surgoshan
Since: Jul, 2009
01/27/2015 00:00:00
Dangit, where's the +1 button on this thing? I agree with your assessment wholeheartedly.
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First 3 Episodes - Very promising indeed
In the MCU, there have been several prominent ensemble darkhorses. But perhaps only the Son Of Coul has come close to matching Agent Margaret 'Peggy' Carter, who following in his footsteps has landed a show of her very own - and what a show it could turn out to be.
The show is firmly set in the late 40s, post-war - which is a period often skipped over in media in favour of the actual WW2 period or the later Cold War of the 50s and beyond. There is a tip of a hat to this with plenty of retired soldiers and a few female characters mentioning how they lost jobs due to the original (male) employees returning.
The First Avenger got some (fair, I think) criticism for a slightly idealised vision of the 40s who wasn't a white male - that's not the case any more. While for some it may veer into the anvilicious the show does not shy away from the ever present sexism of the time - but strikes the balance well between acknowledging it's existence but not letting it get in our intrepid heroine's way. While it is rarely treated as intentionally malicious, it's not swept under the rug either.
Peggy herself is treated as just as heroic and badass as any male hero. There's no she-fu twirly, dance-fighting from Peg - she goes up against her enemies hand to hand, with a healthy dose of combat pragmatism to off set her relative weakness.
The other big selling point of the show is it's very own ensemble darkhorse - Jarvis. Not the sarcastic A.I., the actual human Jarvis who inspired the younger Tony Stark's later creation. Much of the early comedy comes from seeing a non-action, proper butler getting caught up in the action - though come episode 3 and we begin to see there is more to Jarvis than perhaps first apparent.
Overall, a very good show that makes its (relatively) low-tech, super-heroless setting a strength not a shackle. Personally I am worried that it will end up cramming a lot into a short time to resolve the Leviathan arc - nearly half way through the run and we don't actually know who or what Leviathan even is yet (a person? An organisation? HYDRA off-shoot? Russian?) but it's done more than enough to earn my faith.
Highly recommended.