It would be a superhuman understatement to label the first episodes of Disney+’s
WandaVision“weird”; they are spectacularly strange. The 1950 s, then 60s, then 70s, then beyond sitcom world of Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) seems one dash fairytale and two dollops nightmare.
One nightmarish sight occurs at the end of episode 2, when Wanda and Vision encounter a beekeeper emerging from their street’s manhole. Wanda then reverses time, resetting the sitcom world back to the conflict-averse living room.But what did Wanda really see? And why was it so disturbing?
Already this season, we’ve had more than enough evidence to suggest the world of
With Civil War, the MCU Became All About the Power, with None of the Responsibility
To mangle a catchphrase, superheroes are often meditations on the balance between power and responsibility. However, one of the more interesting recurring motifs of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is the preference for the former over the latter. This is especially the case for the character of Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen), who headlines the new streaming series
WandaVision on Disney+.
about consequences. In
Iron Man, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) must confront the reality that his negligence and lack of oversight has allowed Obadiah Stane (Jeff Bridges) to turn Stark Industries into a company that supplies arms to terrorists. Stark is motivated by responsibility, trying to atone for the fact that for decades he “reaped the benefits of destruction.”