I just started watching the show again,because the first few episodes bored me and I will admit the show has gotten alot better,but problems still remain.
First the good stuff. The writing and dialogue has improved by leaps and bounds. They have found a way to make marvel movie humor make since in a TV setting. The pacing of the story and the quality of the storyline has got alot,better. I really want to know who the clairvoyant is and what skye's origins are,and who the blue guy in the tube is. Which when the show first started I could care less. The dialogue between the characters has got alot more believable as well. though the making jokes in serious situation where life or death is on the line still feels weird outside of the movies.
Now the Bad stuff. Ward,Fitz-Simmons and Skye still are flawed characters who look like they dont belong as Agents of Shield or in the Marvel Universe as well. They tried to create these emo characters to appeal to 18-30 yr olds, these tweeny bopper characters, dont make since in the Marvel universe. They may make since on other shows,but not this one. Agent Ward should have been someone more like Captain America,RDL or the Bill Paxton Character. Fitz and Simmons should have been just one character and probably older. Sky probably should have been a guy and older more like the Mike Peterson character. I think character archtype mistake is not fixable,this is not trueblood its a marvel universe show,there attempt to appeal to twweners is falling flat,give us the same type characters from the Marvel Universe or other action flicks like the Expendables.
Another problem is the lack of Marvel characters anybody cares about. In Arrow we got Malcolm Meryln,China Whyte,Slade Wilson, Huntress and Deadshot all in the first Ten episodes of season 1. Lady Sif is the most significant charcter they have had,Deathlok doesnt count most people at a comic con convention wouldnt know who he was. I understand that alot of their characters are tied up in production for movies or the netflix series but it still hurts the show.
The show is still an ok show and a good show if your a comic fan, its on DVR status,but could graduate to must see if they get more Marvel characters I like. I dont tjhnk Skye,Fitz,Simmons and Ward will ever grow on me. I love May and Coulson,becasue they look like they belong in the Marvel universe and if Mike Peterson, Bill,Agent Tripp all get more screen time it can all work out on the character front.
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