and episode twos running time being thirty three minuets and forty one seconds. Honestly i'm not sure how I feel about the episodes being quite short since on the one hand having a short running time does fit the sitcom / comedy angle that there going with at least for these early episode but on the flip side of that due to the episodes having shorter running (again episode ones running time being twenty six minuets and thirty three seconds and episode twos running being thirty three minuets and forty one seconds) it does mean that the stories that are being told in those episodes are being rushed as such I wouldn't mind if these episodes were say forty five minuets to fifty minuets to sixty minuets long simply because it would allow the stories to be fleshed out a little bit more and it would give us more of a chance to get to know these newer characters.
Now then even tho this is an action show the focus in these first two episodes at least is comedy which again given that both Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) are either stuck in a sitcom comedy like dream or Wanda is doing something which is making her think of this sitcom / comedy world it oddly makes sense that the focus o these early episodes would be the comedy. That being said I found the comedy in these first two episodes to be honestly really good with alot of the jokes getting a big laugh out of me that being said tho not all of the comedy in these first two episodes worked for me personally but all comedy is subjective and so just because I didn't find a joke funny doesn't mean that you guys won't find the same joke funny and it works the other way around as well since you guys might find a joke in these early episodes to be unfunny where as I might find the same joke in these early episodes to be funny.
Overall so far this does seem to be a really good show and I do think that so far it is living up to the hype that the show built up in it's marketing but only time will tell if it really does live up to the hype that the show managed to build up in it's marketing. Since this show just started today (hence this first impressions post and not a full on review of the series or either of the episodes that the show has released) and there's only two episodes so far i'm not going to give this show a rating just because the show might get better or worse as the show progresses and it wouldn't be right for me to judge an entire show based on the first two episodes but I will say you should check this show out if your a die hard Marvel fan or a fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As for where I got the images that I used in this review I got them from the official Marvel Cinematic Universe fandom wiki page which I do highly recommend if you want to use any images from anything to do with the Marvel Cinematic Universe since alot of images on the official Marvel Cinematic Universe fandom wiki page are really high definition as well as high quality.