Marvel kicked off the first episode of “VisionQuest” with a surprise screening to close out its New York Comic Con panel on Thursday.
Early reactions to the Disney+ show, set to premiere Oct. 14, shared on social media have been largely positive, and perspectives ranged from rants who just saw the first episode to journalists who offered their first brief reviews of the season when Marvel’s embargo was lifted simultaneously with the panel’s conclusion at 5:45 p.m. ET.
“#VisionQuest is a worthy successor to WandaVision and it sometimes feels like a love letter to Wanda Maximoff,” wrote Demet Koc of Nexus Point News about
The show features Paul Bettany’s first live-action role in the MCU since “WandaVision,” the first Marvel TV show on Disney+ that starred him and Elizabeth Olson’s Wanda/Scarlet Witch. This sight takes place after Thanos killed Vision in “Avengers: Infinity War” by ripping the Mind Stone from his forehead, which sent Wanda into a depression following the death of her lover.
In “WandaVision,” the former heroine takes over a New Jersey town and creates a fake sitcom-inspired world in which she and amnesiac, magically created Vision live happily ever after with their two children, Tommy and Billy. Once Wanda’s ruse is discovered, the real Vision (now wearing a white suit) is reanimated and his full memory is restored. He flies away and Wanda later dies after becoming a villain in “Doctor Stranger in the Multiverse of Madness”.
Now, Bettany’s Vision appears in both android and human form in “VisionQuest” alongside several other famous Marvel AI robots. James Spader returns as Ultron, Emily Hampshire is EDITH, Orla Brady is FRIDAY, James D’Arcy is JARVIS, T’nia Miller is Jocasta, Lauren Morais is Lisa Molinari and Ruaridh Mollica is the adult version of Tommy Maximoff.
“The chemistry between Paul Bettany and James Spader is off the charts, and #VisionQuest is a worthy conclusion to the #WandaVision trilogy,” wrote TJ Zwarych of Agents of Fandom. “It drags a bit in the middle, but it’s an Easter egg-filled mystery that starts and ends beautifully. Emily Hampshire is a snarky all-star!”
Brandon Davis, who co-hosted Thursday’s NYCC panel “Up Next From Marvel Television and Marvel Animation” with Marvel TV and animation chief Brad Winderbaum, shared in a post loved it.
See early social media reactions to “VisionQuest” below.
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