That's the SCP formula, a response to making media in the era of endless Internet commentary and analysis by nerds You put the annoyingly analytical nerds *into the story* You let the forces of order, reason and science have their shot at trying to solve the puzzle
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You give the nerds a powerful government agency armed with cool toys and you let them try all their wacky ideas - let's send in a drone, let's tunnel under the haunted house, let's take samples to a lab and analyze them
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And when the surreal mindfuck is able to overcome all this nerd shit and still be surreal and horrific despite all that, it's all the more powerful
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Probably the best mainstream entry in this genre was the Southern Reach Trilogy, whose first entry was adapted as the movie Arrival
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I don't expect WandaVision to be as good as Annihilation but I do very much like this setup of a goofy sitcom setting under siege from very serious government Men in Black
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I mean, it ruined it for me. (in part because I was expecting it.) but obviously other people like it.
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Yeah I knew it was eventually going to get back to the MCU slog, but at least it feels a little more fresh
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I'm unfamiliar with it specifically, but metanarratives are also really difficult to pull off WELL, too; sometimes technical skill is the only thing making something a thrilling galaxy-brain rollercoaster rather than a hot stupid mess
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It's weird that it seems there are two main factions of critics and they both have the exact same problem of not being able to see the whole picture and appreciate that the distinct differences in time and style are a feature, not a glitch.
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But...that’s been a part of it from the first episode? Like, we always knew it was coming. Did folks think that it was just gonna stay a sitcom spoof with nothing else to it?
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