In complete and absolute dominance Marvel There is no doubt on the field of superhero cinema, it seems, no one. Films collect a crazy cashier, critics vying praise them, and simple geeks rejoice that everything is according to the canon. And where is not according to the canon, it is justified why the creators decided to move away from the original source. Take, for example, the last film about Captain America.
And everything is fine with the series. "Daredevil" And "Jessica Jones" came to their liking, and the future "Luke Cage" Everyone is looking forward to and very great hopes that he will like to justify.
On the periphery of the audience and adoration, it seems, only two projects remained – "Agent Carter" And "Agents Sh.AND.T.". And if everything is clear with the cap’s fighter friend (her solo is covered after the second season), then the adventures of the operatives of the most secret organization in the MCU from the episode to the episode are increasingly, despite the fact that some of the audience abandoned the series shortly after the start.
And in vain.
TV channel : American BroadCasting Company ( ABC ) Creators : Joss Whedon, Jed Widon, Moriss Actors: Clark Gregg, Ming-on Ven, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennett, Elizabeth Henstridge Number of seasons: 4 First series: September 24, 2013 Premiere of the fourth season: September 20, 2016 The timing of the series: 45 minutes Website
Gods and people
When in 2009 megarporation Disney She took Marvel to her hands, the studio bosses already had a global seizure strategy for the entire media space. The cinematic universe was supposed to have powerfully put on large screens, and side projects that expand and complement the overall picture would continue on small attacks.
But the adopted plan was very vague. It was clear that some television series should be done, but what, no one really imagined.
► Participation of the brilliant Joss Widon did not save the show from harsh criticism and falling ratings.
First, a solo show about Hulk was allowed to develop, which Guillermo del Toro himself undertook to create. But, like the vast majority of the projects of the Mexican director, the series got into production hell, from which, apparently, he will not get out.
Then the channel ABC I took up the adaptation of the comic book Alias – And it turned out again unsuccessfully. A few years later, she will still come to life, but already on Netflix And in the form of a Jessica Jones familiar to us. After a series of hacked concepts and scenarios, it was decided to create a semblance of a police officer, but as part of the Marvel cinematic. Moreover, its own “super -police” already has it – this is the organization of.AND.T., She is the sixth interventional tactical-operational logistics service. And don't ask why not.AND.T.L.WITH.".
► "Now we will quickly conduct a briefing and go to the next boring task".
Joss Widon himself, the creator of the cult of cult "Firefly" , "Buffy – vampire fighters" And, of course, the director "Avengers". To whom, if not to him, to supplement and expand the world of superheroes personally, brilliantly transferred to him to a large screen?
And here there is just an amazing paradox. The fact is that Whiton oversee "agents of.AND.T.»Only until the middle of the first season, and then plunged with his head in "Era of Ultron". And the first ten to twelve series of the project turned out to be so mediocre that Space Wins Casino the series quickly lost most of the audience, which is why he almost bent.
► Phil Kolson – a person who is worthy to be called an avenger without a suit.
The tie of the story is standard. Young hacker nicknamed Sky, led by youthful maximalism, arranges attacks on the computer system of the secret government organization of.AND.T. It is quickly calculated and, according to the good tradition of real special services, is recruited as an employee. From now on, she will have to chase mutants and artifacts as part of a variegated team, as well as fight with the villainous-submissive group, which cherishes plans to capture the world.
Now be naps and try to recall how many (dozens) times you have seen something similar.
► From a girl-hacker Skye turns into a real superheroin.
The composition of the group also initially, to put it mildly, does not affect the originality. Here is the harsh silent Asian May, and through the right noble knight Ward, and a couple of comic characters – Botanika Leo Fitz and Jenna Simmons. Both are rushed to the right and left by “scientific” terms and behave like typical pensions-inventors who do not know how to communicate normally with people.
The leader is the suddenly risen after the Avengers, Agent Colen. Actually, his return from the dead, as well as the insidious plans of the mysterious organization "Multino" is the central rod around which the plot of the first episodes is built.
► quite famous actors often look into the series.
Evolution is inevitable
Start "Agents Sh.AND.T."Became the most rating premiere in the history of the ABC channel, but the indicators very quickly began to sink lower and lower. And not surprisingly – the series seemed a frank dinosaur from the beginning of the zero: the abundance of cliches, uninteresting and not very living heroes, of which only Phil Kolson performed by Clark Gregga, and events that did not have noticeable consequences in the future.
And the main disappointment was a completely nominal connection with the cinema. It is not enough to just mention the episode of an iron man or Captain America once so that the series is felt by a full part of MCU.
► But it is especially pleasant to see Kyle McCllen – Agent Cooper from " Twin-pixe.
But then something strange and amazing happened. The middle of the first season coincided with the release of the film "First Avenger: Another War" , and his events unexpectedly showed on "agents of.AND.T.»The most serious influence. The fact that within the framework of the main universe was forgotten in the next picture was a turning point for the television universe. Decay.AND.T., The conspiracy "Hydra", "death" of Nick Fury – all this had long -lasting consequences in the series.
