![]() And it's taken one of the previously non-super agents and turned her into a superhero, in a story that's one of the most daring rewrites I've ever seen. It's brought ultra-obscure Marvel characters onto TV. The season took off like a rocket and has barely let up since.Įven with an obviously reduced budget, the show has greatly enhanced its action sequences through clever setups. That separation from the larger Marvel cinematic universe has given S.H.I.E.L.D. There's also some cool weaponry, which never hurts. There are connections to the Marvel cinematic universe (particularly when it comes to the upcoming film centered on the Inhumans), but they're so minor as to be easily lifted out of the Marvel Studios story as a whole, just like all those comic strips readers might not experience. While the Avengers are preparing to battle the darkly villainous Ultron in their upcoming movie sequel, our intrepid agents on TV are in a completely different, backwater corner of the Marvel universe, investigating abandoned cities and reviving dormant powers. has felt as if it's mostly closed off from the Marvel universe at large. Of course, much of the audience had tuned out by that point. But the overarching storytelling was thrilling, and the way the series turned allies against one another made for gripping viewing. The show hadn't yet figured out how best to use everybody in its ensemble to maximum advantage, and it still couldn't tell a case-of-the-week story to save its life. ![]() And here, finally, were stakes that gave the characters reasons to be there. who wanted to wipe them from the face of the Earth. It was a painful bore and a chore to watchĪbout two-thirds of the way through season one, however, the series turned the team from well-funded government operatives to underdogs, a group on the run from evil agents within S.H.I.E.L.D. It was, instead, a painful bore and a chore to watch. agents (think of secret agents who deal exclusively in superpowered shenanigans) led by Agent Phil Coulson ( Clark Gregg) got involved in all manner of mischief before wrapping things up by the end of the episode.ĭespite having a comics universe that stretched back decades, the show seemed largely uninterested in playing around with Marvel lore. Being closed off from the Marvel cinematic universe has actually led to a better TV showĪgents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has gone from a crushing disappointment to a geeky delight, a show that positively glows with love for both its source material and the creative restrictions necessitated by being a tiny part of a much larger world. Now, it's almost completely walled off in its own corner of the Marvel Universe.Īnd it's all the better for it. The series was originally set up as one that would play heavily within the continuity of Marvel Studios' movies, but that's become less and less true as the show has gone on. has gone from crushing disappointment to geeky delight as it continues its way through a rip-roaring second season that seems designed to turn every single negative on the show into a positive through sheer force of will.Īgents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Increasingly, that's how I feel about ABC's Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. It's a massive headache, yet one that the best comic-strip writers make look effortless. ![]() There's no guarantee anyone will read every strip, and not every newspaper carries the strip every day of the week, which means every strip needs some degree of recap of what's happened and must advance the story so incrementally that a reader can miss a strip and not get lost. In newspaper comic strips, telling an ongoing story can be an incredible headache. ![]()
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