So with a bunch of superhero TV shows getting really popular nowadays, I thought I would
review three of them in one video.
No, I haven’t watched all of Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow, or Gotham, I’ll
get to them someday.
But I have seen all of the Flash, Agent Carter, and Agents of SHIELD.
So let’s talk about them.
Warning, spoilers ahead, however, I’ve put the show’s times in the description below,
so if you aren’t caught up on one of them, you can just skip around as you please.
Alright, let’s get into this, starting off with the Flash season 2.
*clip* So just to recap real quick, the Flash season
1 was actually pretty awesome in my opinion.
It was fun, it was cheesy in a good way, and it actually had some emotional moments towards
the end.
And so how did season 2 stack up to that?
Pretty well actually.
When this season started, I wasn’t really loving it.
One, because season 1 ended with this awesome cliffhanger with The Flash going into that
giant vortex thing, and then this season starts and just kind of ends it in a bit of anticlimactic
way in my opinion.
And then in the first few episodes I thought this was going to be a total rehash of season
1.
Instead of Reverse Flash we’ve got Zoom, and now there’s a new way for random villains
to come through every episode.
But the show pleasantly surprised me and took a few interesting turns along the way, especially
towards the end.
And I ended up actually really liking Zoom/Jay Garrick as the villain.
Or I guess the Earth 3 version of Barry’s Earth 1 dad is Jay Garrick this Zoom is really
Hunter Zolomon?
It gets confusing at some points.
The action here is also still pretty cool (final battle between Flash and Zoom), and
the special effects aren’t amazing, but for a TV show they’re pretty solid.
The cast is still good, Grant Gustin is great as the Flash, and the entire supporting cast
is fun to watch and they all seem like they’re having fun making this.
And it was also fun to see Tom Cavanagh as Harrison Wells again, who in my opinion still
gives the best performance on the show.
This season they introduced some new characters, specifically Wally West which is very exciting
for me.
Wally West has always been my favorite version of the Flash, mainly because of the Justice
League animated show.
And so when they introduced him here I was really interested to see where this would
go.
And at first I didn’t really like this.
Because I always knew Wally West as a smart talking, really funny guy.
And this Wally West at the start was kind of jerk.
But his character grew on me and while he personality wise still isn’t really like
the character I know, I like him more now and I’m curious to see where his character
will go next.
The main thing that I’m still getting from this show is that it’s a comic book show
and it’s fun as hell.
It’s lighthearted, it’s kind of ridiculous, but it knows it’s ridiculous.
The Flash going back in time and fighting himself (ep 17), getting to see The Flash,
Green Arrow, and Hawkman fight in live action, seeing the Flash and his team going to Earth
2, all this kind of stuff is awesome for comic book fans to see.
Sidenote, that episode where they go to Earth 2 and actually meet all of their counterparts,
that episode was amazing.
Overall, The Flash season 2 is pretty great, and I enjoyed it almost as much as season
1.
It’s nothing super deep and it’s a bit predictable, but if you’re looking for a
fun, comic book-y time with characters you like and that are fun to watch, then I think
this is worth your time.
I’ll give The Flash season 2 an 8.9/10.
Ep. 18 15:26 Cool Visual Effects Ep. 22 The Flash slow mo running, King Shark
visual effects Ep. 20 41:50 Cool Shot
Ep. 20 30:30 Zoom snapping all of the necks
Next up, let’s talk about season 3 of Agents of SHIELD.
Here’s how I saw this season.
Great start, first few episodes were really cool.
Kind of mediocre for most of the season there on out with a few interesting twists and turns
sprinkled in between.
And then the last few episodes were pretty awesome.
I mean, quite a bit of Agents of SHIELD is now what I would call a “background show.”
Meaning it’s pretty good but it’s not something that I would really sit down and
totally focus on.
For some of the episodes I have them on when I’m editing a video or playing some game
or something like that.
I still watch it, but especially if I have a bunch of episodes to catch up on, it doesn’t
necessarily hold my attention all the way through.
And I gotta bring that up, because this a problem this show has had for every season.
Because it’s on ABC each season has to be something like 22 episodes, and so there’s
going to be some filler.
If this show could have each season be something like 18 episodes or even 15 episodes, then
I think it would be fantastic.
But at points the story does feel a bit drawn out here.
But hey, what did I like?
The characters and acting for the most part is still pretty good, sometimes the performances
aren’t great, but whatever.
The heroes are still likeable and the villains are still unlikeable, great.
The action here is also pretty solid, some of it is actually quite creative and well
choreographed (Ep 15, 33:20 COOL ACTION)(Ep 13 9:00)(ep 22 5:00), and a lot of the special
effects are pretty good (Ep 12 opening)(Ep 15, 4:10).
This season focused mainly on the whole Inhuman thing, which I guess they can now do that
the movie’s off the slate.
And some of that is quite interesting.
What I thought was really interesting was the whole thing with Ward.
Me personally, I like all of this HYDRA stuff more than the Inhuman thing, and I thought
Grant Ward was great as a villain, just a lot of fun to watch.
And he still is here, until he turns into this….I mean I guess he doesn’t turn into
it but it takes over his body, whatever.
Yes, this.
I’m not really sure whether or not I like all of this, but I do have to commend the
show for doing something very new and very different.
So HYDRA is actually this weird Inhuman tentacle monster called Hive.
