Marvel's Agent's of S.H.I.E.L.D. has begun its final season, and while the show has been very hit or miss with me, I will see it through to the end. I wouldn't mind the MCU ignoring the events of the series, however. Let them call it another world in the multiverse maybe. Characters like Deathlok, Graviton and the Absorbing Man are too cool to only get a low-rent TV treatment, and I hope they all get a chance to truly shine on the big screen.
The series finale will probably introduce Tiger Shark. Just so they can jump him!
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@Ross: You've turned Mick Dundee, Jr. into a cyborg? How could you?!
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"99, that's the second biggest arrow I've ever seen in my life!"
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on the low-budget, watered-down Deathlok on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.; I never was a particular fan of the character, but that version just seemed wrong. On the other hand, while I should have hated the show's take on the Absorbing Man, I found myself rather liking it. I think it may have been actor Brian Patrick Wade's performance.
On the other hand, the show has given us a few new characters that probably would be worth bringing to the comics as well as the main MCU, my personal favorite being Season 5's Sinara (though Enoch and Snowflake also are pretty cool).
I do need to go get started on the new season, though; that and Stargirl pretty much sum up my summer watch-list for new programming right now (though I plan to check out Space Force on Netflix and the Animaniacs reboot on Hulu once I've finished catching up Face Off and The Good Doctor).
No big deal - Mr D. got it from the Acme Novelty Co. Just wait till he uses it.
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ReplyDeleteAh, José Luis García-López!
ReplyDeleteThis Spaniard living in Argentina is one of my favorite comics artists. It is impossible to dissociate him from the 1980s Kenner Toys action figures 'Super Powers'. Perhaps because he is responsible for the 1980s DC Comics Style Guide, a guide for other designers and for licensing material for the publisher at the time.
Its classic, clean, and dynamic line. Look at the Green Arrow used on today's cover! Even static, it has unparalleled elegance.
I consider his contemporaries George Pérez and John Byrne to be other artists as elegant and consistent as García-López is - although I prefer the older arts of both. It is curious how I think that both Byrne's and Pérez's more recent art do not seem as good as what they did in the height of their careers in the 1980s. But still, they are masters.
@Anonymous: as in "Little Mikey" played by Serge Cockburn in CROCODILE DUNDEE
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Father Time catches up with every artist's hands, Mr. P. It's said that even Dali and Picasso were drawing normal straight lines in their dotage!
ReplyDeleteI liked the show's take on Graviton and Absorbing Man, and to a lesser degree even Deathlok. (Although I wish they had tried to make him look even a little cyborg-y.) But let's be honest: the only reason they even were allowed to be used in the show was because the movie side had no interest in using them, so they're not likely to show up in a movie any time soon. (Maybe in one of the Disney+ shows, though.) (Although, like Ghost Rider, no matter how they may get used in the MCU going forward, we can expect them to completely ignore everything from the TV shows, which is unfortunate. I never expected the movies to take direction from the shows, but an acknowledgment (beyond Jarvis' cameo in Endgame) that they even existed would be nice.)
ReplyDeleteI won't mind if they never show up in the feature films, either. I've never watched any of the ABC or Disney+ shows, anyway. For the simple reason that I never wanted to!
ReplyDeleteThe Real DEATHLOK from the alternate 1980's-1990's !
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