Strange Ramblings of an Independent Writer
The final stage of grief is acceptance and it’s the one that most of us have the most difficulty reaching. All of us have lost someone we love, someone who helped define us and make us the person we are today. Getting to the point of accepting they are no longer going to be with … Continue reading The Final Stage of Grief – Review of “WandaVision” Episode 9 “The Series Finale”
What would any of us do when faced with a lifetime of trauma and the power to do something about it? For me, that is the central question behind “Previously On”, the eighth episode of WandaVision. By reliving some of the more traumatic elements of Wanda’s life up to the creation of the Hex, we … Continue reading Walk Through Memory Lane – Review of “Previously On”, episode 8 of “WandaVision”
The more questions that are answered, newer questions are presented. And this episode dropped some serious bombs on us. “Breaking the Fourth Wall”, episode seven of WandaVision, provides some reveals while also setting up the final two episodes and the further revelations those will undoubtedly provide. But it also shows us what happens when grief … Continue reading Witchy Wham Episode – Review of “WandaVision” Episode 7 “Breaking The Fourth Wall”
Halloween. The one time of the year where it’s perfectly acceptable (and encouraged) to think about the dead and the living. Or the living dead. Or in the case of Westview, the “dead” living. Some deeply troubling visions of what is happening in the Anomaly are brought to the forefront in this episode. And more … Continue reading The Dead Are Living and The Living Are Dead – Review of “Wandavision” Episode 6, “All-New Halloween Spooktacular”
And just when I thought things couldn’t get any weirder in Westview. Episode 5 “On A Very Special Episode” had some wonderful weird moments but the curveball at the very end still has me wondering what exactly Kevin Feige and the creative minds at Marvel Studios are cooking up. It could either turn out to … Continue reading The Cracks Begin to Show – Review of “WandaVision” Episode 5 “On A Very Special Episode”
Someone please sit J.J. Abrams down to watch the first four episodes of “WandaVision”. Because this is how you build a mystery and then provide some answers while providing new questions for the audience to chew on. “We Interrupt This Program” provides some of the answers to the mysterious goings of the first three episodes, … Continue reading Mysteries Revealed and Deepen – Episode 4 of “WandaVision”
Three episodes in to the “WandaVision” miniseries and I’m still as deeply intrigued by this show as I was last week. I’ve never been a big fan of sitcoms, mainly because they tend to focus on what I find to be the worst kind of comedy: awkward interactions, absurd situations populated by absurd people, and … Continue reading Weirdness in Westview – Review of “Now In Color”, “WandaVision” Episode 3
Poster art for "WandaVision". Source With the first two episodes of the new miniseries WandaVision dropping on Disney+, the Marvel Cinematic Universe gets started on its first slate of stories set after the events of Avengers Endgame and Spider-Man: Far from Home. Using the tropes and storylines common to sitcoms over the eras, WandaVision explores … Continue reading Something Strange in the Neighborhood – “WandaVision” Episodes 1 & 2