Despite its astonishing pilot
ratings, the success of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as been on the downward
ever since. Poor story, lack of character development, weak tie-ins with the
films and mysteries that go on and on and on, are some of the reasons as to why
the series isn’t the success story everyone was counting on it to be, and so
much so that it was able to divide Marvel’s hardcore fanbase as to whether or
not the show is any good.
While at the TCA press tour, ABC
Entertainment president Paul Lee talked about the issue and said that the
solution is on its way, reasserting that the network is 100% behind the show.
“It was obviously disappointing
that we started with a very high number and it came down. It took a little bit
of time to find our sea legs, but now the show is really doing well…. I think
the key to us was really starting to work closely with the studios, and really
figure out with our showrunners and all the creative brains, how we could have
a show that didn’t have Iron Man in it, but did have an incredible amount of
the Marvel universe and an incredible amount of the mythology that went through
there. We also took a little bit of time to get the balance between a
procedural and an arc. I’m so proud of how they’ve now arced out the last nine
episodes. But, that’s something that many shows do, as they go through that.”
Comparisons between Marvel’s
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and DC’s Arrow have been done in the past, but the main
is that both shows have struggled with story in the first season, and that in
Arrow’s case it did find a way out, and although it’s early to tell if AoS as
managed to find its balance, but changing from procedural to arc seems to be
the way to go, for me at least.
“…Creatively, we are loving what we’re seeing
for the back nine. We’re doing a lot of work, and I’m really enjoying doing
this with Marvel. We can announce that Lady Sif is coming in, in Episode 15.
We’re shooting it now, and that’s going to be absolutely integral to that hour
of television. And then, there’s going to be this really cool arc to the end of
the season. You’re going to find out who the Clairvoyant is, and it’s going to
be very, very cool.”
Honestly one of the biggest
problems with AoS was the expectation. Marvel and NBC marketed the hell out of the
show, so we went in with too many expectations, but as in almost every new
show, the first three or four episodes are always a letdown, most of us just
stop watching, and branded it as a bad show. I’m not a massive fan, so I’m not
going to defended it with everything I have, but I’ve watched all the episodes
and although some (especially the early ones) are borderline atrocious, the
overall quality has been on the rise, and I’m dying to know what comes next.
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