Marvel’s Agent Carter

[Raven]

Sorry if theres a thread for this already. I thought Carter deserved her own thread, not sure how close it will tie to the current Shield show.

Agent Carter from Captain America has officially been picked up by ABC, as well as S.H.I.E.L.D being renewed for a second season.

http://www.newsarama.com/21076-marve...d-renewed.html

Is any one looking forward to Carter's adventures set in the 1940's?

[Whatswiththeheadbands?]

I'm very interested to see how this series will turn out.

[ZariusTwo]

One thing I'll give modern Marvel credit for is they take risks rather than choose to focus on regular people in extraordinary posistions as the fixtures of their major live-action tv shows, while reserving all their more established flagship heroes to movies, cartoons, and Netflix exclusives. Interested in where this will go, even if Winter Soldier already tragicly spelled out how Carter will end up in her twilight years

[electric_sheep]

They want to make another series when the first one is barley holding the ratings up? I am kinda sick of all the Superhero themed T.V show (especialy Arrow, that sucks so much ass) The only one that i am mildy interested is Constantine...

[chrisdude]

I'm down. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is becoming something that I can't get enough of. And, like Agents of SHIELD, this sounds like something I'd love to get dig into.

[Sewer Sirens Podcast]

I think I'm going to really like this show. Should be cool to discuss it with everyone here when it's out. Really like the concept, and Carter is a really cool character, so ... I'm hoping the show will be good.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Now, is this the Carter from the movies, or her daughter? Because (spoiler alert!) Sharon Carter IS an agent of present-day SHIELD, and is the daughter of the former agent. And it would make more sense to have a series about her, with it being present-day, to tie-in to AoS and the movies. Plus, she had been romantically linked to both Cap and Hawkeye (as Ronin, I think), so....

[TurtleTitan97]

Originally Posted by MsMarvelDuckie

Now, is this the Carter from the movies, or her daughter? Because (spoiler alert!) Sharon Carter IS an agent of present-day SHIELD, and is the daughter of the former agent. And it would make more sense to have a series about her, with it being present-day, to tie-in to AoS and the movies. Plus, she had been romantically linked to both Cap and Hawkeye (as Ronin, I think), so....

It's the former, since it's set in the 1940's.

Anyway, really looking forward to this.

[Raven]

The official plot came out today as well as the new series logo.

"Marvel's Agent Carter," starring Captain America's Hayley Atwell follows the story of Peggy Carter. It's 1946, and peace has dealt Peggy Carter a serious blow as she finds herself marginalized when the men return home from fighting abroad. Working for the covert SSR (Strategic Scientific Reserve), Peggy must balance doing administrative work and going on secret missions for Howard Stark all while trying to navigate life as a single woman in America, in the wake of losing the love of her life--Steve Rogers. Inspired by the feature films "Captain America: The First Avenger" and "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," along with the short "Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter."

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by Raven

The official plot came out today as well as the new series logo.

Spoiler:

http://assets1.ignimgs.com/2014/05/1...jpg-9ab272.jpg

I can dig it!

Sad to say that I've yet to see the original Agent Carter one-shot.

[TurtleTitan97]

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

I can dig it!

Sad to say that I've yet to see the original Agent Carter one-shot.

You and me both.

Y'know, I just though of something. I think it would be pretty cool if we got to see some golden age Marvel heroes appear on this show.

[Candy Kappa]

I'm excited, looks promising.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Hopefully they'll get better writers than AoS started out with (that show got a lot better over time). This could be a big hit if done right...

Spoiler:

I'd love to see how Arnim Zola came to be stored in a computer, or if the Winter Soldier will make some sort of appearance later on in the show.

[Raph's Girl]

Originally Posted by MsMarvelDuckie

Now, is this the Carter from the movies, or her daughter?

Actually Sharon Carter is Peggy's niece.

[Raph's Girl]

Welp looks like the first season will only have 8 episodes. This makes a bit of sense since it's airing during a mid-season break for Agents of Shield. Also, the series is premiering in January.


http://collider.com/agent-carter-tv-show-episode-count/

[Raph's Girl]

James D'Arcy has been cast as Edwin Jarvis!

Get out yer drool buckets folks.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=123010

[Raph's Girl]

The plot synopsis for this series has been revealed.

Basically it's the adventures of Peggy Carter with Edwin Jarvis as her sidekick as they try to solve stuff for Howard Stark....

http://www.newsarama.com/22565-agent...-synopsis.html

[mexichrist83]

I'm definitely looking forward to this show. I had no interest in Agents of Shield but I'll watch this for sure. Agent Carter was one of my favorite characters in the Captain America movie and I wish she could have had a bigger role in it. I also loved the Captain America movie for having a different look and feel by being set in the 40's so I'm looking forward to more adventures in the 40's. That gave it a lot of charm in my opinion.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

So I saw the premiere a couple days ago... what a waste of two hours.

The show had a boring premise, annoying characters, poor cinematography, bland music, and it was all just so lifeless in general.

Atwell was fantastic as Peggy, and the other actors were pretty great too, but the characters themselves just weren't very interesting.

I especially couldn't stand Jarvis. At first, he complained about how Peggy expected too much of him, and that he had to be at home with his wife by 9:00. Then without warning he groans and moans about how he never is given enough assignments by Peggy. Huh?

I also couldn't help but notice that the show was trying to get me to sympathize with the guy with a crutch. Was I suppose to like him because he wasn't as chauvinistic as every other man as the show, save Jarvis and Stark? Mission failed, then, because he came off as distracting as annoying. I don't even remember his name, so I just call him Peg-leg Pete.

And is it just me, or did the show just look very fake? In The First Avenger, it actually felt like the 1940s. Here it just looks like they used CGI for most of it...

I also think that the guys writing the show should learn about the subtle art of, well, subtlety. As in, don't be so damn blatant about matching the radio show to the events of the show! I think it was supposed to be cute or something, but it was just stupid. And having listened to a few myself, I doubt radio shows back then were that cheesy.

Another thing that irked me was that stupid picture of Peggy in the wig. Why'd they make such a big deal about that? Why bother having that in the story at all? It was pretty clear that Peggy turned her head at just the right second so that you couldn't see her face, so why would they try to trick the audience into thinking that the photo was incriminating?

It wasn't all bad. I liked seeing Howard Stark and Peggy again, and the voicebox machine thing was a cool idea. The dialogue was good, and as I said, all the actors did a great job. Other than that, it was just disappointing in general. People say the first few Agents of SHIELD episodes were lame, but even those were better than this was.

I'll keep watching this show and hope for improvement, but I doubt it, which is a shame. When you think about how fun The First Avenger and the Agent Carter Marvel One-Shot were, you can see that this show had a lot of potential.

[NinjaPug]

I liked it especially the first hour.

I found myself wanting the second episode to end though because I wanted to see the Ant-Man preview.

Much better start than Agents of SHIELD had.