InHumans - May 7

…And to round-up the roster of the future arrivals are the InHumans, the TV show.

Okay, here is the thing. The InHumans are already something of a presence on TV thanks to AoS, of course, but in S4, this has been downplayed – sort of. More precisely, they continue to play an important role in S4, that of an abused minority especially in the framework world, but compared to what they had in S2, especially the second half? Still downplayed. Why?

Well, one answer is that AoS tried to get in sync with the other parts of MCU, including the ‘Secret Empire’ plotline in the comics, where Steve Rogers transformed into a Hydra agent and took over the world. Or is in the process of taking it. Whatever. Marvel might be trying to make a clever critique of the current RL government of USA, as is ‘BtVS S11’ comics, where all the demons, vampires, witches and etc. get into internment camps, but-

Now, such camps are a part of the USA past, especially of WWII, when anyone, (especially people of Japanese origins), suspected of conspiring with the enemy governments, (especially that of ‘imperialist Japan’ rather than ‘Nazi Germany’, but still), were sent to such a place and usually stayed there until the end of WWII. Such camps are a part of US history, not something to be proud of, but not something to be ignored completely, either.

Back to the comics? BtVS is depicting such camps as fascist, (so far ‘Buffy’ seems to be shying away from any RL symbology, good or bad, cough), while Marvel is having Hydra take over the world in comics and AoS did something similar on TV too. That is especially ironic if you consider that AoS (and MCU?) seems to have gotten rid of Hydra by the end of S3, so-

So, once again MCU might have bitten more than it should have. One of S3’s problems was that it carried over too much S2 elements done incorrectly and/or pointlessly, and S4? On one hand, it seems to be rebooting the show, especially the Ghost Rider bits, (the man is returning at the end of S4, in the last two episodes), but on the other hand? It tries to remain synchronized with the rest of MCU, that is something else. More precisely, AoS was largely doing its ‘own thing’, independent of the Marvel movies, for example, since the last two episodes of S2.

Nothing wrong with that, just look at ‘The Defenders’, who appear to be doing exactly that ever since the first season of ‘Daredevil’ and beyond, but apparently the people at AoS feel differently. This brings us over to ‘InHumans’ the future TV show, I suppose.

It is simply unknown just how they feel fit into the wider MCU universe, so to speak. In RL terms, it is also anyone’s guess as to how they will co-exist with the AoS as well. Right now, RL has ‘Legion’, but it deals with mutants and more precisely – with the X-Men end of the MCU spectrum, so it does not have to meet AoS at all. (So far, there are no mutants and/or mutant references in AoS, BTW). There are the various ‘components’ (i.e. TV series) that form ‘The Defenders’, but the latter exist on Netflix rather than on TV and avoid competing with AoS directly. (Though you can also get AoS on Netflix, but Netflix is simply different from TV, period). ‘Cloak & Dagger’ as well as ‘The Runaways’ are coming to Freeform and Hulu respectively, but this again makes them more like ‘The Defenders’ rather than AoS, so again – no direct competition. But ‘InHumans’ will be a part of TV, maybe even of ABC television network that already hosts AoS, so this will be different, this will be like ‘Agent Carter’.

…Again, I have no idea why AC was cancelled and AoS did not, at worst AC was just as good as AoS was, and at best, it was better, but there you have it. Maybe because the main actress, Hayley Atwell, got herself a better deal? The same thing happened with Jaimie Alexander, (who played Sif in MCU) and Luke Mitchell, (Lincoln from AoS). Nothing personal, just business.

Or maybe – just a little bit personal. AoS S4 gave us closure, (most likely) with Grant (Dalton) and Tripplet (Britt). There was just another reference to Lincoln – nothing else, and Daisy has promptly let him go, not unlike as to what has happened between her and Grant, but with a good deal less grace, I suppose. Thus, Lincoln probably is not returning to AoS, (whatever happens to his counterpart Roman over at ‘Blindspot’, regardless). Fair enough. Frankly, noises that Daisy doesn’t need a boyfriend came from the official releases long before, so this isn’t surprising, and we will probably never know just what happened on the set of AoS before S3, (especially the finale) and so forth.

As for Reyes (Gabriel Luna)? Well, again, we will have to see how the S4 finale pans out? If, sadly, Mack perishes on the submarine/underwater base/whatever, then it’s one thing, Reyes can be a part of the main cast and feature on a regular basis in the episodes, or Mack survives, he remains a part of the main cast, and Reyes will appear on a regular basis, (in theory), but nothing else. In addition, yes, the main cast of AoS can expand, again, but after S3, I am not making any statements regarding that, yet.

In addition, into this mess come ‘InHumans’ the TV series? Yes, but it seems that they already are experiencing some problems of their own. The first promo picture makes them seem ordinary, boring and common, something that the fans were very vocal in criticizing, (they want to see Medusa with her animated hair or Gorgon with his hooves, it seems), and the first promo video is basically a logo of ‘InHumans’ with some dialogue that talks about a betrayal, a revolution or a coup – the difference between the three tends to depend as to how comes on top: the old regime, the new regime, or someone completely else. In ‘InHumans’ case it depends on whether or not the king is Black Bolt, (who usually is the InHuman king in the comics) or not. Guess we will just have to wait and see and hope that it will not disappoint.

Therefore, this is that for this week. So you next time, then!