tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post1766267928689864282..comments2024-03-27T21:12:28.287-05:00Comments on Collected Editions: Review: Marvel's Agents of SHIELD: "Nothing Personal"collectededitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-52273845328449163422014-05-01T13:27:28.032-05:002014-05-01T13:27:28.032-05:00Would be interesting but IMHO a name change would ...Would be interesting but IMHO a name change would be too confusing for the "average" consumer to work out well for the show. I would hope a "reboot" wouldn't jettison the cast for new characters; I might've hoped that in the beginning, but now I think it would be equally too tough to warm up to new characters after spending a season warming up to these.<br /><br />Also they should get Iain De Caestecker to play Jimmy Olsen in a movie. Accent notwithstanding. Just saying.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-37156364112627675812014-05-01T13:24:38.296-05:002014-05-01T13:24:38.296-05:00While the series hasn't been officially renewe...While the series hasn't been officially renewed, I wonder if that's because they'll change the name due to SHIELD no longer existing and "reboot" it as a new show. It's such a Marvel move too; if this happens, I really hope the first episode of the new series is titled "All-New Number One" or something like that.doug.glassmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18018711097234509826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-91664987418405601752014-05-01T13:12:04.806-05:002014-05-01T13:12:04.806-05:00I think your theory about the first half suffering...I think your theory about the first half suffering because it was waiting for Captain America 2 is probably right; clearly, given Mike Peterson et all, the showrunners knew where they were going with the show and what "beats" they had to hit when, vis a vis the movies.<br /><br />On one hand, I do absolutely agree with you that this is pretty incredible to have a televised and movie universe linked up like this. And you know me, I'm a sucker for crossovers and continuity, so the show and the movies working hand-in-hand certainly delights. I thought it was especially interesting when the show kind-of, sort-of seemed in "Nothing Personal" that Agents of SHIELD was moving the "whole story" forward a bit outside the movies (Hill now working for the military, etc.). <br /><br />The danger, and what I think hurt the early part of this season, is that the show risks being just an offshoot of the movies and not its own entity such that nothing really major can happen on the show without an accompanying movie (SHIELD couldn't fall without Captain America 2, for instance). This could create a sense that everything will always be OK in the show and that all the toys will go back in their box at the end, lessening the show's suspense. I'd like to see something like Tony Stark finding out that Coulson is alive on the TV show, and then later referenced in the movies, just to reinforce that the show does have some impact.<br /><br />On the other hand, as I referenced above, it was a terrible risk to delay the "meat" of the show until Captain America 2 came out, and one that I think backfired. Obviously the showrunners thought they had a strong enough show to function up until the big reveal, but I don't think the ratings bear that out. Hopefully, if SHIELD gets a second season, the strength of the end of this season will carry over into the whole of the next.<br /><br />Would be tough for DC to do the same, no? Surely Gotham can't exist in the Batman vs. Superman universe, or at least it would be so far removed as not to be relevant, I don't think. Conceivably Arrow could be the same universe, but I doubt they're putting Grant Gustin in the movie, so two different Flashes might be tough to explain, too. I think DC will probably have to content itself with a connected televised universe only (Arrow and Flash), though I'd hardly say no to an ARGUS TV show starring Steve Trevor branching off the Justice League movie.collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-41617658978987961522014-05-01T12:22:24.658-05:002014-05-01T12:22:24.658-05:00The first half of AoS suffered (IMO) because they ...The first half of AoS suffered (IMO) because they had to wait for Captain America 2 to come out and move the plot forward. I'm with you in that the show has finally come into its own.<br /><br />When you think about it, this is a pretty incredible experiment on Marvel/Disney/ABC's part. This is a weekly television show with major plot developments connected to a major motion picture... and the episode with those developments aired the very week after said movie premiered. The only thing that comes close to it is Star Trek, but the Borg plots on Voyager happened years after First Contact and weren't all that great as the series went on. If DC has a chance to compete with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, they'll have to get their TV shows synched up to each other and the films very quickly. <br /><br />Also, over the summer once the AoS and Winter Soldiers DVDs are out, I'll likely review Nick Fury Vs. SHIELD, one of the major influences on both of them (and, coincidentally, the book that launched Bob Harras to fame). doug.glassmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18018711097234509826noreply@blogger.com