Once seen as nothing more than a niche genre, superhero content has come to be a dominant force on screen. Television, especially, has seen a massive influx of such large-scale stories of late.
But with audiences having seemingly infinite options of what to watch, long gone are the days of the simple hero origin stories or watching the hero fight a bunch of small-time bad guys while ramping up to take on a Big Bad being enough to capture attention. Creators today have to offer new twists on the genre to keep the audience engaged.
The Marvel-Disney Plus series “WandaVision” was a noticeable departure from projects Marvel Studios had done in the past. The series kicks off with Wanda Maximoff, aka Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), and Vision (Paul Bettany) living inside an idyllic sitcom world from the 1950s.
“The design of the show from early on was that we were...
But with audiences having seemingly infinite options of what to watch, long gone are the days of the simple hero origin stories or watching the hero fight a bunch of small-time bad guys while ramping up to take on a Big Bad being enough to capture attention. Creators today have to offer new twists on the genre to keep the audience engaged.
The Marvel-Disney Plus series “WandaVision” was a noticeable departure from projects Marvel Studios had done in the past. The series kicks off with Wanda Maximoff, aka Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), and Vision (Paul Bettany) living inside an idyllic sitcom world from the 1950s.
“The design of the show from early on was that we were...
- 6/14/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
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