A long time ago the Kree came to Earth and made Inhumans, they made one of them Hive,
and then it went off to another world, inhabiting people who came there, and then it inhabited
Grant Ward’s dead body.
Right?
I don’t know, it was a cool way to cross over the Inhumans and the HYDRA storylines,
and it also completely changes what HYDRA is.
I mean, I thought they were just insane Nazis.
But no, I guess it all stems from a weird Inhuman monster.
Quick note, when the Kree actually come to Earth to fight HIVE (ep. 19 25:00), wouldn’t
the Avengers, or at least one Avenger be on that?
I mean, they are seemingly hostile aliens coming to our planet, isn’t that really
what the Avengers are supposed to look out for?
Now, like I said, the show does pick up a bit towards the end, and for a while before
the season finale Marvel was really promoting the big death that was gonna come in the season
finale.
And I was really pumped for the episode because the season finale for season 2 of this show
was fantastic.
I genuinely loved that episode.
It was fun, it was emotional, it had some shocking twists, I stand by that that is the
best episode of this show.
And so did this finale live up to that?
No….not really, it’s still good, but it wasn’t as great.
And the big death, turns out it’s Lincoln, alright.
That was sad, but I wasn’t crying or anything.
Also, the whole ending where it cuts to 6 months later and Daisy has gone rogue and
all that, I didn’t like that.
It felt tacked on and kind of rushed.
Overall, Agents of SHIELD season 3 is like the other seasons of the show but with a few
unique twists to it.
It has a lot of really awesome moments, and if it’s plot were a bit tighter and more
focused, I think this would be totally awesome.
However, as of right now, it’s good, but to me at least nothing super special.
I’ll give Agents of SHIELD season 3 a 7.9/10.
-Ep. 18 31:00 Phil Coulson Captain America holo shield
-Ep. 18 41:20 Cool Villain Shot -Ep. 15 26:58 Cool Team Shot
-Ep. 17 4:10 Cool Secret Warriors/Inhumans Team Shot
-Ep. 11 30:38 Cool Special Effects Shot -Ep. 15 41: 51 Death Foreshadowing
-End of Ep. 12, Ep. 15 5:57, Ep. 16 20:40, Ep. 22 23:30, Ep. 17 HIVE Shots
So finally, let’s talk about Agent Carter season 2.
If you recall, I really enjoyed Agent Carter season 1.
I thought it was a fun, lighthearted romp and best of all it wasn’t too long so it
didn’t feel stretched out at all.
I was really looking forward to season 2, and after watching it, I can say it’s pretty
good.
Would I say I enjoyed it as much as season 1, no.
But it’s still a quality season with a lot of things to like.
Hayley Atwell is still really good as Agent Carter, great to see her back in the role.
Edwin Jarvis is great again, and pretty much whenever Peggy and Jarvis are interacting
in some way it’s gold.
They have great chemistry, and they’re a lot of fun to watch.
Dominic Cooper is very over the top as Howard Stark, but at least he’s entertaining.
And everyone else ranges from fine to pretty great.
Now this season the show moved from New York to Hollywood, which was an interesting switch
up.
And it introduced some new things, one of which was this romance love triangle thing
between Peggy, Chief Sousa, and this new scientist, Jason Wilkes, I think.
And it’s fine, but I wasn’t a big fan of it.
It felt really cheesy in a lot of parts, and unlike the rest of the show, which is very
cheesy but entertaining because of it, like self-aware that it’s ridiculous, this just
sort of detracted from it.
Plus I didn’t love Wilkes, his character grew on me as the season went along but I
always really just thought Sousa was a more likeable guy.
And this season really relies on you buying into this love triangle, so if you don’t,
you might not love this.
Still, the main thing to take away from this show is that it’s fun.
At some points it felt very Indiana Jones to me, which, if you know me at all, is a
really big positive.
It’s very over the top, it’s very cartoony, but it’s fun cartoony.
The action is pretty good, the humor for the most part is great.
The special effects are good for TV, although sometimes they looked a little….odd?
This season also, like Agents of SHIELD, went in a bit of a new direction.
And it also did some ballsy stuff, which I appreciated.
There was this whole storyline with this black goo zero matter stuff, there was Peggy getting
impaled in episode 5, there was Jarvis’ wife getting shot and Jarvis then wanting
revenge, which was an interesting character arc.
It took some interesting and unexpected turns at some points and I like that.
*1940s musical number* My only other problem is that I don’t think
the finale was anything special.
It wasn’t bad, it was just very much on par with the other episodes to me.
Which was a little disappointing, because most other shows, the season finale usually
is something special and extra awesome.
But this didn’t really feel that special, although I did think that dark ending was
kind of cool.
Not really a big complaint, I was just hoping the season would go out with a little bit
more of a bang.
Might just be me.
On the whole, to me at least this was less entertaining than season 1, but it’s still
pretty fun and fresh.
And again, having it contained to only ten episodes doesn’t let the show have that
much padding.
Not everything works this season but quite a bit does, and I’ll give Agent Carter season
2 an 8.5/10.
Also, I just wanna say that it’s a damn shame this show got cancelled, I was really
looking forward to season 3.
So those were my thoughts on the latest seasons of The Flash, Agent Carter, and Agents of
S.H.I.E.L.D.
What did you think of them?
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