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VisionQuest Review: Marvel's Tedious Bad-Dad Drama Ends MCU TV Era
Marvel's 'VisionQuest' series concludes a short-lived MCU TV experiment with a forgettable AI drama.
In brief
Marvel's 'VisionQuest' series concludes a short-lived MCU TV experiment with a forgettable AI drama. Marvel's 'VisionQuest' ends its MCU TV experiment with a tedious AI-powered bad-dad drama series. Originally reported by IndieWire.
VisionQuest Series Launch
Marvel's new Disney+ series 'VisionQuest' ends its MCU TV experiment with a tediously slow AI drama.
“When his missing son reemerges, an AI-powered synthetic super-being (played by Paul Bettany) suffers an existential crisis in another Marvel series that, despite dedicating eight hours to identifying its Vision, struggles to justify its existence.”
Vision's Existential Crisis
Paul Bettany's Vision, rebuilt after Thanos killed him in 'Avengers: Infinity War', now sees double due to Wanda Maximoff's magic.
“O.G. Vision was killed by Thanos in 'Avengers: Infinity War' before being rebuilt as a shell of his former self (called, as if to be delibertately confounding, 'The Vision') and then kinda, sorta resurrected by his witchy love Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen, who does not appear in 'VisionQuest' beyond flashbacks to 'WandaVision').”
VisionQuest's Shortcomings
The series struggles to justify Vision's existence after spending eight hours identifying him without clear purpose.
“Despite dedicating eight hours to identifying its Vision, struggles to justify its existence.”
The short version
Marvel's 'VisionQuest' ends its MCU TV experiment with a tedious AI-powered bad-dad drama series.
