The plot of the first half of this season still adheres to the rhythm of S.H.I.E.L.D. since the first season, and the level of the screenwriter is indeed worrying. Even the events as big as the high-level group of Hydra are unbelievable. . But after the Inhumans surfaced, the screenwriter seems to have finally found where he should focus his efforts - starting from the completion of the transformation of Skye and Xiaohua, the conflict between S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra was thrown aside, and the relationship with Inhumans became an episode. the key of. At the same time, the holes dug in the first season were slowly filled, and the images of the protagonists began to become three-dimensional, and the handling of a few characters was particularly interesting. It's also the place where I personally feel uneasy after watching it.
The knot of "Iron Cavalry"
In fact, Agent May should be a very unpleasant character in the first season, too cold. In the second season, she even reinforced this characteristic to a certain extent - in the face of Kushson's father-daughter feelings for Skye, May almost always stood on the opposite side. However, in the second season, the role of ex-husband was introduced, and the problem left over from the first season - "iron cavalry" was actively solved, and Mei's image finally became three-dimensional.
The memory of "Iron Cavalry" has a double effect. One is to fill in the hole. The screenwriter probably feels that he has been embarrassed for saying that the nickname has no dry goods in the first season, right? The second is to explain the "sense of crisis" towards the Inhumans. Disregarding the second point, as far as filling the hole is concerned, although this solution is hasty, it really works well-why does Mei always dislike the nickname of Tieqi? Why is the story of the Iron Cavalry so legendary? Why did Mei become the ruthless appearance she is now? solved.
This also shows how a woman with a "sense of justice" is Agent May herself. Of course, it is precisely because she wants a child that killing a girl will make her unable to forgive herself, but in that environment, she did not Other options - this also explains why May is so hostile to the Inhumans, her heart can't be opened by the last sentence, but it is indeed a beginning.
Ward the Lone Eagle Ward
in the first season was an out-and-out villain, and if nothing else, pushing the science team into the sea can't be forgiven no matter how you explain it. In the second season, Ward began to be both good and evil, and at one point formed his own team - of course, there were only three people in the team: him, Agent 33 and the domesticated former Hydra high-level. When I saw this team, an image suddenly popped into my mind: Sasuke in "Naruto".
I don't know if I'm the only one who thinks this way, but it's so similar. Betrayal and isolation, the independent forces in the turmoil, maintain a sometimes cooperative and sometimes hostile relationship with the protagonists, and the name of the Sasuke organization "Eagle" is also aptly used to describe Ward.
When the audience sees Ward, they should also struggle with the question of whether he is black or white. He is the most attractive male character in the first season. From a subjective emotional point of view, giving Ward a chance to redeem himself will let him renew. Returning to the "family" of S.H.I.E.L.D. seems to be the most perfect result, but the screenwriter tells us, where can there be such a good fairy tale? The crimes he committed in the first season were far worse than the consequences of killing so many agents and nearly killing the science duo. - He has no possibility of redemption at all.
why? Because Ward almost single-handedly destroyed the concept of "family" that Kousen had worked so hard to build. In the second season, we see that the relationship between Kouson and May is no longer a mutual trust partner, but more of a mutual suspicion of superiors and subordinates (which to a certain extent prompted May to turn to advisers when S.H.I.E.L.D. split group); May and Simmons were obviously wary of Skye after they found out that Skye was an inhuman race; the scientific duo who had been extremely tacit understanding created a rift; the three newly added agents never felt that this was a " family", not to mention that two of them are undercover. It's not just because Kyusen became the director.
The initiator was Ward's "betrayal". Ward is May's lover, Skye's admirer (and each other), and in Season 1's "Family," Ward takes on the role of the "eldest son," most masculine and problem-solving. Any problem with the "eldest son" in any family will cause turmoil in the entire family, so Ward's mutiny fundamentally shakes everyone's trust in the rest of the family - even lovers, lovers, eldest brothers and "sons" Can betray you, who else won't?
Maybe only real fathers and daughters don't. Therefore, in the second season of S.H.I.E.L.D., only the trust between Kousen and SKYE is the most solid and unconditional. In addition to their fighting friendship, the two have established a kind of relationship that is infinitely close to the real father and daughter because of the blood of the Inhumans. relationship, but even so, Kousen, as the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., still frankly admits that because of his feelings for SKYE, he is not suitable for negotiating with the Inhumans, and this kind of trust is not necessarily so unbreakable.
That's why Ward is fundamentally irredeemable, I guess. Because of his love for skye, maybe he can regain skye's trust, but what about the science team that he once had a killer? You ruined the family yourself and never came back.
The audience's thinking is relatively simple, and they like to consider things from the perspective of "black or white", so it is judged that Ward may be a character hovering between black and white, but from the perspective of the people in the play, this may not be true. In the first season, he has no personal feelings for other teammates other than skye (there should still be some feelings for the group itself), and the person he really regards as a father is not Kwunson, but Gartler, so he has no feelings for himself. Most of what I did without guilt (except for skye). After Gartler died, he also had no reason to serve the Hydra, so he became an independent ronin. He and his team actually had no obvious position. The purpose shown in the second season was only. Just give yourself a way out.
