Ok, so I forgot the great Marvel TV shows:
I was writing a post lamenting my inability to overlook ignorance of basic physics. This in relation to TV shows that I have been watching recently adapted from comic books. The majority of these being from DC Comics.
I’ve been watching a lot of The Flash, Arrow, and most recently Legends of Tomorrow. For the most part I have been enjoying them immensely. More so than Marvel Agents of SHIELD, where I have just finished the third series. I began comparing the franchises, against each other and their big screen counterparts. Drawing a conclusion that while Marvel are champions of the big screen, DC had the edge on the small. For me Agents of SHIELD has become peppered with filler with the purpose of forwarding the overall series long story arc rather than that of the current episode. The result being episodes that go off the boil. In this DC have a knack of making solid episodes, entertaining in their own right, while still furthering the series long story arc.
Having put the finishing touches to my post, I hit save and slept on it. Something I like to do is read with fresh eyes and a clear head the morning after as a final part of the editing process, It was while laying in bed that night that it occurred to me that I had recently started watching the second series of Daredevil. This in turn reminded my of Jessica Jones. Both Marvel franchises that are bloody brilliant. Very different to Agents of SHIELD, The Flash, and Arrow, but just as good and arguably better.
So with this in mind. I’ve realised that the difference in the quality of Marvel’s and DC’s TV shows isn’t so clear cut, and that I need to go back to the drawing board on that post.
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