So, Wandavision?

[Enevhar Aldarion]

Oh, another little sort-of easter egg from episode 3. Near the end of the episode, as the show is transitioning from 70's to 80's, the picture ratio also widens from the TV standard of 4:3 to the film standard of 2.35:1.

Also, all the songs in the series were written by the same duo who wrote all the music for the Frozen movies and for Coco.

 

[Dire Bare]

I'm contemplating having my three daughters watch the show (I've been watching it by myself so far) to see what they think. None of them are all that steeped in the MCU, nor are they particularly familiar with old American sitcoms. I'm curious to see what they think of it without any of that extra meta context.

EDIT: As an aside, I recall similar conversations being had not that long ago about The Mandalorian.

Excellent experiment!

Yeah . . . I think as geeks, we often have encyclopedic knowledge about something, and we enjoy picking out the details, easter eggs, and wondering what it all means! But when we're consuming something outside of our core fandoms, we tend to assume that those details are necessary to understanding and enjoying, which they usually are not.

WandaVision, as with all of the MCU shows before it, is primarily made for an audience that hasn't read a single comic book in their lives!!!

 

[FitzTheRuke]

yeah, one of the weaknesses of the show (I think) is that relies on a lot of meta knowledge from both the comics and historic sit-coms themes which even casual viewers of the MCU might not understand - if they had run episodes 1-3 together it may have done better to hook the casual viewers rather than relying on fans

I don't think that's it at all.

For example, my kids love it, and they've never watched a sitcom (they're teenagers, they only watch people swearing over video games on YouTube... but I digress. Heck, they haven't even read any of the comics, and I OWN a comic book store!)

However, if there's a barrier to entry (and I think there might be, just not one that bothers me) I think that it's that... this is not what your average MCU fan expects to see. At all. I can imagine an awful lot of Avengers fans thinking, "what the **** is THIS!?"

It's not like casual fans have watched all the trailers, even. My wife loves it, but I kept it to myself what it was about, and she was pretty surprised by it. Fortunately for me, she liked it anyway. (I thought it would be a fun surprise to see the look on her face when it started in black and white, far or less the rest...)

 

[Rune]

Oh, another little sort-of easter egg from episode 3. Near the end of the episode, as the show is transitioning from 70's to 80's, the picture ratio also widens from the TV standard of 4:3 to the film standard of 2.35:1.

Also, all the songs in the series were written by the same duo who wrote all the music for the Frozen movies and for Coco.

That doesn’t make a lot of sense; NTSC didn’t change it’s aspect ratio until the aughts.

 

[Tonguez]

Oh, another little sort-of easter egg from episode 3. Near the end of the episode, as the show is transitioning from 70's to 80's, the picture ratio also widens from the TV standard of 4:3 to the film standard of 2.35:1.

Also, all the songs in the series were written by the same duo who wrote all the music for the Frozen movies and for Coco.

I thought the change in aspect ratio was just transitioning from Wandas bubble to the real world (where it shows SWORD turning up around Geraldine)

 

[pukunui]

I thought the change in aspect ratio was just transitioning from Wandas bubble to the real world (where it shows SWORD turning up around Geraldine)

That was my thought too. It didn't look like anything was transitioning to the 80s in the process.

On that note, do you suppose the soldiers were all pointing their guns at Geraldine / Monica because they didn't recognize her in her 70s garb? If so, I presume we might see a little scene where she identifies herself and then they stand down. Otherwise, it seems a bit strange that they'd regard one of their own agents as a threat. (Unless of course the soldiers aren't affiliated with SWORD.)

Going back to the helicopter: I'm not sure I buy that it was a real helicopter that got turned into a toy, because I thought the implication was meant to be that it was what was making the knocking noises (not the tree branch). That implies it was more of a drone that SWORD was using to spy on Wanda and Vision.

Given that SWORD is able to "watch" Wanda's sitcom reality, I wonder if they've got agents planting hidden cameras around the place, or if Wanda is somehow broadcasting her fictional world and SWORD is just tuning in. If there are hidden cameras, maybe the beekeeper guy is one of the ones who's planting them.

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

I thought the change in aspect ratio was just transitioning from Wandas bubble to the real world (where it shows SWORD turning up around Geraldine)

That is possible. I was just applying the same logic as the transition from B&W to color at the end of the 2nd episode, as the show transitioned from the 60's to the 70's.

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

Going back to the helicopter: I'm not sure I buy that it was a real helicopter that got turned into a toy, because I thought the implication was meant to be that it was what was making the knocking noises (not the tree branch). That implies it was more of a drone that SWORD was using to spy on Wanda and Vision.

As to the "toy" helicopter, while it has the SWORD logo on it, it is also done in the classic Iron Man colors. So make of that what you will.

 

[pukunui]

As to the "toy" helicopter, while is has the SWORD logo on it, it is also done in the classic Iron Man colors. So make of that what you will.

Yes, there is that as well.

 

[Mind of tempest]

Yes, there is that as well.

there is likely a connection but it is too early for anything but wild speculations, so anyone want to do that?