Once again the most interesting part of this whole fucking show is the stuff that gets the least amount of time. I could not care less about the sitcom shtick and I wish they would stop ripping off other shows when it serves little purpose except to make this all ridiculous when it could've been so much better.
In the movie Far From Heaven, you get this practically picturesque town and home life of a housewife in Connecticut. It's gorgeous and full of colors and 50s/60s "retro", what have you. It looks so perfect and lovely yet hides all sorts of ugliness underneath the perfect veneer of "All American Dream". Imagine that kind of set up but with horror and mindfuckery and that could've been THIS FUCKING SHOW.
Each episode continues to disappoint.
Each episode shows me how this would have been better served in a binge-watch (if they ever fucking do anything with the reveal).
Each episode annoys me with a pointless, obnoxious laugh track.
And each episode has me not giving a single damn about this couple or buying into any of their "chemistry" or love. This relationship was developed completely offscreen, and now I'm just supposed to believe they are some shining example of True Love because Marvel clearly wants Young Avengers? Nope. Not happening. I demand better writing and pacing, thank you.
Olsen and Bettany are very talented and capable actors in other projects but here, I can't buy anything between them.
The pacing is just painful and not at all suspenseful. There's tension and then there's annoying the shit out of your audience. This show is the latter.
This show continues to be the epitome of "my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined".
ARE YOU KIDDING US? Why do we spend so much time with the Disney princess rather than the Doctor. i seriously was not a big fan when they did this crap to Jodie Whitiker's Doctor but now it's getting damn annoying. We need to get to know the new DOCTOR, not the damn sidekick. The sidekick story is supposed to be the background from episode to episode, not the damn starring role.
Less than 60 secons of the Doctor the entire episode. This is utter shit. Katr Lethbridge Stewart shows up magically with zero explanation how Ruby even knew to get ahold of a secret agency she wouldn't know anything about yet. Just stupid as hell. and as if it couldn't get dumber? Kate and UNIT get brainwashed also even without direct contact. We never find out where the help the Doctor went to.
AND somehow when the Doctor reappears he magically knew something he didn't know from the beginning? Hokey as hell. No matter how much Disney has their own people commenting that was a good Doctor Who episode.
The episode is interesting but again NOT DOCTOR WHO. Just Disney princess takeover.
3 only because the story, in spite of the flaws was okay. Disney Goosebumps episode with the Tardis in frame a couple times.
0 for real Doctor Who fans.
So you mean to tell me I had to wade through 3 unfunny, painful to watch, cringe-filled episodes just to get to the part where they should've started the damn show off on top of the far more interesting story? That's what we call bad pacing and bad writing, folks. Bad, bad, bad. And poo poo on anyone who says otherwise, honestly. (In b4 people in my replies spam me with the same commentary of how "dumb" I am. Probably for the next week lbr)
Yet, I actually did enjoy this episode more for the most part. Imagine why lmao.
BECAUSE IT MIRACULOUSLY TAKES PLACE OUTSIDE OF THE SHITTY, UNFUNNY SITCOM GIMMICK. WOW. Amazing. It's almost like I was right about the most interesting part being anything but the unfunny sitcom land.
It starts off with people being brought back from the Snap, I thought that was a great touch. And vastly would've preferred THAT as the beginning of the show. It was chaotic, dramatic, and just good to see since it's only implied in Endgame for the rest of the world that doesn't just portal over to fight Thanos.
I love the tie back to Captain Marvel since so many people wanted to hate on that movie and I actually thought it was better than people claimed. Sad af about Maria (like did we ever get a reunion for her and Carol beyond the film?) but I stan her building the S.W.O.R.D to Peggy's S.H.I.E.L.D. I see that shit, Marvel.
And Monica and Jimmy are the best characters we have in this. I hope they keep Jimmy around for the rest of the show.
And for the other gripes: I find it laughable Darcy is an astrophysicist now but fine whatever, Marvel. I just can't take that shit seriously. I also don't like this throw out exposition of "radiation" because I swear to fuck if this is how they try to shove mutants into the MCU I'm gonna be Pissed. And anyone with a decent knowledge of X-Men will know why. If you don't, don't fucking @ me about it.
And the implication now is that Wanda is basically doing this out of grief/trauma and I'm two ways about this. One, I don't think it's the only thing at play after hearing a theory about Agnes. And two, I don't trust Marvel to handle this kind of shit with any real nuance. I'm also so tired of the "mad woman" trope.
Also, not a fan of how the outside of this town reminds me of The Shimmer from Annihilation but whatever. Go watch that. It's a trip. The bear scene is some of the scariest and best shit you'll see.
All in all, an improvement from what I've seen thus far, but it's not getting a gold star from me just yet. It's got a LOT more work to do. We'll see where it goes.
This show shouldn't be allowed to use the Marvel Studios intro.
This is something different. Scarlett Witch is one of my preferred MCU characters since she showed up in Age of Ultron but this show has nothing to do with it. I know in this episode there is some reference to AoU and his brother but it is taking too much time to get there. Elizabeth's acting is extraordinary but I don't like the path phase four is taking. If upcoming Loki, She Hulk and The Falcon and the Winter soldier will follow the same path of this show, differing from canon we are used to, I think it will not be good for future Marvel Cinematic Universe Films.
This kind of experimenting can bring to you (Disney) new audience but I can assure that you are really getting upset old and loyal fans. You should evaluate if the new audience will end up in cinemas paying to watch movies or will pay extra for them on Disney+ (as you already did with Mulan).
Three episodes to show that we are in some kind simulation is not tolerable.
From me this is the third 1/10 in a row. Probably it's time to give up the show and read the plot sometime on Wikipedia.
