Joss Whedon on How Marvel's AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. Complicated the MCU
Avengers: Age of Ultron director Joss Whedon seems to have some issues with the TV series that Marvel is developing. We already posted an article regarding his thoughts on Agent Coulson being brought back to life for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and that rant continued in an interview with IGN when he was asked if Phil Coulson is indeed still dead as far as the movies are concerned.
“Yeah he’s dead. The entire television series is just a fever dream. It’s a Jacob’s Ladder moment he’s having at the point of death, but we don’t give that away until after season seven. And there’s a snow globe. Now I’ve given it away. Bollocks!
“It’s a weird little yes and no. As far as I’m concerned in the films, yes he’s dead. In terms of the narrative of these guys [The Avengers] his loss was very important. When I created the television show, it was sort of on the understanding that this can work and we can do it with integrity, but these Avengers movies are for people to see the Avengers movies and nothing else. And it would neither make sense nor be useful to say ‘Oh and by the way remember me? I died!’”
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has clearly caused some complication in the Marvel cinematic universe. What's interesting about this is that Whedon is the guy who helped bring this series to life. I'm sure there were certain rules he had to abide by when developing it, though. The filmmaker went on to say,
“I think actually the movie people were a little bit cross about the TV show. They were sort of like ‘Well you can have this but not this. And this but not that.’ It’s complicated enough as it is without me adding another layer of complication. We also created a TV show called S.H.I.E.L.D. right before they made a movie where they destroyed S.H.I.E.L.D.. So everybody’s having a GREAT time!”
I know he's throwing in some sarcastic remarks in these comments, but as you know, there is truth in all sarcasm. Sounds like juggling all of this stuff that Marvel is developing has become a headache for some people. I guess that's to be expected from such a world as the one they are trying to build.
Marvel seems to be on the right track though, because fans are eating up everything that they are creating for us.