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[rogueslayer452]

Agent Carter has been renewed! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

There was a lot of hopeful attitudes that it would be getting a second season, but as I've mentioned before you just never know with what the networks are going to decide. So I'm very happy and relieved by the official announcement. Another lovely thing is that Hayley Atwell addresses the diversity problem as someone prompted at WonderCon recently, and surely hopes that her input to the writers and producers on the show will be taken into account for the second season. This is one of things I absolutely adore about her, she takes things into consideration and is down for particular ideas. Like Peggy being bisexual and acknowledging the lack of diversity representation, among just really understanding her character and being really smart about things in general. Overall, she's one amazing woman who I want love to just hang out with.

I'm not surprised that Agents of Shield was renewed, they're pretty much sealed in at this point with coinciding with the MCU. I am, however, kind of surprised that the Mockingbird spin-off wasn't picked up. Then again, as much as I would love to see their individual stories fleshed out, I prefer Bobbi and Hunter being part of the AOS ensemble.

Elementary, Galavant, Orphan Black and Fresh Off The Boat have all been renewed as well.

For things non-show related, apparently Lifetime has ordered a My Sweet Audrina adaptation. I'm not entirely thrilled by this. Not just because it's my second favorite book of VCA's works, but also because I watched their version of Flowers in the Attic when it premiered and it just...wasn't that good, and I haven't bothered watching the rest of the movies being made. They just don't feel right, like they're missing vital components to making these stories unnerving rather than just highlighting the trashy soap opera aspect that many people often associate with these books. The latter can probably be argued with content featured in the later works written by the ghostwriter surely, but not with VCA's earlier works which has much more darker themes and content. While I understand this is what Lifetime does and they're obviously banking on these series of movies, I honestly wish we would get adaptations that understood the Gothic tone of these books.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_profiterole_/]

It's probably for the better that they're not going for the Bobbi & Lance spin-off, because I don't feel like there's enough content for 2 SHIELD shows.

[nemophilist.livejournal.com]

Hayley is so wonderful!

[batmarg.livejournal.com]

So excited that Agent Carter got renewed!

Glad AoS got renewed too, and I'm actually glad that Hunter and Bobbi stayed on AoS (and not just because I don't care for Huntingbird). I feel like they add a lot to AoS, but I don't know that there's enough to create a whole other show despite how awesome Bobbi is.

[hbics.livejournal.com]

I've heard that apparently the Mockingbird spin off was let go to make room for the Agent Carter renewal but I don't know how much truth there is to that because it was hearsay. Either way, I agree that Bobbi's better when she's interacting with the current set of characters.

[hamarakissa.livejournal.com]

Yay for Agent Carter! I still need to watch the first season :x The again in general I'm behind on quite a few shows.

I feel like sometimes Lifetime movies get it right and other times they're just really bad adaptions :x

[ragnarok-08.livejournal.com]

Yes - I'm so glad about Agent Carter :DDDDDDD

[maybe.livejournal.com]

So excited about Agent Carter getting renewed, I was a bit worried tbh - because the ratings weren't exactly stellar for it (which is a damn shame, wtf people) but I'm hoping maybe word of mouth will spread for S2.

[timewithers.livejournal.com]

They were going to do a Bobbi and Hunter spin-off? That is one of the worse ideas I've ever heard! I like those two, but they're just not enough to keep me interested. I feel like it'd be the Supernatural spin-off all over again. Except for a cooler show.

And yay! Renewals!

[lusimeles.livejournal.com]

yay for agent carter! i have really got to start watching this show.

[giallarhorn.livejournal.com]

SEASON 2 SEASON 2 SEASON 2

That said, even with all the hopeful mutterings, I wasn't actually sure that it'd get the renewal? Which I'm very glad it did and hopeful that season 2 delivers on all that was missing from season 1, but it still comes as one of those pleasant surprises.

[elizalavelle.livejournal.com]

I've not watched Agent Carter yet BUT it's on my computer waiting for me. I'm excited to plunge in as a lot of people really seem to love it.

I'm also not surprised about AoS, I don't think it gets great ratings but it seems to do well enough for Marvel to fund it and it's not as if they've got a shortage of money.

I watched both the first and second Lifetime movies of the Flowers in the Attic series. I'm going to have to reread the books before going on as I found with the second one I remembered some of what was going on but my memory is spotty on it. I think Lifetime is trying to get the whole book into the movie which means they skip around a lot. So if you're familiar with the book they're hitting the key parts. If you're not then things feel disjointed and your mind can't fill in the blanks as easily.