The tonality and pace of the show changed so much that it seemed that the channel simply drove the previous team of the scriptwriters in mutual and hired a new. This is for sure whether this is due to the departure of Joss Widon, but "agents of.AND.T."Turned into a completely different series.
► Fitz and Simmons. For their relationship you worry more than for your.
Firstly, the heroes themselves changed. Phil Kolson learned the truth about his resurrection, and this could not but leave a mark on his personality. From a wise good man, he gradually began to turn into a person whose beliefs and principles fate experiences for strength over and over again.
Almost everyone he trusted. He himself is suspected of betrayal when he remains the last honest agent. He is forced to lie to those whom he loves to protect them, and refuses personal happiness for the sake of the common good. There is no trace of a funny secondary character from the Avengers. Colson is a block, the hero is much more persistent and selfless than any of the superhumans.
► Relations of heroes – the basis of "agents of.AND.T.".
Sky and May are changing before our eyes. Of these, the scriptwriters sculpt truly convincing and strong heroines. The closed fighter, as expected, hides the wounded soul under the mask. Agent May has a collapsed marriage, a lot of blood spilled and a terrible event that no woman can survive without consequences.
Sky is experiencing one tragedy after another. In the first season, she is trying to find out the truth about her real parents. But the truth, as you know, often does nothing but pain, and this is exactly the case. And besides the rather gloomy past, a very troubled future awaits her. At some point, Sky becomes … how to do without spoilers … not quite a man. And agents "Sh.AND.T."The psychological consequences of such a transformation are examined in great detail.
► Agent Colson, as well as Fitz and Simmons, were guest characters in the animated series "Perfect Spider-Man". Unfortunately, it does not belong to MCU.
Well, perhaps, Fitz and Simmons are the biggest discovery. The most dramatic, lyrical and touching moments of the series are associated with this couple. Their relationship, first served as a standard and hopeless frand zone, transforms into something much more complex, confusing and at the same time plausible.
Leo Fitz turns from a nervous botanist into an injured genius, and then – in a desperate sore, ready literally for everything for the sake of her beloved girl. And Simmons … Oh, I want to hug her, then strangle her. And if the character causes a spectrum of vivid emotions in the viewer, then the scriptwriters are not for beautiful eyes receive their fees.
► The design of creatures was developed by the famous make -up master and special effects Glenn Hetrik. On his account "Heroes" and "Hunger Games".
Time of nonhumans
What has changed is a connection with the Marvel universe. The creators of the series decided not only to live on the sakes of Disney blockbusters, but to show truly large and significant events, even if they do not find reflection in full-length films.
So, in the second season in the world of the series, nonhumans suddenly appeared – humanoid creatures with a genome sleeping for the time being, endowing superpowers. Some people know how to throw fire, others – to move objects with a look, and the others have no useful skills, but the appearance is highly unusual – spikes all over the body, strange color, skin ..
It does not resemble anyone? Yes, mutants, they are the most. Marvel, apparently tired of the bite with Fox Because of the rights to "X -Men" , Therefore, they created their own. Well, as they created … Initially, in comics, nonhumans existed in parallel with the "children of the atom", and they did not have so many in common. Disney until recently even planned to make a full -length film about them – "Inhumans". But about a year ago, the project disappeared from the schedule of the studio. They say that it is because of the "agents of.AND.T.".
► Roy, a local analogue of the apocalypse, more like Kthulhu or Davy Jones. However, everything is according to the canon.
What is characteristic, all typically “mutant” topics that should be touched, the series revealed very competently. Here is the problem of universal xenophobia, and issues of self -identification and recognition of oneself, and the almost Nietzschean theme of the superman.
And in the second half of the third season, the story arch began at all, one into one copying film "People X: Apocalypse". See for yourself: the most ancient and most powerful nonhumade, once revered behind a formidable deity, breaks out of the centuries-old imprisonment, and tries to erase people from the face of the earth so that his race is world dominance. It seems, if Fox would have sued the ABC for plagiarism – and would have every chance of winning the case.
► Ghostly racer – the main star of the fourth season.
And also at the "agents of.AND.T.»It turns out to close up numerous plot holes of the cinema. How the secret organization managed to blink the whole army of "moles"? Why at the time of the beginning of the "Era of Ultron" from the "Hydra" there remained a single fortified base? Why in the "confrontation" the public cautiously refers to the Avengers if they were engaged exclusively with the salvation of the world?
The answers to these and other questions are organically woven into the general plot canvas of the series. Oddly enough, after that the Marvel blockbusters themselves are perceived only as a kind of addition.
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The fourth season has already begun, and its central topic, apparently, will be all sorts of mysticism. It comes out in November Dr. Strandge , in which Marvel will first present magic in the framework of the cinema, and therefore “agents of.AND.T.»Prepare the ground for miracles and damn.
To date, the series confidently raises the quality bar and does not think to slide down. Yes, it is more a television product than the same "daredevil". That is, it has much more stamps, conventions, artificial cliffhangers and other scenario diseases inherent in projects for central channels. Nevertheless, he is worthy of the Mcu loud brand and is almost required to view all those who consider themselves a fan of Marvel.
Or just a curious person.
