ABC and MCU - Aug 7

There are rumors of talks of yet another Marvel TV show on ABC, on top of AoS; the article that I have read talked about both AC and ‘InHumans’ and some vague talks about this theoretical show, and that is fine.

What is bothering me is the lumping. The truth of the matter that AoS, even at worse, is a TV show with good ideas – where it went wrong was not just the depiction of these ideas, but also the cast: just like in the MCU movies, AoS had problems in keeping its actors, especially for more than one season, especially on recurring non-villain roles, (but villain roles too). AoS has its flaws, but it also has bad luck, so there is that.

AC was only two seasons long, but it was just as good as AoS was, maybe even better, and it is a pity that Hayley Atwell left MCU – at least for the moment – because otherwise maybe AoS had had a frenemy of a rival in AC, which would have whipped AoS into shape instead, for the improvement of everyone.

And conversely, there were Marvel’s ‘InHumans’, which lasted for only a single season and had only 8 episodes, (in this incarnation, but still). Just like AoS, but far worse, ‘InHumans’ had bad luck and a host of problems from the beginning. The initial two episodes, aired before the general TV real on IMAX, gave the ‘InHumans’ a bad reputation, one that they didn’t deserve, because they weren’t bad; they were insipid, lukewarm, and rushed.

Again, just like AC, and AoS, and the rest of MCU, ‘InHumans’ best quality were the actors and their acting…and it felt rushed, flawed, incomplete; there were plot holes and indications that the show had problems with the actors; this wasn’t enough to end the ‘InHumans’ by itself, but with the low numbers and an initially bad reputation – it was.

So, what next? It is anyone’s guess – so far, there are not any direct indications as to what the next ABC MCU TV show will be. As the cases with ‘Runaways’ and ‘C&D’ show, other TV companies/channels/etc. are already getting involved and grabbing them all. Ouch! In addition, there is a limited pool of genuine Marvel ideas too; it is always possible to create OCs, as it happened in AoS, actually, but in that case, what about the AoS? If there’s a second group of OCs – based on Marvel’s Squadron Supreme or whoever – does ABC actually need AoS anymore, (as a supplement to Marvel’s movies or otherwise)? That is a good question…

Well, this is it for the moment; see you all soon!