10 Things We Learned From Marvel's 'Assembling A Universe'
5. Agents Of SHIELD Is Banking On Deathlok To Revive Interest
Obviously, with all of this talk about the Marvel Cinematic Universe and One Shots floating around, Agents of SHIELD was going to get more than a bit of a mention. Unfortunately, this was the part of the evening where things started to get a bit flimsy. The past had a lot of detail behind it, but the present and the future... not so much. We get that Agent Coulson is basically the anchor of the show, and without him we'd have just a handful of MCU cameos to keep us interested, but we weren't really treated to anything in depth outside of Coulson's leadership of a team much like The Avengers. One thing that managed to stick out was the shoe horned mention of the general future of the series, coupled with the image of an identifying tag of some sort. The name featured on the tag said it all... Deathlok is what Agents Of SHIELD is hoping will propel what they've previously touted as a stronger second half to the first season. Whether this will be enough for viewers to start drawing others into the fold has yet to be seen. One could only hope that there's more care taken in the actual show than in this segment of the special.
Mike Reyes may or may not be a Time Lord, but he's definitely the Doctor Who editor here at What Culture. In addition to his work at What Culture, Mr. Reyes writes for Cocktails and Movies, as well as his own personal blogs Mr. Controversy and The Bookish Kind. On top of that, he's also got a couple Short Stories and Novels in various states of completion, like any good writer worth their salt. He resides in New Jersey, and compiles his work from all publications on his Facebook page.
