WandaVision

I wasn't sure about WandaVision at first. The whole sitcom thing seemed just a bit too cutesy pie for me. But I'm strongly inclined to stick with Marvel at this point, and Joe was in for a pound, so I hung in there. It wasn't until the end of episode 5, when you-know-who appears, that I really got interested, though. For one thing...it was the wrong you-know-who. We had crossed wires between Marvel Studios and 20th Century Fox, and that intrigued me. For another thing, it was clear at this point that the whole sitcom thing was over with. So I was pretty happy watching episode 6. In fact, it was the first episode that I completely enjoyed. And then came episode 7...and oh. Oh my.

Of course, the most exciting thing about the end of episode 7 wasn't the big reveal per se...but what it could possibly imply.

The Fantastic Four have not fared well on the movie screen. I've seen all four of their movies (yes, four: 1994, 2005, 2007, and 2015), and I actually enjoyed all of them...though I was pretty unhappy with some aspects of The Rise of the Silver Surfer, for sure. But even the stunningly inept and ill-fated Roger Corman (1994) was kind of fun at times. I've seen it twice, as a matter of fact. On purpose. (I also watched the very interesting documentary Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four (2015), and give that  👍👍. But let's just say that the box office results were not impressive, and that's what makes for ongoing movie series. There have been rumors of an FF reboot...but hey, there were rumors that a 21 year-old Bob Dylan was going to star in a movie version of The Catcher in the Rye at one time, too, so who knows.

On the other hand...

According to Marvel Database (@ https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki), Agatha Harkness has made 140 appearances ("on Earth 616"), and 49 of them have been in Fantastic Four. (There were also 34 appearances in Avengers and 16 in Scarlet Witch titles, which shows how much more closely associated she is with the FF than any other Marvel title.) So when Agnes of WandaVision reveals that she is  actually Agatha Harkness....albeit a much 🔥hotter🔥 Agatha Harkness, to be sure...well. There's definitely a door opening there, and who knows who will walk through that door in the next few episodes? 

I know I'll be watching, fo show.