Inhumans Trailer Lowers Expectations

Let’s get one thing straight out of the gate, the Inhumans are not the X-Men. These characters can probably not even lay claim to being as popular as the Fantastic Four. In fact, Black Bolt, Medusa, Lockjaw, and the other characters that make up the “team” are at best third tier characters in the Marvel Universe.

Now before all the hate comments start, there have been some great stories including Black Bolt and crew. Along those lines, anyone that likes the characters can relax, because I’m not going to hate on the Inhumans. Quite the opposite. Like any comic book based characters, the tools are only as good as the creative team behind them.

The upcoming television show on ABC (which seems to be a place for the other Marvel shows) dropped its first trailer recently. As you can tell from watching the few minutes of footage, you are likely in line with what many Marvel fans have thought. It looks, well, not very good.

Of course, it’s unfair to judge a series, even one with a theatrical debut ahead of a television debut (seriously, what is that all about~$$$$$), but right now Inhumans looks as good as Iron Fist. Since they are both from pretty much the same showrunner, fans can be forgiven if they take a pass on this one.

Marvel had been pretty flawless on Netflix until Iron Fist trotted on by, and now Defenders looks to be okay in the early going, but this ABC marriage does not look to be going so well. While Agents of Shield continues to build, err, momentum (okay, we will go with that), this particular offering looks a little stale.

Again, the lack of costumes and masks are a little glaring, and since Black Bolt offers nothing in the way of the spoken word, there will be A LOT riding on his facial expressions and general skills of the actor. The returns look sub-par in this trailer, but who knows, this could end up being the show of the year.

It’s weird how DC shows are excelling on broadcast and the movies (at least until Wonder Woman) were average, but Marvel has been redefining movies and less than stellar on anything but Netflix. Quite the head scratcher?

Anyway, the first trailer is here for Inhumans, and after that Black Panther footage, well, fans were expecting a little more. Hard to say where this one will end up.