VisionQuest review – Marvel’s latest TV show feels like it could have been made by a computer
In *VisionQuest*, Paul Bettany returns as the synthezoid Vision, whose search for a sense of self explores what it means to be human. The review finds the series visually striking and formally experimental, but says its ambitions are weighed down by action, dense lore and long stretches of dialogue.
The story follows Vision as he hides in an Edinburgh pub, then enters a shared digital space with five other AIs, including Ultron, his maker. A bounty hunter pursues him and targets Thomas, a teenager who says he is possessed by the spirit of one of Vision and Wanda’s twins. The article says viewers need substantial Marvel background, especially the 2021 series *WandaVision*, to follow the story.
- Paul Bettany returns as Vision in a selfhood-focused Marvel series.
- The show experiments with form but is crowded with lore and action.
- The review says *WandaVision* is essential preparation.
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Vision is a synthezoid: an artificial being with a human-like body and mind, played by Paul Bettany in Marvel’s screen stories. His creator is Ultron, an AI who became an enemy, and his past is also tied to Wanda Maximoff, a powerful character whose family story is central to the series WandaVision.
The story brings Vision together with other AIs in a digital space while a bounty hunter pursues him and a teenager called Thomas. Thomas says he is possessed by the spirit of one of Vision and Wanda’s twins, linking the plot to events in WandaVision. That earlier series and Marvel’s wider storylines provide much of the background needed to understand who the characters are and why they are connected.