What is the way out? What Ward did for Agent 33 in the second season, finding the doctor who changed faces and kidnapping Mockingbird, was actually exactly what Ward himself did to his brother. Ward forced his brother to admit his fault and then killed him with a smile. He also tried to force Mockingbird to admit her fault and then kill him. Unexpectedly, Mockingbird could see through his psychology-his method was actually To a certain extent, a person who has concealed his weakness and is truly mentally strong, even if he takes revenge, does not need to use the mouth of his revenge target to find justification for his actions. Ward himself, and hoped that Agent 33 would be the same, but because Mockingbird was too strong and eventually failed, then he needed to find another meaning for himself to fight in this world - it was for Gartler before, it was In order to avenge himself, to make Agent 33 stronger (out of love for one another), and then for what?
He does not agree with the idea of Hydra, but relying on Hydra is almost the only way for him to keep fighting. Yes, he can't be the leader of Hydra, he just thinks he is the leader of Hydra, a poor puppet, manipulated by fate without knowing it.
A follower of Captain America
The character of Kushson is actually much simpler than Ward's, but more complicated than that of Agent May. In fact, after becoming the director, Kosen violated his own nature to a certain extent, so he himself is right, he is a failed director to a certain extent.
Not much else to say, I'm getting more and more in the later stages of watching the show that there's a reason why Kwoksen is a die-hard Captain America fan. At the end of Avengers 2, Captain America faced the newly established Avengers training camp and said "I'm home". This sentence is actually what Koseon has always pursued. Kolson worked hard in the first season. He had a family, was shaken by Ward's betrayal, and because he was promoted to director, he could no longer support it. The working methods of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Kousen's character are very contradictory, because S.H.I.E.L.D. is based on a series of "top secrets", with clear authority, and subordinates must obey their superiors absolutely and may not even know why. This approach definitely doesn't work in a "family".
Judging from the internal contradictions of the Avengers, Iron Man is obviously the more "rational" one. Because of his arrogance and top-secret actions, he single-handedly created the scourge of Ultron. Of course, Captain America does not agree with this approach. More emphasis on unity and restraint - the contradiction between the nature of the two will break out completely in Captain America 3. The pitiful thing about Kousen is that he is clearly the character of Captain America, but he wants to do fury things. His only maintenance of family concept is his father and daughter relationship with Skye, so every time he encounters a problem with Skye, Kukusen Sen is not like a director at all, that is his true nature.
One more thing, at the end of S.H.I.E.L.D., the function of Kosen's mouth cannon is fully activated, which magically convinces Mr. Hyde to kill his wife. This skill is mostly learned from the eloquence of Captain America's speech... From the dialogue between him and skye at the end It seems that the Inhumans team is obviously going to fight underground. I wonder if they will join the filming of Captain America and become the helper of the American team? Judging from the cast list announced now, it seems to be enough...
The little flower who died in the right place
Reina actually has no contradiction with Skye. She has dreamed of becoming a real Inhumans and an "angel" since she was a child, but she has also completed the transformation. Skye still maintains a beautiful appearance, but Xiaohua has changed from a charming woman to a hedgehog. This is how she is full of skye. The enmity of jealousy lies.
Later, Reina's death may have nothing to do with her relationship with Skye. She recognized her identity and finally realized that even if she lost her beautiful face, she was still a real Inhuman, an "angel", more beautiful than the so-called Inhuman leader Jia Ying, so she died calmly , Wake up skye, and I have no regrets in my mind.
The character design of Xiaohua is very successful. In fact, there are not many attractive women in this play. She died well, and the audience can only regret it.
The level of screenwriting
is actually quite average. Even in the intense final few episodes, the plot holes are not without them, just not as obvious.
Of course anyone can admire their brains. The scientific duo was mistreated at the end of the first season, and continued to be abused at the end of the second season. Simmons does not know what role he will play in the third season. The key is whether this brain hole is a bit too big, and there is no sign ?
Simmons, the screenwriter seems to have never known how to deal with it. At the beginning of the second season, Simmons went undercover with Hydra, which is nothing. The key is that from her undercover to her return to the organization, she did not bring any plot. There is a driving force change, there is no key information about Hydra, there is no damage to Hydra, and another undercover Mockingbird is also exposed, which makes people wonder if Director Kosen's brain is a bit funny, just for the sake of It was arranged so that she could leave Fitz.
The Inhumans team is expected to be built slowly at the beginning of the third season, and the first half should have the same rhythm as the first half of the first season, but Marvel should not care, S.H.I.E.L.D. is one of his grand chess games Just a chess piece. What else can we, the audience, do besides criticize and watch?
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