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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
The first season does conclude the arc of Peggy getting over Steve's death and earning respect in her workplace, but the second season's timeframe appeared to have retconned what was previously suggested to be the series' ending, the Agent Carter short where she gets the SHIELD offer.
Oh yeah, and the first season also teases a bit about how Zola got into power and created his computer self and Winter Soldier.
edited 12th May '16 4:37:18 PM by Tuckerscreator
I can't say I wasn't expecting this.
It was a small miracle the Agent Carter even got a second season, and when the second season got weaker ratings then the first (without primary coverage as an explanation like Ao S has), plus with the lead actress getting cast on a different show, a cancellation was all but inevitable.
And to be honest I didn't really like Season 2 as much as I wanted to. Far too much of it's plot either went unresolved or didn't have a satisfying conclusion. Such as the main villain turning out to be completely delusional in the end instead of having any coherent endgame of her own.
And even then, the Dark Force only ties in to like one episode of AOS, right?
I still hope Cloak and Dagger get a Netflix series... starring me as Cloak. I dunno who I'd want to play Dagger since I'm not usually into blondes, but I'm sure there's a talented actress I could have good (acting) chemistry with out there somewhere.
If you mean successful as in "better ratings and a third season", probably not as its second season premiere had pitiful ones even with the push of a Captain America 75th anniversary special right before it.
But yeah, I would've liked that. Do its own version of the One Shot, wrap up the Zodiac plot, have 50s Cap and Bucky (was the Zodiac serum what they used?), younger Hank Pym & old Howard like we saw on Ant-Man, and maybe even kid Tony.
edited 12th May '16 5:12:46 PM by Tuckerscreator
ABC also passed on Marvel's Most Wanted
, though I said that was gonna happen.
This is just my hypothesis, but I get the feeling the bigger turnoff to those who even did tune in the first time was the blatant depiction of prejudice towards women in the 40s. Which in my opinion was completely justified, but you can see why in today's culture where MRAs are a thing, that this would be a hard sell. Which says a whole lot how not-so-different things are.
edited 12th May '16 5:29:50 PM by Tuckerscreator
We might not hear anything on Damage Control for a while. Development cycles can take a long time. We only just this year got an official pick-up for Cloak and Dagger, and that was announced in 2011. Ditto for Jessica Jones, which only started airing in 2015 (I think?) and was announced in 2010.
Well, probably. But there are shows dealing with those issues that manage to find audiences. On the same network they have Scandal, How to Get Away With Murder and Black-Ish, all of which deal with sexism or racism to some degree (with LGBT issues as well in HTGAWM).
edited 12th May '16 5:33:35 PM by comicwriter

At least they noted it in the comments.
Cap had how many friends named James?
edited 12th May '16 4:03:56 PM by Tuckerscreator