re: Is WandaVision as bad as everyone says it is?? (no spoilers)

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How can anyone have decided a opinion on this show after two episodes?

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They have an opinion on the individual episodes. No one has an opinion on the entire series yet.

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If you pay attention to details, there's a lot going on just below the surface.

Go back and watch some Avengers stuff, get a handle on just how fricked up Wanda was initially.
Contrast that with how ultra-wonderful and idyllic everything "seems" to be in these episodes... it's clearly a mindfrick. She's either dreaming or under mind-control, trying to be "normal and happy". But little shite seeps through the facade.

Take the "commercials";
the first one is the super-duper Stark toaster from the Fifties episode, will make being a happy housewife easy. -Seeing the Stark missile is what set her down the path she's on.
the second commercial is the suave "Strucker watch", made by Hydra. Strucker and Hydra developed her powers.

The big plotline has been her trying to have a normal happy family with Vision and fit in... Vision is DEAD, remember? There IS no happy life, and certainly no life with him. And he's not knocking her up, because not only is he dead, he's an android.

This is a deep-seated fantasy going on, and she's got some hellacious powers if she's a bit unhinged... which is where I think we're going. But it's not a 2 hr movie, so we don't get a 10 minute intro showing her in torment and then see the effects. It's a series, we have time to lay the groundwork pretty heavily.

This is a show to be patient with and watch it percolate, and to look for the clues to see what's going on.

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.I feel like Kevin Feige shouldve had them spoof Twilight Zone and Outer Limits every episode instead of early sitcoms...just make every episode mostly creepshows

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That wouldn't make narrative sense. The false reality she is trapped in is clearly designed to block out all memory of the trauma she has dealt with over the years. It doesn't matter if it's her trying to deal with her past loss or somebody else trying to control her, dropping her in a Twilight Zone atmosphere would just cause her to fight back against the alternate reality.

It reminds me somewhat of a mashup of Vanilla Sky and The Truman Show where the more strange things Tom Cruise and Jim Carrey noticed the more they began to react negatively to their surroundings. The sitcom setting she is in is an attempt to keep her happy and docile.

Neither are Marvel

I have no problems with the hallucinatory premise & slow-burn-eventual-payoff, but I think my biggest complaint is that Wanda (Olson) & Vision (Bettany) are not good physical comedians and/or the writing is just not funny. A corner of my mouth curled once in two episodes, and that was by a supporting cast-member/comedian.

Most Marvel movies excel at humor, but Hemsworth, Pratt, Rudd, RDJ etc...have the comedic chops to deliver the lines & the prat-falls, not just drama or action scenes.

Obviously, the best parts for me were the creepy ominous endings at the 2:00 warning, so I was mostly bored with all the discount TV Land stuff.

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I haven't watched the show and really never planned on it, but I am intrigued at what little I've read about from real people who say it's one of the single worst shows they've ever seen through the first couple of episodes. Apparently nothing happens.

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Majority of the people who didn't like it are incels/simps who think every Marvel movie should have super heroes fighting bad guys.

WandaVision was a shout out to the old 50's style comedy. Live audience, corny couples jokes, etc. And the lady from 70's show was the perfect actress for the bosses wife, just a great part for her, she fits it like a glove.

I enjoyed the first 2, it's different, and will continue watching.

We know it's going to get there. That's been shown in the previews.

What it is now isn't what it's going to be. So I'm reserving judgement on the show until I can least see more of the direction, but hopefully until the whole season has run. As standalone episodes, I can see why some people thought the first two left something to be desired.

I'm anxious to see how those episodes will feel upon re-watch after the whole season has run.

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It's a Marvel property so the critics will automatically give it a positive review.

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Looks like someone missed the Birds of Prey and Wonder Woman 84 Early review threads.

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Found it intriguing myself.
Obvious it is going to dark places and dealing with Wanda's trauma. Someone is monitoring/manipulating her mental breakdown.
Someone else seems to want to help.
I dig it