Marvel on the Small Screen

Well, here we are well into September. The nights are getting cooler and the trees are starting to change colour and loose their leaves, so that must mean new TV shows. At least from the big networks that seem to hold onto that old style of programming.

A couple that I am looking forward to are "Marvels: Agents of Shield" second season and "Agent Carter".

First, Agents of Shield. The show seemed to start off with a bang last year and then seemed to falter a little early in the season, but finally seemed to find their footing. Over all I did like the show very much. One thing I really did enjoy was the tie-in stuff with both Thor the Dark World and to a greater extent Captain America: The Winter Soldier. I really do like this cross over continuity with the movie universe that they are creating. I am sure there are all sorts of surprises and cameo appearances coming in the new season, one new character they are adding is Bobbie Morse aka. Mockingbird, played by Adrianne Palicki (the actress who was Wonder Woman in the never seen 2011 stillborn series). Those familiar with the character know that she is a former agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and costumed adventurer, linked to Hawkeye. Some question if they can keep it up, but with all the movies that Marvel has coming down the pipe in the next couple of years building their "phase II", I think that there will be more than ample opportunity to use Agents of Shield as a tie-in and marketing tool.

The other Marvel Universe Show is Agent Carter. Still "in development" according to IMDb, It is scheduled to air in January 2015. A spin off of Captain America, and also the Marvel One Shot: Agent Carter, the plot will seem to centre on the creation of, and early days of S.H.I.E.L.D. The One Shot short is just fantastic. if you haven't had the chance to see it you really should. If they can capture that level of cool with this series they should be in good shape. It stars Hayley Atwell as Agent Peggy Carter and Dominic Cooper reprising his role of Howard Stark. The show should have an abundance of source material for story lines. The trick will be how well they execute it as a period piece set after WWII. The short seems to put it in the late 40's or early 50's.  Over all I am really looking forward to this series. It has a great deal of potential if done right.

Also of note is the Defenders (Daredevil, Luke Cage, Iron Fist Jessica Jones) series/mini series that is due out in 2015 on Netflix, but the truth of the matter is I haven't really heard anything new about it since the initial announcement earlier this year.

All in all Marvel is creating quite the self-contained system here. If they continue on the right track they will have quite the empire on their hands in the years to come.