Content deleted Content added
moved release information to the release section Tag: Reverted |
Favre1fan93 (talk | contribs) per pervious article reverts |
||
Line 44:
== Production ==
=== Development ===
By October 2018, [[Marvel Studios]] was developing a limited series starring [[Elizabeth Olsen]]'s [[Wanda Maximoff (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Wanda Maximoff]] and [[Paul Bettany]]'s [[Vision (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Vision]] from [[List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films|the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films]].<ref name="Disney+SeriesSep2018" /><ref name="ScarletWitchVision" /> In August 2019, [[Matt Shakman]] was hired to direct the miniseries.<ref name="Shakman" /><ref name="EmmyDec2020CoverStory" /> Shakman and [[head writer]] [[Jac Schaeffer]] executive produce alongside Marvel Studios' [[Kevin Feige]], [[Louis D'Esposito]], and [[Victoria Alonso]].<ref name="Shakman" /><ref name="ExpandingUniverse" /><ref name="EmmyDec2020FullCoverStory" />{{rp|50}} Feige described the series as part [[sitcom]], part "Marvel epic".<ref name="D232019" /> The fourth episode, titled "We Interrupt This Program", was written by Bobak Esfarjani and [[Megan McDonnell]], and shifts the series' perspective to outside the sitcom reality of the previous episodes.<ref name="Writers" /><ref name="EWRecap" /> Schaeffer originally pitched the episode as being similar to an episode of ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' in order to shift the series to a new genre after taking influence from sitcoms for the first three episodes.<ref name="SchaefferNYTimes" /> "We Interrupt This Program" was released on [[Disney+]] on January 29, 2021.<ref name="ReleaseDate" />
=== Writing ===
Line 106:
== Marketing ==
After the episode began streaming, Marvel released a poster featuring the characters and events depicted in "We Interrupt This Program".<ref name="PosterCBR" /> ''Bleeding Cool''{{'}}s Ray Flook felt the poster design was showing "the walls between realities... falling apart faster than Wanda can fix them".<ref name="PosterBleedingCool" /> Adam Barnhardt at ''[[ComicBook.com]]'' felt the flower pattern wallpaper in the center of the poster between Vision and Agnes looked like "an evil distorted face", and speculated that this could be a tease for [[Mephisto (comics)|Mephisto]] given the design had the character's "classic hair and cowl". Barnhardt also noted how the wallpaper had been used on past posters for the series, yet this arrangement of the flowers had not been seen before.<ref name="PosterComicBook" /> Math Erao of ''[[Comic Book Resources]]'' highlighted the obscured character between Agnes and Jimmy Woo who was likely Agent Franklin, questioning why that character would be so obscured when the other S.W.O.R.D. agents in the background were more defined.<ref name="PosterCBR" /> Also after the episode's release, Marvel announced merchandise inspired by the episode as part of its weekly "Marvel Must Haves" promotion for each episode of the series, including t-shirts, accessories, houseware, and jewelry, focusing on S.W.O.R.D. and Monica Rambeau.<ref name="MarvelMustHavesEp4" /> In March 2021, Marvel partnered with chef [[Justin Warner]] to release a recipe for Lewis's All-Nighter Noodle Cup based on the [[cup noodle|cup of noodles]] Lewis eats in the episode.<ref name="CupOfNoodlesRecipe" />
== Reception ==
Line 117 ⟶ 114:
The [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reported a 92% approval rating with an average score of 8.10/10 based on 26 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads, "'We Interrupt This Program' takes a break from Westview to give the excellent Teyonah Parris' Monica Rambeau some welcome backstory while introducing a few familiar faces to the world of ''WandaVision''."<ref>{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes |id=wandavision |season=1 |episode=4 |type=tv |title=We Interrupt This Program |access-date=September 1, 2021}}</ref>
{{
Charles Pulliam-Moore at ''[[io9]]'' was thankful that the episode switched perspectives to Rambeau, calling this an effective way to answer the audience's questions and show the previous episodes in a new light. He also highlighted the horror of the opening sequence.<ref name="io9Review" /> ''[[The A.V. Club]]''{{'}}s Stephen Robinson said the episode both provided answers and ramps up the suspense, giving it an "A−". He compared it to ''[[The X-Files]]'' as well as ''[[The Prisoner]]'' episode "[[Living in Harmony (The Prisoner)|Living in Harmony]]", and said the appearance of deceased Vision made him "gasp in horror". Robinson felt this visual hit "even harder after seeing a funny, lovable Vision over the past three episodes".<ref name="AVClubReview" /> Matt Purslow at ''[[IGN]]'' believed the episode's title was a very accurate description for the episode. He noted that learning Maximoff had created the reality to deal with her grief lined up with initial fan theories about the series, and said the reveal was "strongly presented" with Olsen's portrayal of a darker Maximoff being similar to when she faced Thanos in ''Avengers: Endgame''. Purslow gave the episode an 8 out of 10.<ref name="IGNReview" /> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''{{'}}s Christian Holub also felt the episode's title was perfect. His colleague Chancellor Agard said he was normally not a fan of episodes that recap past events such as this one, but enjoyed this because it meant the series was not withholding basic information from the audience for too long and also that the mysteries were not "the point" of the series.<ref name="EWRecap" /> Writing for ''[[/Film]]'', Evan Saathoff was positive that the episode "breaks the whole thing open", but was disappointed that the series' sitcom format would potentially not remain for the rest of its episodes.<ref name="/FilmRecap" />
| |||