Published on 12, July, 2020
Are there any shows that are helping you get through the strange days we're living through?
I like those reality competitions e.g. the Bake Off, Sewing Bee, Best Home Cook, Pottery Throwdown etc. And things like Bridgerton and Winx, which are total fantasy escapes from reality.
I also remembered Detectorists. Does anyone watch that? A nice, subtle series with nothing horrible happening.
Right now - Wandavision on Disney +, which after a slow start I'm quite enjoying. It's quirky and weird enough to scratch that sci-fi itch and with a short run it's not going to outstay its welcome.
What's it about?
It's a follow up to the Marvel films with two of the superhero characters (Wanda and Vision). The clever thing about it is that it riffs on American sitcom's through the decades in a weird Twilight-Zone-style alternate reality set-up. For a short series - I think it works - although there's still the obligatory Marvel skybeams and energy balls being chucked around in a showdown.