Look out Franklin Richards .
Look out Franklin Richards .
I guess that could be a good way of explaining the plot of WandaVision to anyone just joining in for the movie...I still say Multiverse of Madness should open with Agnes in that sitcom world brought out of it by Mordo looking to eliminate her but she manages to weasel her way out of it by talking about how dangerous Wanda is which puts Mordo on the hunt for her. I assume if this happens it would of been filmed by now but hey clear we will be seeing more of Agatha anyway (and hopefully not just in the past either) so why not give an explanation how she got out of playing that version of herself?
I still don't like the idea of forcing people to watch a tv series to understand certain things of a film. That is the reason a ton of comicbook fans fell away from the comics. Too many unnecessary crossovers.I guess that could be a good way of explaining the plot of WandaVision to anyone just joining in for the movie...
The same applies to having to watch a previous movie to understand certain things of the latest film. Between the two MCU shows I have seen, the amount of filler is rather astounding relative to what the characters' previous status quo was to who they become after their shows. So, in that sense just like with the movies, you only ever need to watch minutes worth of footage to be all caught up for the sequel.I still don't like the idea of forcing people to watch a tv series to understand certain things of a film. That is the reason a ton of comicbook fans fell away from the comics. Too many unnecessary crossovers.
"Previously on WandaVision"....The same applies to having to watch a previous movie to understand certain things of the latest film. Between the two MCU shows I have seen, the amount of filler is rather astounding relative to what the characters' previous status quo was to who they become after their shows. So, in that sense just like with the movies, you only ever need to watch minutes worth of footage to be all caught up for the sequel.
I guess a fun cartoon is a fun cartoon even when it relies on people having actually watched the movies, although....I feel like it's supposed to be intended for people who actually watched the movies since it's diverging from those plots .I think hardcore fans overstate how much new fans or causal fans need to know.
The whole idea behind “What If?” is that viewers know what happened in the movies and will follow the changes. My 9 year old loved “What If?” religiously even thought had only watched parts of Black Panther and none of the Disney+ shows. He asks me questions and watched YouTube explainers to fill in what he doesn’t know. My wife has seen about half the films and she loved it too.
It’s easy to get information about what happened in the films and shows. I applaud Feige and crew for not dumbing down things to appeal to the broadest base possible.
I guess in some ways it’s like sports. I watch every Carolina Panthers game, but I’m not missing something when I watch other teams if I didn’t watch their game. Just explain what happened last game and how it’s relevant to this game.
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I guess if you view every MCU product as an "episode" and not a complete standalone...which to an extent is true nowadays. Nothing exists in a complete vacuum in the MCU (at least completely).If the storytelling is strong, the continuity is just extra information to help you appreciate what happened before.
This is nothing new. TV has generally operated like this with different degrees of serialization. If the show is well done, I should be able to pop in midseason and appreciate the story and be interested enough to catch up and watch what I missed.
Over the years, I have had discussions of the MCU versus DC films (not just the DCEU). Most of the time my argument is just what you said. MCU is television on the big screen. The have had a very successful track for that hook, and I don't necessarily dislike it, as I am a fan.The same applies to having to watch a previous movie to understand certain things of the latest film. Between the two MCU shows I have seen, the amount of filler is rather astounding relative to what the characters' previous status quo was to who they become after their shows. So, in that sense just like with the movies, you only ever need to watch minutes worth of footage to be all caught up for the sequel.
I pity the person who tries to watch the Spider-Man films as standalones .It’s pretty loosely tethered. Everything we know from the shows is information we already know or can infer from the movies (Wanda is powerful, Sam is the new Captain America) or could be explained in a new film (Vision was rebuilt, Sharon is secretly a villain, there is a multiverse). Everything is optional viewing whether it’s an episode of “What If?” or Endgame.
Thing about it like this. Imagine someone who is only a Spider-Man fan who only watched Homecoming and then Far From Home. Within the first few minutes Far From Home tells them everything they need to know from Infinity War and Endgame. Tony died. There was a blip and half of people were gone for 5 years.
I pity the person who tries to watch the Spider-Man films as standalones .
Yeah, but so much of that ends up predicating the movies (and the relationships and arcs) on other films.Why? Homecoming does a good job recapping Civil War through Peter’s home videos. I explained how Far From Home does it.
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Yeah, I do not care for that either.Uh, well DC is doing the same thing with their HBO Max series and movies so pick your poison or don't.
Just when you think you're out, they just bring you back in .